LINKS CONCERNING OUR CONTRIBUTION TO MODERN LITERATURE: THE JAMES JONES FIRST NOVEL FELLOWSHIP

"And all members can be proud of the Society's effort to promote fledgling literary talent in the spirit of James Jones, who received similar support when he was launching his literary career and made a point of extending a helping hand to other struggling writers once his own talent had been recognized." --Margot Nightingale, Secretary, James Jones Literary Society

New Wilkes University Page With First Novel Fellowship Guidelines



2007:

2006: Herta Feely Receives 14th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship; Matt D'Agostino is Runnerup

2005: Anne Campisi Receives 13th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship; Irwin Greenstein is Runnerup

2004: John E. Smelcer Receives 12th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship

2003: Laine Cunningham Recipient of 11th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship

2002: Linda Busby Parker Receives Tenth Annual First Novel Fellowship; E.A. Bagby is Runnerup

2001: Ray Cristina Recipient of Ninth Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship

2000: Steven Phillip Policoff : Writing Teacher Wins 2000 James Jones First Novel Fellowship

1999: Louise Wareham: 7th Annual First Novel Award Recipient

1998: Judith Barnes Receives 1998 James Jones First Novel Fellowship

1997: Leslie Schwartz: Fellowship Recipient Signs With Literary Agency

1996: Greg Hrbek: Vasser Instructor Receives 1996 First Novel Award

1995: Rick Bass and Tanuja Desai Hidier: James Jones First Novelist Award Winners!

1994: Prize Winner Has Novel Published: The James Jones Literary Society Congratulates Mary Kay Zuravleff On Publication of The Frequency of Souls

1993: Nancy Flynn, "Eden Undone" : First Fellowship Recipient