Awards
Grants from Money for Women give encouragement and recognition to women writers and visual artists whose feminist-centered work is often undervalued by other funding sources. Over 750 creative women have received grants since 1985.
Grant decisions are made collaboratively by a panel of volunteer judges who are accomplished in their genres and share the Fund's values. Judges change year to year, and panels are chosen with diversity of identity and aesthetics in mind. Money for Women appreciates the time and effort these judges contribute, many of whom in turn are gratified and inspired by the experience.
2024
Grants Awarded June 2024
Fiction
Jenna Abrams
Elina Alter
Sarah Anderson
Carrie Cogan
Siqi Liu
Monaa Malik
LaTanya McQueen
Jasmina Nogo
Shuchi Saraswat
Kisha Schlegel
Finalists
Julie Belle
Fatima Bhojani
Bella Bravo
Sakinah Hofler
Gimbiya Kettering
Lisa Lee
Yasmin Majeed
Maija Makinen
Dodie Miller-Gould
Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz
Tierney Oberhammer
Jennifer Solheim
Alex Temblador
Christina Wood Martinez
Visual Art
Rachel Clarke
Rowena Federico Finn
Coulter Fussell
Anna Goraczko
Morgan Levy
Nina Mendez-Marti
Patricia Miranda
Kristin O’Connor
Finalists
Lisa Goren
Veronica Jackson
Melissa Grace Kreider
Randi Matushevitz
Paige Morris
Sara Shaoul
Jess Self
Kristen Stolle
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Soleil David
Starr Davis
Chelsy Diaz Amaya
Alisha Dietzman
Aria Dominguez
Carlina Duan
Rebecca Faulkner
May Jeong
Bethany Kaylor
Nazia Kazi
Grace MacNair
Lily Meyer
Lilly Nguyen
Susan Nguyen
Lisa Nikolidakis
Monica Ong
Michelle Peñaloza
Edythe Rodriguez
Lizzie Skurnick
Deirdre Sugiuchi -
Jasmin Charles
Elvira Clayton
Cathy Hsiao
Carina Kohn
Danielle Lopez
Pamela Loring
Shanna Merola
Yxta Murray
epli pastorfield-li
Khalisa Rae
Grace Roselli
Amanda Rizkalla
Charlotte Sherman
Laura Maylene Walter
Beth Weeks -
Stephanie Anderson
S. Erin Batiste
Erinn Batykefer
Lory Bedikian
Christina Belcher
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello
Lily Chang
Tammy Delatorre
Danusha Lameris
Terri Linton
Lauren Moseley
Jae Nichelle
Eva Recinos
L. Renée
Helen Betya Rubinstein
Thao Thai
Preeti Vangani
Jane Wong
Mariya Zilberman -
Makenzie Barron Murray
Doris Cheng
Desiree Evans
Sabrina Gschwandtner
Ursula Gullow
Jean Ho
Diane Kahlo
María José Maldonado
Helina Metaferia
Farnoosh Moshiri
Daisy Patton
Gretchen Potter
Kristi Ryba
Gwen Shockey
Kosiso Ugwueze
Sarah Ulicny
Michelle Wilson -
Traci Brimhall
Catherine Esther Cowie
Edith Daly
Liza Flum
Havilah Giannetta
Ynestra King
Alyse Knorr
Kristin Kovacic
Aurora Masum-Javed
Sarah McCartt-Jackson
Joanne Mulcahy
Hannah Oberman-Breindel
Khadijah Queen
Candice Salyers
Susanna Space
Adrienne Su
Mariya Taher
Alison Wellford
Emily Withnall
Annie Woodford
Munera Yusuf -
Amber Caron
Alda Dobbs
Charla Elizabeth
Lyndsey Ellis
Kelly Freedman
Megan Giddings
Josepha Gutelius
Nia Imara
Carol Larson
Patricia Maciesz
Yvette Mayorga
Jennifer Savran Kelly
Jackie Skrzynski
Melissa Thorne -
Michelle Bowdler
Wynne Brown
Leila Chatti
Wendy Chen
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laura Ellyn Robbins
Tracy Fuad
Maggie Graber
M. J. Kledzik
Cynthia Manick
Jessica Mehta
Deborah Ostrovsky
Jo Pitkin
Fatima Policarpo
Stephanie Sauer
Savannah Sipple
Cindy Stewart-Rinier
Emily Yoon -
Yoon Cho
Kate Cosgrove
Caitlin Masley
Cynthia Ona Innis
Glendaliz Camacho
Julia Clift
Gemma Cooper-Novack
Yalitza Ferreras
Anya Groner
Kate Hope Day
Lizzetta LeFalle-Collins
Laura Petrovich-Cheney
Dominica Phetteplace
Rachel Pollock
Christa Romanosky
Alexa Smith
Karen Smyte
Tegan Swanson -
Grants Awarded May 2015
Grants Awarded Nov 2015Susan Abulhawa
Elizabeth Alexander
Claudia Alvarez
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
Shevaun Brannigan
Janet Braun-Reinitz
Blaire Briody
Melissa Chadburn
Helena Vallee Dallaire
Rachel Farmer
Lynn Casteel Harper
Caitlin Hayes
Joy Katz
Patricia Grace King
Jennifer Lunden
Elizabeth Malaska
Delita Martin
Ansley Moon
Lissette J. Norman
Nina Puro
Emily Raboteau
Glenda Reed
Elizabeth Wetmore
Monica Sok
Patricia Spears Jones
Leni Zumas -
Grants Awarded May 2014
Grants Awarded Nov 2014Brit Blalock
Jasmin Darznik
Carol V. Davis
Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
Pamela Dodds
Lauren Flores Fantauzzo
Doyali Farah Islam
Bethany Hays
Katie Hovencamp
Barb Johnson
Tsering Lama
Annie Liontas
Sonja Livingston
Lee Reilly
Staci R. Schoenfeld
Carrie Mae Smith
Anna Vodicka
Hope Wabuke
Jude Whelchel -
Grants Awarded May 2013
Grants Awarded Nov 2013Kiley Ames
Elise Atchison
Anne Champion
Shirl Chouinard
Barbara Cole
Alicia DeBrincat
Melissa Febos
Emily Fridlund
Sarah Beth Goncarova
Mesha Maren
Monica Lynn Manoski
Amy Meng
Sara Michas-Martin
Bonnie J. Morris
Farnoosh Moshiri
Laura Rena Murray
Terese Svoboda
Voltrina Williams -
Grants Awarded May 2012
Grants Awarded Nov 2012Gaiutra Bahadur
Marion Bell
Nikia Chaney
Cara DeAngelis
Laura Hartford
Alice Lichtenstein
Carey Lovelace
Marit MacArthur
Katy Resch
Deborah Riley
Anne Marie Rooney
Amy Rowland
Greta Schuler
Susanna Starr
Tracy Strauss
Kathryn Trueblood
Julie Marie Wade -
Carol Dine
Caitlin Doyle
Joy Ann Juvelis
Heather Harpham
Elizabeth Haussler
Shabnam Piryaei -
Mary Jo Bole
Emily Jacir
Elizabeth Maclaren
Becky Siemmons
Reesa Grushka
Julia Fierro
Maureen O'Brian
Paula Peterson
Xochiquetzal Candelaria
Tina Chang
Sharmita Voorakkara
Sachiko Akiyama
Rachel Camm
Dorothy Wall
Lucrecia Guerrero
Katherine Noel
Aimee Phan
Kate Small
Amity Stoddard
Summer Wood
Jennifer Chang
Mia Angela Leonin -
Vadis Turner
Sharon Heitzenroder
Jean Campbell
Joan Connor
Annameekee Hesik
Marie Myung-OK Lee
Evelyn Somers Rogers
Parnaz Foroutan
Michelle Lanzoni
Susan Southard
Julija Sukys
Traci Brimhall
Carolyn Creedon
Alessandra Lynch
Cori A. Winrock
January O'Neil -
Andrea Cote
Jennifer Erin Hughes
Louise LaPlante
Elizabeth Menges
Laura J. Bennett
Juliann France
Eileen Palmer
Diana Rico
Susi Wyss
Latasha N. Nevada Diggs
Pilar Gomez Ibanez
Catherine Jagoe
Crystal A. Williams
Ruth Fox Blader
Emily Raboteau -
Diane Corbeau
Lois Cremmins
Adela Leibowitz
Helen Bishop Santelli
Amy Seidule
Beth Rooney
Sion Dayson
Gerri George
Ghida Hamze-Sinno
Hillary Jordan
Bushra Rehman
Kristen Wares
Ana-Maurine Lara
Faith Shearin
Francine Marie Tolf
Laura Van Prooyen
Beverly Bell
Sarah Levine
Michelle Otero
Robin Parks
Mary Ellen Sanger -
Carson Fox
Amanda Koster
Holly Wong
Zelda Alpern
Susan Stinson
Ilana Stanger-Ross
Julia Older
Jocelyn Bartkevicius
Marie Hummel
Laura Resau
Lory Bedikian
Melissa Crowe
Jennifer Militello
Cherise A. Pollard -
Ruth Geneslaw
Meredith Stern
Clarity Haynes
Dorian E. Gossy
Maura Greene
Kelly Magee
Therese Stanton
Roz Unruh
Christina Hutchins
Sharon Olinka
Patricia Albers
Patti Horvath
Patricia O'Kane -
Penny Herscovitch
Karen Ostrom
La Shonda Katrice Barnett
Sally Bellerose
Debra Dean
Jennifer Dickinson
Stella Pope Duarte
Jennifer Sears
Erin Soros
Mira Bartok
Sonja Livingston
Bonnie T. Summers
Elizabeth Gordon
Kathryn Gordon
Christine Rhein -
Judy Johnson-Williams
Laura Seftel
Natalie Smith Parra
Lois Williams
Andria Cole
Lynda Schor
Elizabeth Wetmore
Carol V. Davis
Patricia Monaghan
Victoria Sammartino
Peggy Ann Tartt
Kathy Desmond
Marisol L. Martinez
Jill M. Starkey
Linda Welker
Eula Biss
Christine Hemp
Hannah J. Wilson
Robin Ekiss
Cynthia S. Gaver
Marilyn Johnson -
Mary Jo Bole
Emily Jacir
Elizabeth Maclaren
Becky Siemmons
Reesa Grushka
Julia Fierro
Maureen O'Brian
Paula Peterson
Xochiquetzal Candelaria
Tina Chang
Sharmita Voorakkara
Sachiko Akiyama
Rachel Camm
Dorothy Wall
Lucrecia Guerrero
Katherine Noel
Aimee Phan
Kate Small
Amity Stoddard
Summer Wood
Jennifer Chang
Mia Angela Leonin -
Katie Baldwin
Maureen Cummins
Pat De Caro
Cory Jaeger
Adela Liebowitz
Faith Adiele
Deborah McCutchen
Elena Schwolsky
Elizabeth Ann Severn
Terry Ann Thaxton
Shelley Ettinger
Maggie Miles
J. Alicia Shank
Kelle Groom
Danielle Montgomery
Lisa J. Parker
Michele Thorsen
Joan Hornig
Susan Crane
Janice Eidus
Daisy Hernandez
Aleida Rodriguez
Maureen Stanton
Jackie Zakrewsky
Kate Betterton
Marie Myung-OK Lee
Gina L. Ochsner
Mary Yukari Waters
Millicent C. Borges
Sara Greenslit
Beth Thomas -
D. Shiels
Jennifer Tseng
Cynthia Anderson
Julie Gard
Yvonne A. Jackson
Caroline Patterson
Elizabeth Sachs
Dao Strom
Alice Templeton
Michelle Valois
Fran Zell
Yona Harvey
Susan Thomas
Suzanne Wise
Shivaun Rakauskas
Pauline Yun
Ilana Blumberg
Martha M. Harris
Brenda Serotte
Charlotte Watson Sherman
Laraine Herring
Leza Lowitz
Pat Cenulty
Madelena Monteil
Leslea Newman
Shara McCallum
Marilyn Bogusch Pryle
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon -
Nancy Brett
Judith Lang Zaimont
Monica Woelfel
Teresa Stores
Courtney Davis
Laura Marello
Zana Briski
M. Eliza Hamilton
Robin Flinchum
Sibyl Johnston
Joan S. Logghe
Christine Palamidessi Moore
Misako Akimoto
Donna Hennes
Morissa Lou Williams
Lisa Weasel
Adrian Oktenberg
Billie Livingston
Sue Kwock Kim
Katina Huston
Deborah Stein
Aife Murray
Gail Siptak
Kari Smalkoski
Lisa Bernstein
Patricia Edith
Karen Bucher
Kim Miller
Raquel Higgins
Mary C. Martin
Mary Michael Shelley
Judith Copeland
Sorrel Doris Hayes
Tracy Winn
Ruth Green
Susan Lippman -
Catherine Gammon
Sheila Ortiz Taylor
Danielle Legros Georges
Rhoda Shapiro
Lilian Friedberg
Marjan Helms
Elizabeth A. Heller-Mason
Denise Duhamel
Lisa Natalie Pearson
Lisa Link
Jennifer Rose
Letta Simone-Nefertari Neely
Katrina Wreede
Carol Dine
Marian Roth
Jennifer Kolsky
Nancy Rapoport
Edwidge Danticat
Jean Schachtschneider
Regina Keane
Susan Eisenberg
Marghreta Cordero
Melissa Kwasny
Susan Ingraham
Martha Yates -
Christine Heindl
Jill Gussow
Amanda Gable
Margaret Kay
Elouise Burrell
Paula Dyer
Elfrieda Abbe
Amy Hill
Adrian Nicole Leblanc
Ivy Parsons
Liz Waldner
Nighat Majid
Vera Anderson
Achy Obejas
Janice Gordon
Amy Fusselman
Mei Kum Ng
Janet Reed
Harmony Hammond
Joy Harjo
Kartar Dhillon
Sandra Steingraber
Ann Marie J. Bryan
Merideth McGregor
Susannah Briski
Linda Gammell
Sandra Menefee Taylor
Lucia Stanton White
Deborah Schwartz
Jessica Williams
Jennifer Jazz
Christine Hemp -
Kim Sherman
Laura Kasischke
Virginia Beth Shields
Susan Zwinger
Jeanne Brossart
Rachel Kadish
Linda Lee
Kathleen Ford
Mary Morten
Margaret Almon
Catherine Russo
M.J. Anderson
Donna Henes
Leila Philip
Miriam Sagan
Lusia Slomkowska
Joan Frank
Sarah Schulman -
Rebecca Stowe
Sigrid Nunez
Ann McAllister
Jane Gillooly
Hettie Jones
Carol Redmond
Jennifer Markasas Greisz
Camille Cole Howard
M. Corinne Mackey
Jill Livermore
Lynda Frese
Julie Fay -
Debra Clem
Sandy Boucher
Elizabeth Graver
Judith Sloan
Linda Marie
Erika Block
Liselotte Erdrich
Deborah Stein
Beverly Durio
Theresa Tollini
Marcia Eckert
Lee Stoliar
Nancy Fried
Pamela Beere Briggs
Deborah Donnelley
X. P. Callahan
Judith McDaniel
Brown Cardwell
Leslie Sills
Jennifer Sloan
Aurora Levins Moreales
Barbara Strnad
Caffyn Kelley -
Carolina Pesquiera
Erin & Lucinda The Train-ed Poets
Shirley Lauro
Aishah Rahman
Juilie Clark
Sandra Lundy
Sheree Rensel
Heidi Zednik
Martha Cummings
Hilary Sloin
Jean Hoenninger
Maxine Fine
Ruth Hardinger
Jewelle Gomez
Terry Baum
Patricia Gilmore
Phyllis Koestenbaum
Marilyn Keating
Vickie Sears
Irena Klepfisz
Kathleen Abromeit
Paula Sharp
Paris Poirier
Julie Checkoway
Dean Robertson
Gloria Vando
Chocolate Waters
Teresa Funiciello -
Chitra Divakaruni
Nona Caspers
Nina Wise
Judy Hiramoto
Beth Brant
Jeannette Muzima
Meg Scales
Susan Griffin
Sue Bernhard
C. Regina Kelley
Nancy Van De Vate
Lucille Rhodes
Angela Bower
Brenda Sherburn-Zimmer
Terry Jenoure
Sy Montgomery
Chrystos
Lucy Jane Bledsoe
Stephanie Mendelson
Lorena Garcia
Laurel Speer
Kerr & Malley
Elizabeth Evans
Barbara Laing
Sarah Schulman
Jennifer Abod
Mary Patten
Lisa Kanemoto -
Carolann Barrett
Mary Fuller
Zoe Walker
Judith Barrington
Cathy Cade
Erlene Stetson
Theresa Tollini
Virginia Maksymowicz
Karen Marshall
Mary Peck
Kaja Gam
Lydia Ann Douglas
Susan Robbins
Nizette Brennan
Anna Kainen
Fanchon Shur
Millie Wilson
Diana Davenport
Stacey Foiles
Jane Gillooly
Maureen Brady
Kate Lissard -
Catherine Allport
Kweli Smith
Holly Metz
Darlene Nicgorski
Bettye Lane
Shay Youngblood
Mary Czarecki
Harmony Hammond
Nancy Van De Vate
Elizabeth Seaton
Florence Champagne
Deborah Kruger
Chase Morrison
Pam Walton
Kathy A. Perkins
Cynthia Cohen
Erika Thorne
Diane Edington
Shirley Kassman
Phyllis A. Yes
Carole G. Friedman
Elizabeth Evans -
Mary Houtchens-Kitchens
Katharina Wilson
Anne Finger
Christine Berl
Shay Youngblood
Lesly Poling-Kempes
Pam Sisson
Pam Goldman
Judy Adams
Kyra
Barbara Abrash
Martha Sandlin
Lucy Winer
Linda Whitesitt
Anne Lundy
Sandy Rapp -
Erin Younger (Atlatl)
Sally Roesch Wagner
Nancy Kelly
Melane Lohmann
Lois Maharg
Shelley Anne Richtmyer
Andrea Ko Harmin
Pamela Shoemaker
Donna Henes
Sandy Rapp
Juana Maria Paz
Debra Zimmerman
Irene June Lee
Eileen Lotozo
Irene Zabytko
Lavonne Mueller
Hilary Roberts
Phyllis Lynd
Meri Weingarten
Nancy Cusick
Susan Friedman
Thea Schrack
Carole Robb
Susana Munoz