The Moment Magazine Emerging Writer Awards

The Moment Magazine Emerging Writer Awards were founded in 2004. Their mission is to seek out talented writers who have published at least one book and whose books confront themes that are of interest to millions of Jewish readers. An emerging writer is defined as someone who has not yet received widespread recognition, has not yet won a major literary award and can be of any age.

2010 Winners

Non-Fiction: Jane Ziegelman's 97 Orchard

Fiction: Nadia Kalman's The Cosmopolitans

2009 Winners

Non-Fiction: Abby Sher's Amen, Amen Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn't Stop Praying (Among Other Things)

Fiction: Sara Houghteling's Pictures at an Exhibition

2008 Winners

Non-Fiction: Harry Bernstein's The Invisible Wall

Fiction: Anya Ulinich's Petropolis

2006 Winners

Non-Fiction: Ann Kirschner's Sala's Gift

Fiction: Gary Shtenyndart's Absurdistan

Short Fiction: Elisa Albert's How This Night is Different

Children's Literature: Steve Sheinkin's The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey

2005 Winners

Fiction: Nicole Krauss for History of Love

Non-Fiction: Jennifer Miller for Inheriting the Holy Land

2004 Winners

Fiction: David Bezmozgis for Natasha: And Other Stories

Non-Fiction: Stephanie Wellen Levine for Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey Among Hasidic Girls

Selections are made by committee. No nominations please.