2009 Recipients of the Bold Ink Award

Wanda Coleman, Poet (Jazz and Twelve O'Clock Tales: New Stories)

Jennifer Crittenden, Screenwriter (The New Adventures of Old Christine, Everybody Loves Raymond)

Naomi Foner, Screenwriter (Bee Season, Running on Empty)

Gigi Levangie, Novelist/Screenwriter (The Starter Wife, Maneater)

Sonja Nazario, Journalist (Enrique's Journey, Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Gina Prince-Bythewood, Screenwriter/Director (The Secret Life of Bees, Love & Basketball)

Carolyn See, Novelist (There Will Never Be Another You, Making a Literary Life)

Diane Warren, Grammy-winning songwriter ("Because You Loved Me," "How Do I Live")

Bold Ink Award Winners. January 24th, 2008
Standing: Left to Right: Diablo Cody, Robin Swicord, Keren Taylor, Sarah Fain, Carol Muske-Dukes,
Liz Craft, Mona Simpson. Seated: Teens from WriteGirl- Season 7
(Award Recipient not pictured: Patt Morrison, LA Times)