Patricia Sarrafian Ward wins Hala Maksoud Award for Outstanding Emerging Writer

The Outstanding Emerging Writer prize in the name of Hala Maksoud was awarded to novelist Patricia Sarrafian Ward, author of The Bullet Collection at the first annual RAWI (Radius of Arab-American Writers) conference. The award was given at Hunter College in June 2005. The award was presented by Clovis Maksoud in honor of his wife, her support for women, her love of literature and her accomplishments as a scholar.