Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
​Wednesday, May 15th, 2024  
9th Annual BAAFN Essay Contest Award Ceremony 
at the Coolidge Corner Theatre 
with Keynote Speaker
Mira T. Lee

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Program Design: [email protected]
Click HERE to view a slideshow of the 9th BAAFN Essay Award Ceremony at Movie House 5 in the newly renovated Coolidge Theatre.
2024 BAAFN Essay Judges and Sponsors
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  • ​     2024 BAAFN Essay panel of judges -  
  •      * John Hodgman
  •      * Lisa Flores
    • ​     * Stephanie Nist
  •      * Caitlin Starr - Assistant Director, Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community                        Relations
  •      * Grace Talusan - author of "The Body Papers"
  •      * Aba Taylor - Executive Director, Brookline Community Foundation
Thank you to our 2024 BAAFN Essay Sponsors and Partners!
  • PRESENTING SPONSOR: Brookline Community Foundation
  • VENUE PARTNER: Coolidge Corner Theatre
  • BAAFN SPONSORS: BAB Korean Bistro, Brookline Booksmith, Council of Korean Americans, John Hodgman, Giles Li & Sopheak Tek, Mint Julep, Olive Connection & The Sapoznik Family, Susan Park - Children’s Author, Praise Shadows Art Gallery
  • PRIZE SPONSORS: Brookline Booksmith, Columbus Hospitality Group, Mistral
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Program Design: [email protected]
2024 BAAFN Essay Contest Winners
Congratulations to the award winners!
Click on each picture below to access the link to the awardee's essay and view the recording of the reading at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. 
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Haley Kim - 2024 BAAFN Award
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Kiran Bhatia - 2024 Content Award
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Geo Elasmar - 2024 Creativity Award
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Melanie Ho - 2024 Creativity Award
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Bella Wang - 2024 - Resilience Award
2024 Keynote Speaker
​Mira T. Lee  
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Mira T. Lee - author of Everything Here Is Beautiful. Click on the image above to hear Mira's keynote address
Click HERE to read the press release
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Amazon: Top 20 Best Literature/Fiction of 2018
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Guests in Movie House 5, at the newly renovated Coolidge Corner Theatre, await the start of the 9th Annual BAAFN Essay Award Ceremony to celebrate the Awardees and Keynote Speaker, Mita T. Lee on the evening of Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
Click HERE to view the slideshow of the event
Recording of BAAFN's 9th Annual Asian American Essay Contest  
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Click on the image above to view the entire recording of the 9th BAAFN Essay Award Cerremony
Thank you to ​BIG (Brookline Interactive Group) for recording BAAFN's 9th Essay Award Ceremony at the newly renovated Coolidge Corner Theatre on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024.