Ha Jin
After Charlene (Suny) Monk was appointed as executive director in 1997, VCCA garnered further awards, including the 2000 Governor's Award in the Arts and National Book Awards for Fellows Alice McDermott ("Charming Billy") and Ha Jin ("Waiting"). "Constructed residencies" have specifically fostered cross-fertilization of genres. VCCA has partnered with the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership to provide writers with workshops on increasing their readership.