Member Awards and Achievements Elizabeth Spencer receives Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters’ Fiction Award June 11, 2015 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email Elizabeth Spencer received the Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters’ Fiction Award for her novel, Starting Over. The awards ceremony was held this past weekend on June 6 at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.