We are grateful to the following donors, who have have given generously to extend the reach and depth of the AWA method as it is felt in living rooms, prisons, hospitals, and more across the US and the globe.
Thousands of writers have moved their pen, shared their words, and been heard as a result. Thank you!
Honored Writers
Donations have been given in the name of the following writers to thank them for the inspiration they provide to our community:
Joan Marie Wood, who ran workshops at Temescal Writers (Oakland, CA) for years.
Using the techniques of AWA and her own gentle, positive voice, she encouraged each of us to write more and dig deeper.”
Maureen Buchanan Jones, Training Program Director of AWA and leader of Writing Full Tilt workshops.
She made the workshop leadership training a great experience. I’ve since led one workshop and will lead more in the coming year. I would not have had the courage to try this without the AWA training and Maureen’s encouragement.”
2020
(Bold names are In Honor of Pat Schneider)
Benefactors
Ronna Rajaniemi || Phillip Stallworth || Emilie Townes || Laurel Schneider || Paula Adams || Elise Rymer || Becky Jones || Ali Tucker Lichtenstein || Mary Simmerling
Patrons
Aaron Zimmerman || Kathleen A George || Madeleine George || Nancy A. Smith || Melissa Carlson || Nancy Schimmel || Jill Jackson || Emily Stoddard || Elizabeth Parsons || K. Lee Pickett || Amy Lyles Wilson || Melvin Carlson || Renee Schultz || Peggy Reber || Dorothy Haag || Jan Haag || Kristin Davis || Mary Weatherup || Hedy Straus || Katie McCleary || Jan Elsea || guy howard klopp
Friends
Janis McCallen || Clare Mullaney || Lynn S. Bechtel || Sarah B. Marsh-Rebelo || Prema J Camp || Denise Yost || Judy Kagley Bingham || Jeanne Murphy-Stone || Stephanie Kraft || Judy Ryan || Tarianne DeYonker || Corinne Litchfield || Stephanie Burnett || Lauren Just Giel || Cindy Domasky || Anita Adams || Yvonne Combs || Stephanie Shafran || Jane Dirks || Joanne M. Lozar Glenn || Susan L. Davis || Gwenn A. Nusbaum || Jo An Gaines || Mary Lindberg || Dee Matthews || Holly Holt || Tina Egnoski || Maureen Dillon || Lois Rosen
Write Around the World
Nadia Manrique || Maya Lolbe Corona Velasquez || Edixon Martinez || Kim Tsuchida || Frances Spector || Maire O’Donohue || Gay White || Amy Benfer || Matthew Schwartz || Tabitha Espinoza || Julia Madore || Angelika Aitken || Kathleen Hatcher || Kris Abel-Helwig || Marybeth Buchele || Julia Bilek || Barbara Nutley-Hunter || Denise Neumann-Fuhr || Barbara Carlton || Susan G. Teare || Judy O’Dell || amy lowry || Jane Dirks || Edel Murphy || Veronica Shean || Catherine Fallis || Kathleen O’Connell || Marnie McPhee || Jennafer Morgan || Anita Hershman || Valeria Basso || Janea Varner || Chanel Prince || Demisha Burns || Aidan Thompson || Martha Hauston || Judy Kusuma || Karen Thompson || Pamela Rogers || Judy Skeels || W. Blumberg || Uresa Ahmeti || Miranda Hyman || Jennifer Jane || Erin Neumeyer || Sara Singer Schiff || Elizabeth Wolf || Catherine Palmer || Leslie Boies || Sophie Amado || Jessica Waite || Berti Baker || Mary Ann McKenzie || Hilary Lynch || Narelle hill || Lillie Ortiz || Sara Vos || Susan Benjamin || Gail Thompson || Nancy Janoson || Anita Adams || Kimberly Bottenfield || Iyabo Onipede || Majella Haugh Rachel Rice || Cheryl Stensrud || Stephanie Burnett-Scott || Betsy Perry || Natasha Zagoren || Lea DeCosta || Judith Del Tredici || Jenna Synnestvedt || Holly Land || Laura McNeilly || Risa Adams || Charleena R Hanson- Penama || Loren MccRory || Rachel Alarcon || Tracey Lofton || Michelle Bartolick || Heather Caldera || Cynthia Lopez || Daniel Mudd || Dunya Nuaimi || Kelsey Andrews || Julia Grant || Kate Perry || Donna Newton || Mitchell Drach || aggie damron || Mary Ella Magill || Jeannie Bowman || Kristina Yates || Brooke Jaffe || Arunachaleswaran Kalyanasundaram || Madge O’Callaghan || Fiona van Wissen || Jane Allen || Kathleen M Kane || Kiki DiLandro || Lanette Sweeney || Christine Ng || Carol Good || Kianna Bader || Katie Marshall Flaherty || Jim O’Leary || Patti Ruane || Lisa Rigge || Beth Girard || Gail Cunningham || Laura Scott || Annette Pathways Erickson || Betsy Abrams || Gina Consolino-Barsotti || Maria Marchese || Loren MccRory || Belinda Edwards || Tarianne DeYonker || Deepam Wadds || Bethanie Humphreys || Brigette Bernagozzi || Tomoko Ferguson || Susan Wallach || Stephanie Curry || Raquel Ruiz || Lois Rosen || Janet Settle || Marian Calabro || Gwenn A Nusbaum || April Boyington Wall || Aaron Zimmerman || Sharon Obrien || Christianne Balk || Renee Hopkins || Annie Fahy || Jane P. Hoover || Christine Kelly || Barbara Donohue || Shelley Wagner || Laurel Karry || Vicki Pinkerton || Margaret O’Brien || Kathleen Jay || Robin Criscuolo || Fiona Clarke || Laurie Baron || Mette Yde || Deepam Wadds || Lane Goddard || Liz Bounds || Kelly Giles || Meg Max || Barbara Krasner || Sue Reynolds || Sarah Marie Sharp || Meadow Jones || Ann Bancroft || Karen Vrotsos || Joann Phoenix || Alexandra Shinn || Barbara-Helen Hill || Clare Bolton || Valerie Kerr || Ruth Leibowitz || Carla A. Hanson || Diana Damato
2019
Benefactors
Elisabeth Carter || Summer Hardinge || Martha K.S. Patrick || Jane P. Hoover || Kim Grahl || Kathleen Olesky || Lane Goddard
Patrons
Clare Bolton || Linda Milanese || Catherine Rees || Laurie Larson-Doornbos || Vicki Pinkerton || Susie Welehan || Bisi Ideraabdullah || Patricia Fontaine || Nancy Smith || Renee Clifton || Katie George || Ruthie Rohde || Monia Kahut
Friends
Julie Snair || Sally Palaian || Jo An Gaines || Marjorie Ackerman || Dawn Bhat, LMHC, LPC || Elizabeth McKetta || Diana Damato || Nancy Margolis || Peggy M. Fisher || Jo An Gaines || Teri Kistler || Nancy Solak || Barbara Donohue || Gail Cunningham || Genevieve E. Chandler || Anne Rath || Bob Miller
Write Around the World
Cindy Domasky || Laura Moretz || Claire Boskin || Jennafer Simpson || Donal Grehan || Lisa Palczewski || Mary Ann Ragsdale || Peter Groggel || Beth Blackbird || Tom Mort || Erica McGill || Julia Wassef || Gina Spidle || Meaghan Mousseau || Courtney Sheedy || Michele Kearney || Kathleen Olesky || Ruth Leibowitz || Hollie Ziskind
2018
Benefactors
Deborah Bayer || Martha K.S. Patrick || Erin Hedger || Jeri Okamoto-Tanaka || Lane Goddard || Sue Reynolds || Kathleen Olesky
Patrons
Joan Marie Wood || Nancy A Smith || Dorothy Rice || Elisabeth Carter || Jan Haag || Renee Clifton
Friends
Kimberley Morningstar || Aaron Zimmerman || Patricia Brown || B. Alexandra Kedrock || Margaret O’Brien || Christine Barbetta || Laura Moretz || Allison Hannah || Amy Young || B. Lynn Goodwin || Joanne Turnbull || Jo An Gaines || Patricia Lee Lewis || Barbara-Helen Hill || Anita Adams || Tina Egnoski || Laura Murra || Kate Marshall-Flaherty || Bisi Ideraabullah || Nancy Margolis || Anita Adams || Marilyn Reynolds || Elizabeth Bounds
2017
Write Around the World
Laurie Baron from Holland, MI || Rolina Vermeer || Diane L. Kalusniak || Kathy Breen || Judy Swanson || Beth Bayley from Sri Lanka || William Caldwell from Gresham, OR || Lisa Colburn from Leesburg, VA || Fern Patchett || Richard Rademaker || Cornelia Barr || Dana Cunningham Anderson from Manzanita, Oregon || Daria LaMasney || Deborah Lincoln || Sue McGrath || Dale Rue || Karen La Grave Small || Judith Pearson || Glenna Gray || Valerie Schafer Franklin || Laura H Schaad || Jo An Gaines || Diana Damato from Keene, NH || Pat Campbell || Judy Skeels || Mary Pleasanton || Bonnie Rill || Steven P. Guerrero || Tarianne DeYonker in Adrian, MI || Lane Goddard from North Carolina || Summer Hardinge from Gaithersburg, MD || Maureen B. Jones from Amherst, MA || Lisa Gilbert || Catherine Iselin || Debbie Lynangale || Carla Cooke || Nancy Barnes || Pat Brown || Gloria DiFulvio || Gina McNeely || Eleanor Skinner || Annie Fahy || Katharine Nelson || Colette Volkema DeNooyer || Kathleen Olesky from Newton, MA || Martha Schley Thayer || Eileen M Millane || Claire Boskin || Patricia Borst Ficken || Karen E. Soorian || Summer Hardinge || Kate Albus || Barbara Farmer || Barb Galvin || Amanda Karst || Debbie Sobeloff || Kris Davis || Martha K.S. Patrick from Bodrum, Turkey || Paul Rozario-Falcone from Brooklyn, NY || Alphonse Falcone || Wun Kuen Ng || Munjen Ng || Carmela Sansone & Antonio Golite || Rosa Bavaro || Donna Ricciardo || Sue Reynolds || Emily Stoddard from Grand Rapids, MI || Sandra Mitchell || Rachel Pini || Lisa Palczewski || Jill Thompson || Simon Cunningham
Sponsor: Northampton Cooperative Bank, a division of Greenfield Cooperative Bank