Thanks to Our Wonderful Donors!
The National Writers Series team is immensely grateful for all the donors who make our events and Raising Writers programs a reality. Thank also go to our Battle of the Books grantors and donors. You helped create something very special in our big, little town!
Reflects gifts donated from Jan. 1, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2025 * Updated quarterly
Publishers' Club
$50,000 & Above
Louise McDermott
Richard and Diana Milock
Helen and Mark Neithercut
Nobel Award
$10,000 or More
Richard and Susan Bingham
Clark and Karen Bunting
Leith and Gloria Butler
Nancy Davy
Anonymous
Dan and Marsha Edson
Cameron and Dan Farley
Paula Jo and Jamie Kemler
Elizabeth Mostrom and Herm Triezenberg
Lola Jackson and Dilys Tosteson Garcia
Susan Kettering
Eleanor Luedtke
Mark and Helen Neithercut
Robert and Anne Tucker
Janet Wolf
Bestseller List
$5,000-$9,999
Carol Adler
Danielle Beauvais and Steve Baumgartner
Rota Bump
Ronald Chao
Anonymous
Jon and Sue Kinne
Anonymous
Nancy Stehouwer
David Taft
Sera and Rick Thompson
National Book Award
$1,000-$4,999
Nathanael Adamson
Gary and Mimi Appel
Jeanne Ascione
Laura Asiala
Judy and Bruce Balas
Lorraine and Mack Beers
Arleta Bernson
Marcy Branski
Susan and Charles Cady
Martha Campbell
Terry Carrithers
Bob and Suzy Cline
Steve and Sheri Constantin
Michael Delp
Karen and Roger Edgley
Debra Edson
Deborah Eisberg
Lisa Genesen and David Tabolt
Ward and Mary Gillett
C. Joanne Grabinski
Sally & Tim Hanley
Gail and Robert Hetler
Chip and Shirley Hoagland
Pam and Steve Horne
Jim Huckle
Michael and Joanie Jackson
Jon and Sue Kinne
Ruthanne Kladder
Harold and Pamela Lassers
Leslie Lee
Wayne and Terry Lobdell
Janice and Michael London
Laurie and Paul Madison
Gladys and Tom Maguire
Larry Mawby and Lois Bahle
Joan McCool
Nancy McGuire
Anne Montgomery
Betsy Moore and Jay Wood
John Moore and Elinor Fong
Kurt and Angela Nahikian
Laura and Edwin Ness
Barbara Papazian
Linda and Max Proffitt
Kathleen and Michael Rhodes
Peter Romeo and Chris Varner
Bernie and Donna Rubin
Marc and Tracy Schwimmer
Sumit Sengupta and Cassie Brooks
Isiah and Marlene Smith
Karin and David Summers
Patricia Swaney
Jodi Thompson
Zack Urlocker and Gregg Armstrong
Nancy and Kent Walton
Juanita and Noel Watson
Bonnie Willings
Pulitzer Club
$250-$999
Carolyn Abbey
Fred Anderson
Sir or Madam
Paul and Judy Arnold
Stephen Bahlke
Becky Beach
Elizabeth and Richard Bellingham
Jean Bjork Boquist
Margaret Bossenbery
Cynthia Brzak
Susan Burks
Dick and Sue Campbell
Jennifer and Stan Carroll
Marilyn Cobb
Camille Colatosti
Bill and Paula Cordes
Shelley Cowan
Rebecca D’Agostino and David Faling
John DeSpelder
Michael and Brenda Earl
Becky Ewing
Gary Faria and Patricia Mallon
Renee and Don Fedrigon
Steve and Ann Fisher
Mike and Mary Forness
Keith Gave
Dan Gerber
Carol and Bob Goff
Pat Green
David and Kara Gregory
Mary Griffin
John Gudritz
Tom and Victoria Gutowski
Tom Hazelton
Stephen Hennessy
Bette Jackson
Karin Jacobson and Robert Seeman
Ed and Ann Kalat
Annelle Kaspor and Joseph Jonika
Jamie Keillor
Jerri Kindlinger
Nicholas Kleb and Hanna Lee-Kleb
Judith and Robert Krasa
Judith and Charles Kraus
Jo Anne Lafley
Suzanne and Jim Lamond
Carol and Paul Laporte
Steven Lee and Julie Tarr
Lisa Thauvette
Anne Magoun
Meredith McComb
Jeff Mellgren
Susan Michener
George and Eleanor Miller
Shelley Misenheimer
Marcia Monks
Donna Moore
Paul Morse
David Murphy and Suzanne Peters
Kevin Nagy and Debbie Lewis
Ann Norman
Betsy and Dave Olson
Grant and Paulette Parsons
Pat Paveglio
Royce Ragland
Beedy Ritchie and Bruce Neiner
Pug Rundio
Thomas Sampson
Jennifer Schell
Christine Schneider
Mark Schreier
Jack Segal and Karen Puschel
Nancy Sloan
Bill Smith
William Smith
Bonnie Spanier and Steve Brown
Bonnie Stanton
Doug and Anne Stanton
Vickie Stanton
Kathleen Steeves
Denise Stefan
Melanie Stieber
Roberta Teahen
Susan Thomas
Patricia and Ken Warner
Pete Wilson
Pam Yee and Ron Gianola
Ken and Stewie Zacks
Quill Donors
$101-$249
Alison Arthur
Diana and Jeff Baribeau
Thomas Barnes
Emily Bluemer
Nancy Bujold
Bob Butz and Nancy Flowers
Nanette Cantrell
Vicki Carpenter and Phil Downs
Robert Champion
Elsa Clark
Kim Clarke
Elodie Crawford
Marcia Curran
Beverly Cuthbert
David and Laura Sue D’Annunzio
Bob Derrer
Tom and Audrey DeVault
Kathryn Drabik
Gail Drayton
Annemarie Erickson
Christine Esper
Donna and Michael Flynn
Belinda Friis
Jo & Keith Gave
Michael Greer
Nancy Griesinger
Inger Griffin
Sondra Hardy
Jeanne and Michael Haynes
Joyce Hennessee
Mike and Sharon Herron
Tishri Hosler
Kathleen Kovas
Kima Kraimer
Susan and Donald Labelle
Bonnie and Steve Lockwood
Renee Lundy
Eleanor Lynn
Ann McPhail
Kristin and Bruce Moore
Lisa Oleson
Carolyn and John Olson
Teresa Olson
Stephen and Raenette Palmer
Doris Pierson
Lisa a Psenka
Lisa Psenka
Pamela Radabaugh
Catherine Radu
Michael and Libby Robold
Lynda Rothermel
Perry Samson
Laura Seymore
Patricia Sharpnack
Angela Sheets
Barb Skurdall and Annie Strehle
Barbara Skurdall
Daniel and Vicki Stewart
Karen Strom
Larry Strong
Cindy Swift
Michael and Terry Tarnow
Norm Veliquette
Barb and David Vinocur
Cassidy Wieschowski
Nancy Wonch
Valerie Wright
NWS Friends
$50-$100
Lisa Allen
Peggy Anderson and Ed Hargis
Josephine Arrowood-Ross
Kathleen Arvo
Sara Bageris
Linda Barry
Patricia Bauer
Deborah Baughman
Pat Bazley
Katherine Belanger
Ruthi Bloomfield
Joyce Bono
Judith Bosma and James Olson
Eric and Julia Braverman
Mary Ellen Bridges
Bill and Theresa Brown
Lynn Bryant
Rhonda Busch
Sandra and Bill Cartwright
Nichol Chaja
Luba and Kurt Childs
Valerie Church-McHugh
Sam Clark
Clinton Clarke
Bob and Cindy Clement
Dorothy and Robert Clore
Joseph and Deborah Conklin
Barb and John Dancer
Pamela Darling
Ann Dechow
Elizabeth DeLaRossa
Vicki DesJardins
Victoria DesJourdins
Mike and Tekla Dettmer
Michael and Annie DeVries
Peggy Drabek
Judy Drinan
Stephen and Carol Drosdeck
Linda Dunigan
Ronda Edwards
Sharon Elzinga
Marc Fenton
Mary Feryus
Richard and Lin Foa
Anne Gallagher
Nancy Gallagher
Charlie Gano
Mike Gillman
Daniel Gleason
Charla Gordon
Steve and Pam Grace
Sally Grady
Jeff Gullo
Kaaryn Gustafson
Elizabeth Hakola
Leah Harding
Teri Hedrich and Alfred Stachel
Kristina Henke
Karla Herbold
Debbie and Bill Hershey
John Hoffmann
Marie and Doug Holem
Rose Hollander
Tricia Hoyt
Kay and David Ingraham
John and Kathleen Jahoda
Lesa Jarski
Marilyn Johns
Sue Jones
David Joswick
Sue Judson
Michael Keller
David Kirby and Martha Topol
Deborah Kohn
John Kostecki
Karen Kuehlhorn
Deb Kuhn
James Kure
Eldon Lamb
Melanie LaPerriere
Scott LaVictor
Candace Lee
Judy Levin
Jeanne Lewellen
Wendy Lichtenwalter
Kirsten Lietz
Kathy Magliochetti
Scott Mandel and Maureen Dyer
Peter Marabell
Mark and Catherine McPherson
Judith Mesack
Carolyn Micklatcher
Chris and Donna Miller
Jamie Mills
Leslie Modrack
Gary Moore
Margaret Morse
Briana Motley
Karen Mountz
Kent Mueller
Linda and Chuck Mueller
Mia Munroe
Timothy Nelson and Nancy Johnson
Bonnie Nescot and Timothy Barr
Nick Olson
Mary Peters
Sarah Pfeil
Dennis and Barbara Piskor
Ann and Tom Post
Lori Pudduck and Lori Hartman
Joan Rasmussen and Morry Alter
Bill Rastetter and Cary Weed
Connie and Steve Reddicliffe
Connie And Steve Reddicliffe
Sandy Remer
Carolyn and John Rentenbach
Peachy Carolyn Rentenbach
Patti Reynolds
Alice Rhyner
Joan and Ken Richmond
Frank Riggle
Bonny Risbridger
Bonny Risbridger
Ed and Amy Schindler
Lisa Sitkins
Charlotte Slater
Susan Marie Smith
Rob Smuck
Marilynn and Allen Smyth
Linda and Chad Spawr
Michael Stephens
Dianne and Ross Stephenson
Dave Stout
Ruth and Bob Stow
Tom Streasick
Jannifer Stromberg
Greg and Mary Jo Surma
Louise Taylor
William Thauvette
Dorothy Thompson
Kathy Tuckerman
Kathleen Turner
Anne Vawter
Darrin Wassom
Judith and Kennard Weaver
Patricia Weber
Arlene Weismantel
Amy White
Jesse and Molly Wolff
Mildred Zukausky