• First Edition Club



First Edition Club

“There’s no money in poetry,” wrote Robert Graves, “but then there’s no poetry in money either.” We beg to differ. Philanthropic giving is an art, a creative and conscious gesture. The Bay Area Book Festival would not exist if not for the generosity of the following donors, our poets of the pocketbook.

Laureates: $100,000 +

  • Anonymous
  • City of Berkeley*
  • Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
  • Margaret and Will Hearst*
  • Stephen M. Silberstein Foundation*
  • Thomas M Scruggs Jr

Best Seller: $50,000 +

  • Anonymous
  • Anne Germanacos
  • Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation*
  • Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman*
  • Norway House Foundation*
  • Reed Schmidt*
  • Stocker Foundation
  • Zoetic Press and Lise Quintana*

Prize Winner: $10,000-$49,999

  • 11th Hour Project
  • 2000 Center St. LLC/John Lineweaver
  • Abrams-Millikan and the Fourth Street Shops (Berkeley)*
  • ALTA – Journal of Alta California
  • Alibris
  • Anne Germanacos*
  • Anonymous
  • AT&T*
  • Avalon Books*
  • The Bernard Osher Foundation
  • Bayer
  • Beneficial State Foundation
  • Betsy Strong
  • Center for the Art of Translation
  • Consulate General of Mexico, San Francisco*
  • Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco
  • Chronicle Books*
  • Culture Ireland
  • Diana Divecha
  • Finlandia Foundation National*
  • George Rehm
  • Goethe-Insitut San Francisco
  • Guy and Jeanine Saperstein*
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Kerry Tepperman Campbell (WL)
  • Mal Warwick*
  • MFA in Writing at the University of San Francisco
  • Mays Family Charitable Fund/Ramona and John Mays*
  • Mother Jones
  • North Berkeley Investment Partners
  • Olivia Sears (WL)
  • Otis and Elizabeth Chandler*
  • Peter Wiley
  • Saul Zaentz Foundation
  • Stocker Foundation*
  • Thomas Lockard & Alix Marduel
  • UC Berkeley Arts + Design Sponsorship
  • UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund*
  • Visit Berkeley
  • Wunderbar Together Initiative

Hot New Talent: $5,000-$9,999

  • Arlie and Adam Hochschild*
  • Anonymous
  • Avalon Travel
  • American Endowment Foundation
  • Berkeley Patients Group
  • Berkeley Public Library Foundation
  • Burning Man*
  • Carolyn and Richard Beahrs
  • Charles Schwab Foundation*
  • Center for the Art of Translation*
  • Collective Book Studio
  • Consulate General of Sweden in San Francisco
  • Danish Arts Foundation
  • Donna and Ken Coit (WL)
  • Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund
  • Downtown Berkeley Association
  • Dutch Foundation for Literature / Letterenfonds
  • Edith Jackson and Thomas W. Richardson, Jr.
  • Farmer’s Insurance/Ruth Stroup*
  • GEICO*
  • George Lucas Family Foundation*
  • Hachette Book Group
  • HarperOne*
  • Jennifer and David Risher
  • Jewish Community Center East Bay
  • Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI Korea)
  • Meyer Sound
  • NORLA – Norwegian Literature Abroad
  • Suzanne and Italo Calpestri*
  • Patrick Kennedy, Panoramic Interests*
  • Pyramid Hotel Group*
  • Richard Beahrs
  • SACHI: Society for Art and Cultural Heritage of India
  • Scribd, Inc.*
  • Terry Gamble
  • Three Guineas Fund*
  • Winona Wagner
  • Zuade Kaufman

Breakout Author: $1,000-$4,999

  • Amy Tran (WL)
  • Anonymous (6)*
  • Alicia J. Donahue
  • Allen Matthews
  • Allison Crook
  • Barbara Holmes (WL)
  • Barbara Morrison (WL)
  • Barbara Yoder*
  • Catherine Pyke (WL)
  • Charles and Barbara Winton
  • Christin Evans and Praveen Madan*
  • Consulate General of France in San Francisco
  • Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco
  • Damon Horowitz
  • Deepak Chopra
  • Donna Weidner
  • FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange
  • Eleni and Markos Kounalakis*
  • Elizabeth Yarborough and Peter Hagist
  • Emily Sellers
  • French American Cultural Society*
  • Friends of the Berkeley Public Library*
  • Gary Pomerantz*
  • Golden Gate Organics
  • Google/Benevity Community Impact Fund*
  • Greg Sarris
  • Iceland Naturally
  • Icelandic Literature Center*
  • Ingram*
  • Italian Cultural Institute*
  • John Lineweaver, in memory of Robert San Souci*
  • Jeffrey Bleich and Rebecca Pratt Bleich
  • Jeffrey Bluestone*
  • Jennifer Fearon*(WL)
  • JP Morgan Charitable Giving Fund
  • Julie Abrams (WL)
  • Kate Beckwith
  • Kate Jessup and Igor Zagatsky
  • Kenyatta Monroe-Sinkler
  • Kikoko
  • Laura Lambert (WL)
  • Laura Tyson and Erik Tarloff
  • Leslie Rose
  • Lore Harp McGovern
  • Marcy Taylor Pattinson (WL)
  • Mark Kamena
  • Marty and Pamela Krasney
  • Mechanics Bank*
  • National Book Foundation
  • Olivia E Sears (WL)
  • Richard Paisner
  • Robert Benson
  • Robert and Nancy Bishop*
  • Royal Danish Embassy / Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
  • Ruth Shapiro
  • Sandra McCandless (WL)
  • Seven Design Group, Inc.*
  • Sharon Lane (WL)
  • Shimi Rahim*
  • Sidney Wolinsky and Patricia Kirkpatrick
  • Steve Beck and Candice Eggerss*
  • Susan Pritzker (WL)
  • Suzanne LaFetra Collier
  • Swan’s Fine Books*
  • Todd David Hodes
  • Trenia Today*
  • VISA*
  • Warner Coaching
  • Wendy Cosin
  • Zipporah W Collins
  • Zipcar Sponsorship

Literary Muse: $100-$999

  • Adaline Ancinas
  • Anonymous (12)
  • Al & Ann Wasserman*
  • Alejandra Hermosillo*
  • Allison Jones
  • Amanda Weil
  • Amy Draemel and Ben Barry
  • Amy Marcott*
  • Amy Thomas
  • Anessa Praphaisri Tjarks (WL)
  • Angela Deiana
  • Ann Farmer*
  • Anna Pletcher (WL)
  • Anne McCarten-Gibbs
  • Anna Roberts (WL)
  • Anne E. Simon (WL)
  • Anniqua Rana (WL)
  • Antonia Hayes*
  • April Hopkins
  • Arthur Bryant*
  • Asiya Jefari (WL)
  • Barbara Banks
  • Barbara Friday (WL)
  • Barbara Herren
  • Barbara O’Hay
  • Barbara Ridley (WL)
  • Beany Wezelman
  • Belva Moore*
  • Benita Kline
  • Benjamin Heald
  • Berkeley Baby Book Project*
  • Berkeley Massage and Acupuncture*
  • Beth Frankland
  • Bill Donahoe
  • Bob Bailey
  • Brent Felker
  • Brian Bock and Susan Rosin
  • Bridget Quinn (WL)
  • Brooke Warner*
  • California Writers Club*
  • Cara Black (WL)
  • Carla Frazier
  • Carol Edlund (WL)
  • Catherine Crystal
  • Catherine Lerza (WL)
  • Cathryn Ramin*
  • Charla Gabert (WL)
  • Cherene Unrau (WL)
  • Cherif Jazra
  • Cherilyn Parsons*
  • Cheryl Popp (WL)
  • Cheryll Marsh
  • Christine Hansen
  • Christopher Hamilton
  • Christy Hayes
  • Cindy Hegger, Linda Carlson (WL)
  • Ceil Tilney in honor of everyone who likes books
  • Celine Shimizu
  • Charles Ashman*
  • Claudia Hess (WL)
  • Claudia Smukler
  • Colleen Morton Busch
  • Cosette Ratliff*
  • Cristi Delgado (WL)
  • Cristina Campbell
  • Crystal Davis
  • Cynthia Butler
  • Cynthia Sears
  • Dale Marie Golden (WL)
  • Daneet Steffens*
  • Daphne White (WL)
  • Darlene Vendegna
  • David Frankel
  • David Hochschild and Cynthia Li
  • David Strachan
  • David Zebker
  • Deb Janes
  • Deborah Doyle*
  • Dede Dewey
  • Deirdre English*(WL)
  • Deirdre Greene (WL)
  • Destiny Kinal (WL)
  • Devi Laskar
  • Diana Parker (WL)
  • Diana Passadori (WL)
  • Diane Filippi (WL)
  • Diane Lee Davenport*
  • Diane Plank
  • Dickson Louie
  • Don Moore
  • Donna Hiraga-Stephens
  • Donna Weidner (WL)
  • Doris Kretschmer
  • Dorothy Taylor*
  • Dorty Nowak (WL)
  • Dr. Monique Andrews, Dr. Tamara MacIntyre (WL)
  • Edward Lopez
  • Elaine Katrzenberger
  • Eleanor Yick (WL)
  • Eleanore Lee
  • Elinor Froemsdorf*
  • Elisa Mikiten
  • Elizabeth Ferguson
  • Elizabeth Farnsworth
  • Elizabeth Krivatsy (WL)
  • Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen*
  • Elizabeth Sundstrom*
  • Elizabeth Suzuki (WL)
  • Ellen Geringer
  • Ellen Moyer*
  • Ellen Pechman
  • Ellen Rosenau
  • Ellen Singer in honor of Suzanne Calpestri (WL)
  • Elysa Walk*
  • Emily and Ian Foley (WL)
  • Eric Proegler
  • Erika Shek
  • Erin MacCool
  • Esther Hirsh (WL)
  • Ethan Nosowsky*
  • Evie and Gordon Wozniak
  • Felix Kramer
  • Fran Quittel (WL)
  • Frances Dinkelspiel*
  • Fred Hetzel
  • Fyodor Urnov
  • Fyza Parviz & Cherif Jazra
  • G. Cottraux*
  • Gaurav Bhalla*
  • Gemma Datuin
  • Geoffrey Rothman
  • Gina Mackintosh
  • Gina Rieger (WL)
  • Glen Friedman in honor of Joseph and Ingeborg Friedman and Tirzah Mailkoff
  • Gopi Kallayil
  • Grace Robenstein*
  • Graham Freeman*
  • Heather Gulino*
  • Heather Levien
  • Heather Shane
  • Heather Young (WL)
  • Helen Marcus
  • Holly Forman*
  • Inocencia Dacumos*
  • Ivory Madison*
  • Jack Sawyer*
  • Jackie Kudler (WL)
  • Jaime Mulligan
  • James Hanser
  • Jane Kaplan
  • Janeann Fontenot
  • Janet Schneider*
  • Janice Hitchcock
  • Jean Parekh
  • Jennie Hutchinson (WL)
  • Jennifer Burroughs
  • Jerre Merchant (WL)
  • Jerry McNeish
  • Jesse Berrett*
  • JoDee Brandon
  • John E Z Caner, Jr.
  • John Gage and Linda Schacht*
  • John Maccabee*
  • John Sommers*
  • Jonathan DeYoe
  • Jonathan Miller*
  • Joanne Landers
  • John Caner
  • Joseph Di Prisco
  • Joseph Shoji*
  • Judie Guerriero (WL)
  • Judith Myers (WL)
  • Julia Callahan
  • Julia Flynn Siler
  • Juliane Monroe
  • Julie Montanari
  • Julie McNamara (WL)
  • Juline Grabowski
  • June Curtis
  • Lynn Spitler, MD
  • Kara Dille
  • Karen Duffin*
  • Karen Glasser (WL)
  • Karen Kerner in honor of Peggy Kerner (WL)
  • Karen Lowhurst
  • Karen McKie*
  • Karma Christine Salvato*
  • Katherine Beckwith (WL)
  • Kathleen Brown (WL)
  • Kathleen A. Hess
  • Kathleen Hunt*
  • Kathy Huff
  • Kay Maruhashi*(WL)
  • Keith Skinner*
  • Kelly Corrigan*
  • Kelly Sather (WL)
  • Kenyatta Monroe-Sinkler (WL)
  • Kevin Koontz
  • Kia Wang Nevarez
  • Kim Belgarde
  • Kim and Barbara Marienthal (WL)
  • Kris Otis (WL)
  • Kristin Griffith (WL)
  • Krisanne Combs
  • Kusum Pandey on behalf of Sonia and Shalin Dwivedi (WL)
  • Laskar Family
  • Larry Martel
  • Laura Basha*
  • Laura Ferrell
  • Laura Lambert
  • Lauren Howard
  • Leigh Marz (WL)
  • Leslie Walker
  • Lincoln Smith
  • Linda Perkins
  • Linda Wroth
  • Lisa Baggs (WL)
  • Lisa and Michael Caplan*
  • Lisa Kleinbub
  • Louis Freedberg
  • Lori Berggren (WL)
  • Lori Patel (WL)
  • Lori Lewis in memory of my mother who instilled my love of books (WL)
  • Lucille Lang Day (WL)
  • Lucille Poskanzer*
  • Lucy Hilmer
  • Lucinda Lee and Daniel Smith
  • M. A. Yasui
  • Manikya Veena
  • Malcolm Margolin
  • Marcia Pizzo (WL)
  • Margaret Wagner
  • Margie Yee Webb*
  • Maria Hammon (WL)
  • Maria Ochoa
  • Marianne Lonsdale
  • Mark Hertsgaard*
  • Marni Rothman
  • Martha McAfee (WL)
  • Martha Oestreich
  • Marty Krasney
  • Mary Dwyer*
  • Mary Ellen Hannibal
  • Maw Shein Win (WL)
  • Maureen Dixon*
  • Maxine Epstein (WL)
  • Mayor Joan Cox (WL)
  • Meg Kellogg (WL)
  • MFA in Creative Writing at St. Mary’s College
  • Mia Gittlen
  • Michael Holmes
  • Michael Larsen
  • Michelle Jurika
  • Micol Karras
  • Milena Flore in memory of Ruth Falsetto, mother (WL)
  • Mina Witteman (WL)
  • Mme Marie-Jose Sat (WL)
  • Molly Fraker (WL)
  • Monica Wesolowska and David Fisher*
  • Morgan Moore
  • Nadia Davis (WL)
  • Nancy Allen
  • Nancy E. King
  • Nancy McCormick
  • Nancy Mueller*
  • Nancy Joann Taylor (WL)
  • Nancy Rubin*
  • Nancy Vigil
  • Naomi Williams
  • Nhu Chau
  • Nicole Wong
  • Nora Rodriguez Camagna
  • Pamela Elder*
  • Pamela Livingston (WL)
  • Pamela Reitman (WL)
  • Patricia Barich
  • Patricia Sylvie*
  • Patrick and Lee Hackett
  • Paul Vanderventer*
  • Peter and Cathleen Schwartz*
  • Phyllis Josi (WL)
  • Phyra McCandless (WL)
  • Rachel Kahn-Hut
  • Rachel Kaufman
  • Rachel Mercer*
  • Rachel O’Dwyer
  • Rachel Richardson* (WL)
  • Rachel Sarah (WL)
  • Raoul Cadet
  • Rare Bird Lit
  • Rhoda Haberman
  • Rich Lyons
  • Rick Clogher*
  • Rick Pyle
  • Robert V. Benson
  • Robert Ward*
  • Robin Lorenz
  • Robin Pille
  • Robin Sloan
  • Robin Slovak (WL)
  • Robyn Barker
  • Rosanna Malatesta
  • Rosemary Graham
  • Ruth Shapiro
  • Samara Dun
  • Sandi Brod and Dennis DeDomenico*
  • Sally Lieber in memory of Frannie Pierce (WL)
  • Sara Campos*
  • Sarah Bailey
  • Sarah Manyika (WL)
  • Sarah vanOphuijsen (WL)
  • Scott James
  • Sharon Fulton (WL)
  • Shelia Banning*
  • Sherri Kreitsch
  • Sherry Keith
  • Sherry Page (WL)
  • Soso Adae*
  • Steve Kaye*
  • Steven Nightingale
  • Steven Piersanti*
  • Susan Albert
  • Susan Christopher (WL)
  • Susan Evans and Peter Clarke*
  • Susan Jacobs (WL)
  • Suzanne Jones
  • Tama McCoy (WL)
  • Terena Scott
  • Teresa LeYung-Ryan*
  • Terrie Eusterbrock (WL)
  • Terry Parsons*
  • The Bahat Family*
  • The Berkeley Baby Book Project in memory of Miriam Hawley
  • Thomas and Carol Leonard
  • Thomas Richardson
  • Thomishia Booker (WL)
  • Thoreau Lovell
  • Tina Gabby*
  • Toni Miles (WL)
  • Torrie Vail*
  • TPG Global, LLC*
  • Tracy DeLuca (WL)
  • Tracy Thompson (WL)
  • Unity Barry*
  • Valerie Sopher
  • Vanessa Hua (WL)
  • Vera and John Pardee*
  • Victoria Costello (WL)
  • Victoria Shoemaker and Richard Friedman
  • Vijaya Nagarajan (WL)
  • Vita Wells*(WL)
  • Vivian and Bill Roller* in honor of Dan Ellsberg
  • Julie Billings and Jon Kaplan
  • Wendy Breuer
  • Wendy Cosin (WL)
  • West Side Books
  • William and Linda Schieber*
  • William Walker
  • William Newton
  • Zelda Pusey (WL)
  • Zipporah Collins*

Paperback Writer: Up to $99

  • Aaron Baggs
  • AEW
  • Andree Abecassis
  • Anonymous (14)
  • Anonymous on behalf of Lisa Matlock
  • Aimee McEnerney*
  • Alex & Elizabeth Deans*
  • Alice Truscott
  • Amy Seward*
  • Amy Worth*
  • Andrea Meghrouni-Brown
  • Andree Abecassis
  • Andrew Weiner
  • Angelica Carpenter (WL)
  • Anita Goldstein*
  • Anke Hemmerling
  • Ann R Tissue
  • Ann Whalley
  • Anne McCarten-Gibbs
  • Anne Sigmon (WL)
  • Anne Whitacre
  • April Hopkins
  • Avi Rappoport*
  • B. Lynn Goodwin
  • Barbara Gemmil-Herran
  • Barbara Graham (WL)
  • Barbara Harrison*
  • Barbara McEnerney
  • Barbara Ryken
  • Barbara Solomon
  • Barbara Sullivan
  • Barbara Tittle
  • Barry Benioff
  • Becky and Dean Draemel
  • Beth Frankland
  • Bonnie Stinson*
  • Bonnie Weston*
  • Bridget Stringer*
  • Buda Kajer-Crain
  • Burnierose Wilson*
  • C J Singh
  • Candice Rangel*
  • Cara Black*
  • Carey Groom (WL)
  • Carla & Peter Dalton
  • Carol Fairweather*
  • Carol Urzi (WL)
  • Carolyn Roundey
  • Carrie Avery
  • Carrie N. Evans
  • Catharine Bramkamp
  • Catherine Porter
  • Cecilia Mangoba (WL)
  • Ceinwen Carney
  • Charles Catlett
  • Chelsea Heppner
  • Chelsea Kerrington*
  • Cherie Savy*
  • Chris Brown*
  • Chris Naff
  • Chris Spitzel (WL)
  • Christa L Fairfield (WL)
  • Christina Dilko*
  • Christine Batterman Jordan in memory of June Batterman
  • Christine Hansen
  • Christine Henneberg (WL)
  • Christine Lindell*
  • Christopher Berg*
  • Christopher McLeod
  • Christopher Rowland
  • Claire Bobrow
  • Claire Greene
  • Claudia Martial (WL)
  • Claudius Reich
  • Connie Adachi
  • Constance Baechler (WL)
  • Cynthia Gullikson*
  • Cynthia Patton (WL)
  • Cynthia Towle
  • Dawn Nocera (WL)
  • David Cone
  • David Roderick
  • Deborah Durant (WL)
  • Deborah Washington
  • Dee Allen-Kirkhouse (WL)
  • Deirdre Greene
  • Dennis Mar
  • Diana Dunn
  • Diane Dehler
  • Diane Fraser*
  • Diane Luu*
  • Donna Hiraga-Stephens
  • Donna Mettier*
  • Donna Mickleson*
  • Dorothy Berndt
  • Dorothy Hearst*
  • Ebonye Gussine Wilkins*
  • Ed Dansker*
  • Eileen Chieco
  • Elaine Elinson*
  • Elena Engle
  • Elisabeth Seng
  • Elizabeth Leitner-Moser
  • Elizabeth Margarita
  • Elizabeth Rynecki
  • Elyse Walters
  • Elyse Eidman-Aadahl
  • Emily Somberg
  • Erin Bank (WL)
  • Erin Byrne*
  • Essie McGowin*
  • Florette Yen
  • Frances Balfour
  • Gail Cooper
  • Gail F. Johnson
  • Gail Levin*
  • Gail Reitano (WL)
  • Gail Wallace
  • Geneva Toddy*
  • George Mathews*
  • Gill South
  • Gina Salomon
  • Harold Feiger
  • Heidi Rand*
  • Helaine Lasky Schweitzer*
  • Helen Marcus
  • Illanaq Weisman
  • Ira Serkes
  • Irene Fertik
  • Isabel Auerbach
  • J. Ruth Gendler
  • Jackie Im
  • Jacob Mallott
  • Jane Ashland
  • Jane Hudson*
  • Jane Moore*
  • Jane White*
  • Janet Ellman*
  • Janet Thew
  • Janice Schmidt (WL)
  • Jason Norris
  • Jean Six (WL)
  • Jean Weininger*
  • Jeanie Conneran
  • Jenny Kern
  • Jeanne Miller (WL)
  • Jeanne Powell (WL)
  • Jeffrey Brick
  • Jennifer Burroughs
  • Jennifer Langdon (WL)
  • Jennifer McGaffey*
  • Jennifer Nutt
  • Jennifer Vaida (WL)
  • Jessica Abbe
  • Jill Kolongowski*
  • Jim Rosenau
  • Jimmy Owens
  • Jo Liana King
  • Joan Schwartz
  • Joann Steck-Bayat
  • Joanne M. Landers
  • Jodi Williamschen
  • Joe Fong*
  • Joe Trela
  • John Gourhan
  • John E Z Caner
  • John Hetzel
  • John McCann*
  • John Vias
  • Joleen Ruffin*
  • Jolie Krakauer (WL)
  • Judith Blanton*
  • Judith Muller
  • Judith Small
  • Judy Klein*
  • Julia Christy*
  • Julia Gluesing (WL)
  • Julia Park Tracey (WL)
  • Juliana Quinn
  • Julie Gurule*
  • Julie Ries*
  • Julie Steinbach*
  • June Hunt
  • Karen Witham*
  • Karin Evans
  • Kasa Cotugnoto
  • Kathleen Oneill
  • Kathleen Wiley (WL)
  • Kathy Doyle (WL)
  • Kathy Galvin (WL)
  • Kathy Shepler (WL)
  • Kathy Williams*
  • Katrina Romanowsky*
  • Kendra Murray (WL)
  • Kevin Smokler*
  • Kim Fairley (WL)
  • Kim Kruckel
  • Kim Lowe
  • Kimberly Kralowec (WL)
  • Kristen Held*
  • Kristine Baguiao*
  • Larissa Mercado-Lopez*
  • Laura Goldbaum*
  • Laura Murra
  • Lauren Mezey
  • Lauren Schiffman*
  • Leo Gasteiger
  • Libor Pospisil
  • Lila LaHood*
  • Linda Merrill*
  • Linda Moss
  • Linda Rondinelli*
  • Linda Scheller (WL)
  • Linnea Wickstrom
  • Lisa Kleinbub
  • Lisa Rosenthal
  • Lisa S. Bach*
  • Lisa Scheffer*
  • Lisa Tsering
  • Lisa Wichael-Loomis*
  • Lonell Chow
  • Lora Osterloh*
  • Maddie Greene*
  • Mal Singer
  • Malcolm Margolin
  • Mani Feniger*
  • Margaret Leventer
  • Margaret Tavare
  • Margarita Altamirano
  • Maria Hunt*
  • Marian Hopping
  • Marianne Lonsdale
  • Mariko Conner
  • Marilee Stark (WL)
  • Mark Levin*
  • Mark Nelson*
  • Mark Schapiro* in honor of Erik Schapiro
  • Martha Benco
  • Martha Brigham
  • Martha Benioff*
  • Martha Carlson
  • Matha Conway
  • Martha Hemmila
  • Marti Christoffer
  • Mary Beth O’Connor (WL)
  • Mary Jo Potter
  • Maureen Sullivan
  • Max Barker*
  • Maxine Rose Schur (WL)
  • Megan McDonald
  • Melanie Fife (WL)
  • Melanie Lawrence
  • Melissa Jones*
  • Melissa Pitman*
  • Melissa Rapp (WL)
  • Michael Banister*
  • Michael Taeckens*
  • Michelle Tellez
  • Milos Nesic*
  • Molly Michelson
  • Monica Espiritu*
  • Morgan Schmidt-Feng*
  • Nadine Condon (WL)
  • Nan Gefen (WL)
  • Nan Hohenstein
  • Nancy Allen
  • Nancy Beckman
  • Nancy Brenner in memory of Miles Meyer
  • Naomi M. Rosenthal*
  • Natasha Huey
  • Natsuko Toyofuku
  • Ned Resnikoff
  • Nnekay FitzClarke*
  • Norma Armon
  • Pam Gleason
  • Pamela Bosteimann
  • Patricia Keenan
  • Patricia Linden
  • Patricia Miles*
  • Patricia St. John
  • Patricia Silver
  • Peggy Simmons
  • Peter Clarke
  • Peter Stern
  • Peter Sussman*
  • Rachel Beth Egenhoefer
  • Rachel Silvers
  • Rafael Sdh*
  • Ramona Thomas (WL)
  • Rebecca Klatch* in honor of Maurice and Marion Klatch
  • Rebecca Massie*
  • Risa Nye*
  • Rob Rogers
  • Robert and Winnie Sayre
  • Robert Hofmann*
  • Robin and Joe Harper
  • Robin Howlett
  • Robin Olivier
  • Rohini Gupta*
  • Rosalind Sarah
  • Rosemary Howley
  • Ruth Hynds
  • Ruth Rosen (WL)
  • Ryan Christo*
  • Sally Weare (WL)
  • Samaire Provost*
  • Samantha Rasler
  • Sandra Friedman
  • Sandrael Friedman (WL)
  • Sandy Bredt (WL)
  • Sara Frankel
  • Sara Nelson*
  • Sara Sterling*
  • Sarah Carlberg*
  • Sarah Carnevale (WL)
  • Sarah Fuller
  • Sarah Gill*
  • Sarah Harmuth-Letke*
  • Sarah Nash
  • Sayre Van Young
  • Scott Ullman
  • Seena Hawley
  • Senait Mesfin Piccigallo (WL)
  • Shannon Monroe
  • Shanthi Sekaran
  • Sheri Cardo
  • Shoshana Arai
  • Sondra Shair
  • Steffi Berkowitz (WL)
  • Stela Jelincic*
  • Stephen Coffin
  • Stephen Most
  • Stephanie DiSerio
  • Stuart Burchard*
  • Sue Estey
  • Susan Beauchamp*
  • Susan Bessler*
  • Susan Church
  • Susan Cohen
  • Susan David
  • Susan Evans
  • Susan Felix in honor of the creators in Berkeley
  • Susan Marchant
  • Susan Page (WL)
  • Susanne Pari*
  • Susanne Tilney (WL)
  • Susee Witt (WL)
  • Sydney Yocum*
  • Sylvia Paull
  • Tamara White
  • Tammy Deis
  • Teresa Albro
  • Theresa Adams*
  • Thomas Jamison
  • Thomas Landry
  • Tim Campbell
  • Tim DeWolf
  • Toby McLeod
  • Tom Lent
  • Tom Teasley*
  • Tonia Roby*
  • Trinity Clark (WL)
  • Ulla Evans
  • Valerie Figone*
  • Vallery Feldman
  • Victoria deMara
  • Virginia Rich
  • Virginia Thomson
  • Wendy Leyden
  • Wendy O’Connor (WL)
  • William Walker*
  • Yang Huang*

* Founding member of the First Edition Club by supporting the inaugural festival.

(WL) Women Lit donor