Friends of AWP (2021–2022)

AWP’s mission is to amplify the voices of writers and the academic programs and organizations that serve them while championing diversity and excellence in creative writing. We are a national network that represents 500 colleges and universities, 130 writers’ conferences and centers, and 50,000 individual writers.

$2500–$4,999

Samantha Black • The Edouard Foundation • Jeff Kleinman • Tara Polen • Tito’s Handmade Vodka

$1,500–$2499

Kathleen Driskell • Folio Literary Management • Martin Lammon • Joanne Leedom-Ackerman

$500–$1499

DeMisty Bellinger-Delfeld • Sean Bernard • Kris Bigalk • Katherine Crawford • January Gill O’Neil • Michael Khandelwal • Mimi Herman • Marilyn Moss Rockefeller • Bruce Saul • Ryan Stone • Irene Turner • Judy Wilson • Cheryl Woodruff

$50–$499

Joy Abbott • Natalie Abbott • Terri Ackers • B.K.Atrostic • Ellen Bass • Ann Beman • Julie Bennett-Lefkow • Dan Berne • Sheila Black • Ellen Boomer • Rebekah Borucki • Russell Bradburd • Cindy Buhl • Joel Burcat • Wells Burgess • Janet Burroway • Colleen Cable • Norma Cantu • Renny Christopher • Patricia Clark • Ryan Clark • Michael Cohen • Sheri Cohen • Claudia Consolino • Ashley Cook • Elizabeth Cooper • Paul Corbell • Eileen Cronin • Jenny Cropp • Bonnie Culver • Susan Daniel • Lucilla Lang Day • Ann De Forest • Megan Doney • George Drew • Robert Gamble •Robert L. Giron • Tanya Goodman • Reyna Grande • Yvonne Green • Alle Hill • Diana Hardy • Allison Adelle Hedge Coke • Angela Hemmeter • Lisa Henner • Geoffrey Herbach • James Tate.Hill • Lesley Howard • Luci Huhn • Julia Kasdorf • Ellen Kazimer • Sussy Komala • Sophia Kouidou-Giles • Karen Kovacik • Linsey Krolik • Ana Lara • Bronson Lerner • Kenneth Letko • Ethelbert Miller • Michael Miller • William Miller • Jerod Santek • Ira Silverberg • Tim Seibles • Brian Leung • Jami Lin • Jakhi Lodgson-McCray • Hiram Lorenzen • Denise Low-Weso • Michael Lowry • Rachel Luria • Robert Lynch • Jennifer Manocherian • Leslie Maslow • Katherine Mason • Tracy Mayo • Jonathan Mead • Gemma Mears • Ellen Meeropol • • Donna Miele • Victoria Millard • Ethelbert Miller • Michael Miller • William Miller • David Mintzer • Hadley Moore • Daniel Olivas • Richard Peabody • Carmen Petrossian • Deesha Philyaw • Ronit Plank • P.J. Powell • Dean Rader • David Richards • Mary Rockcastle • Susan Rodgers • Bruce Romans • Lisa Rosenberg • Catherine Rush • Jerod Santek • Jennifer Savran-Kelly • Robin Schauffler • Timothy Schaffner • Joyce Schmid • Tim Seibles • Jennifer Shaw • Patricia Shepherd • Cynthia Sherman • Ira Silverberg • Amber Smith • Cade Smith • Luanne Smith • Sharon Solwitz • Raymond Soto • Aline Soules • Elaine Spooner • Vimla Sriran • Beth Malchus Stafa • Patrick Stafford • John Stanley • Ron Starbuck • Anne Stenzel • Amy Suardi • Ron Tanner • John Thelin • Debra Thompson • Britt Tisdale • Martha Anne Toll • Julia Tracey • Hilda Treviño • Pamela Van Dyk • Helena Viramontes • Connie Voisine • Maria Weeg • Holly M. Wendt • Lesley Wheeler• J.C. Williams • Walter Williams • Cathy Wittmeyer • Margaret Wrinkle • Leora Zeitlin