The Community of Writers is made possible by the generosity of friends, former participants, teaching staff, and with grants from institutions. We also rely on the goodwill of our neighbors in Olympic Valley and our friends who help us make it all happen.
Thank you!
Financial Supporters
PATRONS
Anonymous • Michael & Janet Pietsch
BENEFACTORS
Anonymous • Eddy & Osvaldo Ancinas • Michael V. Carlisle & Dr. Sally Peterson • Lou Demattei & Amy Tan • Nancy Cushing Evans • Joe & Susan Heinrich • Bobbie Kinnell • Nion McEvoy & Leslie Berriman • Mimi Miller • Jeremy Nobel • Jessica & Tim O’Dwyer • Steve & Michele Rempe • Nancy & Fred Teichert
LEADERS
Anonymous • Kevin Arnold • Robert Austin • Charles Douthat • Susan Einowski • Alex Espinoza • Margot Weaver Garcia • Ann & Gordon Getty • Katherine & John Gravendyk • The Hall Family • Robert Hass • Brenda Hillman • Jodie Ireland & Chris Baker • Susan Jackson • Thomas Jones • Ted Lardner • Susan McClatchy • Lilliana Mendez-Soto • Nancy & Larry Mohr • Carlin & James Naify • Kimberly Nunes • Howard Price • Robert Radin • BJ Robbins • Jason Roberts • Deborah Dashow Ruth • Julia & Charles Siler • Sally Van Doren • LaVerne Woods
CONTRIBUTORS
Anonymous • Reagan Arthur • Toby Bielawski • Colleen & John Busch • Brookes & Max Byrd • Victoria Chang • Meg & Mac Clayton • Nina Cooper • Frances Dinkelspiel • Mark & Sandy Ebner • Lauren Howard • Dana Johnson • Alice Jones • Michelle Latiolais • Kris O’Shee • Sharon Olds • Tori Patterson • Jill Pearlman • Margaret Wilkerson Sexton • Richard Sime • Chris Sindt • Carl Steen • Nicholas Tolkien • Julia Park Tracey • Matthew Zapruder
SUSTAINERS
Anonymous • Jay Brecker • Jeff Adams • Lisa Alvarez & Andrew Tonkovich • Ann Bancroft • Joan Baranow & David Watts • Dan Bellm • T. C. Bishop • Susan Brunig • Lucy Burns • Theresa Burns Gunther • Alice Calhoun • Eric Chang • Jeff Chang • Elizabeth B. Chapman • Don Mee Choi • Brett L. Christman • Brian Chung • Terence Clarke • Ann Close • Susan Cohen • Kirk Colvin • Judy Crowe • Victoria & Fred Dalkey • Tracy DeBrincat • Edward Kidder Derby • Bill Donahoe & Kristin Klein • Mimi Drop • Shaquam Edwards • David Fabish • Blas Falconer • Maureen Fan • Don & Karen Fisher • Janet Fitch • Ann Foley & Larry Ruth • Karen Joy Fowler • Angela M. Franklin • James Frey • Forrest Gander • Dagoberto Gilb • Molly Giles • Susan Golomb • Lucy Gray • Charlie Haas & B.K. Moran • David Hagerty • Sands Hall • Ann & Charles Halsted • Hannah Heller • Donna Henderson • Susan Henderson • Mary Hester • Laura Hooper • Katy Hover-Smoot • Vanessa Hua • Yang Huang • Bruce & Libby Hutchinson • Jonar Isip • Naomi Janowitz • Louis & Brett Hall Jones • Charles Joy • Marilyn Kallet • Brian Karfunkel • Stephanie Kegan • Mary Torre Kelly • Ann Keniston • Kaitlin Klaussen • Marty Krasney • Kay Krattli • May Kuroiwa • Elizabeth Lapin • Alissa Lee • Yoon Jung Lee • Lester & Debbie Lennon • Cynthia Lim • Bonnie Long • Bia Lowe • Rosa Lowinger • Deanna Kern Ludwin • Eva Margueriette • Pamela Matz • Gretchen McCullough • Megan E. McDonald • Anthony J. Mohr • Jeanne Morel • Holly Myers • James Hovagim Najarian • Danielle Newton • Kathy L. Nguyen • Andrew Nicholls • Bill Nichols • Ryan Nourai • Paul Ocampo • Mary Otis • Kalliopy Paleos • Jill Peacock • Bryce & Sarah Ray • Gail Reitano • Sara Joyce Robinson • Steve Rodriguez • Laura Rosenthal • Rebecca Sanchez • Katherine Seligman • Myra Shapiro • Douglas Sherk • Evie Shockley • Jacqueline Simon • Roger Soffer • Arthur Solway • Melanie L. Sovine • Cindy Spiegel • Jeanine Stevens • Janice Stone • Sheila Davies Sumner • 3/4Kymberly Taylor • Van Alyn Thaxton • Geri Thayer • Dan Thomas • Oscar Villalon & Mary Ladd • Carolyn West • Issam Zineh
PARTNERS
Anonymous • Kevin Arnold • Amy Asay • Katie Aunan • Joan Baranow and David Watts • Dedria Humphries Barker • Cynthia Bates • Mary Berg • Jay Brecker • Jennifer Swanton Brown • Jan and Bob Buscho • Jeffrey Chang • Don Mee Choi • Brian Chung • Catharine Clark-Sayles • Kirk Colvin • Judy Crowe • Leslie Daniels • Tracy DeBrincat • Suzanne Edison • Kristin Engelhardt • Maureen Fan • Joshua Ferris • Carole Firstman • Seth Fleisher and Emily Baldwin • Ann Foley • Caroline Frost • Whitney Fuller • Forrest Gander • Alison Singh Gee • Dagoberto Gilb • Daniela Gitlin • Edward Gunawan • Ann & Charles Halsted • Lauren Howard • Joy Johannessen • Yeva Johnson • Dr. Marilyn Kallet • Brian Karfunkel • Paul Kaser • Stephanie Kegan • Diana Koga • Elizabeth Lapin • Ronald Lauderbach • Michael Lavigne • Margit Liesche • Cynthia Lim • Aimee Liu • Bonnie Long • Marianne Lonsdale • David Loux • Deanna Kern Ludwin • Tom Lutz • Jules Mann • Eva Margueriette and Duncan Tooley • Donna Masini • Diane Lee Moomey • Roy Otis • Coco Owen • Elke Peterson • Kerry Radcliffe • Gail Reitano • Sara Joyce Robinson • Philip Russell • Joanne Schoefer • Katherine Seligman • Jacqueline Simon • Jen Siraganian • Alicia Sloan • Martin J. Smith • Arthur Solway • David Spataro • Scott Stevenson • Jeanie Strong • Sheila and Patrick Sumner • 3/4Kymberly Taylor • Geri Thayer • Gregory Thomas • Catherine Thorpe • Nicholas Tolkien • Oscar Villalon • D. Walton • Leonore Wilson • Issam Zineh
FRIENDS
Anonymous • Carolene Armer • Danny Bellinger • Barbara Bernstein • Lucy Biederman & Brian Gaudino • Pamela Biery • Ellen Bravo • Matthew Broaddus • Paul Brown • Oceana Callum • Barry Casey • Lawrence Coates • Merrill Collett • Sandra Cross • Judy Crowe • Leslie Daniels • Swathi Desai • Donna DiGiuseppe • Vinessa DiSousa • Peggy Dobreer • Laurie Ann Doyle • Suzanne Edison • Dirk E. Eshleman • Rosie Farias • Richard Ferguson • Barbara Fischkin • Ann Fisher-Wirth • Molly Fisk • Kevin Fitchett • Diana Fuller • Whitney Fuller • Vishwas Gaitonde • Josie Gallup • Carmen Gimenez • Lael Gold • Kristen-Paige Gordon • Jordonna Grace • James Gunshinan • Judy Halebsky • Quinton Hallett • Jimin Han • Ann Hanna • Rachel Howard • Christina • Diane Johnson • Lauren Johnson • Norman Johnson • Len Joy • Douglas Kerr • Rosa King • Jennifer Langdon • Andrew & Jean Lange • Laurie Laren • Ron Lauderbach • Annina Lavee • Edan Lepucki • Julia Levine • Laurel Lippert • Robert Lipton • Lydia Liu • Paulette Livers • Marianne Lonsdale • David Loux • Sarah Maclay • Moira & Eric Magneson • Francisco Marquez • Toni Martin • Mark Maynard • Erin McCoy • Carol Menaker • Lynda Montgomery • Leslie Morris • Sawnie Morris • Bonnie Nadell • Eva Natiello • Kristin Ohlson • Hannah Onstad • Coco Owen • Katherine Paull • Theta Pavis • Elke Peterson • James Porter • Elissa & Ben Preston • Mark Rauzon • Ramona Reeves • Psyche Resus • John B. Roberts II • Meghan Robins • Nora Rodriguez Camagna • Sojourner Rolle • Lois Rosen • Larry Ruth • Diane Schenker • Alima Sherman • Amy Shimshon-Santo • Jen Siraganian • Susanna Smith • Scott Sparling • Gregory Spatz • David Stallings • Scott Stevenson • Vanessa Stewart • Carla Trujillo • Milagros Vilaplana • Casey M. Walker • Laurie Wall • Elizabeth Weaver • Janet Wells • Tim Wendel • Leonore Wilson • Mary Winegarden • Sandy Yang • Desiree Zamorano • Faith Zobel • Stan Zumbiel
Grant Sponsors
Anonymous • Arts Council of Placer County • Marin Community Foundation • Sacramento Community Foundation• San Francisco Community Foundation • InkWell Management Literary Agency • The Lojo Foundation
Corporate Matches and Sponsors
Benevity Giving Platform • Google • TechSoup
Writers’ Annex Sponsors
The Clifton House Baltimore • Copper Canyon Press • International T.S. Eliot Society • Poet Molly Fisk • The Merwin Conservancy • The Vermont Arts Council
Elves
Nicolle Delgado • Lindsey Gordon • Ali Elmalky • Ashlyn Hardie • Jesse Israel • Dashiell Jones • Analise Martelio • Jaz Linh Nguyen • Graham Knibb • Rishi Singh• Grace Stempel • Dakota Tyson
NonProfit Scholarship Partners
The Community of Writers thanks our scholarship partners for their help designing and publicizing our scholarships to their constituency.
EVENTS
Benefit Poetry Reading
Many thanks to the poets who read and participated in the Benefit Reading: Kazim Ali, Victoria Chang, Forrest Gander, Carmen Giménez, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Sharon Olds, and Evie Shockley.
BENEFIT SPONSORS
Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema • Word after Word Books
Paul Radin Memorial Dream Wagon Donors
Dream Wagon Founding Donors
David Radin and Robert Radin
With A Generous Grant From
The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation
Vardo
Eddy and Osvaldo Ancinas • René & April Ancinas • Michael Carlisle • Michael and Janet Pietsch • Steve & Michele Rempe • Cecile Weaver
Caravan
Reagan Arthur • Adam Cole • Nancy Evans • The Hall Family • Sands Hall • Joy Harris • William Haxton • Pam Rorke Levy • John Roberts II • Carlin & James Naify • Beth Ruyak & Mike McWhirter • Julia Flynn Siler & Charlie Siler • Nancy Teichert • Cora Yang & • Myron Marx • Pat Woeber • Vonetta Young
Wain
Marcia Bradley • Elizabeth Chapman • Susan Call • Charmaine Craig • Leslie Daniels • Thomas Ennis • Margot Garcia • Harriet Garfinkle • Jim Hill • Joy Johannessen • Calvert Morgan • Cynthia Newberry • David Paul • John Pula • Barbara Ristine • Logan Robertson • Greg and Caridwen Spatz • Elizabeth Tallent & Gloria Rogers • Mary Winsor • Kent Wright
And thanks to Jim Seely for his design and care of this project he built from scratch.
Board of Directors
And a big thank you to our wonderful Board of Directors and Program Directors for their constant guidance and support.
This page is updated annually at the beginning of each year. It was last updated on January 10 2024.
The Community is a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. Donations are be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.