Recognition
The success of CWC is dependant on the dedication of many hardworking members. We recognize exceptional service of our volunteers through two Awards. |
Ina Coolbrith Award
Periodically, the CWC Central Board bestows the Ina Coolbrith Award to honor a member for exemplary service to CWC and / or the Central Board.
In October 2006, the Central Board selected Barbara Truax for this honor. Barbara served many years as state president.
Past winners of the Coolbrith Award were Betty Freeman and Ruth Theodos. |
Jack London Awards
Every other year, CWC branches may nominate one of their members to receive a Jack London Award in recognition of outstanding service to the organization. |

2007 Jack London Award Winners
Back row, left to right: Walter Gourlay, Joe Tomasi, Tory Hartmann, Kathyrn Wilkens, Darlene Lindouer
Front row: Grace Ertel, Victoria Burlew, Lucille Bellucci, Sue Tasker
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California Writers Club |
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Berkeley |
Lucille Bellucci |
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Central Coast |
Walter Gourlay |
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East Sierra |
Allison Aubin |
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High Desert |
no award |
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Inland Empire |
Kathyrn Wilkens |
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Marin |
no award |
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Mt Diablo |
Camille Minichino |
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Orange County |
Darlene Lindouer |
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Redwood |
Catherine Keegan |
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Sacramento |
Grace Ertel |
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San Fernando Valley |
Cara Alson |
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SF/Peninsula |
Tory Hartmann |
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South Bay |
Victoria Burlew |
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Sue Tasker |
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Writers of Kern |
Joe Tomasi |
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Berkeley |
Virginia K. Anderson |
Carolyn Ahlswede |
Sarah Clark |
Central Coast |
Pat Matuszewski |
branch not yet chartered |
East Sierra |
Liz Babcock |
Holly Cooley |
Donna McCrohan Rosenthal |
High Desert |
no award |
No Award |
George Gracyk |
Inland Empire |
S. Kay Murphy |
Cyndy Largarticha |
No Award |
Marin |
Tom Brown |
No Award |
Priscilla Royal |
Mt Diablo |
Al Villaire |
Danard Emmanuelson |
Jack Russ |
Orange County |
John P. Farmer |
Dave Cunningham |
Carol Celeste |
Redwood |
Mary Rosenthal |
Gil Mansergh |
Nadenia Newkirk |
Sacramento |
Mike Finch |
No Award |
Tom Adams |
San Fernando Valley |
Art Yuwiler |
Elaine Shevin |
Jo-ed Griffith |
SF/Peninsula |
Jana McBurney-Lin |
Teresa LeYung Ryan |
Sue Okasanen |
South Bay |
Carolyn Downey |
Beth Proudfoot |
Carol Wood |
Writers of Kern |
Terry Redman |
Camille Gavin |
Beth Davisson |
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Berkeley |
No Award |
No Award |
No Award |
East Sierra |
Judy Martin |
Curt Danhauser |
Judy Dutcher |
High Desert |
No Award |
No Award |
Teri Lucia |
Inland Empire |
Laura Slattery |
No Award |
Gladys Hotchkiss |
Marin |
Barbara Truax |
No Award |
No Award |
Mt Diablo |
Denise Kalm |
Al Garratto |
Beverly Lauderdale |
Orange County |
Allene Symons |
Ralph Eden |
branch
not yet chartered |
Redwood |
No Award |
No Award |
No Award |
Sacramento |
No Award |
No Award |
Marsha Porter |
San Fernando Valley |
Lenora Smalley |
Dean Stewart |
Valley Dave Wetterberg |
SF/Peninsula |
Jean Rieth |
Mariann Jackson |
No Award |
South Bay |
Bill Baldwin |
Edie Matthews |
Susan Mueller |
Writers of Kern |
Maggie Caldwell-Smith |
Peg Connolly |
Helen Shanley |
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Berkeley |
Linda Thorlakson |
W. E. Reinka |
Alexandra Gautraud |
East Sierra |
Rlee Peters |
Casey Wilson |
Maryann Butterfield |
High Desert |
Liz Pinto |
Wilma Willis Gore |
Carol Bachofner |
Mt Diablo |
Liz Pentacoff |
Raymond Martell |
Joan Brennan |
Redwood |
No Award |
Barbara Truax |
Mary C. Varley |
Sacramento |
No Award |
Dee Porter |
Charles Pettingell |
San Fernando Valley |
Ethelann Pemberton |
Ken Wilkins |
Judith Presnall |
SF/Peninsula |
No Award |
No Award |
Christina Ashton |
South Bay |
Beverly Morgan |
Tina Farrell |
Susan Edwards |
Writers of Kern |
Jim Imel |
Barbara Nelson |
Barbara Gabel |
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Berkeley |
Julian Adams |
Willie Rose |
Caryl Hansen |
High Desert |
J'Amy Pacheco |
Ruth Theodos |
branch not yet chartered |
Mt Diablo |
Pat Edwards |
Ted Fuller |
Mercedes Gardner |
Peninsula |
Ellen Macaulay |
Barbara Foley |
James McLaughlin |
Redwood |
Mildred Fish |
Alla Crone (Hayden) |
Waldo T. Boyd |
Sacramento |
Beth Tigner |
Bill Holden |
Elisabeth Tigner |
San Fernando Valley |
Diana Johnson |
Margie Davidson |
Yolanda Fintor |
South Bay |
Pat St.Lawrence |
Karen E. Hinger |
Tom Mach |
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Berkeley |
John Campbell Bruce |
Cecilia Bartholomew |
Jessie Scanlan |
Mt Diablo |
Helen McGrath |
branch not yet chartered |
Peninsula |
Mary Collins Dunne |
Emily Hallin |
Marie L. Nunn |
Redwood |
Mary Priest |
Margaret Scariano |
Ruth Irma Walker |
Sacramento |
Marilyn Smith |
Ken Donelson |
Joseph McCall |
San Fernando Valley |
Betty Freeman |
Joan Jones |
branch not yet chartered |
South Bay |
Madge Saksena |
branch not yet chartered |
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Berkeley |
Ray Faraday Nelson |
Ruth Atkinson ( Heady) |
No Award |
Peninsula |
Laura Raef |
Beatrice Warren |
Alice Kennedy |
Redwood |
Inman Whipple |
Pat Patterson |
Peggy Ray |
Sacramento |
Bud Gardner |
Bernice Curler |
Irene Donelson |
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Berkeley |
Cleone Montgomery |
Lloyd Eric Reeve |
Margaret Kelley |
Peninsula |
Dorothy Dowdell |
Louise Boffess |
Rutherford Montgomery |
Redwood |
Dianne Kurlfinke |
Helene Schellenberg (Barnhart) |
branch not yet chartered |
Sacramento |
Edwin Rosenberg |
Gladys Morse |
Lorena Olmsted |
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