Past Scholarship Winners
Scholarships awarded for the 2024 conference
High School One-Day Scholarships
Miriam Ndao, Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy, Gilroy, CA
Gabriel Flores Bernard, Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Sofia Hueber, Dos Pueblos High School, Goleta, CA
Jesper Werkhoven, Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Neil Sofman Memorial Scholarship
William Pierce, San Francisco, CA
Director’s Scholarship for Marginalized Voices
Ellen McBarnette, Hayward, CA
Karen Williams, Los Angeles, CA
Samantha Rajaram, Redwood City, CA
Thu Le, Los Angeles, CA
Edward Xu, Palo Alto, CA
Nina Amir Scholarship
Patricia Fontana, North Topsail Beach, NC
Diane Frank Scholarship
Elinor Gale
Draft to Digital Scholarship
Tabatha Tovar
Eli Potter AI Scholarship
Brittany Andreasen
Scholarships awarded for the 2023 conference
The SFWC Director's Scholarship: Janeal Downs
The SFWC High School Student Scholarship: Keertana Sreekumar, Arial Zhang, Elisa Lee
Kevin Smokler Scholarship: Emily Hughes, Riki Carignan
Eli Potter Scholarship: Lindy Gullett
Robert McAdams Scholarship: Carlos D. Torres, Ph.D.
Student Scholarships: Keertana Sreekumar, Ariel Zhang, Eliska Lee
Scholarships awarded for the 2022 conference
Robert McAdams Scholarship: Jeannine Cook and Christina Rosso. (They are indie bookstore owners in Philadelphia!)
Jonathan Maberry Scholarship: Nori Jabba.
Joyce Turley Scholarship: Aradhana Sinha
The Ronald Whittier Scholarships: Emily Hughes, Lacy Smith and Lani Jackson
The Nina Amir Scholarship: Molly Milroy
The Eli Potter Bitcoin Scholarship: Travis Knoll
SFWC Student Scholarship: Dylan Gibson
The Kevin Smokler Scholarship: Talia Rothschild
The Elizabeth Pomada Scholarship: Cathleen Meredith
The SFWC Director Scholarship: Vernon (Trey) Keeve III
Scholarships awarded for the 2020 conference
Orna Glick and GW Brown each earned the KEVIN SMOKLER SCHOLARSHIP
Maria Ramos-Chertok earned the NINA AMIR SCHOLARSHIP for Nonfiction Writing
Samantha Mullett earned the ELI POTTER BITCOIN & BLOCKCHAIN SCHOLARSHIP
Rosie Sorenson earned the 2020 JOYCE TURLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Levi Jackson and America DeFleur earned the DIRECTOR'S SCHOLARSHIP for Marginalized Voices.
Terry Ratner earned the Dr. ELLEN TALIAFERRO SCHOLARSHIP
Thelma Swan Tucker earned the DIANE FRANK SCHOLARSHIP
Nori Jabba was awarded the JONATHAN MABERRY SCHOLARSHIP for the NEXT SFWC!
Scholarships awarded for the 2019 conference
CATHERINE COULTER SCHOLARSHIP: Lana Krumwiede and Steven Browne
Eli Potter Blockchain and Crypto Currency Scholarship: Amber Price and Shelley Allen (Donations from Eli Potter and AutoDesk made these possible.)
THE DIRECTOR'S SCHOLARSHIP: Rev. Harry Williams and Kellen Akiyama
(Donations from Laurie McLean and Dr. Ellen Taliaferro made these possible.)
The 2019 SFWC Student Scholarship for Bay Area High School Students: Christina Abudayeh
The 2019 SFWC Student Scholarship for High School Students: Jacqueline Prata
Scholarships awarded for the 2018 conference
The 2018 Dr. Ellen Taliaferro Scholarship Awarded to Susan Tunney
2018 Vicki Hudson Emerging Writer Scholarship Awarded to Jean Stillwell