The Santa Fe International Literary Festival thanks our individual contributors.
2026 Individual CONTRIBUTORS
Literary Luminary
Gale Family Foundation • Dana & Jim Manning
Literary AMBASSADOR
Anonymous • Laurie Lenfestey & Bill Stankey
Literary BENEFACTOR
Cathy Allen • Markeeta McNatt Brown • Susan Esco Chandler & Alfred Chandler • Nicole Hixon • Cheryl Papineau • Lauren Eaton Prescott
Literary CHAMPION
Jennifer & Richard Newton
FESTIVAL DONOR
Gay Block & Billie Parker • Dorothy Bracey & Tom Johnson • Joanna Hurley • Hilary Shaper
FESTIVAL FELLOW
Ellen Carr • Chris Cassel • Rebecca M. Cook & John Cook • Stephen & Amparo Maria Garcia Ingram • Sheryl Kelsey • Mary M. Mitchell & Timothy P. Mitchell • Elizabeth Perkett • Matilda Perkins • Alexandra Pyle • John Ratliff • Robert & Maureen Shearer • Kathleen Wichman
FESTIVAL MEMBER
Bob & Sharon Barton • John Gray • Willan Shalit & Jim Heynen
festival reader
Linda Feldman Duritz & Gilbert Duritz • Elaine McLeod
FESTIVAL SUBSCRIBERS
Bruce Beatus • Leslie Bowen • Heather Cameron • Pauline O. Dement • Karen Domenici • Cynthia Feiden-Warsh • Doris Francis-Erhard • Jolynn Free • Pamela Howard • Judy Jones • Julie McCashin • Pam Parfitt • Nancy Polk • Diana Rasche • Pat Stanley
This list reflects support for the 2026 Festival as of October 17, 2025.
Enormous thanks also go to …
Hampton Sides, James McGrath Morris, Susan Bergholz, and Bert Snyder for their wise counsel and support of all things literary; to Jack Parsons, whose magnificent photographs capture Santa Fe’s extraordinary light and spirit; to Will Palmer for his copyediting expertise and always steady, sunny nature; to local marvel Adelma Hnasko as well as 826michigan and the International Congress of Youth Voices’ Amanda Uhle for their superb guidance in helping us envision and shape a pilot program for the community’s young writers; to Judith Espinar, co-founder of the International Folk Art Market, for sharing her vision for creating beauty and community through an event of this scale. To all of these folks and the countless others who have played a part in making the Festival a reality, we are eternally grateful.
