. DWPC Philanthropy
Frances Belford Wayne Merit Award
Named for Frances Belford Wayne, this monetary award recognizes the outstanding journalistic abilities of a University of Colorado School of Journalism student.
Frances Belford Wayne, a Central City native, distinguished herself during a 40-year career with The Denver Post and won national recognition as an investigative reporter and feature writer.
She was the first Honorary Member named by the Denver Woman's Press Club.
The scholarship was initiated in 1940 by DWPC President Gladys Van Vranken Parce, and has been donated from DWPC general funds for more than half a century.
The 2007-2008 Frances Belford Wayne Award of $1000 was given to Maggie McDermott, a CU-Boulder senior majoring in news editorial.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Award
This is a national program sponsored by the Museum of Outdoor Arts
for high school students. The DWPC selects a college-bound high school
senior as the scholarship's recipient for the Writing Scholarship Award.
Winners from sponsoring programs go onward to the national level to be judged.
The program has been ongoing since 1923 and prior winners of note include
Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Fannie Farmer, Bernard Malamud, Joyce
Maynard, Joyce Carol Oates and Sylvia Plath.
The 2007-2008 Writing Scholarship Award of $1000 was given to Ryan Brown, who graduated from Denver School of the Arts creative writing program. She will attend Duke University of Durham, N.C.
Ruth Underhill Award
The Dr. Ruth Murray Underhill Award was established in 1985 to honor the memory of one of DWPC's most distinguished members. Dr. Underhill was a lifelong advocate of the English language, an anthropologist and an authority on North American Indians. She was a journalist and author in the fields of science, fiction and poetry. The monetary award is given to a University of Colorado student for outstanding merit in creative writing.
The 2007-2008 Ruth Underhill Award was given to Casady Monroe and Kelly Anzulavich, who are pursuing MFA degrees in creative writing at CU-Boulder. Each will receive a $500 scholarship.