The Ella Dickey Literacy Award is presented annually in honor of Marshfield’s first librarian, Ella Dickey. Dickey served in this capacity for over 50 years. The awards are presented to six national authors who have contributed to the preservation of history during the Cherry Blossom Festival. The award was first presented in 2002 by the Webster County Literacy Council.
2023
Wilson, Cindy
Blevins, Dr. Brooks
Jacobson, Laurie
Sutliff, Kris
McCord, Patti
Gibson, Mimi
Hoedel, Sally A.
Bruno, Betty Ann
2022
Darling, Lt. Colonel Robert
Franklin, Howie
Hardman, Luge
Och, Andrew
Pepper, Cynthia
Wellman, Cissy
2021
Harrison, David
England, Scot
Brown, John
Graziano, Louis
Cook, Larry
Rogers-Barnett, Cheryl
2019
Picone, Louis
Willis, Resa
Noel, Chris
Smith Hill, Pamela
Gunther, Skaletz
Hawkins, Geraldine
2018
Anderson, William
Alden, Ginger
Hart, Mother Delores
Dante, Michael
Seaton, Carter Taylor
Padgett, Dorothy Padgett
2017
Kathy Garver
Dorinda Nicholson
Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas
Charlotte Stewart
Tim Pletkovich and students
Children of Myron H. Miller
2016
Susan Bailey
Deb Gosselin
Rob Rains
Jonathan Sandys
Shannon Lanier
David Roosevelt
2015
H. Alan Day
Lynn Wiese Sneyd
Dreama Denver
Sally Tippett Rains
Chef Roland Mesnier
Dawn Wells
2014
Anne Edwards
Julie Hedgepeth Williams
Hugh Aynesworth
Erik O. Ronningen
Margaret Rhodes
Laura Bush
2013
Bill & Susan Hayes
Janis F. Kearney
Julia Flynn Siler
Paul Burrell
Benedicte Valentiner
2012
Christina Haag
Maxine Brown
Gerald Blaine
Jon Provost
Amanda Smith
Jim Kuhn
Clifton Truman Daniel
2011
Mary McDonough
Annette Dunlap
Curtis Roosevelt
Deborah Dozier Potter
The Garst Family
George McGoverrn
2005
Nellie Connally
2003
Laura Ingalls Wilder
2002
Letitia Baldridge
Lynda Johnson Robb