AIBF Donors
AIBF is grateful to all financial contributors for their generous support of our mission and goals to promote literacy in Northeast Florida
2026-2027 DONORS
Scholarships for the Short Story Contest
Jonathan M. and Miriam M. Bryant
The AEL Family Foundation
$10,000+
The Burroughs Family Foundation
$5,000–$9,999
Craig and Katherine Bissell
$1,000–$4,999
Sylvia Derrick
Malia Duncan
Mary Shepherd
$500–$999
Roderick Matthews
$100–$499
Nancy E. Blanton and Karl U. Schaffer
Raffaela Marie Rizzo and Mark Fenn
$100
Angela Allen
Shari Ashmore
Susan Bowen
Paula Braswell
Sheeri Dosh
Susan R. Gottesmann
Eva-Lynne Greene
Deborah Held
Catherine Lawrence
Brendan and Agnes Lyden
Kevin Mahony
Kristine Ochu
Colleen Pazakis
Brandi Perkins
Kim Pertsch
Nancy Rogers
Elizabeth M. Sparkman
Karen Swecker
Linda Tacy
Vida Walden
Gina Weaver
A heartfelt thank you to Story & Song Bookstore Bistro/Center for Arts & Culture for generously donating 20% of all book sales from Amelia Island Book Festival author events to support our mission!
2026-2027 Book Festival Members
Rare Collectors Club
Lee Bailey, Raffaela Marie Rizzo and Mark Fenn, Jim and Nancy Firth, Ben and Judy Johnson, Kevin Mahony, Pat Stichweh, Crawford Ward, Polly Warren
Classics Club
Rebecca Kingery, Brendan Lyden, Elizabeth Walker
Writer’s Circle Club
Beth Allison, Jane Buyers, Julia McDermott, Nancy Olman, Kay Otter, Donna Overly, Deana Plaskon, Kimberly Ray, Linda Sexton, Lee Ann Shobe, Elizabeth Sparkman, Ellen Wilson
Best-Sellers Club
Tamara Adams, Nancy Blanton, Paula Braswell, Judy Butler, Susan Cordes, Sharon Elliott, Shirley Fickie, Jessica Foster, Valerie Gsell, Cynthia Hofstetter, Christine Johnson, Karen Kieffer, Cheryl Linck, Mary Kay Lundy, Robin Newman, Linda Newmon, Kristine Ochu, Doris Peterkin, Robin Pullen, Marilyn Richards, Penny Sansbury, Marie West, Woody West
Debut Club
Donna Boeri, Mary Pinkston, Scottie Smith, Natalie Voytac
Hotel Partners
Amelia Community Theatre
Hampton Inn & Suites, Amelia Island at Fernandina Beach
Hampton Inn & Suites, Amelia Island Historic Harbor Front
Home2 Suites by Hilton Fernandina Beach
Residence Inn Amelia Island
The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island
The Williams House
Bookstores
The Book Loft
Story & Song Center for Arts & Culture
Community Partners
Amelia Island Visitor Bureau
Nassau County School District
Florida State College of Jacksonville - Nassau Center (FSCJ - Nassau)
Friends of the Library Fernandina Beach
Nassau County Library System
Authors
Mary Kay Andrews
Savannah Carlisle
Kristen Harmel
Kevin Powers
John Searles
Volunteers
We love our volunteers! Thank you!