Merit Awards

Each painting accepted into a juried WSO Show earns Merit Points. When a member has accumulated ten points, they receive the Bronze Award and Signature Status. After that, members will continue to accumulate points, working toward Silver, Gold, Plantinum, Diamond, and Celestial awards.

Level Merit Points
Celestial Award 100+ points
Comet Award 75-99 points
Diamond Award 50-74 points
Platinum Award 25-49 points
Gold Award 20-24 points
Silver Award 15-19 points
Bronze Award (and signature status) 10-14 points

Print a copy of the Merit Award Worksheet and keep track of your points. When you have earned 10 points, send the form to the Merit Award Chairperson. After you’ve tracked your first ten points, WSO will keep track of all future points.

Start now and keep a list of the WSO exhibitions you have been accepted in and the awards received. Even if you are a new member and are just beginning to enter shows, start now! It is surprising how quickly time passes. You will want to have that information!

Merit Awards receive recognition at conventions, and as you climb the levels, there are logo pins to be gained. For example, at 25 points, members will receive a beautiful silver pin and at 50 points, a gold pin.

How the Merit Award Point System Works

Through the fall 2008 show in Florence, artists received a total of five points for a Sweepstakes award, three points for 1st, 2nd or 3rd, and one point for paintings that got into the show but did not win an award. Beginning with the spring 2009, we changed the name of Sweepstakes to “Best of Show” and it still earned 5 points (we have dropped the name of 1st place.) Now, we will have special names for 2nd through 6th place followed by awards of Distinction. You will earn a total of four points for a 2nd, 3rd or 4th place award, a total of three points for all other award-winning paintings, and one point for paintings that got into a show but did not win an award.

Points updated January 2024.

WSO Merit Awards

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There are currently 125 names in this directory
Alexander, Marlene
Platinum - 43 points
Allen, Tom
Celestial - 114 points
Armitage, Jenny
Platinum - 34 points
Armitage, Ruth
Comet - 75 points
Bailey, Bill
Diamond - 63 points
Barnett, Carol
Gold - 23 points
Barss, Betty Sue
Gold - 23 points
Bennet, Sue
Platinum - 43 points
Berg, Maria
Platinum - 30 points
Bills Bailey, Sally
Diamond - 68 points
Blaisdell, Suzi
Gold - 22 points
Boutacoff, Linda
Platinum - 45 points
Bouwsma, Sarah
Comet - 83 points
Bradley, John
Platinum - 45 points
Brown, Helen
Platinum - 48 points
Buck, Kathleen
Silver - 19 points
Burgess, Mary
Platinum - 31 points
Cameron, Patrice
Bronze - 13 points
Cedergreen, Connie
Bronze - 13 points
Chen, Jennie
Silver - 17 points
Cheney-Parr, Leslie
Diamond - 62 points
Choate, Tara
Bronze - 10 points
Clark, Carolee
Gold - 20 points
Cooper, Vicki
Bronze - 13 points
Cox, Pauline
Bronze - 14 points
Cramer, Cathy
Bronze - 13 points
Damon-Dawson, Kathryn
Platinum - 30 points
Dugas, Leslie
Bronze - 14 points
Durland, Maud
Platinum - 36 points
Eisenbart, Rene
Platinum - 49 points
Emery, Joneile
Platinum - 27 points
Escobar, Susan
Silver - 16 points
Eshoo, Barbara
Silver - 17 points
Eyer, Alexander
Platinum - 34 points
Fields, Irene
Gold - 24 points
Foote, Airi
Platinum - 46 points
Frank, Dee
Comet - 95 points
Fritz, Evelyn
Gold - 23 points
Furnanz, Rita
Bronze - 12 points
Gale, Jean
Silver - 16 points
Givot, Winnie
Platinum - 40 points
Godfrey, Margaret
Platinum - 38 points
Grainger, Anji
Platinum - 26 points
Greenbaum, Susan
Silver - 18 points
Groff, Vernon
Gold - 24 points
Hamilton, Dodie
Platinum - 25 points
Helton, Chris
Platinum - 28 points
Hickock Schubert, Ruth
Silver - 16 points
Hoffman Snodgrass, Lynda
Diamond - 53 points
Hoines, Judy
Celestial - 182 points
James, Amanda
Silver - 19 points
Johnson, Marjorie
Platinum - 26 points
Kinch, Marjorie
Gold - 23 points
Kreamer, Karen
Bronze - 14 points
Larson, Lois
Platinum - 28 points
Leek, Doyle
Platinum - 32 points
Locati, Dyanne
Platinum - 29 points
Locke, Gina
Bronze - 14 points
Loyd, Debbie
Bronze - 14 points
Ludeman, Steve
Bronze - 12 points
Marble, Debbie
Platinum - 29 points
Mathews, Roberta
Bronze - 10 points
McCormack, Geoffrey
Diamond - 59 points
McEvers, Kathie
Bronze - 11 points
McKinnon, Susan
Diamond - 61 points
McNamee, Britt
Platinum - 25 points
Meyer, Phyllis
Diamond - 61 points
Miller, Jean B.
Silver - 15 points
Miller, Jeannine
Gold - 22 points
Mintkeski, Vicki
Platinum - 37 points
Mohney, John
Bronze - 13 points
Mooney, Kristie
Bronze - 13 points
Moore, Dorothy
Bronze - 11 points
Morris, Judy
Comet - 84 points
Nadal, Diana
Bronze - 14 points
Neerhout, Margaret
Diamond - 62 points
Newbold, Jacqueline
Bronze - 14 points
Nigh, Judy
Gold - 22 points
Nye, Linda
Silver - 19 points
Otten, Mary Ellen
Platinum - 33 points
Pallay, Murial
Diamond - 73 points
Pari-Mueller, JoAnn
Bronze - 14 points
Pearce, Sandra
Gold - 22 points
Peterson, Charlotte
Diamond - 72 points
Pilcher, Kara
Diamond - 62 points
Putman, Carol
Gold - 22 points
Quigley, Richard
Bronze - 11 points
Raphael, Mila
Platinum - 40 points
Reeves, Hazel
Bronze - 12 points
Renner, Pat
Platinum - 37 points
Robert, Steve
Platinum - 25 points
Rollins, Mary
Platinum - 40 points
Sands, Carol
Platinum - 25 points
Schilling, Elizabeth
Silver - 18 points
Schmidt, Patricia
Platinum - 46 points
Scot, Paul
Platinum - 29 points
Sentgeorge, Rebecca
Silver - 15 points
Shelton, Linda
Bronze - 12 points
Simmons, Florence
Bronze - 13 points
Smith, Kim
Diamond - 65 points
Smith, Sunny
Platinum - 43 points
Spears, Susan
Platinum - 37 points
Stermer Cox, Margaret
Silver - 19 points
Stubbs, Chris
Celestial - 101 points
Tarbox-Crone, LeVonne
Comet - 77 points
Taylor, Lynne
Platinum - 33 points
Terhark, Linda
Platinum - 28 points
Tetamore, Alice
Silver - 16 points
Thorp, M Michele
Bronze - 12 points
Tierney, Victoria
Gold - 23 points
Tiger, Kathy
Diamond - 50 points
Tyvol, Blenda
Silver - 18 points
Ulrich, Bruce
Platinum - 36 points
Vaught, Ted
Comet - 98 points
Verheyden, Beth
Diamond - 55 points
Walker, Liz
Diamond - 53 points
Walkup, Harold
Celestial - 121 points
Weigandt, Judi
Platinum - 31 points
West, Rose
Bronze - 10 points
Williams, Roxanne
Silver - 17 points
Wood, Sandra
Platinum - 30 points
Yates, Carol
Bronze - 14 points
York, Diane
Bronze - 10 points
Young, Irene
Platinum - 27 points
Young, Loisann
Bronze - 11 points