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.
WSO Merit Awards
There are currently 161 names in this directory
Alexander, MarlenePlatinum Award - 43 points
Allen, TomCelestial Award - 114 points
Armitage, JennyPlatinum Award - 30 points
Armitage, RuthDiamond Award - 71 points
Bailey, BillDiamond Award - 61 points
Barnett, CarolGold Award - 23 points
Barss, BettyGold Award - 21 points
Bennet, SuePlatinum Award - 42 points
Berg, MariaPlatinum Award - 30 points
Bills Bailey, SallyDiamond Award - 64 points
Blaisdell, SuziGold Award - 22 points
Boutacoff, LindaPlatinum Award - 42 points
Bouwsma, SarahComet Award - 76 points
Bradley, JohnPlatinum Award - 41 points
Brown, HelenPlatinum Award - 43 points
Brown, JacqueGold Award - 23 points
Brussat, CharlenePlatinum Award - 45 points
Buck, KathleenSilver Award - 17 points
Burgess, MaryGold Award - 23 points
Calvin, MaryBronze Award - 10 points
Cameron, PatriceBronze Award - 13 points
Cedergreen, ConnieBronze Award - 13 points
Chen, JennieSilver Award - 16 points
Cheney-Parr, LeslieDiamond Award - 61 points
Choate, TaraBronze Award - 10 points
Clark, CaroleeGold Award - 20 points
Clouse, MarilynBronze Award - 14 points
Cooper, VickiBronze Award - 12 points
Cox, PaulineBronze Award - 14 points
Cramer, CathyBronze Award - 11 points
Damon-Dawson, KathrynPlatinum Award - 30 points
Doolittle, ElizabethSilver Award - 17 points
Dugas, LeslieBronze Award - 11 points
Durland, MaudPlatinum Award - 36 points
Eisenbart, RenePlatinum Award - 38 points
Elle, MaryGold Award - 20 points
Ellen Otten, MaryPlatinum Award - 33 points
Emery, JoneilePlatinum Award - 27 points
Enman, LoisPlatinum Award - 26 points
Escobar, SusanBronze Award - 11 points
Eshoo, BarbaraSilver Award - 17 points
Eyer, AlexanderPlatinum Award - 31 points
Fielding, HyonBronze Award - 12 points
Fields, IreneGold Award - 24 points
Finlayson, MarkPlatinum Award - 25 points
Floyd, ShirleyBronze Award - 12 points
Foote, AiriPlatinum Award - 43 points
Frank, DeeComet Award - 95 points
Fritz, EvelynGold Award - 23 points
Gabehart, EllenPlatinum Award - 31 points
Gale, JeanSilver Award - 16 points
Givot, WinniePlatinum Award - 32 points
Godfrey, MargaretPlatinum Award - 36 points
Grainger, AnjiPlatinum Award - 25 points
Greenbaum, SusanSilver Award - 18 points
Groff, VernonGold Award - 24 points
Hall, LaneDiamond Award - 53 points
Hamilton, DodiePlatinum Award - 25 points
Hart, GerryBronze Award - 12 points
Heideman, MaeSilver Award - 15 points
Heinson, ElizabethSilver Award - 16 points
Helton, ChrisGold Award - 23 points
Herr, BerniePlatinum Award - 33 points
Hickock Schubert, RuthSilver Award - 16 points
Hoffman Snodgrass, LyndaPlatinum Award - 46 points
Hoines, JudyCelestial Award - 176 points
Holloway, CynthiaGold Award - 24 points
Holt, JanetPlatinum Award - 35 points
Honey, KathrynSilver Award - 18 points
James, AmandaSilver Award - 17 points
Jarvis, DonnaBronze Award - 13 points
Johnson, MarjoriePlatinum Award - 25 points
Karp, NancyPlatinum Award - 26 points
Kinch, MarjorieGold Award - 23 points
Kreamer, KarenBronze Award - 12 points
Kropp, HelenBronze Award - 11 points
Larson, LoisPlatinum Award - 28 points
Leek, DoylePlatinum Award - 31 points
Lindstedt, DoreenDiamond Award - 52 points
Locati, DyannePlatinum Award - 29 points
Locke, GinaBronze Award - 14 points
Louise, DanealBronze Award - 12 points
Loyd, DebbieBronze Award - 12 points
Ludeman, SteveBronze Award - 12 points
Mais, KariBronze Award - 12 points
Marble, DebbiePlatinum Award - 29 points
Maslen, JohnDiamond Award - 66 points
Mastellos Morris, AnnaBronze Award - 12 points
McCormack, GeoffreyDiamond Award - 58 points
McEvers, KathieBronze Award - 11 points
McKinnon, SusanDiamond Award - 61 points
McNamee, BrittPlatinum Award - 25 points
Meyer, PhyllisDiamond Award - 59 points
Miller, Jean B.Silver Award - 15 points
Miller, JeannineSilver Award - 18 points
Miller, Linda M.Gold Award - 23 points
Miller, Linda MarieSilver Award - 15 points
Mintkeski, VickiPlatinum Award - 37 points
Moore, DorothyBronze Award - 10 points
Morris, JudyComet Award - 84 points
Nadal, DianaBronze Award - 14 points
Neerhout, MargaretDiamond Award - 62 points
Newbold, JacquelineBronze Award - 14 points
Nigh, JudyGold Award - 20 points
Nye, LindaSilver Award - 15 points
O'Brien, Marilyn T.Silver Award - 15 points
O'Shea, StephenSilver Award - 16 points
Pallay, MurialDiamond Award - 73 points
Pappas, VintaBronze Award - 13 points
Pari-Mueller, JoAnnBronze Award - 13 points
Pauletto, Mary AnnBronze Award - 10 points
Pearce, SandraSilver Award - 15 points
Pederson, WynnGold Award - 21 points
Peterson, CharlotteDiamond Award - 68 points
Pilcher, KaraDiamond Award - 62 points
Putnam, CarolSilver Award - 19 points
Quigley, RichardBronze Award - 11 points
Raphael, MilaPlatinum Award - 33 points
Reeves, HazelBronze Award - 11 points
Renner, PatPlatinum Award - 35 points
Ribal, DeloresDiamond Award - 70 points
Robinson, CharleneBronze Award - 14 points
Rollins, MaryPlatinum Award - 35 points
Ross, FranGold Award - 20 points
Rostad, KemperPlatinum Award - 48 points
Rothert, SteveGold Award - 21 points
San Soucie, PatPlatinum Award - 45 points
Sands, CarolPlatinum Award - 25 points
Schmidt, PatriciaPlatinum Award - 45 points
Schwader, SallyPlatinum Award - 41 points
Scot, PaulPlatinum Award - 28 points
Shelton, LindaBronze Award - 12 points
Shirley, JulieGold Award - 20 points
Simmons, FlorenceBronze Award - 13 points
Smith, KimDiamond Award - 57 points
Smith, SunnyPlatinum Award - 43 points
Spears, SusanPlatinum Award - 34 points
Staat, KatherinePlatinum Award - 33 points
Stermer Cox, MargaretSilver Award - 16 points
Stubbs, ChrisComet Award - 94 points
Tarbox Crone, LaVonneComet Award - 77 points
Taylor, LynnePlatinum Award - 32 points
Terhark, LindaPlatinum Award - 28 points
Tetamore, AliceSilver Award - 16 points
Thorp, M. MicheleBronze Award - 12 points
Tierney, VictoriaGold Award - 20 points
Tiger, KathyPlatinum Award - 49 points
Tyvol, BlendaSilver Award - 18 points
Ulrich, BrucePlatinum Award - 35 points
Van Voast, DickGold Award - 21 points
Vaught, TedComet Award - 98 points
Verheyden, BethDiamond Award - 52 points
Walker, LizPlatinum Award - 47 points
Walkup, HaroldCelestial Award - 115 points
Weigandt, JudiPlatinum Award - 31 points
Williams, RoxanneSilver Award - 17 points
Wolf, HorstBronze Award - 13 points
Wood, SandraPlatinum Award - 29 points
Yates, CarolBronze Award - 14 points
York, DianeBronze Award - 10 points
Young, IrenePlatinum Award - 27 points
Points updated 4/19/2022.