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 - As of 6/1/2023
There are currently 163 names in this directory
Alexander, MarlenePlatinum - 43 points
Allen, TomCelestial - 114 points
Armitage, JennyPlatinum - 33 points
Armitage, RuthDiamond - 72 points
Bailey, BillDiamond - 63 points
Barnett, CarolGold - 23 points
Barss, Betty SueGold - 22 points
Bennet, SuePlatinum - 42 points
Berg, MariaPlatinum - 30 points
Bills Bailey, SallyDiamond - 64 points
Blaisdell, SuziGold - 22 points
Boutacoff, LindaPlatinum - 44 points
Bouwsma, SarahComet - 80 points
Bradley, JohnPlatinum - 44 points
Brown, HelenPlatinum - 47 points
Brown, JacqueGold - 23 points
Brussat, CharlenePlatinum - 45 points
Buck, KathleenSilver - 19 points
Burgess, MaryPlatinum - 26 points
Calvin, MaryBronze - 10 points
Cameron, PatriceBronze - 13 points
Cedergreen, ConnieBronze - 13 points
Chen, JennieSilver - 17 points
Cheney-Parr, LeslieDiamond - 62 points
Choate, TaraBronze - 10 points
Clark, CaroleeGold - 20 points
Clouse, MarilynBronze - 14 points
Cooper, VickiBronze - 13 points
Cox, PaulineBronze - 14 points
Cramer, CathyBronze - 12 points
Damon-Dawson, KathrynPlatinum - 30 points
Doolittle, ElizabethSilver - 17 points
Dugas, LeslieBronze - 14 points
Durland, MaudPlatinum - 36 points
Eisenbart, RenePlatinum - 45 points
Emery, JoneilePlatinum - 27 points
Enman, LoisPlatinum - 26 points
Escobar, SusanSilver - 15 points
Eshoo, BarbaraSilver - 17 points
Eyer, AlexanderPlatinum - 33 points
Fielding, HyonBronze - 12 points
Fields, IreneGold - 24 points
Finlayson, MarkPlatinum - 25 points
Floyd, ShirleyBronze - 12 points
Foote, AiriPlatinum - 45 points
Frank, DeeComet - 95 points
Fritz, EvelynGold - 23 points
Furnanz, RitaBronze - 11 points
Gabehart, EllenPlatinum - 31 points
Gale, JeanSilver - 16 points
Givot, WinniePlatinum - 36 points
Godfrey, MargaretPlatinum - 38 points
Grainger, AnjiPlatinum - 26 points
Greenbaum, SusanSilver - 18 points
Groff, VernonGold - 24 points
Hall, LaneDiamond - 53 points
Hamilton, DodiePlatinum - 25 points
Hart, GerryBronze - 12 points
Heideman, MaeSilver - 15 points
Heinson, ElizabethSilver - 16 points
Helton, ChrisPlatinum - 25 points
Herr, BerniePlatinum - 33 points
Hickock Schubert, RuthSilver - 16 points
Hoffman Snodgrass, LyndaDiamond - 53 points
Hoines, JudyCelestial - 179 points
Holloway, CynthiaGold - 24 points
Holt, JanetPlatinum - 35 points
Honey, KathrynSilver - 18 points
James, AmandaSilver - 18 points
Jarvis, DonnaBronze - 13 points
Johnson, MarjoriePlatinum - 25 points
Karp, NancyPlatinum - 26 points
Kinch, MarjorieGold - 23 points
Kreamer, KarenBronze - 14 points
Kropp, HelenBronze - 11 points
Larson, LoisPlatinum - 28 points
Leek, DoylePlatinum - 32 points
Lindstedt, DoreenDiamond - 52 points
Locati, DyannePlatinum - 29 points
Locke, GinaBronze - 14 points
Louise, DanealBronze - 12 points
Loyd, DebbieBronze - 13 points
Ludeman, SteveBronze - 12 points
Mais, KariBronze - 12 points
Marble, DebbiePlatinum - 29 points
Maslen, JohnDiamond - 66 points
Mastellos Morris, AnnaBronze - 12 points
Mathews, RobertaBronze - 10 points
McCormack, GeoffreyDiamond - 59 points
McEvers, KathieBronze - 11 points
McKinnon, SusanDiamond - 61 points
McNamee, BrittPlatinum - 25 points
Meyer, PhyllisDiamond - 60 points
Miller, Jean B.Silver - 15 points
Miller, JeannineGold - 21 points
Miller, Linda M.Gold - 23 points
Mintkeski, VickiPlatinum - 37 points
Mohney, JohnBronze - 12 points
Mooney, KristieBronze - 13 points
Moore, DorothyBronze - 10 points
Morris, JudyComet - 84 points
Nadal, DianaBronze - 14 points
Neerhout, MargaretDiamond - 62 points
Newbold, JacquelineBronze - 14 points
Nigh, JudyGold - 22 points
Nye, LindaSilver - 19 points
O'Shea, StephenSilver - 16 points
Otten, Mary EllenPlatinum - 33 points
Pallay, MurialDiamond - 73 points
Pappas, VintaBronze - 13 points
Pari-Mueller, JoAnnBronze - 14 points
Pauletto, Mary AnnBronze - 10 points
Pearce, SandraSilver - 19 points
Pederson, WynnGold - 21 points
Peterson, CharlotteDiamond - 71 points
Pilcher, KaraDiamond - 62 points
Putman, CarolGold - 21 points
Quigley, RichardBronze - 11 points
Raphael, MilaPlatinum - 39 points
Reeves, HazelBronze - 11 points
Renner, PatPlatinum - 37 points
Ribal, DeloresDiamond - 70 points
Robinson, CharleneBronze - 14 points
Rollins, MaryPlatinum - 40 points
Rostad, KemperPlatinum - 48 points
Rothert, SteveGold - 24 points
San Soucie, PatPlatinum - 45 points
Sands, CarolPlatinum - 25 points
Schilling, ElizabethSilver - 17 points
Schmidt, PatriciaPlatinum - 45 points
Schwader, SallyPlatinum - 41 points
Scot, PaulPlatinum - 29 points
Sentgeorge, RebeccaBronze - 12 points
Shelton, LindaBronze - 12 points
Simmons, FlorenceBronze - 13 points
Smith, KimDiamond - 62 points
Smith, SunnyPlatinum - 43 points
Spears, SusanPlatinum - 34 points
Staat, KatherinePlatinum - 33 points
Stermer Cox, MargaretSilver - 19 points
Stubbs, ChrisComet - 98 points
Tarbox Crone, LaVonneComet - 77 points
Taylor, LynnePlatinum - 33 points
Terhark, LindaPlatinum - 28 points
Tetamore, AliceSilver - 16 points
Thorp, M MicheleBronze - 12 points
Tierney, VictoriaGold - 22 points
Tiger, KathyDiamond - 50 points
Tyvol, BlendaSilver - 18 points
Ulrich, BrucePlatinum - 36 points
Van Voast, DickGold - 21 points
Vaught, TedComet - 98 points
Verheyden, BethDiamond - 54 points
Walker, LizDiamond - 52 points
Walkup, HaroldCelestial - 118 points
Weigandt, JudiPlatinum - 31 points
Williams, RoxanneSilver - 17 points
Wolf, HorstBronze - 13 points
Wood, SandraPlatinum - 30 points
Yates, CarolBronze - 14 points
York, DianeBronze - 10 points
Young, IrenePlatinum - 27 points
Young, LoisannBronze - 10 points
Points updated 6/1/2023.