The Courage to Write has won the following National Awards

Ohio State Award for Excellence in Broadcasting

Distinguished Program Award, American Council of Higher Education

Honorable Mention, Creative Programming for Woman

National University Continuing Education Association

The Courage to Write was developed with funding from the Wisconsin Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Continuing Studies, the Jane Austen Society of North America, and Wisconsin Public Radio.

Project Director - Emily Auerbach
Producers - Ralph Johnson and Steve Gotcher
Consultants - Laurel Yourke and Wanda Auerbach
Guest Faculty and Artists - Dale Bauer, Sargent Bush, Jr., Betsy Draine, Sandra Gilbert, Lynn Keller, Gerda Lerner, Diane Lichtenstein, Naomi Long Medgett, Nellie McKay, Irene McKinney, Robert Najem, Cyrena Pondrom, Annis Pratt, Adrienne Rich, LaVonne Ruoff, Morris Schappes, Jeffrey Steele, Ronald Wallace, and Joseph Wiesenfarth.

The University of Wisconsin - Madison and Wisconsin Public Radio are nonprofit organizations. Revenues from sales of "Courage to Write" materials help fund further programs on women writers. For information on future series, call Emily Auerbach at 608-262-3733.