Est. 1935
League History
History is not the past. It is the stories we tell about the past.
- Grace Lee Boggs
The League of Utah Writers was established in 1935 when the Utah chapter of the League of Western Writers was founded (1). They were joined by existing local writers groups which started in the 1920s, such as the Barnacles and the Blue Quill Writers. The Utah chapter split off from the League of Western Writers and renamed itself the League of Utah Writers in November of 1939 (2).
1942-1943 Carlton Culmsee
1944-1945 Cleone Montgomery
1946-1947 Martha C. Wright
1948-1949 Willard C. Luce
1950-1951 Mable Harmer
1954-1955 Carlton Culmsee
1956-1957 Edward T. Tuttle
1958-1959 Theron H. Luke
1960-1961 Mary K. Knowles
1962-1963 Cameron Johns
1964-1965 Delillie S. Sanford
1966-1967 June F. Krambule
1968-1969 Bonnie L. Emmertson
1970-1971 Betty G. Spencer
1972-1973 Wanda B. Blaisedell
1974-1975 Caroline Eyering Miner
1976-1977 Clarence Socwell and Dora Flack
1978-1979 Esther Phelps Parks
1979-1980 Jean R. Poulson
1980-1981 Arlene Hamblin
1981-1982 Brenda Bensch
1982-1983 Sally T. Taylor
1983-1984 Helen Mar Cook
1984-1985 Dorothy Farnell
1985-1986 Thaya Davis Char
1986-1987 Louise Hurd
1987-1988 Wanda Peterson
1988-1989 Richard Tice
1989-1990 Ruth Harris Swaner
1990-1991 Ana Baker Marcusen
1991-1993 Norbert G. Bensch
1993-1994 Vera Bakker
1994-1995 LuAnn Brobst
1996-1997 Marcia Anstead
1997-1998 Marcia Ford
1998-1999 Bettyanne Gillette
1999-2000 Carole Cole
2000-2001 Dorothy Crofts
2001-2002 Carolyn Campbell
2002-2003 Charlene Hirschi
2003-2004 Kathy Jones
2004-2005 Becky Crum
2005-2006 DeLoa Sharp
2006-2007 Andy Anderson
2007-2008 Marilyn Richardson
2008-2009 Natalie Pace
2009-2010 Mike Eldredge
2010-2011 Edwin Smith
2011-2012 Tim Keller
2012-2013 Irene Hastings
2013-2014 Emily Younker
2014-2015 Amanda Luzzader
2015-2016 Chris Todd Miller
2016-2018 Jared Quan
2018-2020 Johnny Worthen
2020-2021 John Olsen
2021-2023 Bryan Young
2023-2025 Rachael Bush
2025- Christina Allen
