Booksellers Win Scholarships to 2025 Winter Institute

The American Booksellers Association is eager to announce the 73 winners of scholarships to Winter Institute 2024 (Wi2025) in Denver, Colorado.

The awards cover the registration fee, hotel stay, and up to $600 in travel expenses to the February 23–26 event at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel.

Individual Wi2025 scholarship recipients are not matched with individual sponsors; instead, a portion of total fees raised by Wi2025 sponsorships are dedicated to funding as many bookseller scholarships for as many new and different stores as possible.

• Sophia Abuabara, Seminary Co-Op Bookstore (Chicago, IL)
• Nadia Alawa, Mavey Books (Ardmore, PA)
• Jhoanna Belfer, Bel Canto Books (Long Beach, CA)
• Christine Bell, Roundabout Books (Bend, OR)
• Tamara Brown, The Book Cellar (Conyers, GA)
• Marissa Butler, Golden Fig Books (Carrboro, NC)
• Valeria Cerda, La Revo Books (Greenfield, WI)
• Sophie Chen, Belmont Books (Belmont, MA)
• James Crossley, Leviathan Bookstore (St. Louis, MO)
• Hannah Davis, Busboys and Poets (Washington, DC)
• Jessica Hahl, Books Inc. (San Leandro, CA)
• Ariel Hakim, Banned Books Box (Akron, OH)
• Gwendolyn Henderson, Black English Bookstore (Tampa, FL)
• Olga Lijo Serans, Hearthside Books & Toys (Juneau, AK)
• Wes Lukes, A Room of One's Own Bookstore (Madison, WI)
• Elizabeth Mattson, Henry's Books (Spearfish, SD)
• Ambir Moore, The Book Lovers Era (Hill AFB, UT)
• Lisa Moser, Julia de Burgos Bookstore (Philadelphia, PA)
• Alex Ness, McLean & Eakin Booksellers (Petoskey, MI)
• Justina Petrullo, Watchung Booksellers (Montclair, NJ)
• Amanda Renna, Travelnitch (Monson, MA)
• Beth Stroh, Viewpoint Books (Columbus, IN)
• Jackson Tejeda, Christopher's Books (San Francisco, CA)
• Tamika Thompson, Beyond This February (Cowpens, SC)
• Mads Vericker, Heartleaf Books (Providence, RI)
• Cetonia Weston-Roy, Niche Book Bar (Milwaukee, WI)
• Michelle Whittaker, Fonts Books & Gifts (Mclean, VA)
• Trenessa Williams, Kizzy's Books & More (Winter Garden, FL)
• Sabreena Anowar, Sabu's Books (Columbia, MO)
• Emily Autenrieth, A Seat at the Table Books (Elk Grove, CA)
• Allyson Howard, Invitation Bookshop (Gig Harbor, WA)
• Ossiereen Jones, Rejoice Christian Books and Gift Shop (Snellville, GA)
• Lex Loro, The Little Gay Shop (Austin, TX)
• Claire Margetts, Weller Book Works (Salt Lake City, UT)
• Katherine D. Morgan, Grand Gesture Books (Portland, OR)
• Timothy Otte, Wild Rumpus, (Minneapolis, MN)
• VaLinda Payne-Miller, Turning Page Bookshop (Goose Creek, SC)
• Woods Prael, Gunzil and Bowser Children's Bookshop (Warrensburg, MO)
• Alecia Reddick, Wallflower Bookshop (Oakland, CA)
• Kate Reynolds, Colgate Bookstore (Hamilton, NY)
• Taylor Thomas, Archivist Books (Rochester, NY)
• Jay Williams, Next Chapter Books (Detroit, MI)
• Jessica Amodeo, Book Soup (West Hollywood, CA)
• Nikkya Hargrove, Obodo Serendipity Books (Stratford, CT)
• Crispin Jeffrey-Franco, Stacks Book Club (Oro Valley, AZ)
• Keri Kelly, Book Club (New York, NY)
• Cheryl Lee, 44th & 3rd Bookseller (Atlanta, GA)
• Richard Turner, Diesel, A Bookstore (Santa Monica, CA)
• Carolina Valencia, Word Up Community Bookshop/Librería Comunitaria (New York, NY)
• Cindi Whittemore, Ink Spell Books (Half Moon Bay, CA)
• Mary Jane Barnwell, Island Bookstore (Mackinac Island, MI)
• Shakeria Green, Lark & Owl Booksellers (Georgetown, TX)
• John Hart, Always Here Bookstore (Portland, OR)
• Quinn Illgen, Changing Hands Bookstore (Tempe, AZ)
• Lauren Jones, Yes, Please (Scottdale, GA)
• Randy Schiller, Left Bank Books (St. Louis, MO)
• Cris Siqueira, Lion's Tooth (Milwaukee, WI)
• Delores Williams, Bingham's Books & Culture (Hamden, CT)
• Annastasia Williams, Bookshop at the Bottom (Knoxville, TN)
• Pablo Guzman, The Midnight Oil Bookstore (Greeley, CO)
• Gwendolyn Rice, The Romance Era Bookshop (Vancouver, WA)
• Rosamond Kreshak-Hayden, Broadside Bookshop (Northampton, MA)
• Becka Robbins, Fabulosa Books (San Francisco, CA)
• Artika Tyner, Planting People Growing Justice Press and Bookstore (Saint Paul, MN)
• Ramunda Young, MahoganyBooks (Oxon Hill, MD)

• Ashley Marie Mireles-Guerrero, Judging by the Cover: A Bookstore (Fresno, CA)

• Chanecka Williams, Kindred Stories (Houston, TX)
• Reynaldo Hinojosa, Book Suey (Hamtramck, MI)
• Kristine Jelstrom-Hamill, Buttonwood Books and Toys (Cohasset, MA)
• Katherine Mitchell, Good Books (McDonough, GA)
• Claire van den Broek, Huxley & Hiro (Wilmington, DE) (Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists)

• Amelia Yasuda, Queen Takes Book (Columbia, MD)

• Aysia Brown, Protagonist Black (Fontana, CA)