The Circle of Excellence Award is presented to artists who are recognized by their peers to be master storytellers who set the standards for excellence and have demonstrated, over a significant period of time, a commitment and dedication to the art of storytelling.
![Circle of Excellence](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ORACLE-logo.png)
![Alton Chung 2024](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Alton-Chung-Sunset-Photo-SM-by-Malcolm-Yawn-1-764x1024.jpg)
2024
![Anne Shimojima 2024](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Shimojima.jpg)
2024
![Dolores Hydock 2023](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Dolores-Hydock.jpg)
2023
![Jeannine Pasini-Beekman 2021](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1999pasinibeekman.jpg)
Pasini-Beekman
2021
![Jackson Gillman 2020](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Jackson-Gillman-1024x1014.jpeg)
2020
![Jennifer Munro 2020](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Duda1-jpeg-300x300.jpg)
2020
![Laura Packer 2020](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LP_Huly2020-1024x683.jpg)
2020
![Corrine Stavish 2020](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Corinne-Stavish-CoE-1024x923.jpg)
2020
![Nancy Donoval 2019](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2015donoval.jpg)
2019
![Diane Edgecomb 2019](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Diane_Edgecomb_small.jpg)
2019
![The Storycrafters Jen Burns & Barry Marshall 2018](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/storycrafters-small.png)
Jen Burns &
Barry Marshall
2018
![Motoko 2017](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Motoko2017.jpg)
2017
![Janice Del Negro 2016](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2016delnegro.jpg)
2016
![Megan Wells 2016](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2016wells.jpg)
2016
![Leeny Del Seamonds 2015](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2015delseamonds.jpg)
2015
![Antonio Rocha 2015](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2015rocha.jpg)
2015
![Antonio Sacre 2015](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2015sacre.jpg)
2015
![Brenda Wong Aoki 2014](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2014wong.jpg)
2014
![Lynette Ford 2013](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2013ford.jpg)
2013
![Andy Offutt Irwin 2013](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2013irwin.jpg)
2013
![Angela Lloyd 2013](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2013lloyd.jpg)
2013
![Kevin Locke 2013](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2013locke.jpg)
2013
![Olga Lova 2013](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2013loya.jpg)
2013
![Kevin Kling 2012](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2012kling.jpg)
2012
![Bill Lepp 2011](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2011lepp.jpg)
2011
![Waddie Mitchell 2011](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2011mitchell.jpg)
2011
![Susan O'Halloran](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2011ohalloran.jpg)
2011
![Opalanga Pugh 2011](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2011pugh.jpg)
2011
![Willy Claflin 2010](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2010claflin.jpg)
2010
![Michael Cotter 2009](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2009cotter.jpg)
2009
![Doug Elliott 2009](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2009elliott.jpg)
2009
![Mary Hamilton 2009](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2009hamilton.jpg)
2009
![Bobby Norfolk 2009](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2009norfolk.jpg)
2009
![Carmen Agra Deedy 2008](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2008deedy.jpg)
2008
![Eth-Noh Tec Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo & Nancy Wang 2008](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2008ethnotec.jpg)
Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo &
Nancy Wang
2008
![MaryGay Ducey 2007](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2007ducey.jpg)
2007
![Beth Horner 2007](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2007horner.jpg)
2007
![Baba Jamal Koram 2007](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2007koram.jpg)
2007
![Dovie Thomason 2007](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2007thomason.jpg)
2007
![Charlotte Blake Alston 2006](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2006blakealston.jpg)
Blake Alston
2006
![Gwenda LedBetter 2006](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2006ledbetter.jpg)
2006
![Patrick Ball 2002](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2002ball.jpg)
2002
![Judith Black 2002](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2002black.jpg)
2002
![Diane Ferlatte 2002](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2002ferlatte.jpg)
2002
![David Novak 2002](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2002novak.jpg)
2002
![Jon Spelman 2002](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2002spelman.jpg)
2002
![Len Cabral 2001](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2001cabral.jpg)
2001
![Rex Ellis 2001](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2001ellis-rex.jpg)
2001
![Bill Harley 2001](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2001harley.jpg)
2001
![Susan Klein 2001](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2001klein.jpg)
2001
![Steve Sanfield 2001](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2001sanfield.jpg)
2001
![Dan Keding 2000](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2000keding.jpg)
2000
![Syd Lieberman 2000](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2000lieberman.jpg)
2000
![Jim May 2000](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2000may.jpg)
2000
![Barbara McBride-Smith 2000](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2000mcbridesmith.jpg)
McBride-Smith
2000
![J.J. Reneaux 2000](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2000reneaux.jpg)
2000
![Milbre Burch 1999](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1999burch.jpg)
1999
![Michael Parent 1999](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1999parent.jpg)
1999
![Peninnah Schram 1999](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1999schram.jpg)
1999
![Rosalie Sorrels 1999](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1999sorrels.jpg)
1999
![Carol Birch 1998](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1998birch.jpg)
1998
![Elizbeth Ellis 1997](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1997ellis-elizabeth.jpg)
1997
![Heather Forest 1997](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1997forest.jpg)
1997
![Maggi Peirce 1997](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1997peirce.jpg)
1997
![Gayle Ross 1997](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1997ross.jpg)
1997
![Brother Blue 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996brotherblue.jpg)
1996
![Donal Davis 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996davis.jpg)
1996
![Marshall Dodge 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996dodge.jpg)
1996
![Ken Feit 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996feit.jpg)
1996
![Barbara Freeman1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996freeman.jpg)
1996
![Ray Hicks 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996hicks.jpg)
1996
![David Holt 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996holt.jpg)
1996
![Doc McConnell 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996mcconnell.jpg)
1996
![Jay O'Callahan 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996ocallahan.jpg)
1996
![Lee Pennington 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996pennington.jpg)
1996
![Connie Regan-Blake 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996reganblake.jpg)
Regan-Blake
1996
![Gamble Rogers 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996rogers.jpg)
1996
![Lynn Rubright 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996rubright.jpg)
1996
![Laura Simms 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996simms.jpg)
1996
![Mary Carter Smith 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996cartersmith-1.jpg)
Carter Smith
1996
![Ed Stivender 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996stivender.jpg)
1996
![Jackie Torrence 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996torrence.jpg)
1996
![Kathryn Windham 1996](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/1996windham-1.jpg)
1996
![](https://storynet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1996wolkstein-edited.jpg)
1996