The Warren Bledsoe Award is given in recognition of a particularly noteworthy piece of literature in the field of blindness.
Submit a Nomination for the AER 2026 Awards
Past Winners
In recognition of significant contributions to literature in the field of blindness and visual impairment.
| 2022 | Rachel Rosenbaum |
| 2020 | Tiffany Wild |
| 2018 | Deborah Hatton |
| 2016 | Dr. Lauren Lieberman, Paul Ponchillia, & Susan Ponchillia |
| 2014 | Kay A. Ferrell |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Dennison |
| 2010 | Natalie Hilzen |
| 2008 | Christine Roman-Lantzy |
| Special Recognition Award | Mary Nelle McLennan |
| 2006 | Journal of Vision Impairment and Blindness |
| 2004 | Marianne Riggio |
| 2002 | Dr. M. Cay Holbrook & Alan Koenig |
| 2000 | Millie Smith, Nancy Levack, Diane P. Wormsley & Frances Mary D’Andrea |
| 1998 | Susan & Paul Ponchillia |
| 1996 | Kathleen Huebner, Jeanne Glidden Prickett, Theresa Rafalowski Welch, & Elga Joffee |
| 1994 | Dona Sauerburger |
| Special Recognition Award | Mary Ellen Mulholland |
| 1992 | Dean Tuttle |
| Special Recognition Award | Berthold Lowenfeld |
| 1990 | William Graves & Michael Orlansky |
| 1988 | Michael Bina & Geraldine Scholl |
| 1986 | David Warren |
| 1984 | Randall Jose |
| 1983 | William Silverman |
| 1982 | Joseph Lash & George Mallinson |
| 1981 | Bruce Blasch & Richard Welsh |
| 1979 | Richard Kinney |
The Warren Bledsoe Award is given in recognition of a particularly noteworthy piece of literature in the field of blindness.
Submit a Nomination for the AER 2026 Awards
Past Winners
In recognition of significant contributions to literature in the field of blindness and visual impairment.
| 2022 | Rachel Rosenbaum |
| 2020 | Tiffany Wild |
| 2018 | Deborah Hatton |
| 2016 | Dr. Lauren Lieberman, Paul Ponchillia, & Susan Ponchillia |
| 2014 | Kay A. Ferrell |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Dennison |
| 2010 | Natalie Hilzen |
| 2008 | Christine Roman-Lantzy |
| Special Recognition Award | Mary Nelle McLennan |
| 2006 | Journal of Vision Impairment and Blindness |
| 2004 | Marianne Riggio |
| 2002 | Dr. M. Cay Holbrook & Alan Koenig |
| 2000 | Millie Smith, Nancy Levack, Diane P. Wormsley & Frances Mary D’Andrea |
| 1998 | Susan & Paul Ponchillia |
| 1996 | Kathleen Huebner, Jeanne Glidden Prickett, Theresa Rafalowski Welch, & Elga Joffee |
| 1994 | Dona Sauerburger |
| Special Recognition Award | Mary Ellen Mulholland |
| 1992 | Dean Tuttle |
| Special Recognition Award | Berthold Lowenfeld |
| 1990 | William Graves & Michael Orlansky |
| 1988 | Michael Bina & Geraldine Scholl |
| 1986 | David Warren |
| 1984 | Randall Jose |
| 1983 | William Silverman |
| 1982 | Joseph Lash & George Mallinson |
| 1981 | Bruce Blasch & Richard Welsh |
| 1979 | Richard Kinney |