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FROM OWAA NEWS

MISSOULA, Mont. – Winning photos from the 2013 Excellence in Craft Contests, hosted by the Outdoor Writers Association of America, will be on display throughout the spring. Exhibits will be featured at the following locations:

Feb. 28 – March 2, 2014 — Great Rockies Sportshow, Helena, Mont.
March 22 – 23, 2014 — Great Rockies Sportshow, Missoula, Mont.
March 28 – 30, 2014 — Great Rockies Sportshow, Bozeman, Mont.
April 15 – May 30, 2014 — State College High School North, State College, Pa.

Seven categories of photos are represented: action, scenic, flora, fauna, people, outdoor fun and adventure, and family participation/youth outdoor education.

Each year our winners include some of America’s best-known outdoor photographers from around the country.

“Reflections at Moraine Lake, Banff National Park” by Colleen Miniuk-Sperry of Chandler, Ariz., was chosen as the 2013 People’s Choice Award. “Spring Battle” by Noppadol Paothong of Columbia, Mo., received the prestigious Presidents’ Choice Award for 2013.

Winning photographs for the 2014 OWAA Excellence in Craft Contests will be announced in June 2014 and available for exhibit throughout 2014-2015. If you are interested in hosting this exhibit in the future, please contact info@owaa.org or call 406-728-7434.

The OWAA Excellence in Craft Contests are open to all OWAA members and open each year in October. For more information on the contests, rules and sponsors, visit http://owaa.org/eic.

(Photo credits: “Troubling Tumbleweed” by Tim Christie; “Reflections at Moraine Lake, Banff National Park” by Colleen Miniuk-Sperry; “Spring Battle” by Noppadol Paothong.)

FROM OWAA NEWS:

The OWAA President’s Choice Award honors the best of the best work from each type of media recognized in the association’s 2013 Excellence in Craft contests. Past President Mark Taylor judged first-place winners from the 2013 EIC contests. This year’s President’s Choice Award winners are:

Magazine/E-zine: Tom Watson of Appleton, Minn., for “In the Wake of Ancient Fishermen,” published in the February 2012 issue of Fish Alaska Magazine. Watson won first place in the Fishing Category of the Magazine/E-zine Contest.

Newspaper/Website: Tom Stienstra of McCloud, Calif., for “Paralyzed athlete Grant Korgan achieves polar goal,” published in the Jan. 26, 2012, edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. Stienstra won first place in the Outdoor Fun and Adventure Category of the Newspaper/Website Contest.

Blog: Hal Herring of Augusta, Mont., for “Special Report: How I’m Helping to Save the Whitebark Pine, One Seed at a Time,” posted Oct. 18, 2012, on FieldandStream.com. Herring won first place in the Conservation Category of the Blog Contest.

Radio/Podcast: Dan Small of Belgium, Wis., for “Calling All Game with Wayne Carlton,” broadcast Feb. 11, 2012, on Outdoors Radio Network. Small won first place in the Gear/Technical Category of the Radio/Podcast Contest.

Television/Video/Webcast: Bill Sherck of Minneapolis, Minn., for “One Cold Step at a Time,” broadcast Feb. 5, 2012, on Minnesota Bound (NBC-KARE 11). Sherck won first place in the Outdoor Fun and Adventure Category of the Television/Video/Webcast Contest.

Photo: Noppadol Paothong of Columbia, Mo., for “Spring Battle.” Paothong won first place in the Action Category of the Photography Contest.

With much appreciation, OWAA’s board of directors, members and staff thank the 2013 Excellence in Craft sponsors: The Pew Charitable Trusts, Realtree, Crosman Corp., and Outdoor Recreation Company of America.

All 2013 Excellence in Craft award recipients are listed online at http://owaa.org/blog/2013/06/owaa-announces-winners-of-2013-excellence-in-craft-contests/.

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