The memorial service for Mike Walker will be held Saturday, August 25, at 3:00 p.m. at Hansen Desert Hills Mortuary, 6500 E. Bell Road, Scottsdale, Arizona. For detailed directions, visit http://www.hansenmortuary.com/LOCATIONS.html. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Adopt-A-Native-Elder Program, http://www.anelder.org. This is a program for Navajo seniors, 75 years and above, […]
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2012 Bodie McDowell Scholarship recipients announced
The Outdoor Writers Association of America awarded six scholarships for the 2012-13 school year to undergraduate and graduate students studying journalism …
2010 Excellence in Craft award winners
Backcountry Sportsman Contest Sponsored by Sierra Club Art/Photo Category 3rd Place: Jack Ballard, Red Lodge, Mont., “Into the outback,” Montana Headwall, Oct.-Dec. 2010 2nd Place: Gene Hester, Springfield, VA., “Drake Wood Duck on log,” Wildlife in North Carolina, October 2009 1st Place: Tim Christie, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, “The last pack out,” Wyoming Wildlife, October 2009 […]
2010 Norm Strung Youth Writing Awards winners
Junior and senior poetry and prose first-place winners received $200; second-place winners received $125; and third-place winners received $100. This year’s winners are: Senior Poetry First Place: “The Naturalists” by Erica Berry (Portland, Ore.) Second Place: “First Hunting Adventures” by Kaitlyn Rabaey (Marshall, Minn.) Third Place: “Gone Huntin’ by Nathan Kennedy” (Rensselaer Falls, N.Y.) […]
$1,700 to be awarded in Norm Strung Youth Writing Contest
Outdoor Writers Association of America helps budding writers via its annual Norm Strung Youth Writing Contest. Cash prizes are awarded to winners in grades 6-12 for poetry and prose categories. 2010 awards will total $1,700, thanks to the Youth Writing sponsor Safari Club International. If you know a student who would like to enter the […]