At the recent OWAA annual conference, the OWAA Board of Directors elected Mark Freeman of Medford, Ore., to serve as second vice president of the association.
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Mark Taylor elected president of Outdoor Writers Association of America
At its 85th annual conference, OWAA elected Mark Taylor as president of the association for 2012-13. Taylor will serve one year as president of the OWAA Board of Directors …
OWAA Board President Mike Walker dies at 64
It is with heavy heart that the Outdoor Writers Association of America shares the news of OWAA President Mike Walker’s passing. A member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America since 1989, Walker was a leader and innovator in the outdoors field …
OWAA Board of Directors to meet Sept. 3 and 6
OWAA’s Board of Directors will meet for its annual summer meeting on Monday, Sept. 3 and again on Thursday, Sept. 6, in conjunction with the 2012 annual conference at Chena Hot Springs Resort, outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.
2012 Norm Strung Youth Writing Awards contest winners announced
MISSOULA, Mont. – Outdoor Writers Association of America awarded 12 Norm Strung Youth Writing prizes totaling $1,700, sponsored by the Safari Club International Foundation. The annual contest has categories for poetry and prose in two divisions: junior (grades 6-8) and senior (grades 9-12), and entries must be outdoors oriented and previously published in a newsletter, […]
Outdoor communicators receive more than $10,000 in awards from OWAA
The Outdoor Writers Association of America is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Excellence in Craft contests …
McDonnell, Pollmann receive 2012 OWAA Madson Fellowships
Outdoor Writers Association of America selected Kelly Jo McDonnell and John Pollmann as co-recipients of the 2012 OWAA John Madson Fellowship. The fellowship is an annual grant program that funds continuing education opportunities for OWAA members …
Knoxville, Tenn., to host OWAA 2014 conference
Have you ever wanted to visit the purple hills and sunny bended skies of Tennessee, as described in “My homeland, Tennessee,” the state’s first official song? Outdoor Writers Association of America invites you to join them in Knoxville, Tenn., for their June 27-29, 2014, conference that will feature three jam-packed days of professional growth and […]