For more information contact: Robin Giner 406-728-7434 rginer@owaa-oldsite.birchbarkmedia.com MISSOULA, Mont. – Outdoor Writers Association of America commends the Supreme Court’s decision to void a 1999 animal cruelty law that appeared to criminalize the sale of hunting and fishing videos and other depictions central to the activities of OWAA members and other outdoors journalists. “The […]
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Rochester conference program chair seeks your input for 2010 conference programming
Dear OWAA Members: We are planning a session for the 2010 Rochester, Minn., conference dealing with publishing and/or self-publishing books. If you have written a book and worked with a publisher or self-published, would you drop me an e-mail? I am looking for input on how to best go about getting a book produced. I […]
Rhoades resigns as executive director
Dear Members, I’d like to thank you for the last eleven years, for allowing me to serve OWAA first as your newsletter editor, and subsequently as your executive director. With no regrets I submit my resignation as executive director of OWAA. I’ve informed OWAA’s Executive Committee that I’d like to wrap things up in sixty […]
Patterson, Sullins win John Madson Fellowships
For more information contact: Robin Giner, rginer@owaa-oldsite.birchbarkmedia.com 406-728-7434 Missoula, Mont. — Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) has selected Gregg Patterson and Ken Sullins and as co-recipients of OWAA’s 2010 John Madson Fellowship. The fellowship is an annual grant program that funds continuing education opportunities for OWAA members. Each award recipient will receive $1,200 for reimbursable […]
OWAA eliminates membership initiation fee
At its recent winter board meeting, Outdoor Writers Association of America’s board of directors unanimously voted to eliminate membership initiation fees. “This will no doubt make it more affordable for new members to join and make it easier to market OWAA to prospective members,” OWAA President John Beath said. OWAA offers three classifications of membership: […]
$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 […]
Two new resource guides published by OWAA
MISSOULA, Mont. – Whether you’re an outdoors writer, a public relations representative who works with the outdoors media, or a government official who publishes outdoors reports and magazines, you’ll benefit by owning Outdoor Writers Association of America’s (OWAA) newest publications. The hot-off-the-press Legal Handbook for Freelancers, authored by OWAA Legal Counsel Bill Powell, covers copyright […]
Five OWAA members contest winners judged ‘Best of the Best’
October 19, 2009 A select group of OWAA Past Presidents judged first-place winners of each Excellence in Craft Contest category, of which there are five. This year’s Presidents’ Choice Awards winners are: Magazine Category: Edward Nickens, Raleigh, N.C., “Cry from the North,” Field & Stream magazine. Backcountry Sportsman Contest sponsored by Sierra Club. TV/Video Category: […]