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, […]
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Early-bird registration deadline and housing cut-off Friday, June 10!
Don’t miss out on early registration savings for conference, register today! You can register online or download forms from our website at http://www.owaa-oldsite.birchbarkmedia.com/2011conference/register. Early-bird rates of only $190/person get you into all conference sessions and activities and include all meals. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to “elevate your adventure, elevate your career” in Utah […]
Aspiring outdoor communicators welcome to attend free workshop July 8
MISSOULA, Mont. – The Outdoor Writers Association of America will kick off its 84th annual conference at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort outside Salt Lake City, Utah, by offering a free, half-day workshop titled “Becoming an Outdoor Communicator,” Friday, July 8, from 3 – 6 p.m., in the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird. The Becoming […]
YOU can’t afford to miss OWAA’s 84th Annual Conference
Have you signed up to attend OWAA’s annual conference yet? If so, below are some highlights you won’t want to miss. If not… I bet you’re debating whether to attend this year’s OWAA annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah– July 9-11. Think you can’t afford to go? Wrong! You can’t afford to miss […]
OWAA elects new board members, passes ballot measures
MISSOULA, Mont. – Outdoor Writers Association of America’s membership recently cast votes to elect three new members to the OWAA Board of Directors: Bruce Cochran (Kansas), Mary J. Nickum (Arizona) and Randy Zellers (Arkansas). All three Active members will take their board seats on July 11, in conjunction with OWAA’s annual conference in Salt Lake […]
Funk and Morley receive OWAA’s 2011 John Madson Fellowships
MISSOULA, Mont. — Outdoor Writers Association of America has selected William H. Funk and Julie Ann Morley as co-recipients of OWAA’s 2011 John Madson Fellowship. The fellowship is an annual grant program that funds continuing education opportunities for OWAA members. This year’s recipients will share the total award of $2,600 for reimbursable expenses related to […]
OWAA moving office headquarters
MISSOULA, Mont. – Outdoor Writers Association of America will be moving their headquarters office on Wednesday, May 11. The move will take the office just a few blocks away from its current location to rental space in a historical Missoula building. The OWAA office will be located at 615 Oak St., Ste. 201, Missoula, MT […]
Continuing education hours available for educators at the Goldenrod Writing Workshop
MISSOULA, Mont. – Outdoor Writers Association of America is offering professional development renewal hours for the Goldenrod Writing Workshop, issued through the Montana Office of Public Instruction. Goldenrod students can earn 15 credit hours for attending all resident-faculty sessions during the workshop. OWAA pursued this option in an effort to increase access to development funds […]