by Frank Zurey
Here are the 2012 contest results for writing awarded at our annual conference in Taos, New Mexico.
The Numbers
23 written works submitted
The Judges
Writing Judge (articles)
Award-winning nature writer Mary Taylor Young has been writing professionally for over 20 years. She has published 13 books and hundreds of articles in periodicals such as Ladies Home Journal, Outside, and Wildlife Conservation. Mary writes from her home in Castle Rock, Colorado where she lives with her husband and daughter and many wild neighbors.
Writing Judge (books and video)
Russ Bromby was editor of Colorado Outdoors magazine and chief of communications for the Colorado Division of Wildlife during a 30-year career with the State of Colorado. A member and past president of RMOWP, Russ retired from the Division of Wildlife in 2002 and now works at what he chooses.
Best of Show
Writing – TV/Movie/Video
Al Perry “Polar Bears on Ice,” WNIN Tri-State Public Media, 2012 (Video)
Writing – Magazine Articles/Columns/Editorials
Wayne Turner “The Clam Rake and I, a Love Affair,” Bay Splash, Fall/Winter 2008/2009 (Magazine article)
Category Awards
TV/Movie/Video
1st Al Perry “Polar Bears on Ice,” WNIN Tri-State Public Media, 2012
2nd Fred Zeglin “GunsmithingRadio.com” podcasts, 2011
3rd Al Perry “Red, Cross and Arctic Fox on Hudson Bay,” WNIN Tri-State Public Media, 2012
Books and Scripts for TV/Movie/Video
1st Terry Guthrie Fall Images of North Georgia, February 2011
2nd Maryann Gaug Hiking Colorado, 3rd ed., 2011
3rd Robert Stone Day Hikes Around Ventura County, 3rd ed., 2011
Newspaper articles/columns/editorials
1st Wayne Turner “Mine Threatens Bristol Bay Fishery,” Summit Daily, March 20, 2012
Magazine articles/columns/editorials
1st Wayne Turner “The Clam Rake and I, a Love Affair,” Bay Splash, Fall/Winter 2008/2009
2nd Bob Good “A Lesson Learned,” Crossbow Connection Magazine, Oct 2011
3rd Wayne Turner “Frog Gigging and Life,” The Lightnin’ Ridge, Jul/Aug 2011
Newsletter Writing of Any Kind
1st Emily Harrington “Letter to RMOWP” Rocky Mountain Outdoors, Jul/Aug 2011
2nd Jack Olson “E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center” Rocky Mountain Outdoors, Jan/Feb 2012
3rd Jack Olson “Battles Lost” Rocky Mountain Outdoors, May/Jun 2011
Web Writing
1st Wayne Turner “Fins and Spurs,” www.hunginfool.com
2nd Fred Zeglin “So, You Think You Don’t Like Wildcat Cartriges?” www.AmmoLand.com
3rd Fred Zeglin “That Unsightly Bulge?” www.4-DProducts.com
Unpublished Written Works – NEW CATEGORY
1st Virginia Staat “The Legend of El Patron”
2nd Kenita Gibbins “The Four of Us and the Risque Picture”