2005 OWC COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS WINNERS
Sponsored by Alcan Canada
This annual competition recognizes and rewards excellence in outdoor communication and promotes craft improvement. It is open to all members of the Outdoor Writers of Canada "in good standing".
In each catagory the winner of the 2005 Outdoor Communication Award is listed first followed by 2 Award of Merit winners.
The awards are presented annually at the Awards Banquet during the Outdoor Writers of Canada's annual conference.
Also Including:
Storyteller
- Sponsored by Ron Miller
DUC Wetland's Appreciation Writing Awards
- Sponsored by Ducks Unlimited Canada)
Brock McRitchie Writing Awards
- Sponored By Len McRitchie
National Fishing Week Writing Award
- Sponored By Canadian SportFishing Industry Association (CSIA)
MAGAZINE FEATURE - OTHER
1st. Tina Portman
Title: Tundra Struck.
Publisher: Nature Canada
2nd Jake MacDonald
Title: Canada's Great Bush Planes
Publisher: Outdoor Canada
3rd David Wei
Title: Wonderful By Nature
Publisher: Horizon Air Magazine
MAGAZINE FEATURE-HUNTING
1st Ken Bailey
Title: The Deer Up Here
Publisher: Outdoor Canada
2nd Ken Bailey
Title: After The Shot
Publisher: Outdoor Canada
3rd Brad Fenson
Title: Peace Country Bucks
Publisher: Sports Afield
MAGAZINE FEATURE--FISHING
1st Jake MacDonald
Title: Musky Fishing Tale
Publisher: Outdoor Canada
2nd Jake MacDonald
Title: Fishing in Cuba
Publisher: Outdoor Canada
3rd Gord Pyzer
Title: Principles of Pike Location
Publisher: In-Fisherman Magazine
MAGAZINE COLUMN
1st Gord Pyzer
Title: Off The Hook (Through The Gill Hook Removal)
Publisher: Outdoor Canada
2nd Gord Ellis
Title: Late Summer Bass Strategies
Publisher: Ontario Out of Doors
3rd Robert Scammell
Title: Banning Bait And What Else?
Publisher: Alberta Outdoorsmen
PHOTOGRAPHY
1ST Neil Waugh
Title: A River, A Rod and a Reel
Publisher: Edmonton Sun
2nd James Smedley
Title: On the Waters Edge
Publisher: Ontario Parks, Ministry of Natural Resources (T-Shirt)
3rd Russell Swerdlyk
Title: Madison River Anglers
Publisher: The Outdoors Guide
NEWSPAPER FEATURE
1st Tina Portman
Title: Reel Women on the Rise
Publisher: Toronto Sun
2nd Erich Hoyt
Title: Orcas, Orcs and Fish For Breakfast
Publisher: The Sunday Times (London, England)
3rd James Smedley 5018
Title: Anatomy of a Skunking
Publisher: The Sault Star
NEWSPAPER COLUMN
1st James Murray
Title: A River That Flows Not Far From My Home
Publisher: The Great Outdoors
2nd Robert Scammell
Title: Aspen 'Weed'has some Good Uses
Publisher: The Red Deer Advocate
3rd Lionel Gould
Title: Volunteer Birders a Breed Apart
Publisher: Owen Sound Sun Times
BOOKS
1st Jim Shockey
Title: Ultimate Big Game Adventures-Wild Hunts Across North America
Publisher: Folkart Interiors, Ltd., Victoria
2nd Erich Hoyt
Title: Marine Protected Areas For Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A World Handbook for Cetacean Habitat Conservation
Publlisher: Earthscan, London, England
3rd Don MacLean
Title: Discover Nova Scotia Sportfishing
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, NS
VIDEO/TV
1st Bob Izumi
Title: Twenty Years of Real Fishing
2nd Jim Shockey
Title: Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventure - 2004 TV Series
3rd Neil Waugh
Title: Bob Izumi
Title: Musky with Miles
STORYTELLER
1st Bill Thompson
Title: Santa Understood My Love of Fishing and the Outdoors
Publisher: The Record, Kitchener
2nd Don MacLean
Title: Big Game Blues
Publisher: Western Sportsman
3rd Neil Waugh
Title: A River Called Embarrass
Publisher: Edmonton Sun
DUC's Wetland's Appreciation Writing Awards
1st Brad Fenson
Title: What a Difference a Year Makes
Publisher: Alberta Outdoorsmen
2nd Bill Thompson
Title: Maybe It's Time To Put a Price Tax On Nature
Publisher: The Record, Kitchener
3rd Brad Fenson
Title: Spring Migrants, Fall Memoirs
Publisher: Alberta Outdoorsmen
Brock McRitchie Writing Awards
1st Bill Thompson
Title: Even Adults Need a Reminder on Life Jackets
Publisher: The Record, Kitchener
2nd Brad Fenson
Title: Catch Up Archery
Publisher: Western Sportsman
3rd Gord Ellis (6039)
Title: Devin's Tournament Debut
Publisher: Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal
STORYTELLER
1st Bill Thompson
Title: Santa Understood My Love of Fishing and the Outdoors
Publisher: The Record, Kitchener
2nd Don MacLean
Title: Big Game Blues
Publisher: Western Sportsman
3rd Neil Waugh
Title: A River Called Embarrass
Publisher: Edmonton Sun |