2006 OWC COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS WINNERS
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 category the winner of the 2006 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
MAGAZINE FEATURE - OTHER
1st Bob Reguly
Title: Saskatchewan's Smoke Jumpers
Publication: Canadian Aviator Magazine
2nd Jake MacDonald
Title: Debating The Ban on Lead Fishing Tackle
Publication: Outdoor Canada Magazine
3rd Peter Wood
Title: Canada Border Blitzes
Publication: Michigan Out of Doors Magazine
MAGAZINE FEATURE-HUNTING
1st: Jake MacDonald
Title: Jimmy Robinson (The World According To.)
Publication: Outdoor Canada Magazine
2nd: Ken Bailey
Title: The Greatest Big Game Trophy There Ever Was, And Ever Will Be
Publication: Outdoor Canada Magazine
3rd Brad Fenson
Title: Bear Encounters
Publication: Alberta Outdoorsmen Magazine
MAGAZINE FEATURE-FISHING
1st Gord Pyzer
Title: A Beautiful Mind for Bass
Publication: In Fishing Magazine
2nd Jake MacDonald
Title: The Leaper's Return
Publication: Outdoor Canada|
3rd Chris Hockley
Title: A Guide's Kawartha Primer
Publication: Real Fishing
MAGAZINE COLUMN
1st Don Meredith
Title: Bludgeoning Lake Wabamun
Publication: Alberta Outdoorsmen
2nd Gord Ellis
Title: The Lessons of Portage Creek
Publication: Ontario Out of Doors
3rd John Kaplanis
Title: Canadian Gun Violence on Rise?
Publication: The Outdoors Guide
PHOTOGRAPHY
1st James Smedley
Title: Early Ice Pike
Publication: Cover Photo-Ontario Out of Doors Magazine
2nd James Smedley
Title: Nearby and Natural
Publication: Cover Photo-Ontario Parks Guide 2005
3rd Neil Waugh
Title: Creek Yields Its Prizes
Publication: Edmonton Sun
DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA WETLANDS APPRECIATION
1st Lionel Gould
Title: A Birder Gives Thanks to Ducks Unlimited
Publication: Owen Sound Sun Times
2nd Len Rich
Title: The Legacy of Hank Walker
Publication: Eastern Woods & Waters Magazine
3rd Brad Fenson
Title: Waterfowl Opener
Publication: Alberta Outdoorsmen Magazine
NEWSPAPER FEATURE
1st Gord Pyzer
Title: A Red River Cat Fight
Publication: Grainews
2nd Gord Pyzer
Title: Fall Basin Bass
Publication: Just Fishing
3rd Gord Ellis
Title: A Bass For Babe
Publication: Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal
NEWSPAPER COLUMN
1st Gord Pyzer
Title: Round Gobies - The Mother of All Invasive Fish Species
Publication: Kenora Enterprise and Fort Frances Times
2nd Gord Ellis
Title: Saving the Steel River
Publication: Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal
3rd Neil Waugh
Title: The Missing Link
Publication: Edmonton Sun
BOOKS
1st Don Meredith
Title: The Search for Grizzly One
Publisher: iUniverse
2nd D.C. Reid
Title: Fishing For Dreams
Publisher: Touchwood
3rd Jim Shockey
Title: Ultimate Big Game Adventures-Part II (More Wild Hunts Across North America)
Publisher: Jim Shockey
VIDEO/TV
1st Bob Izumi
Title: Fishing Around Toronto
Show: Real Fishing
2nd Bob Izumi
Title: Peacock Bass in Venezuela
Show: Real Fishing
3rd Peter Bowman
Title: Fish'n Canada Hotspots (Largemouth Bass)
Show: Fish'n Canada
BROCK MCRITCHIE WRITING AWARDS
1st Brad Fenson
Title: Tessa Morrison
Publication: Alberta Outdoorsmen
2nd Brad Fenson
Title: Defining the Hunt
Publication: Alberta Outdoorsmen
3rd Ken Bailey
Title: Teach Your Children Well
Publication: Outdoor Canada
STORYTELLER
1st James Smedley
Title: The Apprenticeship of Jamie Armstrong
Publication: Lake Superior Angler Magazine
2nd James Murray
Title: A Hat Lost, But a Lesson Learned
Publication: Shuswap Market News
3rd James Smedley
Title: Fishing the Wolf of the Great Lakes
Publication: Lake Superior Magazine
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