Tuesday, September 15, 2020

POWA Announces 2020 Excellence in Craft Winners

Each of the winners received an engraved plaque and a monetary award. The following is a list of winners from 2020:

POWA Announces 2020 Excellence in Craft Winners

SAYRE, Pa. – Unable to meet for its annual conference, the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association presented its 2020 Excellence in Craft Awards virtually this year.

This year’s awards program featured 27 categories – eight core awards and 19 specialty honors. Thirty-six members submitted nearly 300 entries across 200 cumulative categories. The Wildlife Art Award, historically judged at the annual conference, will be awarded next year at the POWA conference in Mercer County, Pa. The POWA EIC program continues to be one of the strongest Excellence in Craft Awards programs in the country.

Each of the winners received an engraved plaque and a monetary award. The following is a list of winners from 2020:

POWA CORE AWARDS

Best Newspaper Column, sponsored by POWA members Bob & Linda Steiner – “So many Christmases” by Wade Robertson, published in the Bradford Era on Dec. 21, 2019.

Best Newspaper Feature sponsored by Pennsylvania Hunters Sharing the Harvest – “The cost of conservation: A hunting license goes a long way in PA” by Linda Stager, published in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette on Nov. 26, 2019.

Best Magazine or Regional Newspaper Column, sponsored by POWA – “Carpe Diem” by Marshall Nych, published in PA Outdoor Journal, August 2019.

Best Magazine or Regional Newspaper Feature, sponsored by POWA – “Memoirs of a Quehanna chief” by Ben Moyer, published in Pittsburgh Quarterly, Fall 2019.

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Best Published Newspaper Photo, Color or Black & White, sponsored by POWA Past Presidents – “Katydid on Coneflower” by Mark Nale, published in The Daily Herald on Sept. 12, 2019

Best Published Magazine Photo, Color or Black & White, sponsored by POWA – “Snarling Bobcat” by Ralph Scherder, published in American Frontiersman, Spring 2019.

Best TV/Radio Award, sponsored by POWA – “Pike County Tick Task Force” by Alex and JoAnne Zidock for Out in the Open TV on April 18, 2019.

Best Published Art Award, Color or Black & White, sponsored by POWA – “The Resting Place” by Gerald Putt, 2019 State of Maryland Duck Stamp.

POWA SPECIALTY AWARDS

PA Environment Digest Pass it on Award, sponsored by PA Environment Digest – “Women and Hunting: Count Me In” by Joe Byers, published in Whitetails Unlimited, Fall 2019.

Wildlife Conservation Partnership Award, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Game Commission – “Kinzua cooperative is a hit with deer hunters, timber producers and conservationists” by Ben Moyer, published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Dec. 19, 2019.

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Raptor Conservation and Eco-Tourism Award, sponsored by Hawk Mountain Sanctuary – “The migration has begun!” by Dave Wolf, published in the Dillsburg Banner on Sept. 26, 2019.

The Pennsylvania Elk Resource Award, sponsored by the Keystone Elk Country Alliance – “Luck of the draw: Acquiring a Pa. elk tag leads to record bull” by Wade Robertson, published in the Olean Times Herald on Sept. 1, 2019.

Best Action Hunting, Trapping or Fishing Photograph, sponsored by POWA – “Grin and Bear It” by Tyler Frantz, published in the Pottsville Republican-Herald on Nov. 17, 2019.

Best Conference-Related Material Award, sponsored by POWA – “Overcoming adversity: Parallel histories flow through Valley Forge water” by Tyler Frantz, published in the Pottsville Republican Herald on June 2, 2019.

Best Published Pennsylvania Fishing Or Boating Related Newspaper Photo, Color Or Black & White, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission – “Let’s Eat Trout” by Alex Zidock, published in the Journal-Herald on June 27, 2019.

Don Heckman – Tell the Story Award, sponsored the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation – “A Hallmark Season: Reflections of Pennsylvania’s 50th spring turkey hunt” by Bob Sopchick, published in Pennsylvania Game News, April 2019.

Handloading Promotion Award for Broadcast Media, sponsored by Redding Reloading – “Gun Clubs Makes Reloading Easy” by Alex and JoAnne Zidock for Out in the Open TV on Aug. 8, 2019.

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Handloading Promotion Award for Electronic Media, sponsored by Redding Reloading – “Hand loading allows good guns to shoot better” by Charlie Burchfield, publishes at bradfordera.com on Oct. 17, 2019.

Handloading Promotion Award for Print Media, sponsored by Redding Reloading – “For demanding shooters, handloading’s the way to go” by Wade Robertson, published in the Olean Times Herald on Dec. 7, 2019.

Outdoor Blog Entry Award, sponsored by POWA – “Millenials on Safari” by Joe Byers, published at nrahlf.com on Nov. 27, 2019.

Pennsylvania Trappers Award, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Trappers Association – “Perfect Sets” by Rich Faler.

Trout and the Coldwater Resource Award, sponsored by Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited – “Trickle Trout” by Ralph Scherder, published in American Angler, Spring 2019.

Lantz Hoffman White-Tailed Deer Award, sponsored by POWA member Karen Wolf – “Amazing, Adaptable Whitetails” by Steve Sorensen, published in Deer and Deer Hunting, December 2019.

Youth Fishing Award, sponsored by Expositions, Inc. – “Hooked: Take a kid fishing and help save our rivers” by John Hayes, published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Aug. 18, 2019.

Youth and the Hunting/Shooting Sports Award, sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation – “Three for Three: Parts I & II” by Brian R. Kightlinger, published at bowhunting.net on April 6 and April 9, 2019.