2018-19 EIC Winners Showcase

Congratulations to our Excellence-in-Craft Winners!

*Note if you click on many of the titles you will find links to the winners work…read and enjoy! This page is a work in progress.  We will be adding bio material and photos of the winners so please come back and visit!

Outstanding Column

1st Place:  Amanda Creasey, “In the Alaskan Bush: Local Reading Specialist & Son Summer Up North“
2nd Place:  Peter Brooks, “Elkin’ at Elevation“
3rd Place: Chris McCotter,“Listening for the Bullfrogs“

Outstanding Photo

1st Place: Ann & Rob Simpson, “Chincoteague Snow Geese at Sunrise”

  2nd Place: Marie Majarov, “Tagged Monarch”

3rd Place: Marie Majarov, “Swamp Milkweed”

Outstanding Blog

1st Place: Bobby Whitescarver,  Getting More on the Ground Blog

Outstanding Feature Story

1st Place: Marie Majarov
“Pollinator Waystation,” Virginia Wildlife, March/April 2018
2nd Place: Chris Bolgiano
“Seeing the Forest for the Carbon,” Virginia Wildlife, March April 2018
3rd Place: King Montgomery
“Gentleman Bob and the Mud Bat,” The Virginia Sportsman, Summer 2018

Outstanding Newsletter

1st Place: Robert Thomas, The Singing Reel
Newsletter of the Fly Fishers of Virginia

Outstanding Book

1st Place: Lisa Connors, Salmon Matters: How Fish Feed a Forest

Outstanding Illustration

1st Place: Betty Gatewood,“Flowering Dogwood”

2nd Place: Nikki Forman, “Snowy Owl“

3rd Place: Ashley Unger, “Northern Neck Sailboats”

 

Special Awards

Fly Fishers of Virginia “Best Conservation Entry”
Marie Majarov

“Pollinator Waystation,” Virginia Wildlife, March/April 2018

Mossy Creek Fly Fishing “Best Fly Fishing Entry”
Robert Thomas
The Singing Reel
The Newsletter of the Fly Fishers of Virginia

Appalachian Mountain Advocates “Conservation Writing Award”
Robert Whitescarver
“Governor Northam, These Pipelines Aren’t Being Done Right“

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to our Excellence-in-Craft sponsors: the Fly Fishers of Virginia, Appalachian Mountain Advocates and Mossy Creek Fly Fishing.  We also send our gratitude to the many fine judges involved in this competition for their generous donation of time, patience, and expertise in judging our contest.

VOWA thanks Robert Thomas for all his efforts in Chairing and organizing this successful Excellence-in-craft competition.