Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association

The Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association Excellence in Craft Awards were presented during the POWA Spring Conference banquet at Mansfield University on May 22, 2010.

POWA CORE AWARDS
BEST NEWSPAPER COLUMN (no sponsor) – Harry Guyer, Jr. for “The Old Man and his hunt for the elusive gobbler” published in the Bedford Gazette. Read part 1. Read part 2.

BEST NEWSPAPER FEATURE (no sponsor) – Ben Moyer for “Morel madness” published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Read here.

BEST MAGAZINE OR REGIONAL NEWSPAPER COLUMN (sponsored by Coleman) – Bob Ballantyne for “Will today’s youth be able to see the forest and the trees?”

BEST MAGAZINE OR REGIONAL NEWSPAPER FEATURE (no sponsor) – Steve Sorensen for “The coffee-break phantom” published in North American Whitetail magazine. Read here.

BEST PUBLISHED NEWSPAPER PHOTO (sponsored by Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs) – Don Daughenbaugh for “Wilson’s Snipe” published in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette.

BEST PUBLISHED MAGAZINE PHOTO (no sponsor) – Bob Steiner for “Raccoon” published in Pennsylvania Game News, January 2009. View here.

BEST RADIO / TV AWARD (no sponsor) – No entries.

BEST PUBLISHED ART AWARD, COLOR OR BLACK & WHITE (sponsored by GATCO Sharpeners/Timberline Knives) – Gerald Putt for “Royal flush” on the cover of Pennsylvania Game News, October 2009.

POWA SPECIALTY AWARDS
PENNSYLVANIA DEER AWARD (sponsored by the Pennsylvania Deer Association) – Steve Sorensen for “The coffee-break phantom” published in North American Whitetail magazine. Read here.

PENNSYLVANIA TRAPPERS AWARD (sponsored by the Pennsylvania Trappers Association) – Ron Tussel for “Trapping is like Christmas every morning” published in the Pike County Dispatch.

TROUT & THE COLDWATER RESOURCE AWARD (sponsored by Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited) – Ben Moyer for “Outdoors you anticipate that special moment” published in Pennsylvania Outdoor Times.

WHITETAIL MANAGEMENT AWARD (sponsored by Trupe’s Quality Hunting and Wildlife Management) – Bob Frye for “State casts light on nighttime spotting” published in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

WILD TURKEY AWARD (sponsored by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation – Ralph Martone for “Doing the right thing important for hunters, too” published in the New Castle News.

YOUTH FISHING AWARD (sponsored by Expositions, Inc.) – Tom Tatum for “The fisherman’s father: A fable of love and fishing” published in the Daily Local News. Read here.

YOUNG TREES AWARD (sponsored by the Allegheny Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society) – Ralph Scherder for “Growing a better deer herd, where’s my chainsaw?” published in Ohio Valley Outdoors.

WILDLIFE ART AWARD (sponsored by Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art) – Gerry Putt for “Hoodie Hangout,” the 2009 Pennsylvania Waterfowl Management Stamp print.

YOUTH AND THE HUNTING/SHOOTING SPORTS AWARD (sponsored by the National Shooting Sports Foundation) – Central Penn Crushers.

PASS IT ON AWARD (sponsored by Bass Pro Shops) – Tom Tatum for “The fisherman’s father: A fable of love and fishing” in the Daily Local News. Read here.

POWA Excellence in Craft Awards