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About this photo: Award recipients are honored every year during the OWAA Conference.
2020 OWAA Conference registration is open!
By Pat Wray It’s time to sign up for this year’s annual OWAA conference at Jay Peak Resort in Vermont! Jay Peak is at the northern tip of Vermont, a stunning area close to the Canadian border. It’s delightfully remote, just an hour and a half from the Burlington airport and shuttles will be provided […]
EIC Contest final deadline Friday
The final deadline for entering OWAA’s annual Excellence In Craft Contest is Friday, Jan. 31. OWAA members must submit online entries by midnight Friday (Eastern) or have mail-in entries postmarked no later than Jan. 31. The entry fee is $15 for online submissions, $25 for mail-in entries. EIC is open to all OWAA members and […]
OWAA John Madson Fellowship and Bodie McDowell Scholarship applications now open
The application process opens January 1, 2020 for two Outdoor Writers Association of America® (OWAA) programs that annually support the education and training of outdoor communicators. One is the John Madson Fellowship for continuing education opportunities for professional outdoor communicators. The second opportunity is the Bodie McDowell Scholarship for undergraduate and graduate college students. The John Madson […]
Henry Repeating Arms donates over 120 guns to raise money for two children undergoing cancer treatments
OVER $70,000 WILL BENEFIT FAMILIES OF 4-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM TEXAS AND 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM OHIO BAYONNE, NJ – January 3, 2020 – Henry Repeating Arms President and Owner, Anthony Imperato, first learned of 3-year-old Sadie Kreinbrink a few months after she was diagnosed with Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma, a malignant childhood tumor requiring 66 weeks of chemotherapy […]
EIC Contest deadline approaching
With only three weeks remaining before the Jan. 10 early deadline, now is the time to submit your entries and avoid paying late fees. The current entry fee is $10 for online submissions, $20 for mail-in entries. Beginning Jan. 11 and through the final deadline of Jan. 31, 2020, the fees increase to $15 for […]
Chez Chesak named new OWAA ED
MISSOULA, Montana — The Outdoor Writers Association of America, the nation’s premier organization of outdoor media, announces the hiring of “Chez” Chesak as its new Executive Director. “I couldn’t be more thrilled to be a part of OWAA,” Chesak said. “This position marries two of my consummate passions, writing and the outdoors, together within one […]
OWAA welcomes 3 new board members
Jack Ballard, Nick Lowrey, and Emily Stone have been elected to three-year terms on OWAA’s board of directors.
OWAA launches national search for Executive Director
The Outdoor Writers Association of America, the nation’s oldest and largest association of professional outdoors-focused communicators, is hiring a new executive director.