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Shuler steps down, OWAA names Bloom interim executive director
Long-time member and volunteer Phil Bloom has been named Interim Executive Director of the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA), North America’s oldest and largest association of professional outdoor communicators, after the resignation of Executive Director Brandon Shuler.
OWAA has new mailing address
As of November 2018, Outdoors Writers Association of America’s address has changed. Our new address for all correspondence is: OWAA, 2814 Brooks St. Box 442, Missoula, MT 59801.
Dr. Kerry Emanuel discusses the link between climate change and hurricanes
Dr. Emanuel is a professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as the co-founder of MIT’s influential Lorenz Center. He is the author or co-author of over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers, along with three books, including Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes.
2019 Excellence in Craft contests are open
OWAA’s 2019 Excellence in Craft contests are now open. The 10 contests honor the best work from among OWAA’s members in all forms of outdoor communication from blogs to newspapers to radio to magazines to television to books.
Kelsey Dayton off on new adventures
Kelsey is departing OWAA to attend University of Montana School of Law to work in other ways for the outdoors that she shared every two months in the pages of OU.
Explore Vermont’s outdoors at Jay Peak Resort during the 2020 OWAA conference
The Outdoor Writers Association of America has selected Jay Peak Resort in Vermont, for its 2020 annual conference which will feature three jam-packed days of sessions, demos, hospitalities and more.
Mark your calendar for OWAA’s 2019 Annual Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas
OWAA is excited to head to Little Rock, Arkansas, for its 92nd annual conference. The Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism are excited to host OWAA on June 22-24. It’s a natural choice for OWAA to choose The Natural State.
2018 Bodie McDowell scholarships awarded
The Outdoor Writers Association of America awarded nine Bodie McDowell scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students studying outdoor communications, totaling $24,500 for the 2018-19 school year.