2022 EXCELLENCE IN CRAFT AWARD WINNERS

CONSERVATION or NATURE

(Sponsored by Pew Charitable Trusts)

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  • First Place: Ocean to Idaho, Kris Millgate (Oregon PBS)
  • Second Place: Tribasin Divide, Joshua Duplechian (Trout Unlimited TV)
  • Third Place: Frontenac State Park: A Walk in the Park, Kyle Heidenreich (KARE-11, Minneapolis)

FAMILY PARTICIPATION/YOUTH OUTDOOR EDUCATION

(Sponsored by Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation)

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  • First Place: The Beauty of Close, Christine Peterson (TROUT)
  • Second Place: The Cave, Kris Millgate (Bugle)
  • Third Place: Getting Kids Outside, Lisa Ballard (Wyoming Wildlife)

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PHOTOGRAPHY

  • First Place: Kim and Kyle at Sinclair Cove, James Smedley, Algomacountry.com
  • Second Place: Junior Ski Tech, Mark Aiken, Stowe Guide & Magazine
  • Third Place: Wood Family on Mountain, James Smedley, Algoma Country Travel Guide

RADIO/PODCAST

TV/VIDEO/WEBCAST

  • First Place: Leo’s Last Ride, Bill Sherck (Minnesota Bound)
  • Second Place: Quarantine Boat, Kyle Heidenreich (KARE-11 Minneapolis)
  • Third Place: Three Rivers Archery, Pete Hermann-Franzen (Minnesota Bound)

FISHING

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  • First Place: Fishing for Answers – The Mysteries of Life and Death … and Eels, Tom Tatum (Daily Local News, West Chester, Pennsylvania)
  • Second Place: Of Films, Fishing and Flimsy Memories, Matthew Dickerson (Addison County Independent)
  • Third Place: Your Best Fishing Moments Don’t Have to Be in the Past, Brent Frazee (Joplin [Missouri] Globe)

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TV/VIDEO/WEBCAST

  • First Place: Leo’s Last Ride, Bill Sherck (Minnesota Bound)
  • Second Place: Glorvigon Brothers, Ron Schara (Minnesota Bound)
  • Third Place: Adventure Tuesdays, Bill Sherck (Minnesota Bound)

GEAR/TECHNICAL

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  • First Place: Truman Guide a Master of Garmin LiveScope, Brent Frazee (Joplin [Missouri] Globe)
  • Second Place: The Allure of Lures: Lifetime Fishing Fascination Has Been an Adventure, Lew Freedman (Seymour [Indiana] Tribune)
  • Third Place: Reining In a Wayward Beast, James Smedley (The Sault Star)

RADIO/PODCAST

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  • No contest due to insufficient entries

HUMOR

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  • First Place: Last Laugh: The No Turkey Poster Boy, Bruce Cochran (Hook & Barrel)
  • Second Place: Last Laugh: Firearms Safety 101, Bruce Cochran (Hook & Barrel)
  • Third Place: Love Bites, Andy Whitcomb (Kayak Angler)

NEWSPAPER

  • First Place: Get Hooked on Nails and Polish Off the Salmon, Bill Monroe (Portland Oregonian)
  • Second Place: E-Wife Charged Up Across XNHAT, Marty Basch (Conway Daily Sun)
  • Third Place: The Sad, Sad Saga of Cooney and Earl, Tom Tatum (Daily Local News, West Chester, Pennsylvania)

HUNTING or SHOOTING SPORTS

(Sponsored by Henry Repeating Arms)

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  • First Place: The Rainbow, Chris Madson (Covey Rise)
  • Second Place: Quaking in the Aspen, Chris Dorsey (Sporting Classics)
  • Third Place: Staying Gone, David Zoby (Gray’s Sporting Journal)

NEWSPAPER

  • First Place: 1940 Armistice Day Storm Redux, Dan Small (Wisconsin Outdoor News)
  • Second Place: Armistice Hunt Honors Others, Paul Smith (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
  • Third Place: Safety First, Roy Heilman (Mankato Free Press)
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OUTDOOR FUN & ADVENTURE

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PHOTOGRAPHY

  • First Place: Game Count Flight Over Yellowstone, Paul Queneau, Montana Outdoors magazine
  • Second Place: In the Smokies, Andrew Marshall, Backpacking Light
  • Third Place: Hunters on Horseback, Lisa Ballard, Woodstock Magazine

BOOKS

(Sponsored by Friesens Publishing)

GENERAL AUDIENCE

  • First Place: Photographing Acadia National Park (2nd Edition), Colleen Miniuk (Analemma Press)
  • Second Place: Casting Forward, Steve Ramirez (Lyons Press)
  • Third Place: Chasing Ghost Trout, Dennis Dauble (FishHead Press)

GRAPHIC/ILLUSTRATION

  • First Place: Arkansas Longear Sunfish License Plate, Greta James (Arkansas Game and Fish Commission)
  • Second Place: Eastern Wild Turkey Conservation Stamp, Greta James (Arkansas Game and Fish Commission)
  • Third Place: Spotted Salamander, Andrew Marshall (Backpacking Light)

COLUMN

  • First Place: Derrick Z. Jackson (A.T. Journeys/Grist/The Union of Concerned Scientists)
  • Second Place: Jeff Lund (Juneau Empire)
  • Third Place: Tom Carney (Tailfeathers)

PHOTO ESSAY

  • First Place: The Current Flows: Water in the Arid West, Colleen Miniuk (Sangre de Cristo Arts Center exhibition)
  • Second Place: Fish and Fire, Joshua Duplechian (TROUT)
  • Third Place: Why Paddle Algoma, James Smedley (Algoma Country Travel Guide)

PHOTOGRAPHY

ACTION

  • First Place: Gull Gathering, Art Weber, Metroparks Toledo Instagram
  • Second Place: Agawa Rapids, James Smedley, Algoma Country Travel Guide
  • Third Place: Butting Bighorn, Lisa Ballard, Here In Hanover Magazine

FAUNA

  • First Place: Dustbuster, Paul Queneau, Montana Outdoors Magazine
  • Second Place: Pop Goes the Weasel, Dawn Wilson, Colorado Outdoors
  • Third Place: Galapagos Sea Lion Loving Nuzzle, Ann Simpson, Holbrook Calendar

FLORA

  • First Place: Rush Reflection, Colleen Miniuk, 2021 Down East Calendar
  • Second Place: Creeping Dogwood, Colleen Miniuk, 2021 Down East Calendar
  • Third Place: Tree of Tranquility, Mike Lynch, Adirondack Explorer website

PEOPLE

  • First Place: Winter Pike Fishing, Craig Bihrle, North Dakota Governor’s Photo Contest
  • Second Place: Sons and Fathers of the Slot Canyon, Paul Queneau, Outdoors Unlimited
  • Third Place: Watching for Ducks, Lisa Ballard, Wyoming Wildlife

SCENIC

  • First Place: The Confluence, Colleen Miniuk, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center
  • Second Place: Joshua Tree Dunes, Carmen Alex, Art on a Whim Gallery 
  • Third Place: Boulder Beach, Colleen Miniuk, Acadia Down East Calendar

PRESIDENT’S CHOICE AWARDS

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  • 50 Fish in 50 States – Freaks in the Hot Springs, Matthew Miller (Cool Green Science)

MAGAZINE

  • Firefly Tourism Can Put Insects in Peril, Ashley Stimpson (WIRED)

NEWSPAPER

  • Mountain Athletes with Roots in Washington Join Mentorship Program to Make the Outdoors More Inclusive, Gregory Scruggs (Seattle)

PHOTOGRAPHY

  • Gull Gathering, Art Weber, Toledo Metroparks Instagram 

RADIO/PODCAST

  • Isabelle (Izzy) Edwards: Wildlife and Nature Photographer, Artist, and Conservationist,  Howard Fox (Success Insights)

TV/VIDEO/WEBCAST

  • Ocean to Idaho, Kris Millgate (PBS)

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