Passing Judgement: Making the most of judging photo contests
By Julie Hammonds — If you’ve been roped into judging a photo contest, the person who wrangled your participation…
February/March 2014
Come to Conference, Win Contests
By Ty Stockton — I’m always amazed when OWAA members say they don’t enter the Excellence in Craft contests…
Back to School: Lessons learned from an online writing class
By Gail Jokerst — Over the past few years I have increasingly felt the need to rock myself out of my writing comfort zone…
Write local: How to find stories in national issues and far from home
By Glenn Sapir — National Hunting and Fishing Day was coming up and I had a newspaper column due…
Protecting Vital Ground
Magnificent in its own right, the grizzly bear is nature’s barometer of a healthy and complete environment…
Eye on the Sky: McAllen a bird watcher's paradise
By Ann and Rob Simpson — Our kids stopped asking. They don’t invite us on vacations anymore…
Welcome to OWAA
Say hello to Judy Benson, John Paul Harris Jr., Josh Honeycutt, Jeffrey Isenhart, Michael A. Kallok, Robert F. Kay, Stephen Kirkpatrick, Vivian Wagner, Brent Wheat and Nadia White.
In Memory: Lonnie Williamson and Tom Fegely
Our thoughts are with the family of Lonnie Williamson, an award-winning OWAA legend who died Dec. 18…Tom Fegely, a former OWAA member who served on the Board of Directors, died Dec. 17 in his home-state of Pennsylvania after a long illness…