L.O.W.A. Honors Members for Excellence in Outdoor Communications

Aug. 11, 2011– The Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association (LOWA) honored members during the group’s 66th annual conference, Aug. 5-6 in Houma. The honorees were selected for awards in the association’s 2011 Excellence in Craft (EIC) competition.

The EIC contest, which recognizes excellence within eight categories of outdoor-related communications, has been held continuously since 1945. Member entries for the 2011 competition were judged by members of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association.

LOWA membership includes newspaper and magazine writers, editors, columnists, photographers, radio and television broadcast journalists, wildlife artists, internet journalists, book authors, videographers and public relations specialists.

For more detailed information about the competition or LOWA, visit www.laoutdoorwriters.com [4]. The winners and sponsors of the 2011 EIC competition by category:

 

Magazine Short Feature (less than 1000 words)

1st  John Flores: The Blind View

2nd James Guice: The Young Hunter

3rd Deborah Burst: Flight of the Egret

Co-Sponsors: LA Forestry Association and LA Association of Professional Biologists

 

Magazine Regular Feature (more than 1,000 words)

1st Jerald Horst: Fish Under Our Noses

2nd Jerald Horst: Hidden Talons

3rd John Flores: The Majestic Whooping Crane

Co-Sponsors: LA Charter Boat Association and Houma Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

 

Newspaper Article

1st Glynn Harris: I Can’t – Not in Dyer’s Vocabulary

2nd John Flores: Where the Wind Blows

3rd John Flores: Nighttime Operations

Sponsor: LA Sportsman Magazine

 

Broadcast (radio or television)

1st Glynn Harris: Clay Dyer No Quitter

2nd Joe Macaluso and Gary Rispone: Trinity Outdoors-Disabled Hunt

3rd Glynn Harris: Black and Blue Friday

Sponsor: National Wild Turkey Federation – LA Chapter

 

Electronic Media

1st Deborah Burst: Paying Tribute to the Atchafalaya Basin

2nd Lyle Johnson: The Camp

3rd David Moreland: Outdoor Roots

Sponsor: CCA Louisiana

 

Black and White Still Photograph
1st John Flores: Pond-ering Around

2nd John Flores: Upland Pass

3rd Jerald Horst: Parasitic isopod on redfish

Sponsor: Bass Anglers Sportsman Society

 

Color Still Photograph
1st Jerald Horst: How the yellowfin tuna got its name

2nd John Flores: A Job Well Done

3rd Paula Ouder: Christopher Green

 

Sponsor: LA Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation

 

Topical Article on Coastal Wetland Protection/Restoration (more than 750 words)

1st Lyle Johnson: Coastal Restoration – Is There Hope?

2nd Lyle Johnson: This Used To Be Paradise

3rd Wendy Billiot: Coastal Restoration – Beating a Dead Horse?

Sponsor: Coastal Wetland Planning, Protection and Restoration Act Outreach Committee

 

The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is charged with managing and   protecting Louisiana's abundant natural resources. For more  information, visit us at www.wlf.louisiana.gov on [5] Facebook at   www.facebook.com/ldwffb or follow us on Twitter @LDWF.

 

For more information, contact Chris Holmes at 504-495-8189 or cholmes@att.net [6], or Bo Boehringer at 225-765-5115 or bboehringer@wlf.la.gov [7] .