2004 FOWA Excellence in Craft
Award Winners (Articles written in 2003)

Category

Place/Winner

 1 - Magazine Feature
 Judge: Bob Stearns, Miami, FL
 Sponsor: Ande, Inc.

1st Andy Hahn, Sabiki Savvy
2nd Warren Resen, Hunting Red Rock Style
3rd Bill Lindsay, Been Boarded Lately?

 2 - Newspaper Feature
 Judge: Mike Thomas, Orlando Sentinel
 Sponsor: Remington

1st G.B. Knowles, Finding Life in the Florida Wilderness
2nd Del Milligan, Teen's Love of Fishing
3rd Bill Sargent, Teens Cast Net at Pros

 3 - Article series
 Judge: Art Scheck, Anderson, SC
 Sponsor: Yamaha/Walker Agency

1st Sandy Huff, Frog Song
2nd Jon West, In Search of the Loop
3rd G.B. Knowles, Tarpon Laws in Boca Grande

 4 - Outdoor Column
 Judge: Mike Marsh, Wilmington, NC
 Sponsor: Bass Boys, Inc.

1st G.B. Knowles, Waterline
2nd Jon West, Not Just Fishing
3rd John Kumiski, Paddlesports

 5 - Magazine Photography  
 Judge: Dale Spartas, Bozeman, MT
 Sponsor: Culprit/Riptide Lures

1st Joanne Williams, Least Bittern with Chicks
2nd Andy Hahn, Live Fast, Die Young
3rd Larry Larsen, Guatamala Sailfish

 6 - Newspaper Photography
 Judge: Dale Spartas, Bozeman, MT
 Sponsor:

1st Rusty Chinnis, Tarpon Adventure
2nd Warren Resen, A Cowboy's Best Friend
3rd Bill Sargent, Pompano Fisherman at Sunrise

 7 - Photojournalism
 Judge: Dale Spartas, Bozeman, MT
 Sponsor: Daiwa

1st Larry Larsen, Primed for Peacocks
2nd Andy Hahn, Lessons from the Azores
3rd Sandy Huff, Ancient Crocs of Angkor Wat

 8 - Electronic Media
 Judge: Vern Summerlin, Franklin, TN
 Sponsor: Costa del Mar Sun.

1st Ed Killer, Fish Stories Radio SHow
2nd Bill Greer, We Are the FWC
3rd Dave Brown, Stalking Shallow Bonefish

 9 - Book
 Judge: Robert Montgomery, Bonne
 Terre, MO
 Sponsor: Silver Buddy Lures

1st Sandra Friend, Along the Florida Trail
2nd, Sandra Friend, 50 Hikes in South Florida
3rd, Linda Reeves, S.S. Inchulva

 10 - How-to-Article
 Judge: Boyd Pfeiffer, Phoenix, MD
 Sponsor: Mercury Marine

1st Dave Brown, Chum and Gun
2nd Andy Hahn, Winter Sails Incentives
3rd Sandy Huff, Oysters, Clams, and Mussels OK

 11 - Trav./Destination Story
 Judge: Doug Pike, Sugar Land, TX
 Sponsor: The Coleman Co.

1st Dave Brown, Something's Fishy in Ecuador
2nd Rick Farren, Three Saints of Panhandle Fishing
3rd John Kumiski, Marquesas by Mothership

12 - Conservation Story
 Judge: Mike Marsh, Wilmington, NC
 Sponsor: Bonefish & Tarpon Unl.

1st Sandy Huff, Bears of Pasco County
2nd Rick Farren, Economic Woes Threaten Fisheries Management
3rd John Kumiski, Roots of Success

13 - Family Participation
 Judge: Doug Pike, Sugar Land, TX
 Sponsor: KOA Kampgrounds

1st Bill Lindsay, Pirates Off the Port Bow!
2nd Sandy Huff, Tired? Maybe. Listless? Never!
3rd Sandra Friend, Backpacking Myakka

14 - Humor
 Judge: Robert Montgomery, Bonne
 Terre, MO
 Sponsor: TTI Industries (Daiichi)

1st Tom Johnson, 10 Things Not to Say to a Game Warden
2nd Tom Johnson, My Plan to Become a Living Legend
3rd Sandy Huff, New Year's Resolutions

15 - Special Communications
 Judge: Robert Montgomery, Bonne
 Terre, MO
 Sponsor: Zebco

1st Larry Larsen, The World of Peacock Bass Newsletter/eZine
2nd Ed Killer, editor of Sailfish Club section
3rd Kelly Braden, FOWA Market Newsletter

16 - Website
 Judge: Tom Kacheroski, S St Paul, MN
 Sponsor: Yamaha/Walker Agency

1st Peggy Goldberg, http://www.goldenimages-photo-scuba.com/
2nd Bill Sargent, www.Floridatoday "click outdoors"
3rd Larry Larsen, www.peackbassassociation.com