
Excellence in Craft Awards 2025 Winners Announced
Congratulations to winners of OWAC’s 2025 Excellence in Craft Awards. Full results here.

Congratulations to winners of OWAC’s 2025 Excellence in Craft Awards. Full results here.

The Future is Bright for OWAC moving into 2022! Message from OWAC President, Carrie Wilson

We’ve made it to the end of 2021. Fortunately for OWAC, the good far outweighs any difficulties we may have had and our future is looking good.

OWAC EIC Contest winners won more than certificates this year.

Writer of the Year: co-winners – Janet Fullwood & Phil Reedy
See the full results …

The Excellence in Craft Awards (EIC) presented by the Outdoor Writers Association of California (OWAC) is a program designed to recognize excellence in the field of outdoor journalism and media communications by media professionals on topics related to the outdoors.
The contest opens for entries on Monday, March 1, 2021 at 6am PST. The contest is open to current OWAC members only and we encourage previous members to reinstate membership and non-members to join right away to enter this prestigious program.

Well, it’s about that time again when everyone should be reviewing their work from 2020 and selecting their best submissions for entry into OWAC’s annual Excellence in Craft (EIC) contest. The contest is coming up quick!

Best in the West: OWAC Recognizes Region’s Top Outdoors/Adventure Media Communication Pros Outdoor Writers Association of California (OWAC) – the leading organization of professional outdoor

Tom Martens wins two first place and one second place in award in the OWAC’s annual Excellence in Craft Awards for 2020. Best Outdoor News
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