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Awards
I know that awards don’t pay the bills, but I believe it’s an honor for your professional peers to acknowledge the quality of your work. So, herewith is a list of some of the awards I have been honored to receive over the years:
- 2019 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence – “Magazine Feature Writing” – “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally. New Classroom at Peregrin Fund Connects Students to Global Scientists” 1st Place
- 2018 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence – “Magazine Feature Writing” – “A Cinderella Story of Land Restoration: Hyatt Hidden Lakes Makes a Comeback” 1st Place
- 2018 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence – “Magazine Feature Writing” – “On a Wing and A Prayer: The Ruth Melichar Bird Center offers a second chance to Boiseās winged wildlife” 3rd Place
- 2017 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence – “Magazine Feature Writing” – “Art and a sense of place” 3rd Place
- 2017Ā Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence – “Magazine Feature Writing” – “Freak Alley, an urban art oasis” 3rd Place
- 2016 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence – “Magazine Feature Writing” – “How the heat of the earth helped develop a city” – 1st Place
- 2016 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence – “Magazine Feature Writing” – “Boise’s Egyptian Theatre; the Love ofĀ Generations” 2nd Place
- 2015Ā Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence – “Magazine Feature Writing” – “Allergy Free Gardening” – 1st Place
- Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence – Magazine Feature Writing” – “The Complex Issue of the Wolf” 2nd Place
- 2011 Idaho’s Top 50 Authors – Idaho Book Extravaganza, Idaho Authors Award for my book, “Mother Knows Best – Wit and Wisdom from Idaho Moms”
- 2010 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence – “Magazine Feature Writing” – Idaho’s Basque Tables – 1st Place
- 2011 Capital City Communicators IMPACT Award of Excellence – “Feature Writing” –Ā Idaho’s Basque TablesĀ – 1st Place
- Top 50 Magazine Feature Articles, 79th AnnualĀ Writer’s DigestĀ International Writing Competition, 2010 –Ā Memories of Minidoka
- 2010Ā Capital City CommunicatorsIMPACT Award of Excellence -āFeature Writingā- Memories of Minidoka – 1st Place
- 2009Ā Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence ā āMagazine, Serious Feature Writingā – Memories of Minidoka – 1st Place
- 2008 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence ā āMagazine, Serious Feature Writingā –Ā The Elegant Barn
- 2008 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence ā āMedia Campaignā – Purina National Diving Dog Tour
- 2005 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence ā āCrime & Courts Reportingā – Sarah Johnson Murder Trial Ā – 1st Place
- 2005 Boise Weekly āBest of Boiseā Readerās Award ā Feature writing Ā –Ā The Gay Unproud List
- 2004 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence ā Video Script Writing – Central District Health Department
- 2004 Idaho Press Club Award of Excellence ā News Release Writing – Central District Health Department
- 2000 āKUDOSā Marketing Award, National Recreation & Parks Assoc. ā Campaign – Boise Parks & Recreation – Dog Etiquette campaign
- 2000 āBest Public Service Ad,ā Idaho Broadcasterās Assoc. ā TV ad – Dog Etiquette campaign
- 1999 āRockieā Creative Award, Boise Ad Federation ā Radio ad – Got Leash?
- 1999 āRockieā Creative Award, Boise Ad Federation ā Print ad – Dog Ettiquette campaign
- 1999 āRockieā Creative Award, Boise Ad Federation ā Print ad – Got Leash?