Nov 13 2008
National Outdoor Book Award winners announced
I was very pleased this morning to be greeted with a list of winners of National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA). They are:
Natural History Literature. Winner. The American Chestnut by Susan Freinkel.
Outdoor Literature. Winner. Forget Me Not: A Memoir by Jennifer Lowe-Anker.
History/Biography. Winner. Grand Obsession by Elias Butler & Tom Myers.
History/Biography. Winner. Fallen Giants by Maurice Isserman & Stewart Weaver.
Classic Category. Winner. Through the Grand Canyon by Ellsworth L. Kolb.
Classic Category. Winner. The Pacific Crest Trail by Thomas Winnett et. al.
Children’s Category. Winner. The Pole by Eric Walters.
Nature and Environment. Winner. The Last Polar Bear by Steven Kazlowski.
Nature and Environment. Winner. The Great Lakes by Wayne Grady.
Design and Artistic Merit. Winner. Surfboards by Guy Motil.
Design and Artistic Merit. Winner. Bruce Aiken’s Grand Canyon by Susan Hallsten McGarry.
Design and Artistic Merit. Honorable Mention. Soul of the Heights by Ed Cooper.
Nature Guidebooks. Winner. Birds of Peru by Tomas S. Schulenberg, et. al.
Outdoor Adventure Guidebook. Winner. Florida Keys Paddling Atlas by Bill & Mary Burnham.
Instructional Category. Winner. Road Bike Maintenance by Guy Andrews.
Instructional Category. Honorable Mention. Whitewater Kayaking by Ken Whiting & Kevin Varette.
More details about the winners can be found at the NOBA website.
And it just so happens that I helped to edit one of them! It was a bear of a book, but rewarding to help pull together, even though my footprint on it was relatively low compared to the others who edited it. But it’s fantastic to see the book up there, mainly because the brand/company I work for is recognized four times! It’s so nice to be recognized as a brand that produces excellent outdoor recreation books. It’s days like these that I fully appreciate what I do!
I’m a budgeoning writer who’s specialty is writing about wilderness. This may be a silly question but do these books have to be written entirely outside or can some of it be done indoors? I don’t know allot of people that use pen and paper any more. Technically a laptop can go outdoors but eventally it has to be charged so I’m not sure if that will count.
The National Outdoor Book Award actually awards books written about the outdoors (hiking, camping, cycling, etc.). Wilderness may fall into the Nature genre, but it depends. If it’s Hiking through the Wilderness, it could fall into Outdoor Recreation.
Jess