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TOWA Honors Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Staff
3/4/08
College Station, Texas -- Texas Fish & Game (TF&G) magazine and its writers made a very strong showing at the 50th annual Texas Outdoor Writers Association (TOWA) banquet March 2.
In the TOWA craft competition, TF&G editors, writers, and photographers took home 10 awards, more than any other publication.
“It shows that we have the best staff of professionals in outdoor media out there,” said TF&G Editor-In-Chief Don Zaidle. “Our people are not only skilled at their craft, but truly passionate about the subject matter, which makes a huge difference.”
Executive Editor Chester Moore picked up seven awards for TF&G, including a first place in “Special Outdoors Projects” for “Operation: Broodstock,” a joint conservation effort with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA).
“We are very proud of our conservation work because it is actual participation in conservation not just lip service,” Moore said. “Operation: Broodstock involves catching southern flounder and speckled trout broodstock for TPWD/CCA hatcheries, to help with stocking programs. It is a true honor to be recognized for something we love doing and feel is so important.”
Moore also placed in the wildlife photography, nature photography, news reporting-magazine (for the October 2007 Coastal edition), opinion writing, and book (Texas Waterfowl). He also picked up two awards for newspaper and internet work. He was the top winning writer of the evening with nine awards.
TF&G Columnist Mari Henry took first place in the very challenging humor division with the “Is Hawg Hunting a Saturday Night Date?” installment of her regular Gurlz Page column. Longtime TF&G humor editor Reavis Wortham took second place with “Scary Gauges” from his Open Season column in the June 2007 issue.
Duane Hruzek took second place for outdoors publication under 25,000 for Texas Lakes & Bays, which TOWA judges called, “Simply superb.”
TF&G also participated in the awards ceremony by funding this year’s first TF&G/TOWA Outdoor Futures Scholarship, a $1500 annual award for graduating high school seniors seeking to work in the outdoors field.
This year’s recipient was Wayne DeCesaris of Austin, who will be attending Texas A&M University to study wildlife management and civil engineering. Since the age of 15, he has served as a mentor at youth hunting and fishing camps and wants to help set up camps around the state.
“For a 17-year-old to already be involved in mentoring is amazing,” Moore said. “This shows true leadership, and we could not be prouder to help him along in his quest for an education and continued motivation of young people. Wayne is a winner and a natural leader.”
Also noteworthy is the TOWA Dan Klepper Scholarship winner, Kyle Tomek, a 19-year-old outdoor writer and fishing guide who is attending Texas State University. Tomek already writes for a variety of publications, but will have an article about his start in the business in the April edition of TF&G, and will work more with TF&G in the future.
“We want to help these scholarship winners by giving them a chance to show their talents, and also give them hands-on education in the field of outdoors communication,” Moore said. “Kyle Tomek has the most promise of any Dan Klepper scholarship winner I have seen over the last few years.”
TOWA is an organization for professional writers, photographers, broadcasters, videographers, and communications specialists working in the hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation fields.
Media Contact:
Duane Hruzek, Texas Fish & Game Magazine (281) 227-3001 or dhruzek@fishgame.com
3/4/08
College Station, Texas -- Texas Fish & Game (TF&G) magazine and its writers made a very strong showing at the 50th annual Texas Outdoor Writers Association (TOWA) banquet March 2.
In the TOWA craft competition, TF&G editors, writers, and photographers took home 10 awards, more than any other publication.
“It shows that we have the best staff of professionals in outdoor media out there,” said TF&G Editor-In-Chief Don Zaidle. “Our people are not only skilled at their craft, but truly passionate about the subject matter, which makes a huge difference.”
Executive Editor Chester Moore picked up seven awards for TF&G, including a first place in “Special Outdoors Projects” for “Operation: Broodstock,” a joint conservation effort with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA).
“We are very proud of our conservation work because it is actual participation in conservation not just lip service,” Moore said. “Operation: Broodstock involves catching southern flounder and speckled trout broodstock for TPWD/CCA hatcheries, to help with stocking programs. It is a true honor to be recognized for something we love doing and feel is so important.”
Moore also placed in the wildlife photography, nature photography, news reporting-magazine (for the October 2007 Coastal edition), opinion writing, and book (Texas Waterfowl). He also picked up two awards for newspaper and internet work. He was the top winning writer of the evening with nine awards.
TF&G Columnist Mari Henry took first place in the very challenging humor division with the “Is Hawg Hunting a Saturday Night Date?” installment of her regular Gurlz Page column. Longtime TF&G humor editor Reavis Wortham took second place with “Scary Gauges” from his Open Season column in the June 2007 issue.
Duane Hruzek took second place for outdoors publication under 25,000 for Texas Lakes & Bays, which TOWA judges called, “Simply superb.”
TF&G also participated in the awards ceremony by funding this year’s first TF&G/TOWA Outdoor Futures Scholarship, a $1500 annual award for graduating high school seniors seeking to work in the outdoors field.
This year’s recipient was Wayne DeCesaris of Austin, who will be attending Texas A&M University to study wildlife management and civil engineering. Since the age of 15, he has served as a mentor at youth hunting and fishing camps and wants to help set up camps around the state.
“For a 17-year-old to already be involved in mentoring is amazing,” Moore said. “This shows true leadership, and we could not be prouder to help him along in his quest for an education and continued motivation of young people. Wayne is a winner and a natural leader.”
Also noteworthy is the TOWA Dan Klepper Scholarship winner, Kyle Tomek, a 19-year-old outdoor writer and fishing guide who is attending Texas State University. Tomek already writes for a variety of publications, but will have an article about his start in the business in the April edition of TF&G, and will work more with TF&G in the future.
“We want to help these scholarship winners by giving them a chance to show their talents, and also give them hands-on education in the field of outdoors communication,” Moore said. “Kyle Tomek has the most promise of any Dan Klepper scholarship winner I have seen over the last few years.”
TOWA is an organization for professional writers, photographers, broadcasters, videographers, and communications specialists working in the hunting, fishing, trapping, and conservation fields.
Media Contact:
Duane Hruzek, Texas Fish & Game Magazine (281) 227-3001 or dhruzek@fishgame.com
