Black and white photography

1A People

1) Bink Grimes, “Duck Hunters”, The Bay City Tribune
2) Jonette Childs “Sarah”, Saltwater Texas

1B Action

1) Bink Grimes “Fall Fishing” The Bay City Tribune
2) Doug Pike “Clouds of Geese” Houston Chronicle
3) Jonette Childs “Deck Hand”, Saltwater Texas

1C Wildlife

1) Bink Grimes “Tarpon”, Coastal Outdoors Magazine
2) Doug Pike Snow Geese”, Houston Chronicle
3) John Goodspeed “Bluewing Teal” San Antonio Express-News

1D Scenic

1) Doug Pike “Future of Fishing”
2) Elton Luedecke “Cabin”, Saltwater Texas

Color photography

2A People

1) Bink Grimes “First Duck”, The Bay City Tribune
2) David Sikes “Nikki”, The Corpus Christi Caller-Times
3) Berk Elliott “First Hunt”, Texas Trophy Hunters
HM Larry LeBlanc “Kids Muzzleloaders”, Jakes Magazine

2B Action

1) David Sikes “Skipjack”, Corpus Christi Caller Times
2) Bink Grimes “Scratching The Surface”, Tide
HM Larry LeBlanc “Bass Boat Turkey Hunting”, Turkey Call

2C Wildlife

1) Jim Steiert “Pheasant Rooster”, High Plains Outdoors/The Amarillo Globe News
2) Howard Gunn “Drinking Giraffe”, Les Avenues
3) David Sikes “South Texas Buck”, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

2D Scenic

1) Bink Grimes “Matagorda Sunrise”, The Bay City Tribune
2) David Sikes “Reflections”, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
3) Jim Steiert “Weeping Springs”, The Hereford Brand
HM Harold Gunn “Indian Head Ranch”, Texas Outdoors Journal

3 Outdoor Radio

1) Doug Pike “Inside the Outdoors”
2) Harold Gunn and Bill Olson, “Texas Outdoor News”
3) Chester Moore, “KVLI Radio”

4A Outdoor Video for Profit

1) Cody Prather, “Keith Warren Bowhunting”
2) Larry Thut, “Keith Warren Bowhunting Episode 2”
3) Deborah Warren, “Keith Warren Outdoors”

4B Outdoor Video for Non-Profit

1) Karen Loke, “Outdoor Women”
2) Betty Wills, “Sports Fishes of Niagra"

5 Illustration

1) Bill E. Mills, “Buck”, Northeast News
2) Ben Kocian “Marine Protected Area”, Tide Magazine

Categories 6-13
Two categories A)under 25,000 circulation B)over 25,000 circulation

6 Outdoor Publication

Over 25,000 circulation

1) Texas Parks and Wildlife, Susan Ebert, Publisher and Editor
2) Roy Neves, Texas Fish & Game, Roy Neves Publisher
3) Tide, Doug Pike and Ben Kocian
HM Texas Outdoors Journal, Bill Olson and Diane Parks
HM Currents, Pat Murray

Under 25,000 circulation

1) Texas Lakes & Bays, by Texas Fish & Game, Don Zaidle Editor
2) Saltwater Texas, Jonette Childs Editor and Publisher
3) Rising Tide, Cheri Gossett
HM The Game Bag, by Wildlife Systems, Greg Simons

7 Outdoor Fiction

ALL ENTRIES WERE SUPERB IN THIS CATEGORY! – judges

Insufficient entries for two divisions…

1) Reavis Wortham, Texas Fish & Game, “Christmas 1968”
2) Mike Holmes, The Mariner’s Log, “In A Sea Daze, From Real Time to Reel Time”
3) Bill E. Mills, Northeast News, “The Gift”
HM Greg Berlocher, Saltwater Texas, “Red Storm Rising”
HM Bink Grimes, Bay City Tribune, “A Conservationist When Conservation Wasn’t Cool”

8 Outdoor Column

Over 25,000 circulation

1) Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, “Brown Pelicans prove lessons can be learned”
2) Greg Berlocher, Texas Fish & Game, “Fishing El Paso”
3) Pat Murray, Tide, “No Fishing Zone”
HM Kendal Hemphill, Texas Trophy Hunter, “The Terrorists Have Won”
HM Reavis Wortham, Bryan Eagle, “Shopping A Personal Matter”
HM David Sikes, Corpus Christi Caller Times, “You Never Know When You’ll Catch Great Moments”

Under 25,000 circulation

1) Burt Rutherford, Raton Range, “Warm Feeling of a Cold Hunt”
2) Herman Brune, Colorado County Citizen, “Smiling Companion’s Legacy Remains”
3) Jonette Childs, Saltwater Texas, “Opening Cedar Bayou Pass”
HM Bill E. Mills, Gulf Coast Connections, “Getting Your Feet Wet”
HM T.J. Greaney, County Line, “Summer Flounder Delight”

9 Newspaper Feature

Over 25,000 circulation

1) Bob Hood, Fort Worth Star Telegram, “Journey of a Lifetime”
2) Ralph Winningham, San Antonio Express News, “Right of Play”
3) Doug Pike, Houston Chronicle, “Of Fish Tales”
HM John Goodspeed, San Antonio Express News, “Red Alert”

Under 25,000 circulation

1) Bill E. Mills, Saltwater Texas, “The Shark of Summer”
2) Jonette Childs, Saltwater Texas, “Monster Sharks”
3) Elton Luedecke, Saltwater Texas, “One Angler’s Perspective”

10 Magazine Feature

Over 25000 circulation

1) Shannon Tompkins, Texas Magazine, The Houston Chronicle, “Dead or Alive”
2) Bob Zaiglin, Texas Outdoor Journal, “The Freedom to Hunt”
3) Reavis Wortham, Texas Fish & Game, “Young Salts”
HM Chester Moore, Texas Fish & Game, “Tales of the Loup-garou”

Under 25000 circulation

1) John Jefferson, Texas Wildlife Extra, “A Warden’s Warden”
2) Burt Rutherford, The Cattleman, “The Cattle-Quail Conundrum
3) Reavis Z. Worthan, Frisco Style, “Wild Things”

11 Outdoor News Reporting

Over 25,000 circulation

1) Ralph Winningham, San Antonio Express News, “Shrimp’s Decline”
2) Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, “Weathering A Storm”
3) Chester Moore, Texas Fish & Game, “15-pound Trout”
HM Doug Pike, Houston Chronicle, “Beach Access Fuels Debate”

Under 25,000 circulation

1) Jim Steiert, Hereford Brand, “Weeping Springs Cry A River”
2) Larry Peabody, On The Road, “Flash Floods”
3) Kendall Hemphill, Mason County News, “Hit and Run Boater”
HM Jonette Childs, Saltwater Texas, “Tournament Season”

12 Outdoor Opinion Writing

Over 25000 Circulation

1) Kendal Hemphill, San Angelo Standard-Times, “The Business of Hunting”
2) Reavis Wortham, Texas Fish & Game, “October Fires”
3) Doug Pike, Houston Chronicle, “Port O’Connor Rookies”
HM Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, “Illegal Trotlines”

Under 25000 Circulation

1) Bink Grimes, Bay City Tribune, “Toll-free number chases away poachers”
2) Bill E. Mills, The Northeast News, “Meat Comes from Living Creatures”
3) Mike Holmes, Saltwater Texas, “The More Things Change, the More They Really Don’t”
HM Jonette Childs, Saltwater Texas, “Sitting On The Dock”

13 Outdoor Humor

Over 25000 Circulation

1) Reavis Wortham, Texas Fish & Game, “Cold Nosed”
2) Ken Kocian, Tide, “Sweetening The Hook”
3) Doug Pike, Tide, “Getting A Fishing Spot When You’re Late”

Under 25000 Circulation

1) Herman Brune, Colorado County Citizen, “Saltwater Gets Into Everything, Even Your Blood”
2) Kendal Hemphill, Texas Wildlife, “Take A Shot At Muzzle Loading”
3) Don Haley, Winters Enterprise, “The Starlight Liars Club”
HM Mike Holmes, Saltwater Texas, “One Fishing Trip Across The Stream”
HM Greg Berlocher, Saltwater Texas, “2002 Celebrity Fly Patterns”

14 Outdoor Book

1) Pat Murray, “Pat Murray’s No-Nonsense Guide to Coastal Fishing”
2) Greg Berlocher, “Texas Saltwater Classics”

15 Web Page

16 Corporate Member Award

1) Kevin Howard, Howard Communications, Introduction Campaign for Winchester 270 WSM
2) Gina Nesloney, Redfish Rodeo Magazine
3) Mike Walker, The Walker Agency, Yamaha’s “Come Aboard” 30-page magazine insert
HM Mike Walker, The Walker Agency, Yamaha Outboard Media Kit

17 Special Projects

1) Harold Gunn and Bill Olson, Texas Outdoor News, “Skin Cancer Awareness”, June, 29, 2002
2) John Jefferson, Texas Parks and Wildlife Outdoor Annual
3) Bill Olson, Texas Outdoor Journal, “Tackle Tips”
HM Jim Steiert, Hereford Brand, “A Gathering of Appreciation”