The WILD Writing Award
"For a meaningful and significant body of publications
and other work that protects wilderness, honors the spirit
of wild nature, and recognizes the needs of human
communities.”
 This
occasional award, a collaborative project between WILD and
Fulcrum Publishing, was launched at the
8th World Wilderness Congress
(Alaska, 2005).
The first recipient was John Haines, former poet laureate of
Alaska and author of such outstanding works as The Owl in
the Mask of the Dreamer (1993); The Stars, the Snow, the
Fire: Twenty-five Years in the Northern Wilderness (1989);
and many more.
 The
second recipient of The WILD Writing Award, presented in
April 2007) is Bittu Sahgal of Mumbai, India. Bittu is
founder and president of Sanctuary Asia
http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/ , a tireless, life-long
advocate for respecting and protecting wild nature and right
human relations…and, of course, a superb writer and
communicator.
Bittu’s
article in International Journal of Wilderness at the
time of receiving The WILD Writing Award
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