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 award, launched at the 8th World Wilderness Congress, is given every two years and sponsored by The WILD Foundation, Fulcrum Publishing, and the International League of Conservation Writers.
John Haines (Alaska, 2005), the first recipient of the WILD Writing Award, is a former poet laureate of Alaska and author of such outstanding works such 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 Wilderness Writing Award, presented in April 2007 is Bittu Sahgal of Mumbai, India. Bittu is founder and president of Sanctuary Asia, a tireless, life-long advocate for respecting and protecting wild nature and right human relations…and, of course, a superb writer and communicator. Read Bittu’s article in the International Journal of Wilderness at the time of receiving The WILD Writing Award.
The third award was given to Dr. Ian McCallum at WILD9, the 9th World Wilderness Congress (Mexico, 2009) for his book Ecological Intelligence. McCallum’s resume runs deep with experience — he is a medical doctor, Jungian psychologist, wilderness guide, and founder of the Wilderness Leadership School in the Cape of Good Hope. He is the author of the novel Thorns to Kilimanjaro and a poetry collection, Wild Gifts. In the 1970s he played fullback for Springbok, South Africa’s national union rugby team.
Most recently, the 2011 Wilderness Writing Award was granted to Michael Frome; a passionate protector of America’s National Parks and a prolific conservation writer. Michael has written nearly 20 books, including Strangers in High Places: The Story of the Great Smoky Mountains, Regreening the National Parks, Green Ink, and Rebel on the Road: And Why I was Never Neutral. Read more about Michael!
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