Florida Outdoor Writers Association

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Checklist
Membership Application/Renewal/Credentials Review Checklist
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Corporate/Tourism Membership
Application - new and renewal
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FOWA Scholarship Application
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EIC Awards Rules and Entry Form (Calendar Year 2012)
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2010/2011 Best "From" Conference Entry Form
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2013 Conf. Hotel Info.
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2013 Conference Registration - General
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2013 Conference Registration - Corp/Tourism
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2013 FOWA Conference
August 21-25, 2013
Hosted by Polk County Tourism
Westgate River Ranch Resort, Polk County, FL
3200 River Ranch Blvd River Ranch, FL 33867
(863) 692-1321
www.wgriverranch.com
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CONFERENCE AND HOTEL INFORMATION
FOWA’s 2013 Conference will be held at Westgate River Ranch Resort, August 21-25. Not only will you experience many activities in the area, including fishing, paddling and shooting, you’ll be enlightened by a lineup of great programs. Expect to take home stories from our Newsmaker Events as well as some useful information from our Craft Improvement Seminars.
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RIVER RANCH LODGING: River Ranch can only guarantee its special FOWA room rates until JUNE 21, so I urge you to call and make reservations NOW! I may be able to get an extension, but with “resorts” it’s sometimes difficult. AND don’t forget to register for the Conference, too!

EIC: The deadline for this year’s entries is June 5. Entries must be postmarked by that date. If anyone is interested in sponsoring a category, we have 3 left (Newspaper Feature or Column, Conservation Story and Corporate/Tourism Self-Promotion). And thanks so much to our current sponsors, and to General Motors for picking up the slack and sponsoring 3 categories this year!

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Mark Sosin and Tommy Thompson share during the FOWA auction

Welcome to the Florida Outdoor Writers Association — FOWA is one of the nation’s oldest and largest outdoor communicators’ organization.

In the spring of 1945, Rube Allyn, then a nationally known outdoor editor of the St. Petersburg Times, was in Chattanooga, TN. attending the Outdoor Writers Association of America convention. He was lobbying OWAA to have the next convention in Florida, but was told he needed a state association before the group would consider the offer. Allyn returned, determined that Florida would host in 1946.
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The Florida Outdoor Writers Assoc., Inc.

Chartered in 1946, FOWA is a not-for-profit 501(C)3 statewide paid professional communicators organization made up of outdoor communicators . . . READ MORE

Our Mission "Through ever-improving our communication skills . . . to heighten the education of all outdoor participants in the areas of conservation, safety, participation and environmental issues."

Conserving Florida's Outdoor Heritage The Florida Outdoor Writers Association (FOWA) is made up of the outdoor industry's top communicators, conservationists and industry related companies.