NATJA - Annual Awards Competition

2006 NATJA Awards Competition Winners

Judges/Professors from Fairleigh Dickinson University

Dr. Janet Boyd, Prof. Jane Foderero, Prof. David Hanson, Dr. Francis Ingledew, Prof. Tina LoPonte, Prof. Kerri Majors, Prof. Benjamin Nelson, Dr. Catherine Parilla, Prof. Albert Schielke, Dr. Jason Scorza, Prof. Yelena Shekhtman, Dr. Ellen Spaldo

Journalist/Photographer Categories

Grand Prize (Writing): Herbert L. Hiller, Highway A1A: Florida at the Edge (University Press of Florida, 2005)

Grand Prize (Writing): Wendy Knight, "Dangerous Minds," PerceptiveTravel.com (July 2006)

Grand Prize (Writing): Tim Leffel, "Meat and Malbec at Midnight," Perceptive Travel (September/October 2006)

Grand Prize (Photography): Gail Mooney, "The Venetian, Las Vegas"

Category 1: Destination Travel: Domestic (Newspaper)

First Prize: Ellen Creager, "Sentimental Journey," Detroit Free Press (March 5, 2006)

First Prize: Tom Uhlenbrock, "Kansas - the land of odd," St. Louis Post Dispatch (June 11, 2006)

Runner Up: Katherine Rodeghier, "New Orleans after Katrina. Is it too soon to go?" Daily Herald (April 9, 2006)

Runner Up: Nancy Wigston, "Post-K tours reveal a city determined to rise again," National Post (April 15, 2006)

Category 2: Destination Travel: Domestic (Magazine)

First Prize: Kate Siber, "Southern Comfort," Outside Traveler (Summer 2006)

First Prize: Don Philpott, "Orlando... the mouse and more," AAA Living (January 1, 2006)

Runner Up: Nancy Miller, "Where the Boys Are," Girlfriend Getaways (Summer 2006)

Runner Up: Denise Story, "Alohaville Circa 1960," United Airlines (October 2005)

Runner Up: Florence Allen, "Arkansas the Natural State," Camping Today Magazine (March 2006)

Category 3: Destination Travel: International (Newspaper)

First Prize: Laura Byrne Paquet, "Mellow Montserrat," The Ottawa Citizen (Sept. 9, 2006)

Runner Up: Ellen Creager, "Tales of the Traveling Sisterhood," Detroit Free Press (April 16, 2006)

Runner Up: Tracy Barnett, "Honey & Blood," San Antonio Express-News (June 25, 2006)

Category 4: Destination Travel: International (Magazine)

First Prize: Brad A. Johnson, "Rocking the Kasbah," Modern Luxury Magazine (July 2006)

First Prize: Guy Trebay, "Return to Sri Lanka," Travel + Leisure (September 2006)

Runner Up: Tracey Eaton, "Modern Armenia," EnRoute (April 2006)

Category 5: Bylined Column (Print)

First Prize: David K. Abbott, "Orlando: Without the Mouse!" (November 2005)

First Prize: Jill Schensul, "In the Big Easy, Worry of Being Forgotten," The Record (January 15, 2006)

Runner Up: Carol Perehudoff, "Indulgent Way to Save the Rainforest," Toronto Star (January 28, 2006)

Runner Up: John Lee, "Foggy Daze by the Bay," BC Business Magazine (February 2006)

Runner Up: Fred Setterberg, "Listening to Loss," Utne Magazine (January-February, 2006)

Category 6: Local Lifestyle (i.e. India's snakecharmers)

First Prize: Linda Hagen Miller, "Sisters on the Fly," Trailer Life (March 2006)

Runner Up: Tim Leffel, "The Life of a Peruvian Porter," International Travel News (July 2006)

Runner Up: Jill Schensul, "Travel That Matters: Hands Across the Water," The Record (12/25/2005)

Runner Up: John Lee, "London by the Pint," Ottawa Citizen (April 22, 2006)

Runner Up: Chris Mc Beath, "Healing Hawaii," Harmony Magazine (June & July 2006)

Runner Up: Noelia Santos, "New York Through a Film Buff's Lens," San Antonio Express News (July 23, 2006)

Category 7: Leisure Activity (i.e. dining out in France)

First Prize: Randy Gener, "The French Misconnection," American Theatre (May/June 2006)

First Prize: Keith Bellows, "Sri Lanka: Deep Beauty - Tours of a Lifetime." National Geographic Traveler (October 2006)

First Prize: Jen Karetnick, "A Meal Fit for a Nobel Prize Winner: Postcard from Stockholm, Sweden," Poets and Writers (September 18, 2006)

First Prize: Charles Maclean, "Master Class," Travel + Leisure (March 2006)

Runner Up: Brad Johnson, "Dining at 42 Degrees," Modern Luxury Magazines - Angeleno (May 2006)

Runner Up: Marc-Olivier Bherer, "The Toast of Paris," enRoute (February 2006)

Runner Up: Jannik Eikenaar, "Paradise on the Fly," Pure Canada (March 2006)

Runner Up: Michael Hiller, "Roaring Back From Wilma," Avid Golfer (August 2006)

Runner Up: Walter Kirn, "American Pie," Travel and Leisure (March 2006)

Runner Up: Sarah Musgrave, "Local Catch," Pure Canada (March 2006)

Category 8: Series (one or multiple authors)

First Prize: Janet Fullwood, "Journey to the Bottom of the World," The Sacramento Bee (April 2-9, 2006)

First Prize: Christine Tibbets, "Explore: Montana," The Tifton Gazette (September 21-October 26, 2006)

Runner Up: Paul and Lorie Bennett, "Travel: China," The Edmonton Journal (October 1-15, 2006)

Category 9: Sports in Conjunction with Travel

First Prize: Chang-rae Lee, "Aloft in Alohaland," Travel + Leisure Golf (January/February 2006)

First Prize: Cameron Burns, "Waking on (the Mountains of) the Moon," Aspen Times Weekly (February 19, 2006)

Runner Up: Ellen Creager, "Dashing Through the Snow," Detroit Free Press (January 8, 2006)

Runner Up: Ron Stob, "Hey, Mon!," Trailer Boats Magazine (October 2005)

Category 10: Resorts (descriptions of hotels, inns, B&Bs)

First Prize: Christopher Petkanas, "The Country Life," Travel + Leisure (August 2006)

First Prize: Shane Mitchell, "Second Comings," Travel + Leisure (June 2006)

Runner Up: Daphne Merkin, "Mayfair Lady," Travel + Leisure (May 2006)

Category 11: Cruises

First Prize: Carolyn Walton, "Adriatic Odyssey," Good Times (June 2006)

First Prize: Tom Uhlenbrock, "Australian Accents," St. Louis Post-Dispatch (September 24, 2006)

Runner Up: Michael Schuman, "Carnival Miracle 'Coming in Late,'" CruiseDiva.com (August 24, 2006)

Runner Up: Michael DeFreitas, "Smooth Sailing," Etihad (March/April 2006)

Runner Up: Jonathan Siskin, "Super Ship," Interval World (Fall 2006)

Category 12: Personality Profile

First Prize: David Friendly, "One Man's Dream," Travel + Leisure Golf (January/February 2006)

First Prize: Michael Schuman, "At Warm Springs, see FDR as He Was," Austin American-Statesman (February 19, 2006)

Runner Up: Michael Schuman, "A Peanuts Pilgrimage," Halifax Herald (December 24, 2005)

Category 13: Historical Travel

First Prize: David Taylor, "Fearsome Roots in a Quiet Forest," Tricycle (Summer 2006)

First Prize: Daniel Mendelsohn, "Find Your Roots," Travel + Leisure (September 2006)

Runner Up: Bernice Notenboom, "Return to the Arabian Nights," National Geographic Traveler (May/June 2006)

Category 14: Senior Travel

No Prize

Category 15: Family Travel

First Prize: Kate Pocock, "Double the Fun, Double the Pleasure: Bring the Kids and Have the Best Time Ever," Sunquest Magazine (2006)

Runner Up: Denise Story, "Opposite Attractions," United Airlines (April 2006)

Runner Up: Matthew Franck, "Etiquette Takes a Holiday," St. Louis Post Dispatch (July 16, 2006)

Runner Up: Ann Hattes, "Hocking Hills," Detroit Metro Parent (May 2006)

Category 16: Culinary Travel (i.e., travel journalism concerned primarily with food)

First Prize: Charlene Rooke, "Hawaii Five-O-O-O Calories," enRoute (November 2005)

First Prize: Peter Jon Lindberg, "Main Course," Travel + Leisure (August 2006)

First Prize: Matt Lee and Ted Lee, "Tastes of Brittany," Travel + Leisure (April 2006)

Runner Up: Adam Sachs, "The Hungry Man's Tokyo," Budget Travel (March 2006)

Runner Up: Wendy Knight, "On a Roll, for Lobster," New York Times (August 4, 2006)

Runner Up: Alex Eberspaecher, "Rhine Wines," Good Life (July/August 2006)

Category 17: Best Travel Article Written For Internet

First Prize: John Edwards, "Prague Spring: The New Bohemia," TravelBlogger.net (September 2006)

First Prize: Linda Fasteson, "Montreal: The City of Festivals and So Much More," SoGoNow.com (May 20, 2006)

Runner Up: Linda Fasteson, "Beautiful Switzerland," Offbeattravel.com (March 2006)

Runner Up: Ann Terry Hill, "Whoooo's Who: Otherworldly Guests at Noted Hotels," Travelworldmagazine.com (September/October 2006)

Category 18: Best Travel Book

First Prize: Maxine Rose Schur, Places in Time: Reflections on a Journey (Floreant Press, 2005)

Runner Up: Doug Alderson, Waters Less Traveled (University Press of Florida, 2005)

Category 19: Best Travel Guide

First Prize: Pauline Frommer, Pauline Frommer's New York City (Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2006)

Runner Up: Tim Leffel, Make Your Travel Dollars Worth a Fortune (Travelers' Tales, Inc., 2006)

Runner Up: Candy B. Harrington, There is Room at the Inn: Inns and B&Bs for Wheelers and Slow Walkers (Demos Medical Publishing, 2006)

Category 20: General Trade Story

First Prize: Chris McBeath, "Spa Treatment Trends," Pulse Magazine (May/June 2006)

Runner Up: Kenneth Shapiro, "Thailand: Fit For Kings," Travel Age West (August 7, 2006)

Category 21: Tips & Advice

First Prize: Sophia Dembling, "Go Easy!," Endless Vacation (May/June 2006)

Runner Up: Ellen Creager, "Don't Be a Travel Bore," Detroit Free Press (April 9, 2006)

Category 22: Overall Excellence (Photography)

First Prize: Douglas Peebles, "This is Maui"

Runner Up: Martin Schoeller, "Africa Up Close"

Category 23: Best Cover Photo

First Prize: Michael DeFreitas, "Interval World"

Runner Up: James Kerrick, "Young Geisha"

Category 24: Landscape, Sunset, Mountain or Ocean View

First Prize: James Kerrick, "Lake Powell by Kayak"

Runner Up: Eva Stob, "Anchorage, French River"

Category 25: Architecture and/or Facility

First Prize: Robert Jerome, "Bright Lights"

Runner Up: Gail Mooney, "Vatican"

Public Relations/CVBs/Publication Categories

Category 1: Press Release

First Prize: Amy Newcomb, "Luxury Hotels: Then & Now," Hawkins International PR

Runner Up: Pamela Johnston, "Castles of Piedmont - Regione Piemonte," PJ Inc (2006)

Category 2: Brochure, Program, Books, or Newsletter

First Prize: Beth Buehler Gunnison, "Crested Butte Destination Magazine" (2005-2006)

Runner Up: Maureen Tunheim, "Welcome to Sonoma County," The Official Sonoma County Tourism Bureau Tourism Guide (January 1, 2006)

Category 3: Best Overall Press Kit

First Prize: Darcy Morse, "Grow Your Own Story Ideas with Winter Park Resort," Winter Park Resort (2006/2007)

Runner Up: Margi Grant, "San Mateo County Visitors Bureau," San Mateo County CVB (September 5, 2006)

Category 4: Best CVB/Tourist Bureau Web Site

First Prize: Tara Burnham, Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, www.atlanta.net

First Prize: Ben Rose, Greater Wildwoods Tourism and Development Authority, www.wildwoodsnj.com

Category 5: Best Newspaper Travel Section

First Prize: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jackie Hutcherson

First Prize: The Record (Hackensack, New Jersey), Jill Schensul

Runner Up: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois), Kathy Rodeghier

Category 6: Best Travel Magazine

First Prize: Budget Travel, Erik Torkells (Editor)

First Prize: EnRoute, Charlene Rooke (Editor)

Runner Up: Travel + Leisure, Nancy Novogrod (Editor)

Runner Up: National Geographic Traveler, Keith Bellows (Editor)

Runner Up: Virtuoso Life, Elaine Srnka (Editor)

Runner Up: Executive Traveler, Lee Hurley (Editor-In-Chief)

Category 7: Best Online Travel Magazine

First Prize: National Geographic Traveler, http://NationalGeographic.com/traveler

Runner Up: Budget Travel, http://BudgetTravelOnline.com

Category 8: Best Domestic Newspaper Article

No Prize

Category 9: Best Domestic Magazine Article

First Prize: Travel + Leisure Golf, "How I Go 'Sideways'" (May/June 2006)

First Prize: National Geographic Traveler, "The Last Real America" (April 2006)

Runner Up: Budget Travel, "The Coolest Small Towns in the USA" (April 2006)

Runner Up: Virtuoso Life, "Faces of the Last Frontier" (January/February 2006)

Category 10: Best International Newspaper Article

No Prize

Category 11: Best International Magazine Article

First Prize: Budget Travel, "Rome Sweet Rome" (November 2005)

Runner Up: National Geographic Traveler, "Return to the Arabian Nights" (May/June 2006)