New York City, N.Y. – GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators has announced the recipients of its 2017 Honors and 2017 Media Awards Silver Medals.
This year’s honors included Hall of Fame, Fellow, Wilfred J. Jung Distinguished Service Medal, Emergent Communicator Award and, new this year, the Cynthia Westcott Scientific Writing Award, which recognizes individuals with PhDs who communicate horticultural and gardening finds in easy to understand terms, as well as the Green Medal Sustainability Award, which recognizes the work of an individual or organization in addressing wise and respectful use of the land.
Hall of Fame
Melinda Myers
Fellow
Daniel Gasteiger
Deb Wiley
Wilfred J. Jung Distinguished Service Medal
St. Lynn's Press
Emergent Communicator
Katie Elzer-Peters
Cynthia Westcott Scientific Writing Award
Linda Chalker-Scott
Green Medal Sustainability Award
Paul Tukey
Details about GWA Honors and the complete list of past recipients are available at gardenwriters.org/About-GWA-Honors.
GWA Honors recipients will be presented their awards on Monday, Aug. 7 at the 2017 GWA Awards & Honors Dinner, hosted by Allan Armitage at the GWA Annual Conference & Expo in Buffalo, NY.
2017 GWA Media Awards Silver Medal Winners
GWA recognizes this year’s Silver Medal winners of the GWA Media Awards, a special designation recognizing the top talent in competition categories. These winners are now entered for judging in the Gold Medal Round, where awards will be given for the best of each award class.
This year’s competition resulted in 76 silver medals across 60 different categories including writing, photography, digital media, broadcast media, publishing and trade.
Details about GWA Media Awards and the complete list of current and past recipients are available at gardenwriters.org/About-GWA-Media-Honors. Winners of the 2017 GWA Media Awards Gold Medals will be also announced at the 2017 Awards & Honors Dinner on Monday, Aug. 7.