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Previous Award Recipients

Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award (Literary Nonfiction)
Year
 Winning Book
2012
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Outlook
by Philip Connors
Read a review of Fire Season - by Ted Gostomski, SONWA Selection Committee Member.

Read a review of Fire Season - by Jake McGinnis (PDF)
2011

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
by John Vaillant
The Tiger - Critical Analysis (.pdf)

2010 Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness
by Lyanda Lynn Haupt,  http://www.lyandalynnhaupt.com/
2009 American Buffalo
by Steven Rinella,  http://www.stevenrinella.com/               
2008 The Animal Dialogues
by Craig Childs, http://www.houseofrain.com/
2007
Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with an Artic Herd
by Karsten Heuer, http://www.necessaryjourneys.ca/       
2006
Where Mountains Are Nameless: Passion and Politics in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge
by Jonathan Waterman, http://jonathanwaterman.com/
2005
A Place between the Tides
by Harry Thurston
2004
The Living Great Lakes
by Jerry Dennis
2003
2030: Confronting Thermageddon in Our Lifetime
by Robert Hunter
2002
Tinkering with Eden
by Kim Todd, http://www.kimtodd.net
2001
Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
by Christopher Cokinos, http://www.christophercokinos.com
2000 Holdfast
by Kathleen Dean Moore, http://www.riverwalking.com/
1999
Northern Passages
by Michael Van Stappen
1998
Heart and Blood
by Richard Nelson, http://www.encountersnorth.org/index.htm
1997
The Tree Farm
by Robert Treuer
1996
The Northern Forest
by David Dobbs and Richard Ober, http://www.daviddobbs.net   
1994
Brother Wolf
by Jim Brandenberg, http://www.jimbrandenburg.com
1992
Open Spaces
by Jim dale Vickery

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Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writin Award for Children's Literature

In 2004, the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute broadened the focus of the writing award by developing a complementary Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award for Children's Literature. Recipients of the award, both authors and illustrators, have traveled to Northland College to accept their awards and interact with students at the College and local elementary schools.

Year
 Winning Book
2012 Planting the Wild Garden
by Kathryn O. Galbraith Visit Website
Illustrator:  Wendy Anderson Halperi
2011
Seeds of Change
by Jen Cullerton Johnson Visit Website
Illustrator: Sonia Lynn Sadler
2010
Cycle of Rice, Cycle of Life: A Story of Sustainable Farming
by Jan Reynolds Visit Website
2009
The Blind Faith Hotel
by Pamela Todd Visit Website
2008  One Well: The Story of Water on Earth
by Rochelle Strauss Visit Website
Illustrator: Rosemary Wood 
2007  The Birdman
by Veronika Martenova Charles Visit Website
Illustrators:Annouchka Gravel Galouchko and Stephan Daigle  
2006  Leave Only Ripples: A Canoe Country Sketchbook
by Consie Powell Visit Website
2005  The Boy Who Drew Birds
by Jacqueline Davies Visit Website
Illustrator: Melissa Sweet 
2004  Isabel's House of Butterflies
by Tony Johnston
Illustrator: Susan Guevara 

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