POMA Announces Award Winners

The Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA) 2024 Award Winners were announced during POMA’s Annual Meeting in Pinewood, South Carolina, on May 7.

Pinnacle Awards

POMA’s Pinnacle Awards are the highest honor the organization can bestow upon its media members for their creative works. They honor journalists annually for exceptional journalistic achievement in traditional outdoor sports-focused magazine writing, newspaper/web writing, photography/illustration, book, broadcasting and conservation journalism.

The winners of the 2024 Pinnacle Awards are:

Newspaper/Web:

Winner – Larry, Whiteley, Autumn of Life

Outstanding Achievement – Sue Tidwell, The Phantom

Magazine Article:

Paul Wait, Tracer

Outstanding Achievement – Sue Tidwell, The Phantom

Magazine Complete (Print):

Winner – Britney Booth, NAGA News Magazine – May/June 2023

Outstanding Achievement – Britney Booth, Covers Magazine – Winter 2022

Magazine Complete (Digital):

Winner – Chris Avena, Outdoor News – December 2022

Outstanding Achievement – Chris Avena, Outdoor News – August 2023

Book:

Winner – Brian Peterson, “Hook, Lyin’ & Sinker”

Outstanding Achievement – Jim Mize, “The John Boat Years”

Broadcasting:

Winner – Matt Addington, A Bird Dog Named Kaiya

Outstanding Achievement – Logan Metesh, Hunting & Trapping in the Great Depression

Art/Photography:

Winner – Matt Addington , Split Level

Outstanding Achievement – Matt Addington, Swamp King

Wildlife Conservation:

Winner – Paul Wait, Where Can I Hunt?

Outstanding Achievement – Britney Booth, Covers Magazine – Winter 2022

Diamond Cornerstone Award

POMA’s Diamond Cornerstone Award, founded in July 2005, recognizes contributions to the organization. Each recipient has played a key role in POMA’s growth and maturation into the traditional outdoor sports industry’s premier communications organization.

This year’s winner of POMA’s Diamond Cornerstone Award is the South Carolina Waterfowl Association (SCWA). SCWA exists to enhance and perpetuate South Carolina’s wildlife heritage through education and wildlife habitat conservation. SCWA is the headlining sponsor and host of POMA’s 2024 Annual Meeting.

Emerald Cornerstone Award

The Emerald Cornerstone Award honors a POMA member who goes above and beyond for the organization. This person is the ultimate volunteer superstar for the organization.

This year’s winner of POMA’s Emerald Cornerstone Award is Britney Booth. Britney currently serves as POMA’s 1st Vice President, and she was responsible for planning the bulk of POMA’s 2024 Annual Meeting. Britney has been a member of POMA since 2018, and she runs Booth Media Group, a full-service marketing company specializing in editorial and magazine publishing.

Congratulations to this year’s winners!