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Note: Nominees are listed alphabetically; not in order of finishing. In most cases three nominees are listed; however, if a category was very large and
the judges’ scores reflected the need, more nominees are listed. In cases of scoring ties, more nominees are listed. Winners are marked with an *.

 

I.                  Newspapers

a.     Column

Steve Dale “My Pet World” Tribune Media Services

*Sarah Ferrell  “Devoted to Dogs” The Free Lance-Star newspaper

Patricia Rouse “Pet Law & Order” The Mecklenburg Times

b.    Single Feature or News Story

*Sharon Barrett “Pet Projects” Chicago Tribune Magazine

Steve Dale “A True Miracle” Tribune Media Services

Steve Dale “Disaster and Dogs: Dangerous Duty” Tribune Media

c.    Editorial/Opinion/Essay

*Sherry Carpenter “Pet Obituaries” Sunbury Daily Item

Sherry Carpenter “Sane or Insane?” Sunbury Daily Item

Steve Dale “Civil Charges in Canine Case” Tribune Media

II.               Magazines

a.     Single Breed Magazine

*Celebrating Greyhounds, Cindy Hanson, editor

Double Helix Network News, C. A. Sharp, editor

Great Scots Magazine, Joseph Harvill, publisher

b.    All Breed Magazine

*Dog World, Audrey Pavia, editor, Fancy Publications

Dog World, Beth Adelman, editor, Primedia Publications

Dogs in Canada, B. Marley, editor

c.    Special-Interest Dog or All Animal Magazine

*ASPCA Animal Watch, Marion Lane, editor

Off Lead magazine, Therese Backowski, editor, Barkleigh

Your Dog, Betty Liddick, editor

d.    Individual Feature Article in:

1.     Single Breed magazine

Nona Kilgore Bauer “Behind These Walls” Just Labs

*Caroline Coile “Back to the Basics” Jack Russell Terriers

Susan McCullough “The Puppy Match Game” Labrador Retrievers

Susan McCullough “The Agility Breed” Shetland Sheepdogs

Joan Hustace Walker “Movers, Shakers, and Sniffers” Schauzers

2.    All Breed magazine

Darlene Arden “Early Spay/Neuter” Dog World

Steve Dale “Comfort Dogs” Dog World

Captain Haggerty “Search & Rescue Dogs” Dogs in Canada

*Jan Mahood “Duty, Honor, Country” AKC Gazette

Kim Campbell Thornton “Top Tips for Puppy Proofing” Dog World

3.    Special Interest Dog magazine

Eve Adamson “First Steps” Training for Obedience

Therese Backowski “Prison Reform” Barkleigh

Jim Hulbert and Jeanne Mortenson “The Eyes Have It” Just Terriers

*Sandra Murray “Kyra” Just Terriers

Kim Campbell Thornton “Advances in Training Methods” Training Your Puppy

4.     Canine Newspaper/Newsletter

*Christy Caballero “Military Dogs Saved Lives” Dog Nose News

Holly Hein “The Dogs of the First Thanksgiving” Dog Nose News

Arden Moore “Growing Old Gracefully” Your Dog

Kim Transier “In Dog We Trust” Dog Nose News

5.     Special Interest All Animal magazine

*Rikke Jorgensen “Homework” Our Animals

Christine Rosenblat “Academy Rewards” Our Animals

Tallahassee-Leon Community Animal Shelter “The A.D.O.P.T.” American Trainer Magazine

6.     General Interest magazine

Steve Dale “Emotional Rescues” USA Weekend

Steve Dale “The Sick Sense” USA Weekend

*Margaret Littman “Pet Emergencies” Woman’s Day

7.     Yearbook or Annual

*Margaret Bonham “Countdown Puppy!” Puppies USA

Dr. Jan Grebe “Frenchies Are Not Fat Whippets” The French Bulldog International Annual

Audrey Pavia “The Dog for You?” Puppies USA

e.     Editorial/Opinion/Essay

Beth Adelman “Danger du Jour” Dog World

*Rick Bass “Homer, the Earth Diver” AKC Gazette

George Berger “Rosie” AKC Gazette

Elise Paffrath “Letting the Heart Lead” Dog & Handler

Audrey Pavia “Zero Tolerance” Dog World

f.      Subject Related Series

George Berger “The 2002 AKC Gazette Judges Forum” AKC Gazette

Deb Eldredge, DVM “One Gland to Rule Them All” Dogs in Review

*Erin Rouse and Pat Hastings “Dog Shows 101” Dog Nose News

Jeanne Mortenson, Jim Hulbert and Fran Smith “Birds, Bees, Dogs, Bitches” Just Terriers

g.    Regular Column

*Janet Atkinson “Your Dog and the Law” Dogs in Canada

Kerrin Winter Churchill “Performance” AKC Gazette

John Hilton “Nutrition” Dogs in Canada

Todd Mercer “Dogs at Work” Dogs in Canada

James B. Spencer “Retrieve” Gun Dog magazine

h.     Yearbook, Educational Handbook, Manual or Special Volume

AKC Gazette “They Make Our Lives Whole” Special Issue George Berger Editor

*Dogs in Canada Annual Allan Reznik Editor in Chief

Puppies USA Lisa Hanks Editor

III.            Club Publications

a.    National Club Publications

1.    Magazine Format

*The Courier, Terry Cardillino, Editor, Portuguese Water Dog Club of America

German Shepherd Dog Review, Gail Sprock, Editor, German Shepherd Dog Club of America

Pembroke Welsh Corgi Newsletter, Marian Your, Editor, Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America

2.     Newsletter Format

APDT Newsletter, Terry Long, Editor, APDT

*Toller Talk, Debbie Unger, Editor, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Club of Canada

Rescue Roundup, Deborah Abeles, Editor, ABRL

b.     Local Club Publications

The Cavalier, Marilyn M. Bailey

*The Corgi Cryer, Sally W. Cooper

Golden Tales, Deborah L. Orwig, Rescue A Golden of Arizona

c.    Individual Article in:

1.    National Club publication

*Rue Chagoll “The Goldens at Ground Zero” Golden Retriever News

Kathryn Monroe “What Will You Do, Little Dog?” The Courier

C.A. Sharp “The Rising Storm” Aussie Times

2.    Local Club publication

*Tom Beckett, DVM “The Dangers of Demodex” Pyr Tales

Julie Cairns “Don’t Suffer ‘Till Next Year” Golden Tales

Cheryl Silver “Hank Has Fanconi” The Rip Van Winkler

d.    Subject Related Series or Regular Column

Annette Cochrane “Tracking” Australian Shepherd Journal

*Joan B. Guertin “Corgis in the Limelight” Pembroke Welsh Corgi Newsletter

Phil Holden “I am, afterall, British…” Chow Life

Sue Sternberg “Gimme Shelter” APDT Newsletter

e.    Yearbook, Educational Handbook, Manual, Breed Book or Special Volume

*Canine Companions for Independence “Annual Report 2001”

Labrador Retriever Club, Inc. “Yearbook” Marianne Foote, Editor

“Pembroke Welsh Corgis in America 2001” Sandra Wolfskill, Editor and Donna Francis, Assistant Editor

IV.             Books

a.    Single Breed

*Marsha Hall Brown “The Essence of Setters” Doral Publishing

Pat Hill Goodrich “The Savvy Samoyed” Doral Publishing

Diane Morgan “The Poodle” Doral Publishing

b.     Care and Health

*Richard G. Beauchamp “Breeding Dogs for Dummies” Hungry Minds

Diane Morgan “Feeding Your Dog for Life” Doral Publishing

Amy D. Shojai “Pet Care in the New Century” New American Library

c.     Training and Behavior

*Jean Donaldson “Mine!” Kinship Communications

Susan McCullough “Housetraining for Dummies” Hungry Minds

Cheryl S. Smith “Quick Clicks” Legacy By Mail

d.     General Reference

*Sheila Webster Boneham, Ph.D. “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting & Owning a Dog” Alpha Books

Carole L. Richards and A. Meredith John “Raising a Champion” The Well Trained Dog Publishing

Judge William J. Wynn “It’s the Law!” Doral Publishing

e.     General Interest

Margaret Bonham “The Simple Guide to Getting Active with Your Dog” TFH

Janice Mitchell “The Diary of Lucy Blue” Epic Press

*Jennifer Quasha “The Dog Lover’s Book of Crafts” St. Martin’s Press

Deborah Wood “Top Dogs: Making It to Westminster” Howell Book House

f.       Fiction

*Susan Conant “The Wicked Flea” Berkley

Arlie Alford Toye “Minga, A Love Story” ARDesign, Inc.

Dr. Louis Vine “Voices of the Dogs at Westminster” 1st Books Library

g.     Short Book Under 100 pages

*Cheryl S. Smith “Teaching Tricks” Harcourt Learning Direct

Cheryl S. Smith “Competition Obedience” Harcourt Learning Direct

Kim Campbell Thornton “Simple Solutions: Digging” Bowtie

h.     Single Breed Pet Guide

*Susan Bulanda “Boston Terriers” Barrons Educational Series

i.        Children’s

*W.L. Cowie “We Adopted A Greyhound” Hawaiian Publishing

Loren Spiotta-DiMare “Chelsea and The New Puppy” Town Book Press

Teresa Levandoski “Greyhound Love” Greyhound Love Publications

V.                Graphic Arts, Poetry, Short Fiction and Pamphlets

a.    Photography

1.     Color

Jeff Chevrier “Irish Red and White Setter” Dogs in Canada

*Lisa Croft-Elliot “See Me” Canine Chronicle

Dogphoto.com “Merlin’s Reflection” Canine Chronicle

Connie McCabe “Puppy with Flag” Hearts of Gold 2003

2.    Black and White

*Therese Backowski “Bunny Proofing” Barkleigh

Alex Sharpe “Waiting in the Window” Golden Tales

b.    Illustrations

*Chet Jezierski “Front Cover” Bearded Collie - The Illustrated Breed Standard

Marion Needham Krupp “Trying to Understand” Great Scots

Arlie Alford Toye “To the East” ARDesign, Inc.

c.     Series/Essay of Photographs or Illustrations

W. L. Cowie “We Adopted a Greyhound”

*Chet Jezierski “Bearded Collie – The Illustrated Breed Standard”

Alice Su “What’s My Dog Saying?” Dog Fancy

d.    Short Fiction

*Tempa Lautze “Iron Mask” AKC Gazette

Sharon M. Pflaumer “A Four Legged Kind of Medicine” Collie Connection

e.     Pamphlet/Brochure/Flyer

*AKC Canine Health Foundation “Search & Rescue Dog Health Fund”

Ed Presnall “An Introduction to Variable Surface Tracking”

Joseph Rachunas “Breed Disqualifications”

f.       Poster, Calendar, or Special Publication

*Clean Run Productions “Dog Agility 2003 Calendar”

AKC Gazette “Lend Me a Paw 2002 Calendar”

Pam Tanzey “Awards Certificates”

g.     Poetry

*Rebecca A. Kane “Lessons From a Dog” AKC Gazette

Lee Netzler “Two Seniors” Great Scots magazine

Lee Netzler “The Chase” The Bagpiper

VI.             Non-Print Media

a.     Video

Douglas Calhoun “Grooming the Jack Russell Terrier” Canine Training Systems

Rachel Page Elliott “Canine Cineradiography”

*Kerry Siekmann “Love on a Leash”

b.    Internet/Electronic Media

1.    Individual Feature Article

Laurie Leach “The Truth About Dog Sports – Agility” www.laughingdogpress.com

*Sophia Yin, DVM “Dr Yin’s Fat Farm” Sfgate.com

Sophia Yin, DVM “Dr Yin’s Noisy Dog Cure” Sfgate.com

2.     Regular Column

Robyn Fritz “Reflections from Murphy” allpets.com

*Laurie Leach “The Truth About Dog Breeds” www.laughingdogpress.com

Jacque Lynn Schultz “Breed Identification Expert” www.petfinder.com

c.     Other (Broadcast Journalism, etc.)

The Pet Files “Ugly Dogs”

The Pet Files “Doggy Dating”

*Steve Dale “Show #22”

2002 Special Winners

Howell Book House is sponsoring the Ellsworth S. Howell Award for the best article on judging, exhibiting, dog show reporting or any other aspect of
conformation showing. The award consists of a certificate and a $500 grant.

 

Nominees are:

Eve Adamson “Spice Girl: The Garden” (Dog World, June 2002)

Kerrin Winter Churchill “The Passion to Service” (AKC Gazette, Aug 2002)

Kerrin Winter Churchill “The Master of Perfection” (AKC Gazette, Nov 2001)

*Lisa Croft-Elliot and Hilayne Cavanaugh “Crufts 2002: A Truly International Event” (Canine Chronicle, April 2002)

Deborah Wood “Up Close and Personal with Walter Goodman” (Canine Chronicle, July 2002)

 

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The Iams Company is offering the Eukanuba Canine Health Award for the article or book with a strong, interesting presentation that best promotes
the health and well-weing of dogs. Entries will be judged for accuracy, clear writing and the representation of a fresh view of canine health (nutrition,
veterinary care, etc.) The award consists of a plaque and a $750 cash grant.

 

Nominees are:

Elaine Gewirtz “Watching Sleeping Dogs Lie” (AKC Gazette, 2-02)

Amy D. Shojai “Pet Care in the New Century” (New American Library)

*Cheryl S. Smith “The Little Dog Laughed” (Dog World 4-02)

John Williams, DVM, “How Sick Can Fleas Make Your Dog” (Dog World, 6-02)

Deborah Wood “Getting Back on Four Feet After Surgery” (Pet Talk column, 1-29-02, The Oregonian)

 

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The DWAA is offering the DWAA Junior Writer Award to writers under the age of 18 years. The award recognizes and encourages young writers who
exhibit talent, resourcefulness, dedication and integrity in their writing about dogs and dog related topics. The award consists of $250 cash grant and
a Maxwell medallion.

 

Nominees:

*Rebecca A. Kane “Lessons From a Dog” (AKC Gazette 9-01)

Hayley Thompson “For the Love of the Game” (The Official Publication of the Basenji Club of America, Inc. Fall/Winter 2001)

 

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DogRead is offering a plaque, a month of discussion on the list, and a $250 cash grant to the winner of the Best Book. This will be selected from among
the winners of the book categories.

 

Nominees:

Sheila Webster Boneham, PhD “The CIG to Getting & Owning a Dog” (Alpha Books)

*Jean Donaldson “Mine!” (Kinship Communications, 2002)

Jennifer Quasha “The Dog Lover’s Book of Crafts” (St Martin’s Press, 12-01)

 

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The Merial Human-Animal Bond Award is given to the work which best highlights the special bond between people and their treasured pets. The
winning work should be an exceptional entry that highlights the unique relationship between a dog and its owner, and best brings to life the concept
of the human-animal bond. This coveted award consists of a $500 cash grant, plus $250 toward an airline ticket to accept the award.

 

Nominees are:

Janine Adams “Saying Goodbye” (ThePoop.com)

Robyn Fritz “Reflections from Murphy” (allpets.com)

Joseph Harvill “Sadie’s Voice” (Great Scots magazine)

Jan Mahood “Duty, Honor, Country” (AKC Gazette)

*Ann Pregosin “The Dogs Who Grew Me” (Capital Books)

 

 

 

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The ASPCA is offering the Humane Issues Special Award for the work which best illuminates one of the following aspects of the ASPCA’s mission:
pet overpopulation, humane education, shelter adoptions, or the prevention of cruelty. The award consists of a plaque and a $500 cash grant.

 

Nominees are:

*Elaine Gewirtz “A First for Tufts” (Your Dog)

Rikke Jorgensen “Homework” (Our Animals, Fall 2002)

Arden Moore “A New Lease on Life” (Dog Fancy, 6-02)

Patricia Rouse “Pet Law & Order” (The Mecklenburg Times, 11-13-01)

Joan Hustace Walker “World Trade Center Attacks 911 for Pets” (ARK, Fourth Quarter 2001)

 

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The American Kennel Club is offering the AKC Club Publication Excellence Award for the best article in a national, regional or local club publication;
magazine or newsletter format.  The award consists of a plaque and a $100 cash grant.

 

Nominees are:

*Rue Chagoll “The Goldens at Ground Zero” (Golden Retriever News)

Annette Cochrane “Tracking: A Sign of Life” (Australian Shepherd Journal)

Captain Haggerty “Appollo and NYPD Officer Peter Davis” (GSD Review)

 

 

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The World Canine Freestyle Organization is sponsoring an award for the best print, radio, television, or internet coverage of canine freestyle. The
award consists of a plaque and a $100 cash grant.

 

Nominees are:

*Beverly Blanchard “Freestyle Training” series (Dog & Handler)

Deborah Wood “That Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll Over” (The Oregonian)

 

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Off Lead magazine is offering $300 and a plaque to the author of the best training article.

 

Nominees are:

Elaine Gewirtz “4 Steps to a Social Pup” (Puppies USA annual)

Anne Hershey “Tracking Field Notes” (Aust Shepherd Journal, column)

Pamela O. Kadlec “Opening Day with Your Dog” (Dove Hunter, series)

*Peggy Swager “The Overly Submissive Dog” (AKC Gazette, Aug 2002)

Peggy Swager “Electronic Training Collars” (Off Lead, July/Aug 2002)

 

 

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Radio Systems/Pet Safe is sponsoring a new award for the best training publication in book or other bound form. The award consists of a $500 cash grant.

 

Nominees are:

*Bobbie Anderson with Tracy Libby “Building Blocks for Performance” (Alpine)

Karen Pryor “Click to Win” (sunshine Books)

Cheryl S. Smith “Quick Clicks” (Legacy By Mail)

Cheryl S. Smith “Teaching Tricks” (Harcourt Learning)

Cheryl S. Smith “Competition Obedience” (Harcourt Learning)

 

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President’s Award -- Chet Jezierski

Distinguished Service Award – Steve Dale

 

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