2011 Contest Special Awards
All Winners have been listed under their appropriate category
The winning nominee for each category are noted in red text
- AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Public Service Award
- Patti Lawson for "She Waits" (single blog)
- AKC Club Publication Excellence Award
- Ruth Nielsen, Esq., for "Ambassador on Wheels" (The Alpenhorn)
- AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy and Canine Good Citizen Award
- Joe Swickard for "Michigan Inmates" (Detroit Free Press)
- Angel on a Leash Award
- Cheryl Zappala for "The Story of Nana" (The Saint Fancier)
- Dogwise Best Book Award
- Silvana Vogel Tedeschi for book, "The Bernese Mountain Dog: Yesterday and Today" (Edizioni Al Trouante)(Italy)
- DWAA Distinguished Service Award (sponsored by AKC)
- Debra J. White
- DWAA Junior Writer Awaard
- Alexis Riester for poem, "Farewell, My Friend" (Ivy, the True Tail)
- Eukanuba Canine Health Award
- W. Jean Dodds, DVM and Diana Laverdure for book, "The Canine Thyroid Epidemic" (Dogwise)
- Merial Human-Animal Bond Award
- Bobbie Pyron for book, "A Dog's Way Home" (Katherine Tegen Books - Harper-Collins)
- Morris Animal Foundation Advances in Canine Veterinary Medicine Award
- Fran Pennock Shaw for "Advances in Cruciate Surgery" (Your Dog)
- North Shore Animal League America Award
- Patricia B. McConnell Ph.D. and Karen B. London Ph.D., for book, "Love Has No Age Limit"
- Planet Dog Foundation Sit. Speak. Act. Canine Service Award
- Sharon Pflaumer for "U.S. War Dogs" (Dog News)
- Pro Plan President's Award
- Silvana Vogel Tedeschi for book, "The Bernese Mountain Dog: Yesterday and Today" (Edizioni Al Trouante)(Italy)
- PSI First-Canine Award
- Michael H. Faulkner for "Favorite Toy" (Dog News)
- Wiley-Ellsworth S. Howell Award
- Arlie Amarie Alford for "Westminster 2011 breed judging" (The French Bullytin)
- The APDT Canine Life and Social Skills (C.L.A.S.S.)
- Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz and Larry Kay for book, "The Love That Dog Training Program" (Workman Pub.)