All entries were from IRMA member magazines published during the 2001 calendar year. The awards were presented at the 2002 Annual Conference in Pray, Montana.

Public Issues—A story that is directly concerned with social, ethical, and/or legal issues within the magazine’s region.

Adirondack Life

“Blowing Smoke” See entry.

Writer: Cheryl Lyn Dybas

Cottage Life

“Subdivide and Conquer” (March) See entry.

Writer: David Lees

Offshore

“Ready for What?” See entry.

Writer: Kate Yeomans

Wyoming Wildlife

“Quiet Crisis” See entry.

Writer: Chris Madson

New Mexico Magazine

“Los Alamos: From the Ashes Rises A Stronger Community” (May)
See entry.

Writer: Steve Larese

Beautiful British Columbia

“Finn Slough Teeters On Brink” See entry.

Writer: Lynn Tanod

Texas Parks & Wildlife

“The Feline Factor” (May) See entry.

Writer: Jim Anderson

Historical Feature—A story that focuses on the historical heritage of the region or area, place, and/or figure within the region.

Lake Superior Magazine

“Split Rock--Time's Sentinel” See entry.

Writer: Hugh E. Bishop

Texas Parks & Wildlife

“Vein of History” (December) See entry.

Writer: John Graves

Chesapeake Bay Magazine

“The First Final Battle” (October) See entry.

Writer: T. F. Sayles

Prairies North, formerly Saskatchewan Naturally

“Tolstoy, the Bible, and Everything” See entry.

Writer: Lionel Hughes

Adirondack Life

“Forty Acres and A Vote” See entry.

Writer: Amy Godine

Vermont Life

“Underwater Treasure” (Summer) See entry.

Writer: Jerry Shine

Montana Magazine

“Patriots Gone Berserk: The Montana Council of Defense, 1917-1918”
See entry.

Writer: Dave Walter

Blue Ridge Country

“Francis Gary Powers” See entry.

Writer: Ellen Richardson

Texas Highways

“Spindletop: The Gusher That Changed the World” (January) See entry.

Writer: Howard Peacock

Louisiana Life

“Battlefield Louisiana” See entry.

Writer: Michael Depp

Offshore

“Extreme Sailing 19th Century Style” See entry.

Writer: David Shaw

Down East

“It Can't Happen Here” See entry.

Writer: Edgar Allen Beem

Beautiful British Columbia

“The Historical Adventures of Milton and Cheadle” See entry.

Writer: Stephen R. Brown

Missouri Life

“From St. Louis to the Sea--On the Road with the Butterfield Mail” See entry.

Writer: Charles E. Reineke

New Mexico Magazine

“Dust Bowl Revisited: Devastating Drought Gripped Slice of State” (January) See entry.

Writer: M. H. Salmon

albemarle: Living in Jefferson's Virginia

“Memories of Monticello Dairy” (June/July) See entry.

Writer: Rick Britton

Wisconsin Trails

“Peace in the Valley” (November/December) See entry.

Writer: Jeff Iseminger

Nature Feature—A story that focuses on plants, animals, and/or their habitat within the region.

Beautiful British Columbia

“One Big Sucker” See entry.

Writer: Bruce Obee

Cottage Life

“Patron of the Snakes” (June) See entry.

Writer: Amber Nasrulla

Down East

“Puffins” (May) See entry.

Writer: Jeff Clark

Offshore

“It's for the Birds!” See entry.

Writer: Nim Marsh

Arizona Highways

“Roadrunner Facts & Fantasy” (April) See entry.

Writer: Carrie Miner

Wisconsin Trails

“The Drummer of Love” (March/April) See entry.

Writer: Tom Davis

Wyoming Wildlife

“His Country” See entry.

Writer: Tom Reed

Adirondack Life

“Black Flies, Bears & Blue-headed Vireos” See entry.

Writer: John Thaxton

Texas Parks & Wildlife

“Ghost Cat of South Texas” (September) See entry.

Writer: Michael Tewes

Environmental Feature—A story that reports on natural resources, human impact on nature, impact of natural events on the environment, and/or other environmental issues within the region.

Arizona Highways

“The Quest for Water” (April) See entry.

Writer: Craig Childs

Adirondack Life

“Blowing Smoke” See entry.

Writer: Cheryl Lyn Dybas

Beautiful British Columbia

“In the Predator's Domain” See entry.

Writer: Bruce Obee

Chesapeake Bay Magazine

“The State of Our Bay” (July) See entry.

Writers: T. F. Sayles, John page Williams, Jay Livingston, Susan Stranahan

Wyoming Wildlife

“Quiet Crisis” See entry.

Writer: Chris Madson

Offshore

“A Living River” See entry.

Writer: Bill Kork

Travel Feature—A story that features a destination within the region that enhances the knowledge and enjoyment of potential travelers.

Beautiful British Columbia

“Into the Thin Air of Wildflower Heaven” See entry.

Writer: Daniel Wood

New Mexico Magazine

“The Mother Road Journey” (February) See entry.

Writer: Michael Wallis

Chesapeake Bay Magazine

“Nowhere Like Hooper Island” (May) See entry.

Writer: Jane Meneely

Vermont Life

“Calvin Coolidge's Hometown” See entry.

Writer: Stacey Chase

Blue Ridge Country

“Looking for Andy” See entry.

Writer: Gwen S. Clarke

Arizona Highways

“Mitchell Mesa” (June) See entry.

Writer: Douglas Kreutz

Wyoming Wildlife

“A Pleasuring Ground for the People”  See entry.

Writer: Chris Madson

Adirondack Life

“The 46 Blitz” See entry.

Writer: Alan Wechsler

Profiles—A story that explores the character and personality of one or more individuals in the region.

Oklahoma Today

“Back on Top” See entry.

Writer: Gene Wojciechowski

Adirondack Life

“Arto Monaco” See entry.

Writer: Anne MacKinnon

Vermont Life

“The Burkes of Berlin” (Winter) See entry.

Writer: Chris Granstrom

Texas Highways

“Lightnin' Hopkins: The Storyteller” (April) See entry.

Writer: David Ritz

Blue Ridge Country

“In the Footsteps of Horace Kephart”  See entry.

Writer: Jim Casada

Down East

“Wyeth” (September) See entry.

Writer: Edgar Allen Beem

Montana Magazine

“(In Good Company) with Horses” See entry.

Writer: Bill Kiley

Louisiana Life

“The Final At-Bat” See entry.

Writer: George Gurtner

Offshore

“Guiding Light” See entry.

Writer: Holly Parker

Cottage Life

“Three Degrees of Separation” (March) See entry.

Writer: Jim Moodie

The Iowan

“Parting the Waters” See entry.

Writer: Sarah J. Shey

Arizona Highways

“The Sunset Warden” (November) See entry.

Writer: Jerry E. Airth

Lake Superior Magazine

“Double Takes” See entry.

Writer: Konnie LeMay

New Mexico Magazine

“Sangre Fuerte: Group of Young Hispanic Artists Share Friendship and Creativity” (October) See entry.

Writer: Antonio Lopez

Reader Service Article—Any explanatory article sorting out information of a practical applicability to the reader.

Chesapeake Bay Magazine

“Trailblazing” (June) See entry.

Writer: Mike Brown

Cottage Life

“R_x for Outboards” (April/May) See entry.

Writer: Chris Knowles

Wyoming Wildlife

“Wyoming Fishing Guide” See entry.

Writer: Wyoming Game & Fish Department

Texas Highways

“Culinary Border-Crossings: Herbs in Texas” (June) See entry.

Writer: Lucinda Hutson

Adirondack Life

“Stalking the Adirondack Pineapple” See entry.

Writer: Bibi Wein

Wisconsin Trails

“Burger Bliss” (May/June) See entry.

Writer: Jerry Minnich

Offshore

“Snap Your Way to Success” See entry.

Writer: Betsy Frawley Haggerty

Vermont Life

“Riding the Champlain Bikeway” (Summer) See entry.

Writer: Pierre Home-Douglas

Oklahoma Today

“Tulsa Black Book” See entry.

Writers: Sheilah Bright, Steffie Corcoran, & Andrea Lopez Walker

Essay—A story that speculates on or interprets a particular theme or subject that pertains to the region, and that clearly presents the magazine’s or writer’s viewpoint to the reader. The story may be written in first, second or third person.

Column—A piece that appears regularly in issues under the same heading and is written by the same writer. This award is for text, not the elements of design.

Blue Ridge Country

“From the Farm” See entry.

Writer: Elizabeth Hunter

Cottage Life

“Weekender” (April/May, June, July/August) See entry.

Writer: Roy MacGregor

Adirondack Life

“Short Carries” (July/August, September/October, November/December)
See entry.

Writer: Elizabeth Folwell

Arizona Highways

“Wit Strop” (June, July, August) See entry.

Offshore

“From the Helm” (October, November, December) See entry.

Writer: Betsy Frawley Haggerty

Beautiful British Columbia

“Editor's Notebook” (Spring, Summer, Fall) See entry.

Writer: Bryan McGill

Chesapeake Bay Magazine

“Weather Eye” (February, March, April) See entry.

Writer: Wendy Mitman Clarke

The Iowan