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| INTERPRETIVE
MEDIA AWARDS COMPETITION |
2008
Media Awards Competition
Deadline Extended: June 6, 2008
STEP 1: Download and review the guidelines for submission.
STEP 2: Fill out the
online submission form. |
About
the Media Awards
The
Interpretive Media Awards Competition is brought to you by the National
Association for Interpretation and its Interpretive Media Section to promote excellence in the delivery
of natural, cultural, and historical nonpersonal interpretive services.
Through the exchange of ideas we increase the level of excellence
in our profession.
The Interpretive Media Awards are presented each year at the NAI
National Workshop. For more information, please visit the Web site of NAI's Interpretive Media Section.
To review criteria for Media Awards categories, click
here. |
| 2007
Interpretive Media Competition Award Recipients |
Announced
at the 2007 NAI National Workshop in Wichita, Kansas
Audio
1. Mount Rushmore: A Living Memorial
Mount Rushmore History Association and Q Media Productions, Inc.
2 . Doing Time: The Alcatraz Cellhouse Tour
Antenna Audio and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
3. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Orientation Tour
Antenna Audio and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Curriculum
1 (tie). Explore the Fort
Lake County Forest Preserves
1 (tie). Fair is Fair
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
3 (tie). Everglades ABC’s Activity Guide for Grades K–3 Teachers
Everglades National Park Education Program
3 (tie). The Great Water Odyssey, Grades 4 and 5
St. Johns River Water Management District
3 (tie). Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Teacher’s Guide
Premier Exhibitions, Inc.
Interior Exhibit
1. A Full View: Nix Nature Center, Laguna Coast Wilderness
Laguna Canyon Foundation, The Acorn Group, and SoLa Creative
2. Tillamook Forest Center Interpretive Exhibitry
Tillamook Forest Center, Oregon Department of Forestry
3. Muscatine: Pearl Button Capital of the World
Muscatine History and Industry Center and Split Rock Studios
Wayside Exhibit
1. Kansas Flint Hills Wayside Exhibit
Fermata, Inc.
2 (tie). Black Moshannon State Park Interpretive Signs
Graphics and Design
2 (tie). Confederation Boulevard Interpretation Program
National Capital Commission/Commission de la Capital Nationale
3. Extreme Environments, Amazing Life Forms, Phase II
Yellowstone National Park Division of Interpretation
Site Publication
1. The Dalton Highway Visitor Guide
Alaska Natural History Association and Bureau of Land Management
2. 1906 Earthquake Centennial
Point Reyes National Seashore, Interpretation and Resource Education
3. Nicaragua Interpretive Flyers
U.S. Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Video
1. Oregon Ecoregions: Preserving Our Natural Diversity
BLM Coos Bay District and Oregon State University Forestry Media Center
2 (tie). Alaska’s Wild Legacy: Conserving the Great Land
National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center/Anchorage Alaska Center
2 (tie). Bears of Sequoia
Steven M. Bumgardner
3. Kings Canyon National Park: Gem of the Sierra
Kings Canyon National Park and Aperture Films, Ltd.
Large Book
1. Cuyahoga Valley National Park Handbook
Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Carolyn V. Platt, and Kent State University Press
2 (tie).Arkansas Butterflies and Moths
Lori Spencer, author, and Don Simons, photographer
2 (tie).I Am the Grand Canyon: The Story of the Havasupai People
Stephen Hirst, I Am the Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon Association
3. The Greatest Single Feature—A Sky-Line Drive: 75 Years of a Mountaintop Motorway
Shenandoah National Park Association and Reed L. Engle
Small Book
1. Frozen In Motion: Alaska’s Glaciers
Alaska Natural History Association
2. Making Their Mark: The Signature of Slavery at Mammoth Cave
Joy Medley Lyons
3 (tie). Unruhige Erde (Restless Earth)
R&D-Programme Geotechnologien, Simon Schneider
3 (tie). Belle
Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks
Trail Guide
1. Denali Road Guide
Alaska Natural History Association and Denali National Park and Preserve
Multimedia
1. iScout Multimedia Guide
Antenna Audio and Buffalo Bill Historical Center
2. Windows into Wonderland “Getting Into Hot Water” Electronic Field Trip
Yellowstone National Park
3. Chicago Blues
Acoustiguide and Chicago Office of Tourism
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| 2006
Interpretive Media Competition Award Recipients |
Announced
at the 2006 National Interpreters Workshop in Albuquerque, New
Mexico
Audio
1. USS Midway—School Group Audio Tour
Antenna Audio
2. Wildlife, It’s Our Nature
AudioLandscapes by Studio Bard
3. Ansel
Adams, Adult Audio Tour of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Antenna Audio
Curriculum
1. Kids in the Creek: A Secondary Guide
US Fish & Wildlife Service
2. The
Great Water Odyssey
St. Johns River Water Management District
3. Passamaquoddy History and Culture: A Traveling
Teaching Kit for Grades 5–8
Acadia National Park
Interior Exhibit
1. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Interpretive Exhibit
Split Rock
Studios
2.
Marinus Willet
National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center
3 (tie). Kings Mountain National Military Park
National Park Service, Harpers
Ferry Center
3 (tie). Ripple
Effect: Understanding Nature’s Connections
City of
St. Petersburg
Large Book
1.
The Gateway Arch: An Architectural Dream
Jefferson National Parks Association
2. Carving Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon Association
Multi-media
1. Glacier National Park eHikes
Glacier National Park
2. Window into Wonderland “Where the Bison Roam” Electronic
Field Trip
National Park Service
3. Get
Energized!
BLM Campbell Creek Science Center
Site Publication
1.
Out of the Flames—Ten Years After the
Vision Fire
National Park Service
2. Bunker Hill Monument Site Bulletin
Boston National Historical Park
3. Champoeg Heritage: Your Guide to Champoeg State Heritage Area
Friends
of Historic Champoeg
Small Book
1. Buffalo Country: America’s National
Bison Range
US Fish & Wildlife
Service, National Bison Range
2. Stirring the Senses: A Guide to Kenai Fjords National Park
Alaska Natural History Association
3. Ojibwe Tales: Stories of the Ojibwe People
Voyageurs National Park
Trail Guide
1. Bitterroot Birding and Nature Trail
Montana Natural History Center,
Seiler Design & Advertising, and Deborah Oberbillig
Video/Film
1.
Point Reyes National Seashore—Point
of Kings
National Park Service
2. Holding the Fort: A Hypothetical Attack
Parks Canada—Atlantic
Service Centre
3. Invaders of the National Parks
National Park Service, Natural Resource
Program Center, Office of Education & Outreach
Wayside
1.
Santa Fe Scenic Byway
Center for Design and Interpretation, Rocky Mountain Region, USFS
2. Fayette Station Road Exhibits at New River Gorge National River
Cambridge Seven Associates
3.
Chippewa Trail: A Pathway Through a Landscape of Constant Change
Chippewa Nature Center |
| 2005
Interpretive Media Competition Award Recipients |
Announced
at the 2005 National Interpreters Workshop in Mobile, Alabama
Audio
1. Get Hooked
on Art: Mobile Museum of Art Permanent Collection
Family Tour
Audio Landscapes by Studio Bard
2. What’s Going On? – California and
the Vietnam Era Audio Tour
Acoustiguide
3. Gateway to America: The National Parks of New
York Harbor Tour
Antenna Audio
Curriculum
1. Green Eggs & Sand
US Fish & Wildlife Service
2. Investigating Fire Ecology in Ponderosa Pine Forests
Bandelier National Monument, NPS
3. Expedition! Yellowstone! Curriculum
Yellowstone National Park
3. Fire Ecology Curriculum
Kaibab National Forest
Interior Exhibit
1. Five
Friends from Japan: Children IN Japan Today
Boston Children’s Museum
2. Cedar
River Watershed-Water is Magic exhibits
Seattle Public Utilities, Cedar River Watershed Education Center
3. Arctic
Interagency Visitor Center
Bureau of Land Management
3. Brown
v. Board of Education National Historic Site Exhibits
Harpers Ferry Center, NPS
Large Book
1. Sculpted by Ice: Glaciers and the Alaska Landscape
Alaska Natural History Association
2. In the Shadow of Ragged Mountain
Shenandoah National Park Association
3. Rocky Mountain Rustic: Historic Buildings of the
Rocky Mountain National Park Area
Rocky Mountain Nature Association and Rocky Mountain National Park
Poster
1. Mountains Majesty: Ecosystems of the Rocky Mountains
Bureau
of Land Management
Site Publication
1. Nez
Perce National Historical Park Park brochure
Nez Perce National Historic Park
2. Manzanar
National Historic Site Official Park Folder
Manzanar National Historic Site
3. Junior
Ranger Booklet for Big Cypress National Preserve, Biscayne National Park
and Everglades National Park
Everglades National Park
Small Book
1. Manzanar
National Historic Site ID Card Booklets vbb
Manzanar National Historic Site
2. National
Park Service Rangers Activity Book
Eastern National
3. Ballad
of the Wild Bear
Alaska Natural History Association
Trail Guide
1. Forgotten
Forests of the Prairies Self-guiding Interpretive Trail
S. Dangerfield, Interpretive Planning
2. America’s
Wetland Birding Trail
Fermata, Inc.
3. Living
With Land Interpretive Trail—Old Wilpena Station (Flinders Ranges
NP, South Australia)
South Australia Department of Environment and Heritage
Video/Film
1. Olympic
National Park “Mosaic of Diversity”
National Park Service
2. Remembering
Manzanar
Manzanar National Historic Site
3. Traces
In Time: The Outdoor Laboratory of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
Odyssey Productions, Inc.
Wayside
1. Predator
Ridge
ECOS Communications
2. Crowley’s
Ridge Nature Center
Split Rock Studios
3. Living
With Land Interpretive Trail—Old Wilpena Station (Flinders Ranges
NP, South Australia)
South Australia Department of Environment and Heritage
Multi-media
1. Windows
into Wonderlands “To Eat or Be Eaten” Electronic Field Trip
National park Service, Yellowstone National Park, Division of Interpretation
2. Recovering
Endangered Species…Bringing Them Back—Wild Things 2004 Broadcast
and Webcast
National Conservation Training Center-USFWS
3. Sky
Watch
Space Telescope Science Institute
3. Wakulla
Spring: A Giant Among Us
Fusionspark Media, Inc. |
| 2004
Interpretive Media Competition Award Recipients |
Announced
at the 2004 National Interpreters Workshop in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Audio Program
1.
The Statue of Liberty National Monument & Ellis
Island Immigration Museum
National Park Service, Statue of Liberty National Monument, and Antenna
Audio
2. Fine Art Museums of San Francisco Permanent Collection Family Tour
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Acoustiguide
3. The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola
The Cleveland Museum of Art and Acoustiguide
Film/Video
1. (tie) “Journey of Tiglax”
Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center
1.
(tie) “On the Edge of the Gichigami”
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and Harpers Ferry Center
3. “Wild Things 2003: Habitat is...Home Sweet
Home”
National Conservation Training Center, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Interactive Multimedia
1. Conservation Central
Smithsonian's National Zoo and Brad Larson Media
2. Tijuana River Watershed CD
Digital Contact
3. Petroglyph National Monument Touchscreen Kiosk
Executive Productions
Interior Exhibit
1.
Sandstone Visitor Center
National Park Service, New River Gorge National River, Harpers Ferry
Center
2. Herbert H. Bateman Educational & Administrative
Center
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
3. Grand-Pre: Heartland of Acadia
Parks Canada
Interpretive Program Curriculum
1. Train the Trainers Manual
Illinois Environmental Education Advancement
Large Book
1. In The Light of the Mountain Moon
Shenandoah National Park Association
Poster
1. Send You Back to Arkansas: Our Own Sweet Sounds
II Exhibit
The Old State House Museum and The Freelance Company
Site Publication
1.
Junior Explorer
BLM Anasazi Heritage Center & Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
2. (tie) Drawbridge CA:Returning the Tide
Don Edwards, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
2.
(tie) Wildlife Explorer
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Education Department
Small Book
1. Nunamiut ABC: A Child's View in the Life in
An Alaska Village
Alaska Natural History Association, Ankuvuk Pass School & Gates of
the Arctic National Park & Preserve
Trail Guide
1. Self Guiding Interpretive Trail
Criddle/Vane Homestead Heritage Committee
Wayside Exhibits
1. Chevron Texaco Learning Pathway
jCommunications
2. Sugar Pine Point State Park Lakeside
William Lindemann, Interpretive Specialist, Sierra District, California
State Parks
3. The Dino Pit
Texas Vertebrate Paleontology Lab
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