Award Honorees
POMA honors the industry’s best and brightest annually for excellence in journalism and organization service. Award honorees set the bar for journalistic achievement and volunteer service.
Betty Lou Fegely
Emerald Cornerstone Award
Honoring Extraordinary Volunteer Service to POMA
2015 – Kevin Tate
2011 – Russell Bailey
2010 – Vickie Gardner
2008 – Betty Lou Fegely
2006 – Pat McHugh
Honoring Organizations for Their Commitment to POMA
Outdoor Channel*
Safari Club International*
Brownells
Mossy Oak
National Shooting Sports Foundation
National Rifle Association
* Founding Diamond Cornerstone Honorees
POMA/ASA Homer Circle Fishing Communicator Award
Honoring Journalistic Excellence and Personal Commitment to the Angling Sports
2016 – Wade Bourne
2014 – Doug Olander
2013 – Louie Stout
2012 – John E. Phillips
2011 – Frank Sargeant
2010 – Robert Montgomery
2008 – Andy Hahn
Nominate a journalist for the Homer Circle Fishing Communicator Award
POMA/ATA Fred Bear Archery and
Bowhunting Communicator Award
Honoring Journalistic Excellence and Personal Commitment to the Archery Sports
2012 – Bill Krenz
2011 – Chuck Adams
2010 – Dwight Schuh
2007 – James Dougherty
Nominate a journalist for the Fred Bear Archery & Bowhunting Communicator Award.
POMA/NSSF Grits Gresham
Shooting Sports Communicator Award
Honoring Journalistic Excellence and Personal Commitment to the Shooting Sports
2020 – Stephen Hunter
2017 – Ashley Hlebinsky
2016 – Ron Spomer
2015 – Mark A. Keefe, IV
2014 – Jim Zumbo
2013 – Doug Painter
2012 – S.P. Fjestad
2011 – Michael Bane
2010 – Dave Petzal
2009 – Tom Gresham
2008 – James Carmichel
2007 – J. Wayne Fears
Nominate a journalist for the Grits Gresham Shooting Sports Communicator Award.