2018 Awards Results Annual Meeting held at The DeSoto Savannah, Georgia July 07–July 11, 2019 Compiled by Blake Podhajsky, Awards Chairperson
[email protected] 2018 ACI AWARDS 2018 ACI AWARDS One-time Publication: Brochure First Place Score: 195 TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Careers Second Place Score: 177 WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME Statewide Trout Derby Third Place Score: 176 TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT Texas State Parks Interpretive Guides Maximum Possible Score: 220 Low Score: 141 Judges: Kristie Hilgedick Hilgedick works for the Missouri Department of Conservation. As news services coordinator, she writes for Missouri Conservationist magazine, creates short videos for the department’s social media channels, and answers the public’s questions about forests, fish and wildlife. Previously, she was a news reporter for several midsize newspapers in the central Missouri region. Kristie has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. Luke Duran Duran has served as art director of Montana Outdoors magazine, published by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks since 2002. Previously he was creative director for a translation/interpreting company in Vancouver, Wash., and a graphic artist for Gibson Guitars. He enjoys the challenge to visually improve the magazine with each issue. He is a part-time employee for Montana Outdoors, and also operates a freelance graphic design business specializing in political campaign design and visual communication for nonprofits. He enjoys cooking, landscaping, aquariums and hiking. An avid music lover and bass guitar player, Duran plays in The Mighty Flick, a 1980s dance band, on weekends.