The Wildlife Professional Best Contributed Article Award Grant

The Wildlife Professional Best Contributed Article Award recognizes outstanding contributions by wildlife professionals and students published in The Wildlife Professional magazine. This annual award highlights the importance of quality writing, impactful content, and significance to the wildlife profession. The Selection Committee evaluates all articles published within a calendar year, ensuring a fair assessment of contributions by eligible authors. This initiative underscores the commitment to excellence in wildlife-related fields, including research, education, and conservation.

Background
The Wildlife Professional, the membership magazine of The Wildlife Society, publishes dozens of articles contributed by wildlife professionals and students each year. This award helps recognize and highlight the value contributing authors bring to the magazine and TWS members each year.
The award annually recognizes the author(s) and their published article that is selected as the Best Contributed Article.
Award Nomination Process and Criteria
The Selection Committee will consider all published articles written by one or more authors in a single volume (calendar year) of The Wildlife Professional. Publication of an article in The Wildlife Professional constitutes its nomination; no other nominations will be considered.
All contributed and invited articles published in the magazine are considered. Articles led or written solely by TWS staff are not eligible.
Articles will be judged by the Selection Committee based on:

• Quality of writingContent or subject matter of the article
• Impact on the wildlife profession
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Eligibility

Awardees should be currently employed or
recently retired wildlife professionals in one of these fields:ResearchEducationManagementConservationLaw enforcementLegislationAwardees must have demonstrated excellence in their field related to wildlife in New Mexico.