Award Winning Articles

Congratulations to these CRMS Members for their
Award Winning Contributions to The Pick And Dop Stick

2014 AFMS Bulletin Award Competition:

Original Adult Advanced Articles —

• 4th Place: Robert Beadle
     "Color of Florescence, Part I"
• 10th Place: Antonio Peso
     "The Nature of Earth: Origin of the Universe"

Junior Under 12 Articles —

• 2nd Place: Smiley Rock
     "Phosphorescencing Diamond"

Junior(12-17) Articles —

• 1st Place: Cat Eye
     "Peacock Ore: Prettiest When Tarnished"

Junior Poetry —

• 4th Place: Cat Eye
     "Without Rocks"

2013 MWF Bulletin Award Winners

Junior Under 12 Articles —

• 1st Place: Earth Eagle
     "Pu'u Loa Petroglyph Field on the Island of Hawaii"
  

Original Adult Articles—

• 6th Place: Robert Beadle
     "Every Rock Has a Story"
• 9th Place: Harold H. Lundberg
     "How Old is the Earth? (Part II of II)"

2013 MWF Kids Poster Winner at Grade Level

• 1st Place: Earth Eagle
     "Meteorite Massacre"
  

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Past Winners

2011 AFMS Bulletin Award Competition:

• Adult Poetry—2nd Place: Betty Novak
     "Bess's Wish: A Rockhound's Last Request"
• Original Adult Articles—6th Place: Robert Beadle
     "Fluorite and Minerals Associated with the IL-KY Fluorspar District: Fluorite Series-Part II"
• Written Features—8th Place: Sue Robert
     "Notes from the Field (Museum)"

2011 MWF Bulletin Award Winners

• Features —1st Place: Sue Robert
     "Notes from the Field (Museum)"
  
• Features —4th Place: Betty Novak
     "Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier: A Book Review"

• Advanced Adult Articles—1st Place: Donald Baumgartner
     "Hunting Fossil Bugs in Utah" (submitted for competition by the LOESS Bulletin)

• Original Adult Articles—2nd Place: Robert Beadle
     "Fluorite and Minerals Associated with the IL-KY Fluorspar District: Fluorite Series-Part II"
• Original Adult Articles—4th Place: Kenjiro Hakomori
     "The Cambrian Radiation Revisited"

• Adult Poetry—2nd Place: Betty Novak
     "Bess's Wish: A Rockhound's Last Request"

Again, Congrats to all of the above for their award-winning contributions!!!

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Other Articles

Although these articles did not win awards within the federations, we find them just as deserving to read.

• Fishing for Fossils In Wyoming — Tips for Success by Donald Baumgartner
• The Early Animals (Ediacaran) of Earth — Nature's Experiments by Donald Baumgartner
     A Slideshow Presentation before Chicago Rocks and Mineral Society May 10, 2014 (3.5mb .pdf)

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