Dozens of other writers and artists whose work appeared in newspapers, magazines, club publications and books picked up awards during the DWAA banquet in February.

What the Dog Did: Tales From a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner by Emily Yoffe (Bloomsbury USA, New York) was named best general interest book. The Havanese by Diane Klumb and Joanne Baldwin, D.V.M. (Lulu.com, Raleigh, N.C.) was best single-breed book. Irish Wolfhounds: A Complete Pet Owner’s Manual by Nikki Riggsbee (Barron’s Educational Series Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y.) was best single-breed pet guide. Dog Dictionary by Diane Morgan (BowTie Press, Los Angeles) was best general reference book. The Goldsteins’ Wellness & Longevity Program by Dr. Robert Goldstein and Susan Goldstein (T.F.H. Publications Inc., Neptune City, N.J.) was best care and health book.

Dog Fancy, published by Fancy Publications Inc. (Los Angeles), was best all-breed magazine. Clean Run, published by Clean Run Productions L.L.C. (Chicopee, Mass.), was best special interest magazine. 2005 Dogs in Canada Annual, published by Apex Publishing Ltd. (Etobicoke, Ontario), was best special publication.

Jim Wallis, Pat Wallis and Tim Hartman won the broadcast journalism award for “The World of Dogs Biography Series, German Shepherds” on PBS.

Kathryn Monroe won the Eukanuba Canine Health Award for her article “PWD Aggression: Can It Happen to You?” in The Courier (Cambridge, Md.), the official magazine of the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America.

Eve Adamson won the Hartz Mountain Senior Dog Award for her article “Comforting the Terminally Ill” in Your Dog, published by the Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine (North Grafton, Mass.).

Amy Fernandez won the Elsworth S. Howell Award for her magazine series “Early Dog Shows” in Dogs in Review, published by Fancy Publications. [May 2006 PET AGE]