The Tracking Way Nominated For Prestigious 2005
UTNE INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDS

Wendell, MA, November 7, 2005 – The Tracking Way magazine, published by In This Place, has been nominated for an Utne Independent Press Award in the category of Best New Title. “We’re very honored by the nomination and glad that the writing and artwork by the youth and other contributors, as well as the hard work of the editorial boards, is being recognized in this way,” says Heather Lenz, co-director of In This Place.

In This Place launched The Tracking Way magazine in spring 2005 as a place for young people to express their own exploration of culture and relationship to the Earth. Bound in eye-catching four-color covers, the magazine features original art and writing by young people both local and from across the country. The first issue of the magazine included writing and artwork by students at Amherst High School, Northampton High School, and Stoneleigh Burnham.

The editorial boards (one teen, one adult) strive to publish a balance of articles about nature, home place, histories, tracking and traditional skills, peacemaking, culture and identity, and the arts. Local editorial board members Ingrid Shockey and Susie Patlove, both of Shelburne Falls, Paul Wanta and Heather Lenz of Wendell, and Kate Reimanis of Vermont, along with youth editors from around the northeast, work with advisors Kay Olan and Jake Swamp of the Mohawk Nation, and Joseph Bruchac of the Abenaki Nation.

Since 1989 the Utne Independent Press Awards have showcased the best of the independent press in categories ranging from best new title to political, environmental, cultural, and personal life coverage. Utne’s magazine editors select nominee publications through their extensive reading process and careful examination, rather than a competition requiring entry forms and fees. In this way, Utne honors the efforts of small, sometimes unnoticed publications that provide innovative, thought-provoking perspectives often ignored or overlooked by mass media.

Winners of the 2005 Utne Independent Press Awards will be listed in the January/February 2006 issue of Utne magazine.

About Utne magazine
Utne is the nation’s leading digest of alternative media and has an audience of nearly 600,000. For 20 years, Utne has been bringing readers the “other side of the story” on issues ranging from the environment to the economy and from politics to pop culture. Utne provokes thought and inspires action by offering the best of the independent press as well as original writing. www.utne.com.

About In This Place
In This Place, an educational nonprofit organization, has been offering creative writing, tracking, and wilderness skills workshops to teens and adults for five years. These programs, along with The Tracking Way magazine, aim to help teens connect to their home grounds; to grow an informed sense of living in a place that's fully alive; to make the connection between place and culture; and to find, develop, and share their art.

The Tracking Way is available locally at Boswell’s Books in Shelburne Falls, the World Eye in Greenfield, Food for Thought in Amherst, the Village Coop in Leverett, and the Wendell Country Store. For submission guidelines, or to order online, please visit www.inthisplace.org, or call 978-544-2399.


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Images:
UIPA nomination logo is available at: www.utne.com/uipa

For a print-quality image of the magazine cover, email Heather Lenz at inthisplace@earthlink.net


Submitted by Karen Advokaat, Outreach Coordinator, In This Place, thetrackingway@lycos.com




Contact:
The Tracking Way
Heather Lenz
978.544.2399
inthisplace@earthlink.net
www.inthisplace.org

Contact:
Utne magazine
612.338.5040 ext. 338
marketing@utne.com
www.utne.com/uipa