How to Hike the North Country Trail



How to Hike the North Country Trail
by Joan H. Young.




2025 UP NOTABLE BOOK

Martin Johnson - A Purpose Fulfilled



MICHIGAN OUTDOOR WRITERS ASSOCIATION 2017

JAMES H. HALL (THIRD PLACE) for best outdoor feature highlighting a non-consumptive activity awarded in newspaper, magazine or paid web.
Midland to Mackinac Trail



MICHIGAN OUTDOOR WRITERS ASSOCIATION 2018

JAMES H. HALL (THIRD PLACE) for best outdoor feature highlighting a non-consumptive activity awarded in newspaper, magazine or paid web.
Get Off the Couch for Flowers
Hey, Daisy! Time to Rethink that Bicycle Built for Two
Fifty Years of National Trails




MICHIGAN OUTDOOR WRITERS ASSOCIATION 2018

JAMES A.O. CROWE (THIRD PLACE) for best outdoor column awarded in newspaper, magazine or paid web.
North Country Cache



North Country Cache: Adventures on a
National Scenic Trail

by Joan H. Young.




2006 IPPY WINNER - HONORABLE MENTION (THIRD PLACE) in Regional Non-Fiction / Great Lakes category

Short Stories

"Invisible" October 2009 Accentuate Short Story, third place on the theme of First Love

"The Case of the Cautious Couple" November 2009 Accentuate Short Story, first place on the theme of Enagement

"38" 2010 Accentuate Short Story place on the theme of Sorrow

"The Third Person" 2010 Accentuate Short Story place on the theme of Vengeance