The Society of Professional Obituary Writers 2008 Award for Best Body of Work - which is the top SPOW Award for obits written in 2007 - is shared by Tom Hawthorn, a freelance writer from British Columbia, and Kay Powell, a staff obit writer from Georgia.
We've provided some biographical information on both winners in previous blog postings. Both have won SPOW Awards in other categories.
Here are the obits that swayed the judges:
Five of Tom Hawthorn's obits published in the Toronto-based Globe and Mail:
1. Jack Winter
2.Roy Borthwick
3. Mickey Rutner
4. James Barber
5. Don Leslie
Five of Kay Powell's obits published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
1. Valerie Daniel
2. Tillie Wood
3. Claude Miller
4. Boyzie Daniels
5. Arnold Hardy
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