PRP 1980-1989
1989-1980
1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980
1989 — Bill Fleet, Chair
The 1989 Owl Award went to David Van Geest, editor Top of Minnesota Mensa’s Mensagenda. The same format for awards was used as in 1988. A Special Mention also went to Mensagenda for their February 1989 membership directory issue. Another Special Mention was awarded to Bailey Hankins, “for transcending the limits of these awards.”
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| Calendar Informensa, Gulf Coast Mensa |
Bess Herzog |
Kathleen West |
| Forum Nexus, Upper East Tennessee Mensa |
Diane Doss |
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| Reporting ChiMe, Mensa of Illinois |
Stacey Kirsch |
Gwen Godfrey |
| Overall NOVA, Western Michigan Mensa |
Sally Munk |
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| Continuing Column M.EN.SA, San Antonio Mensa |
Mary Prior |
Sue Eastwood |
| Essay Wyomensa, Wyoming Mensa |
Samantha Zowada |
Ruth Delf |
| Theme Issue Golden Triangle Tabloid, Sabine-Neches Mensa |
Bruce Held |
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| Overall Nexus, Upper East Tennessee Mensa |
Diane Doss |
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| Puzzles & Games Col-M, Columbus Area Mensa |
John Bittel |
Juan Nieto |
| Humorous Article Much Ado About Mensa, Greater Phoenix Mensa |
Jim Morgan |
Henry Sembach |
| Entertainment Value Nexus, Upper East Tennessee Mensa |
Diane Doss |
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| Cleanliness Totems, Mensa of Western Washington |
Glen Owen |
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| Artwork Sunflower Seeds, Sunflower Mensa |
Judy Chandler |
LaVena Kay Kidd |
| Layout Totems, Mensa of Western Washington |
Glen Owen |
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| Overall The Oracle, Orange County Mensa |
Cookie Bakke |
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1988 — Bill Fleet, Chair
The 1988 Owl Award went to Cookie Bakke, editor of Orange County Mensa’s The Oracle. The categories this year were broken down into the broad categories of Service, Editorial, Entertainment and Presentation. There were specific awards within each category and an overall category winner. A Special Mention went to Browbeat, Pat Mashburn editor, “For its cover alone.” Another Special Mention went to Motley Mutterings as the “Briefest Newsletter.”
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| Calendar The Oracle, Orange County Mensa |
Cookie Bakke |
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| Forum Wiscom, Mensa of Wisconsin |
F. Tessa Escamilla |
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| Reporting Mensagenda, Minnesota Mensa |
Dave Van Geest |
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| Overall Wiscom, Mensa of Wisconsin |
F. Tessa Escamilla |
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| Continuing Column Mensagenda, Minnesota Mensa |
Dave Van Geest |
Tim Goetsch |
| Essay Mensana, Western NY Mensa |
Teri Prentiss |
Clara Widner |
| Theme Issue OMEN, Oregon Mensa |
William Carpenter |
“Gifted Children” |
| Overall Beacon, Boston Mensa |
Ed Gordon |
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| Puzzles & Games Browbeat, Broward County Mensa |
Pat Mashburn |
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| Humor Golden Triangle Tabloid, Sabine-Neches Mensa |
Bruce Held |
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| Fiction The Oracle, Orange County Mensa |
Cookie Bakke |
Will Williamson |
| Overall The Oracle, Orange County Mensa |
Cookie Bakke |
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| Cleanliness The Firebird, Southern Connecticut Mensa |
Joseph Lynders |
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| Artwork Wyomensa, Wyoming Mensa |
Kevin Kauffman |
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| Layout The Oracle, Orange County Mensa |
Cookie Bakke |
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| Overall Informensa, Gulf Coast Mensa |
Bess Herzog |
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1987 — Carolyn Simon, Chair
The 1987 Owl Award went to Tyger Gilbert, editor of Greater Phoenix Mensa’s Much Ado About Mensa.
| Category/Newsletter | Editor(s) | Individual |
| Service Forvm, Central NJ Mensa |
Judy Higgins |
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| Editorial Achievement Momentum, New Hampshire Mensa |
Treelady |
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| Visual Presentation Mains’l, Maine Mensa |
Dale Doughty |
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| Calendar MOTS, Atlanta Mensa |
Richard Scholes |
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| Entertainment The Oracle, Orange County Mensa |
Bill Harvey |
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| Best Basics Much Ado About Mensa, Greater Phoenix Mensa |
Tyger Gilbert |
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| Original Art Momentum, New Hampshire Mensa |
Treelady |
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| Essay - General Momentum, New Hampshire Mensa |
Treelady |
Treelady |
| Essay - Mensa OMEN, Oregon Mensa |
William Carpenter |
May Minton |
| Humor Phoenix, Western Pennsylvania Mensa |
Linda Valentine |
Carole Treasure |
| Continuing Column Braegen, East Central Ohio Mensa |
Friend Kierstead |
Elizabeth Bendall |
| Best Small Group Newsletter Coqui, Puerto Rico Mensa |
David Saxon |
1986 — Joyce Lundeen, Chair
No Owl Award was presented in 1986 (no clear winner).
| Category/Newsletter | Editor(s) | Individual |
| Original Artwork Browbeat, Broward County Mensa |
Dan Rhea |
Lya Korda |
| Graphics Mains’l, Maine Mensa |
Dale Doughty |
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| Service The Oracle, Orange County Mensa |
Brenda ReVelle |
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| Symmetry Capital-M, Metro Washington Mensa |
Mary Matthews |
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| Creative Writing The Oracle, Orange County Mensa |
Brenda ReVelle |
Will Williamson |
| Humor The Flame, Central Florida Mensa |
Fred Berg |
Men of Mensa Issue |
| Continuing Column M-Aura, North Texas Mensa |
Sandra Blaydes |
Pat Voelker |
| Calendar Informensa, Gulf Coast Mensa |
John Brisbin |
John Adams |
| Gifted Children Beacon, Boston Mensa |
Anne Lambert |
Paul Cook |
| Love of Language IMPRINT, Northern NJ Mensa |
Bill Fleet |
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| General Entertainment Nexus, Upper East Tennessee Mensa |
Diane Doss |
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| Most Improved Mains’l, Maine Mensa |
Dale Doughty |
1985 — Wanda Jacobs, Chair
The 1985 Owl Award was again won by Richard Jones, editor of Gulf Coast Mensa’s Informensa. In this year, the definitions of group sizes were revised. Small groups (designated “S”) were those with up to 200 members; medium groups (“M”) had 201-900 members; and large groups (“L”) were those with more than 900 members. Also, special posthumous awards were made to Don Armstrong for his artwork in Western PA Mensa’s Phoenix; and to Marie Halbert for her cooking column in Tampa Bay Sounding.
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| L: | M-Pathy, Southeast Michigan Mensa |
Brenda Lewis | |
| Mensan, San Diego Mensa | Maggie Sinram | ||
| M: | ECO-M Braegen, East Central Ohio Mensa |
Christin Keck | |
| S: | Beam, Binghampton/Endicott Mensa |
Barbara Merry | |
| Nexus, Upper East Tennessee Mensa |
Diane Doss | ||
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| L: | Forvm, Central NJ Mensa | Judi Higgins | Allan Marain |
| Media, Connecticut & W Mass Mensa |
Mary Sullivan |
Frank Smith |
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| Beacon, Boston Mensa | Anne Haskins Lambert | G. Andrew Maness | |
| LAMENT, Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa |
Carolyn Simon |
Ruth Small |
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| M: | MIND, Indianapolis Mensa | Karen Bauernschmidt | Grace Falvey |
| ECO-M Braegen, East Central Ohio Mensa |
Christin Keck | Christin Keck | |
| S: | Nexus, Upper East Tennessee Mensa |
Diane Doss | Naamen Brown |
| Bob, Maumee Valley Mensa | Thom & Kayte Frushour |
Frog | |
| Simensays, Southwest Idaho Mensa |
Sandy Ogle | I J Longeteig | |
| Smokies Signal, Smoky Mountain Mensa |
Micky Blakley | Doug Myers | |
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| L: | Forvm, Central N.J. Mensa | Judi Higgins | Bernice Richmond |
| M: | Browbeat, Broward County Mensa |
Dan Rhea | Lya Korda |
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| L: | The Oracle, Orange County Mensa |
Teri Lacher | Bill Harvey |
| M: | Browbeat, Broward Co. Mensa | Dan Rhea | Mike Carey |
| MIND, Indianapolis Mensa | Karen Bauernschmidt | Roy Olsen | |
| S: | M-Arillo, Amarillo Mensa | Jesse Shuffield & Stuart Stoffle |
Don Henderson |
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| Wiscom, Milwaukee Mensa | F. Tessa Escamilla | ||
| Service to Gifted Children | |||
| Momentum, New Hampshire Mensa |
Treelady | ||
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| Nexus/Smokies Signal, Upper East Tennessee Mensa |
Diane Doss | ||
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| L: | Much Ado About Mensa, Greater Phoenix Mensa |
Kent Van Cleave | |
| M: | Tampa Bay Sounding, Tampa Bay Mensa |
Evelyn Hallowell | |
| S: | Sunflower Seeds, Sunflower Mensa |
Judy Chandler | |
1984 — Gene McMahon, Chair
The 1984 Owl Award went to Richard Jones, editor of Gulf Coast Mensa’s Informensa. A Special Mention was awarded for “Professionalism & Topical Issues” also to Informensa.
| Category/Newsletter | Editor(s) | Individual |
| Visual Presentation Palm-Mensa, Palm Beach County Mensa |
Jack Ronin |
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| Artwork Palm-Mensa, Palm Beach County Mensa |
Jack Ronin |
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| Regular Contributor MIND, Indianapolis Mensa |
Dean Eveland |
Teresa Marquand |
| Creative Writing Tampa Bay Sounding, Tampa Bay Mensa |
Evelyn Hallowell |
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| Style Tampa Bay Sounding, Tampa Bay Mensa |
Evelyn Hallowell |
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| Participation Tampa Bay Sounding, Tampa Bay Mensa |
Evelyn Hallowell |
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| Service Wiscom, Milwaukee Mensa |
Maddie Rademan |
1983 — Bob Abrahams, Chair
The Owl Award went to Mari Andersson, editor of San Diego Mensa’s Mensan. Three Special Mention awards were made: “Most Improved” went to East Central Ohio Mensa’s Eco-M Braegen, Christin Keck, editor. “Best Effort by Small Group” went to Puerto Rico Mensa’s Coqui, Jay Goldberg, editor. Finally, “Best Special Issue” went to New Orleans Mensa’s La Plume du NOM, Bill Harrison, editor, for an issue honoring Orville Brandes.
| Category/Newsletter | Editor(s) | Individual |
| Artwork Mensan, San Diego Mensa |
Mari Andersson |
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| Visual Presentation Pamphlet, Piedmont Area Mensa |
Sheri Taylor |
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| Regular Contribution Forvm, North Central NJ Mensa |
Bob Hendricks |
Allan Marain |
| Creative Writing Tampa Bay Sounding, Tampa Bay Mensa |
Cynthia Fisher |
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| Style Graffiti, Cleveland Area Mensa |
Nancy Reller |
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| Service Intelligencer, San Francisco Regional Mensa |
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1982 — Susan Wantland, Publications Officer
The Owl Award went to Nancy Phelps, editor of Greater Phoenix Mensa’s Much Ado About Mensa. A Special Mention award for the “Best New Newsletter” went to Puerto Rico Mensa’s Coqui, Marie Delgado Polanco, editor.
| Category/Newsletter | Editor(s) | Individual |
| Artwork Sunflower Seeds, Sunflower Mensa |
Wade Ward |
LaVena Kay Kidd |
| Articles & Essays Graffiti, Cleveland Mensa |
Nancy Reller |
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| Personality/Atmosphere Much Ado About Mensa, Greater Phoenix Mensa |
Nancy Phelps |
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| Service to Local Group LAMENT, Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa |
Bob Abrahams |
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| Editorial Style Much Ado About Mensa, Greater Phoenix Mensa |
Nancy Reller |
1981 — Virginia Long, Publications Officer
Again in 1981, there was no clear winner, so no Owl Award was presented. A Special Mention for the “Best New Newsletter” went to Freed-M, Carl Napoli, editor.