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Recognition | Michael Kodas 2018
Colorado Book Award for General Nonfiction for Megafire: The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
2017
Megafire named one of the 20 best nonfiction books of by Amazon.
8/2009 – 5/2010
Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado.
10/2009
Michael’s book,
High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed appears as a question on the game show Jeopardy! in the category of Nonfiction
10/2008
Best Non-Fiction Award Winner in the National Best Books 2008 Awards presented by USA Book News.
6/2005
First Place Self-Illustrated Story, Lowell Thomas Awards of the Society of American Travel Writers.
6/2005
First Place Feature Story, Connecticut Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
6/2005
John W. Patton Scholarship winner, Wesleyan Writers Conference.
6/2005
First Place Feature Story, Connecticut Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
3/2004
First Place Multiple Page Feature Picture Story, Pictures of the Year International Competition.
11/2002
First Place General News Photograph, National Press Photographers Monthly National Clip Contest.
4/1999
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Coverage as a member of the team covering the murder of executives of the Connecticut Lottery.
9/1995
Third Place Feature Photograph, Society of News Design.
9/1992
Third Place Sports Photograph, National Press Photographers Monthly National Clip Contest.
9/1987
First Place Sports Photograph, 1987 New England Associated Press News Executives Association Annual Photo Contest.
10/1986
First Place Sports Photograph, National Press Photographers Monthly National Clip Contest.
7/1986
First Place Spot News photograph, 1986 New England Associated Press News Executives Association Annual Photo Contest.
