AMA Joe Christian Award

The Joe Christian Award recognizes outstanding freelance writing in the pages of American Motorcyclist magazine.

The award is named for a man who was instrumental in broadening the AMA’s focus in the 1970s to include more road-riding activities. It is presented annually to the writer of the best freelance touring feature printed in American Motorcyclist. Winners receive a $500 prize, plus a one-year extension of their AMA membership.

Below is a list of past recipients and the titles of the winning stories.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

2005
Kim Honor-Fioranelli
"Going Solo"
published January 2004

2004
Tom Grenon
"The Big Empty"
published July 2003

2002
Beth Whitman
"Due South"
published September 2001

2001
Bill Ferguson
"Copper Canyon"
published January 2000

2000
John Jarmy
"Points West"
published March 1999

1999
Piet Boonstra
"Passage to Labrador"
published May 1998

1992
First Place:
John Van Barriger
"Ancient Strangers"
published May 1991

Second Place:
Dan Bard
"Blue Smoke, Gray Devastation"
published April 1991

Third Place:
Sam Jones
"X Marks the Spot"
published June 1991

1991
First Place:
Bowen Kerrihard
"Bushwhacked!"
published March 1990

Second Place:
Bob Anderson
"Ghost Tracks"
published September 1989

Third Place:
Dan Bard
"The Nation's River"
published August 1989

1986
Bob Anderson
"Sagebrush Railroad"
published July 1985