As an award winning outdoor writer and environmental journalist, Annette McGivney is published in a variety of national magazines and newspapers and is the Southwest Editor for Backpacker magazine. Her stories have appeared in Backpacker, The Guardian, Arizona Highways, Sunset, Outside, The New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and Runners World.
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McGivney interviews here Navajo traditional healer Jones Benally for a story about Native American connections to the San Francisco Peaks.
"To Hellsgate and Back," Arizona Highways, Feb. 2013. Winner of the 2014 IRMA Award for Best Travel Feature from the International Regional Magazine Association.
Award Winning Articles
"Across the Great Divide," Arizona Highways. Winner of the 2017 IRMA Gold Award in the General Feature category from the International Regional Magazine Association.
"Freefall," Backpacker, June 2008. Winner of a 2008 Maggie Award from the Western Publications Association for "Best News Story"
© Photo by Eirini Pajak
"Ba'Cho," Arizona Highways, Aug. 2015. Winner of the 2016 IRMA Award of Merit in the Nature and Environment category from the International Regional Magazine Association.
Selected Publications
"Arch Rival," Arizona Highways, Nov. 2012. Winner of the 2013 IRMA Award for Best Travel Feature from the International Regional Magazine Association.