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November 4, 2024  

APW Rim Country Chapter Hybrid meeting 11/20/24

Connie Cockrell is inviting you to a hybrid meeting of Rim Country Chapter. Meet at Majestic Rim Retirement Living in the chapel off of the main lobby located at 310 E. Tyler Pkwy, Payson or join on Zoom. All are welcome.

Topic: Connie Cockrell – discussion of the newly opened NFPW 2025 Communications Contest and our individual writing plans for 2025.
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM Arizona
Where: Majestic Rim Retirement Living in the chapel off of the main lobby located at 310 E. Tyler Pkwy, Payson

Or, Join on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82729963849?pwd=8QeUTCezK6eE0W3pWifsk29yAbeeKq.1

Meeting ID: 827 2996 3849
Passcode: 821777
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcTKISeOnh

We’re also announcing our Chapter Christmas luncheon at Crosswinds restaurant from 11:30 to 1pm. 800 W. Airport Rd, Payson. All are welcome.

November 4, 2024  

2025 NFPW Communications Contest now open!

Professional Communications Contest accepting entries!

The contest is open to writers, authors, bloggers, copy editors, page designers, public affairs professionals, photographers, publishers and others in the communications field.

Communicators of all ages are invited to enter. The professional contest includes categories for work appearing in college media and for college media advisors.

All entries must be published in 2024.

The early deadline to submit entries – and avoid a one-time additional fee of $25 – is Jan. 29, 2025. The final deadline for books is Feb. 5, 2025, and the final deadline for all other entries is Feb. 19, 2025.

The contest is sponsored by NFPW affiliates. If you live in a state without an affiliate hosting a contest, you are eligible to enter the At-Large contest.

First-place-winning entries in the affiliate and at-large contests are eligible to advance to the national competition. To enter the national contest, the entrants must be NFPW members, or must join by March 15, 2024.

National winners will be notified in June. Contest awards will be presented during a banquet on Sept. 13, 2025, as part of the 2025 NFPW Conference in Golden, Colorado.

Contest categories and rules have been reviewed and updated for the 2025 competition. Look for minor changes throughout and for new opportunities to enter in several categories, including Books, Short Stories and Verse, Photography, Radio/Television and Collegiate/Education. Visit https://www.nfpw.org/professional-contest for more details.
June 23, 2024  

NFPW Communications Contest winners!

Congratulations to the winners from APW who won or placed in the NFPW Communications Contest! Each person had to win a first in their category in the At-Large contest before going onto the national contest. Again this year, APW had a great showing!
Carol Jean Baxter, At-Large – Arizona
· Honorable Mention — 52 – Brochure > Nonprofit, government or educational for “Authors & Artists Festival 2023 Brochure”
Bobbie Bennett, At-Large – Arizona
· 2nd Place — Publications Regularly Written by Entrant > Newsletter/other publication, nonprofit, government or educational for “Beaver Valley Estates Bulletins”
Nancy Marshall, At-Large – Arizona
· 1st Place — Writing > Fiction for Adult Readers > Novels for “A DRY HATE: Power Versus The People”
Janelle Molony, At-Large – Arizona
· 1st Place — Book Edited by Entrant for “The 1864 Diary of Mrs. Sarah Jane Rousseau”
Jody Sharpe, At-Large – Arizona
· Honorable Mention — Writing > Fiction for Adult Readers > Novellas for “Summer of Angels”
Jessica Votipka, At-Large – Arizona
· Honorable Mention — Specialty Articles > Social issues for “Tucson Unified offering its families emergency housing”
· 2nd Place — News Story > Print-based newspaper for “Gate at Tucson school needed repair 9 days before it fell, killing child”
· 2nd Place — Specialty Articles > Science or technology for “Students make prosthetic legs for developing countries”
APW winners (Not pictured Janelle Molony and Jessica Votipka)

 

May 6, 2024  

Photo recap – 2024 State Conference

The APW 2024 State Conference was held on the beautiful grounds of the Franciscan Renewal Center in Paradise Valley. Officers were elected. Winners in the At-large division of the NFPW Communication Contest were announced. The 1st place winners will be entered in the national contest and winners announced in June. We also awarded our $1000 scholarship to Grace Meinema, who won it last year as well. Our two excellent speakers were Kathleen Osbourne and Howard Gershkowitz. They provided excellent insights into our theme “May the 4th Be With You!” A docent, Ann, from the Renewal Center gave us a history of the Center.

Photo credits: Bobbie Bennett, photographer except for 3 with an * by Jaimie Bruzenak

April 29, 2024  

Congratulations, Jacque Hillman!

Congratulations to APW member, Jacque Hillman!

The American Book Festival Legacy Awards has chosen three of our HillHelen Group Publishers’ books as national finalists:
  • Captain of the Tides Gunner Morgan, by Charles D. Morgan with Jacque Hillman, fiction/military
  • Footprints on the Mountain: Hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine by Dr. Dennis Renshaw, nonfiction/inspirational
  • Why Can’t Mother Vote? Joe Hanover and the Unfinished Business of Democracy by Bill Haltom, nonfiction/history/Best Book Design.
Way to go!
January 25, 2024  

NFPW Communication Contest deadline 2/7

 

Contest Entries Due at Noon on Wednesday, February 7

It’s deadline time for NFPW’s annual communications contests!

  • All entries are due at noon (in your time zone) on Feb. 7, 2024.
  • NFPW’s High School Communications Contest entries are due at noon (in your time zone) on Feb. 7, 2024.

Other contest details: 

  • Contest information link: https://www.nfpw.org/professional-contest
  • First-place winners from the state-level and at-large contests advance to the national level of judging. Entrants must be members of the National Federation of Press Women to compete at the national level and may join NFPW after learning of their winning status if their affiliate does not require membership to enter the state-level contest.
  • All work must have been published or broadcast between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2023, to be eligible for entry.
  • The early deadline has passed, so expect to pay a $25 processing fee (in addition to regular entry fees) on your first professional contest entry.

Visit the Categories and Requirements page on our contest site (nfpw.org) for a complete list of categories and entry guidelines. Each category and subcategory has specific guidelines and requirements.

We enter the At-Large Contest!

Questions?

Questions relating to professional contest entries and categories should be directed to Helen Plotkin, NFPW Professional Contest Director, at haplotkin@outlook.com

Questions relating to contest entries and categories in the high school contest should be directed to Teri Ehresman, NFPW High School Contest Director, at islandpark723@gmail.com

Questions relating to issues submitting the entries and issues with the online contest should be directed to Savannah Callan at contest@nfpw.org.

 

December 16, 2022  

NFPW Communications Contest now open

The annual National Federation of Press Women’s communications contest has officially opened!
 
The contest is open to writers, authors, copy editors, public affairs professionals, photographers, publishers or others in the communications field.
 
Entries must be published in 2022 and entries are open to writers of all ages.
 
The early deadline to submit entries – and avoid a one-time additional fee of $25 – is Jan. 18, 2023. The final deadline for books is Feb. 1, 2023 and the final deadline for all other entries is Feb. 8, 2023.
 
The contest is sponsored by NFPW affiliates and people living in states without an affiliate hosting a contest are eligible to enter the NFPW at-large contest. (APW members enter in the at-large contest.)
 
First place winning entries in the affiliate and at-large contests are eligible to advance to the national competition. To enter the national contest, the entrants must be NFPW members, or must join by March 15, 2023.
 
National winners will be notified in late April and the results announced during an awards dinner on June 24, 2023, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
 

 

 

October 3, 2022  

NFPW Contest now open

The 2023 Contest is OPEN!

The annual National Federation of Press Women’s communications contest has officially opened!

The contest is open to writers, authors, copy editors, public affairs professionals, photographers, publishers or others in the communications field.

Entries must be published in 2022 and entries are open to writers of all ages.

The early deadline to submit entries – and avoid a one-time additional fee of $25 – is Jan. 18, 2023. The final deadline for books is Feb. 1, 2023 and the final deadline for all other entries is Feb. 8, 2023.

The contest is sponsored by NFPW affiliates and people living in states without an affiliate hosting a contest are eligible to enter the NFPW at-large contest.

First place winning entries in the affiliate and at-large contests are eligible to advance to the national competition. To enter the national contest, the entrants must be NFPW members, or must join by March 15, 2023.

National winners will be notified in late April and the results announced during an awards dinner on June 24, 2023, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

See NFPW.org/professional-contest for more information.
June 29, 2022  

Brad Graber – NFPW Award winner!

Brad Graber is our third APW member who won an award at the National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest. After winning first place in the At-large contest, Brad’s entry, Boca by Moonlight won honorable mention at the national level in the category “Fiction for adult readers.”

Congratulations, Brad, for your work being recognized at the national level! We are proud of you!

June 29, 2022  

Jan Cleere – NFPW Award winner!

Jan Cleere is another APW winner in this year’s National Federation of Press Women’s Communication Contest. After winning first place in the At-large competition, her entry went on to the national contest. Jan placed second in her category: “Books, Biography or History” with her entry, Military Wives in Arizona Territory: A History of Women Who Shaped the Frontier.

Congratulations, Jan! We are proud of you!

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