Communications Contest

National Federation of Press Women annual Communications Contest

APW does not currently have its own contest and, instead, participates in the “at-large” contest.

Winners in the At-large contest for 2022, see the article in the Payson Roundup written by Marie Fasano. See https://www.paysonroundup.com/news/local/arizona-professional-writers-garner-writing-awards/article_27c82153-370e-5f0d-8986-15b2c5965231.html

This year’s at-large contest had entries from 20 states and Spain. Arizona had an excellent showing. Here are the APW 2022 Communications Contest winners. First place entries will go on to the national contest. Winners at that level will be announced at the 2023 NFPW Communications Conference in June.

Connie Cockrell

  • FIRST PLACE: Advertising Poster, Billboard or Banner: “Arizona Professional Writers Conference 2022”
    HONORABLE MENTION: Print-based newspaper: “Celebrating International Women’s Day”

Nancy Marshall

  • FIRST PLACE: Children’s Book, Fiction: A Rattler’s Tale

Jodi Decker

  • FIRST PLACE: Social Media Presence – Nonprofit, government or educational: “Seven Years Insane”

Jody Sharpe

  • FIRST PLACE: Novellas (40,000 words or fewer):
    “20 Moon Rd. An Angel’s Tale”

Marie Fasano

  • FIRST PLACE: News Story Print-based newspaper: “Complications of pregnancy and changes in the law”
  • THIRD PLACE: Photographer-writer: “New student aviation club gives teens a chance to fly”

Bobbie Bennett

  • THIRD PLACE: Publications Regularly Written by Entrant-Newsletter/other publication, nonprofit, government or educational: “Beaver Valley Estates Monthly Bulletins – March 2022”
  • HONORABLE MENTION: Publications Regularly Written by Entrant – Newsletter/other publication, nonprofit, government or educational: “Beaver Valley Estates Bulletins – December 2022”
  • HONORABLE MENTION: Publications Regularly Written by Entrant – Newsletter/other publication, nonprofit, government or educational: “Beaver Valley Estates Monthly Bulletins – November 2022”

Chrisann Dawson

  • HONORABLE MENTION: Fiction for Adult Readers – Novels (More than 40,000 words): “Congo Terror”

Kathleen Kelly

  • HONORABLE MENTION: Fiction for Adult Readers – Novels (More than 40,000 words): “Voices of the ER”