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June 2, 2025  

APW Typerider – June 2025

June 2025

Click here to see this month’s issue with the recap of the winners of At-large Communications Contest. our annual State Conference and to see coming events.

May 21, 2025  

Winners At-Large Communications Contest!

Congratulations to APW members who won awards in the At-Large Division of the NFPW Communications Contest this year! Arizona Professional Writers no longer has it’s own contest, but instead competes against entries from 20-some state affiliates that also do not have their own contest. Winning and placing is quite an honor! First place winners go on to compete at the national level contest. Winners of the national contest will be announced in June.

Carol Baxter
First place in Public Relations materials for “Day Tripping”

Chrisann Dawson
First place in Writing novels for adult readers for Congo Ebola

Jody Sharpe
First place in Novellas for adult readers for The Dog Who Came For Christmas

Nancy Marshall
Second Place in Writing novels for adult readers for Finding Zachariah in a Community Garden

Susan Anderson
Honorable mention in writing fiction children’s books for Cool, Cool Cactus Critters

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

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.

 

May 29, 2023  

At-large Communication Contest 1st place winners

Congratulations to our members who won first place and, in some cases, other awards, in the 2022 “at-large” division of the NFPW Communications Contest. The at-large division is for states that do not have their own contest. This year there were entries from 20 states and Spain. APW members did very well!

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”
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.
 

 

 

May 15, 2022  

2022 State Conference is a wrap!

Our 2022 State Conference is over. It was special getting to see old friends in person; some we had only ever met on a Zoom call. We also had several guests plus our speakers and our 2022 scholarship winner and her father and brother.

President Connie Cockrell called the meeting to order. We accepted the slate of officers, welcoming Jody Sharpe to the Board and passed the budget. The winners of the At-large division of the NFPW Communications Contest who were in attendance were introduced.

Our morning speaker was Dr. Karen Bryson who spoke on “The Top Ten Reasons your Book Isn’t Selling And What To Do About It.” Everyone authoring a book should take these into account.  Find help at Karen’s newest Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/motivatethemuse.

During lunch, Marie Fasano and Jody Sharpe presented our 2022 Scholarship winner, Elena Morrison, with a certificate and a check for $1000 to pursue a career in journalism. Elena is a student at Coconino Community College in Flagstaff.

Brad Graber spoke after lunch on “The Stories We Tell Ourselves: The Importance of Shifting Our Mindset.” Using personal stories and humor, Brad shared how we can limit ourselves. His website is BradGraber.com.

The last activity was a tour of the wonderful Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West. Their collection of all things Western is second to none. Put it on your list to visit if you never have. https://scottsdalemuseumwest.org

April 28, 2022  

Jodi Decker – another winner!

Jodi Decker was awarded Honorable Mention in the Specialty Articles, History category in the A-large division of the 2021 NFPW Communications Contest for her essay in The Stars in Your Family: The Southern California Genealogical Society Anthology. Congratulations, Jodi!

Jodi and other winners will be recognized at our May 14 State Conference in Scottsdale. (see tab above for details and to register.)

Competition in the At-large contest was strong with entries from 18 states, the District of Columbia and Spain.

April 25, 2022  

Jody Sharpe – 3rd place winner!

Jody Sharpe won third place in Fantasy in the At-large division of the 2021 NFPW Communications Contest! She won for her book, Town of Angels Christmas. Congratulations, Jody!

There was strong competition in the At-Large division with entrants from 18 states, the District of Columbia and Spain.

Jody and the other APW members who won awards in the contest will be honored at our annual State Conference on May 14 at Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West. Besides our business meeting and honoring winners, we’ll have two excellent speakers, a salad lunch and a private docent-led tour of the museum. (Free parking is available.) See the tab above for details and to register. Both members and guests are welcome.

April 20, 2022  

Chrisann Dawson – two awards!

In the At-large division of the 2021 NFPW Communications Contest, Chrisann Dawson won 2nd in General Non-fiction for her devotional, Principles and Proverbs from Pride and Prejudice. And she received an honorable mention for her novel in the Fiction for Adult Readers category, Congo Crisis.

Chrisann will be recognized at the 2022 APW State Conference on May 14 (see tab above) and  will be selling her books at the Payson Book Festival on July 23.

This year’s At-large division of the Communications Contest had strong entries from 18 states, the District of Columbia and Spain.

Congratulations, Chrisann!

 

 

 

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