Celebrate with us on April 18

Save the Date - NSNC 2024 Virtual Conference - July 19 and 20

Call for Entries - 2024 NSNC Annual Columnist Contest

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Registration Open - Erma Home Schooling

Celebrate with us on April 18

Join Us in Celebrating National Columnists Day & Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day - This April 18th, we're paying tribute to the legendary Ernie Pyle, a symbol of the courage, integrity, and human touch that define the best in journalism. But this isn't just about looking back—it's about sparking conversation on the enduring relevance of columnists in our lives today. For more details, go to https://www.columnists.com/2024/04/celebrate-with-us-on-april-18/

Call for Entries - 2024 NSNC Annual Columnist Contest

Submissions Now Open - NSNC Annual Columnist Contest - Enter Today! National Society of Newspaper Columnists Annual Column Contest Open: January 15, 2024 8:00 a.m. (EST) Closes: April 15, 2024 11:59 p.m. (EST) For Registration & General Guidelines visit: nsnc.submittable.com/submit Email Adam Earnheardt, contest chair, with any questions at acearnheardt@ysu.edu. Submit your best work! You could be one of this year's winners!

Join NSNC and Reap the Benefits!

Hope your New Year is off to an amazing start. We are excited for What’s in-store for NSNC members this year. We will also be launching our annual contest in January, so you’ll want to be sure your membership is up-to-date. Also, if you have ideas, suggestions, etc., please share with our president, Lori Duff, at lori@loriduffwrites.com or myself at nsncdirector@gmail.com Blessings to all!

Registration Open - Erma Home Schooling

The Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop is sold out, but it’s not too late for writers to experience the conference’s special blend of joy and laughter, support, and inspiration. Registration is open for Erma Home Schooling, a package that includes five keynotes live-streamed from the in-person workshop as well as four exclusive workshops. Early bird rate: $199 by March 1. The fee is $225 after March 1. Go to https://udayton.edu/blogs/erma/2023/12/doordash_erma.php for details.

In the May Newsletter

This year’s Will Rogers Humanitarian Award winner won’t have to go far to accept the award. She’s one of Detroit’s own. President Ben Pollock’s monthly contribution makes you want to say, “hmmm.” Suzette Standring has an interesting essay on “Writing to Heal.” Lots of news about your fellow members of the NSNC … and much…

The royal wedding will have to go on without me!

By Bonnie Squires Published April 27, 2011 Main Line Media Well, I must confess that I do not plan to set my alarm for 4 a.m. tomorrow morning in order to watch the royal wedding. I mean, I have been trying to understand what all the fuss is about. So Prince William is going to…

Cameron’s latest book now in paperback

A Dog's Purpose

NSNC member W. Bruce Cameron, who will receive the Columnist of the Year Award at the Detroit Conference, recently informed us, “My novel, “A Dog’s Purpose,” which spent 19 weeks on the NY Times bestseller list as a hard cover, will be out in paperback on May 24th, 2011.” Cameron has already made headlines with the…

Ernie Pyle’s historic site trying to rebound

A Columnists Day update: Ernie Pyle’s historic site trying to rebound: By Mike Leonard mleonard@heraldt.com Previously Published by Herald Times 4/17/2011 National Columnists Day was established for an annual April 18 observation because it marks the day that columnist Ernie Pyle was killed on an island in the South Pacific during World War II. Pyle was…

Two Photo-Journalists Killed in Libya

Tim Hetherington, an Academy Award nominated film photographer, died Wednesday while covering the war outside a rebel-held city in Libya. Hetherington’s film was a documentary about soldiers at an outpost in Afghanistan. He was in Libya working on a multimedia project to highlight humanitarian issues during time of war. Chris Hondros, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist…

Tammeus on Detroit Radio Show

Word is out that Bill Tammeus did a great job in a 10-minute informal interview on Mitch Albom’s radio show on WJR in Detroit, where he appeared to talk about his role in the origin of National Columnists Day. Albom hosts a primarily sports talk call-in show and the transition from jock talk — and traffic reports —…