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

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.

Interview with NSNC Veep

Karen J. Rinehart is a Charlotte, NC area syndicated columnist, author and speaker. She has been writing her award-winning column, “True To Life”, (a.k.a. The Bus Stop Mommies), since 2002. It is syndicated by Media General newspapers and a regular feature on CatholicLane.com and CatholicExchange.com. Rinehart is a frequent guest humorist and “mommy expert” on…

In the March Newsletter

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Emails from NSNC are important, including the monthly newsletter.  In the March issue of the e-Columnist you’ll find: – Reasons why you should register now for the 2011 Conference in Detroit, June 23-26. – Program details from Conference Chair Brian O’Connor. – News about columnists being honored at the conference. – Some observations about “farewell columns” by…

April 18 – National Columnists’ Day

A historic picture of the original grave site of Ernie Pyle, famous World War II columnist and news journalist, surfaced recently on Facebook. It shows a long trench-like grave site where Pyle was originally laid to rest among other fallen soldiers. An unidentified soldier pays final respects in a place as simple and honest as Pyle’s writing and as bleak as…

$10,000 Contest – Detroit News, Detroit Free Press

Detroit Media Partnership announced a contest with $10,000 in prize money for the two best ideas that help the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News better serve the community and increase readership. Detroit Media Partnership, L.P. manages the business functions of the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News, the largest newspapers in Michigan.…

New Book for California Columnist

Gayle Carline, NSNC member, writes to us to say: “I wanted to let you know about my very first book of humor columns that were previously published in my newspaper, the Placentia News-Times.” Gayle has been writing for the newspaper since 2005, and has put out a book of her experiences as a columnist, woven…

Writer for Jay Leno Goes Print

The Omaha World-Herald has a new humor-columnist. Actually, he was already writing for the World-Herald as a sports columnist on a free-lance basis. Brad Dickson grew up in Omaha and was even a paperboy for the newspaper at one time in his life. But that was a long time ago, before he made it big…