Contest submissions will be accepted through May 1! We are accepting entries from columnists, bloggers, and serial essayists for our 2026 Annual Columnist Contest (for work published in 2025). We will accept entries from columnists, bloggers, and serial essayists published in 2025. Everyone is welcome to submit. You don’t have to be an NSNC member.
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The major topic of discussion at the Sunday evening meeting of the Board of Directors was the upcoming conference in Detroit. Conference Chair Brian O’Connor of the Detroit News filled in the board on details in the works at the current time. The theme of this year’s conference is “Rebound in Motown.” Along those lines, O’Connor…
Liz Pulliam Weston, author of several personal finance books, syndicated columnist and the most-read personal finance writer on the Web, will lead a panel on “Building Your Personal Brand” at the NSNC Annual Conference in Detroit. Liz has just published a new book and will include a stop at our conference as part of a…
‘We Remember When’: Memoirs from Milton’s Fuller Village As published in The Patriot Ledger – Feb 8, 2011 MILTON – Residents of the Fuller Village senior residence have ccmpiled a collection of personal memories that go back as far back as World War I and the Depression. It includes stories about their coming of age, including…
Dear friends: Although there’s still snow on the ground here in Kansas City, I’m thinking of summer weather, specifically the week of July 4-10 in the red rock hills of northern New Mexico, where I’ll be teaching a weeklong Ghost Ranch writing seminar called “Restless Hearts: Writing Our Way Toward Home.” Home is not necessarily…
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 7, 2011 – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times movie columnist, author, television host and blogger, has been selected to receive the 2011 Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. “As a small boy I read my aunt’s book of Ernie Pyle’s reporting, which makes his award even more…
Save the Date NSNC 2026 Columnist Contest Virtual Awards Ceremony – July 23, 2026 at 7 p.m. EST Mark your calendar for the 2026 NSNC Virtual Awards Ceremony, which will be held on Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m. EST. Winners will be announced at an online celebration on July 23 at 7 p.m. EST.…
NSNC 2026 Columnist Contest Deadline Extended – Enter by May 1 National Society of Newspaper Columnists Annual Column Contest Deadline Extended – Contest Closes: May 1, 2026 11:59 p.m. (EST) For Registration & General Guidelines visit: nsnc.submittable.com/submit Email Joanne Browkaw, contest chair, with any questions at joannebrokaw@gmail.com. “The NSNC Annual Columnist Contest gives columnists a chance to…
National Society of Newspaper Columnists Annual Column Contest Last Call to Enter! Closes: April 17, 2026 11:59 p.m. (EST) For Registration & General Guidelines visit: nsnc.submittable.com/submit Email Joanne Browkaw, contest chair, with any questions at joannebrokaw@gmail.com. “The NSNC Annual Columnist Contest gives columnists a chance to win awards for their submissions and be acknowledged by their peers.”…
Christine Heinrichs recently published a significant story that is raising awareness of elephant seals. Here is a link to the story: https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/avian-flu-strikes-californias-northern-elephant-seals-area-quarantined/ Heinrichs has published other important works about elephant seals. Her articles and books are featured at www.christineheinrichs.com.
