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

Call for Entries - 2024 NSNC Annual Columnist Contest

National Columnists Day & Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day April 18

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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) Contest Extended to May 3, 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!

National Columnists Day & Ernie Pyle Remembrance Day 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/

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!

California Columnist in The Writer Magazine

   Judy Gruen, a Los Angeles health care writer-turned humorist who has written three award-winning books and hundreds of columns and features, is the author of an article on self-publishing appearing in the June issue of  The Writer magazine.    Titled “Self-publishing: A few hard-earned lessons”, the article has this teaser on the magazine’s website…

Book Launch Recap & New Debut

Greetings!   Launch party recap for Mommy are we French Yet? Oh my gosh, I was so thrilled and surprised with the great response I received for the launch of my book Mommy are we French Yet? Either no one had anything to do on a Saturday afternoon or to repeat Sally Fields famous line…

Column by NSNC Scholarship Winner

Derek Wilson

Derek Wilson is a senior at Ball State University with a double major in economics and finance and writes ‘Making Cents’ for the  BSU Daily News. This is one of three columns that netted him First Place in the NSNC Student Scholarship Contest. Recessions not bad, should happen more often By Derek Wilson, Ball State…

Distinguished Author on Conference Panel

James Alexander Thom

James Alexander Thom is an author best known for his novels of historical fiction.  A graduate of the Journalism School at Butler University, he has been the business editor of the Indianapolis Star, the senior editor of the Saturday Evening Post, and was on the journalism faculty at Indiana University.  After authoring a dozen works of historical…

Humor in the Classifieds

The Perfect Job By Robert Hankins, The Record Newspapers (TX) It’s been said there’s no such thing as a perfect job. But is it perhaps true there really are? It’s just that you never see them in the classifieds? I wondered what some of those might look like, so please read along with me: •…

Last Memminger Column Will Run

After 31 years of continuous writing for Honolulu newspapers, Charley Memminger’s run will end with his last Charleyworld column on May 30. The new Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the result of a merger, will not be picking up his column on a freelance basis.  Memminger began his three times a week humor column “Honolulu Lite” in 1992 during his 30 years of employment with…