Contest submissions now open! 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.
We’re counting down to #SunshineWeek 2026, March 15-21. Together, we champion #OpenRecords and #OpenGovernment nationwide March 15-21. #FOIA #transparency. Free resources: sunshineweek.org
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We are excited for What’s in-store for NSNC members this year. We are gearing up to launch the NSNC Annual Columnist Contest on January 15, so you’ll want to be sure your membership is up-to-date. Also, if you have ideas, suggestions, etc., please share them with our President Meredith Cummings at meredithcummings@gmail.com or Executive Director Ginny McCabe at nsncdirector@gmail.com. Thank you for your support of NSNC!
Carl Hiaasen to receive 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award By Mike Leonard 2010 Conference Chair Carl Hiaasen of The Miami Herald has been named the recipient of the 2010 Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Hiaasen will receive his award at the annual NSNC conference to be staged this…
Texas junior high and high school students who publish The Black Cow student newspaper recently earned 56 awards in the annual statewide journalism competition. NSNC Education Foundation Secretary, Dave Lieber, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, is the student newspaper’s advisor and is justifiably proud of their accomplishments. Fewer entries were allowed in each category this year muting the…
Tom Rademacher, long-time columnist for The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press, has launched a first book of columns, entitled “Splitting Wood.” The first printing sold out in less than three weeks, and Rademacher “blames” his good fortune in part on Dave Lieber, whose upbeat presentation at last year’s NSNC convention in Ventura, Calif., was alone worth…
Upcoming conferences were the major item of discussion when the Board of Directors for NSNC met June 3 via Chatzy. The Conference in Bloomington is only a little over a month away and registration slots and hotel rooms are still available for what is shaping up as an exciting event. Mike Leonard, Conference Chair, is…
NSNC member, Jeff Zaslow, Wall Street Journal, reflects on the breakup of Al and Tipper Gore after 40 years and why other long-term marriages can end in divorce. Read the column: ‘Till 40 Years Do Us Part
For all who have been breathless waiting, the new AP Stylebook was released on June 1. E&P says, “It’s the copy editor’s bible, the one book they reach for when questions of style, or usage, or even spelling arise.” The 2010 edition has been much anticipated because it contains six pages of social media guidelines…
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists 2026 Annual Columnist Contest is open and accepting entries through April 17. “We are accepting entries from columnists, bloggers, and serial essayists for work published in 2025. Everyone is welcome to submit. You don’t have to be an NSNC member to enter. However, you can save on entry fees…
NSNC member Paul Lander’s new video, “54321: Five Rejected Peanuts Specials,” is a fast, funny parody poking fun at those classic Peanuts holiday specials. It’s one installment in a growing humor series ‘54321,’ Paul co-wrote, executive produced, co-created with filmmaker Matthew Clark. Watch here Lander’s new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn5vf2M8Ls0
We’re counting down to #SunshineWeek 2026, March 15-21. Together, we champion #OpenRecords and #OpenGovernment nationwide March 15-21. #FOIA #transparency. Free resources: sunshineweek.org
NSNC 2026 Columnist Contest Read the Rules, Select Your Category, and Enter HERE Beginning on January 15, 2026, we are accepting entries from columnists, bloggers, and serial essayists for our Annual Columnist Contest (for work published in 2025). Enter here. We are accepting entries from columnists, bloggers, and serial essayists published in 2025. Everyone is welcome to…
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists 2026 Annual Columnist Contest is open and accepting entries through April 17. “We are accepting entries from columnists, bloggers, and serial essayists for work published in 2025. Everyone is welcome to submit. You don’t have to be an NSNC member to enter. However, you can save on entry fees by…
