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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Host the conference next year? Year after that? The NSNC Board of Directors is accepting bids for future conferences. If you think you would like to host the annual meeting in 2011 or 2012, step right up. But first, know what the job entails. Under the NSNC bylaws, the conference chair is an elective position,…
Texas columnist Tracy Farr reports that he has put together an e-book called “Never Trust a Goat.” “It’s a short and inexpensive collection of stories from my weekly column made just for those people who got a new Kindle or Sony Reader for Christmas and are looking for cheap crap to put on it.…
Brad Klontz, Psy.D. received an Innovative Practice Award from the American Psychological Association in December 2009 for his “…visionary and creative development of innovative practice strategies to apply psychological interventions to help people with money and wealth issues.” Brad’s new book, Mind Over Money: Overcoming The Money Disorders that Threaten Our Financial Health was released…
Ed Addeo of Mill Valley, Calif., has had a new novel published, “The Midnight Special”, a medical thriller about the first brain transplant. “There’s a good story behind it, actually,” Addeo says. “It’s really a new ‘edition’ of a book that was published 38 years ago by Bernard Geis Associates, and sold out its first…
Rose A. Valenta, posted this discussion group comment about benefits of becoming a member of NSNC: “I had the opportunity to write an article for e-Columnist, acquired three new Facebook friends, some tweeps, author exposure, a free booklet in the mail about syndication.” (The booklet is sent to new members.) The Philadelphia humor columnist, who…
Jay Grelen of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is taking a seven-month leave from his human-interest column “Sweet Tea.” The NSNC member is still full time in the newsroom in Little Rock, working as a night-shift news copy editor. Jay’s column ran three days a week and every other Sunday, alternating with former NSNC board member Linda…
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.
