NSNC 2026 Columnist Contest - Deadline Extended to May 1

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NSNC 2026 Columnist Contest - Deadline Extended to May 1

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.

Consider a Gift to the NSNC Education Foundation

The National Society of Newspaper Columnists Education Foundation is a tax-exempt charitable organization [501(c)3] devoted to the education and training of new and experienced columnists everywhere. Donate here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/NSNCEdFnd

The Depressing Sprint to Jettison Print

Early in the morning of Feb. 26, the last edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that would ever be printed on a Friday landed on stoops, porches, sidewalks, lawns, and hedges with the indifference most of us had grown used to over the years.

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Editor Etiquette for Freelance Writers

An editor’s job is to manage content and shape submissions to match their publication’s style and objective. Working with freelancers is part of that job and there are a few simple things that will help you stand out among your colleagues and be deemed “a dream to work with.”

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Column Writing Is Your Superpower to Enact Change in Your Community

By NSNC President Tony Norman and NSNC Communications Director Bonnie Jean Feldkamp   Columns, as opposed to explanatory news stories, are uniquely positioned in the journalistic ecosystem to get things done. Unlike our just-the-facts reporter counterparts, we columnists get to directly call out our elected officials and community leaders, hold them to account, and ask for…

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