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.

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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

Doing Your Own Thing

The secret to success in any creative venture, column writing included, is finding your own voice and sharing your unique view of the world.

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Voices From the Maelstrom

By Chris CarosaNSNC President While you’ve been busy working away, I’ve been reading for you.Sure, I know plenty of you read just as much as you write, but what are you reading? Are you reading to hone your craft? Or are you reading to survive another day.I’m doing the latter. For you. And for me.…

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Value Your Work. Value Your Industry

A rebuttal to James Haught’s article ‘Low-Pay Writing’ By Marianne Willburn NSNC Member A bottle of “Writers’ Tears” Irish whiskey has sat unmolested on my desk since it was given to me ten months ago by a friend at Christmas. Though he handed it over insisting that a garden columnist had no need of such a…

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Low-Pay Writing

Moliere said: “Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for the love of it. Then you do it for a few friends. And finally you do it for money.”

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