NSNC is pleased to announce the winners and finalists of the 2024 Annual Columnist Contest. Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rsKFedu_jH5tYw6_hN1pRltusDBuJ2sX7QIv4hhGp1E/edit?usp=sharing
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!
By Ed Grisamore The (Macon) Telegraph NSNC 2012 Conference Chair Column writers attending the 36th annual NSNC Conference in Macon, Ga., May 3-6 will find a lively mix of humor and politics, served up Southern style A special guest will be Dedra Grizzard, widow of the late, great humorist Lewis Grizzard. She is expected to…
Former North Dakota Newspaper Association President and Newspaper Owner Jon Flatland Exposed in Wide-ranging Theft of Humor Columns from Across the Country An alert to NSNC members. Updates to the Memminger report follow his article. By Charles Memminger March 8, 2012 A few weeks ago, humor and travel writer Dave Fox was Googling some of…
The Robert Benchley Society has opened its 2012 Humor Writing Competition. Entries to the contest should be “Benchleyesque (in the sense of reflecting the Benchley style and humor).” Comedian Arte Johnson will serve as celebrity judge and present awards at the Ninth Robert Benchley Society International Annual Gathering, to be held this autumn in Los Angeles. The deadline…
By Don McNay, NSNC member Author, ‘Wealth Without Wall Street: A Main Street Guide to Making Money’ “where do broken hearts go” -Whitney Houston I was lucky. I’ve had tornadoes go directly over my house, on two different days last week, and not touch down. Many of my neighbors in Kentucky and surrounding states…
Wanda Argersinger Wanda Argersinger, NSNC member from Gulf Breeze, Florida, was selected as an Honorable Mention in the Humor – Global category of the 2012 Erma Bombeck writing competition. The contest is sponsored by Washington-Centerville Library in Ohio and the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop. Wanda’s winning entry, “Goodbye Old Flame” was about changing computer technology…
By Suzette Martinez Standring Whether you write op-ed, humor, lifestyle or other columns, heartfelt expression is a goal. Relaxation unlocks creativity, and I use guided imagery exercises in my writing workshops to mine memories for sensory details and emotions. Self-hypnosis, meditation, guided imagery, and trance are all the same things, and the process is common…
CONTACT: Ginny McCabe Executive Director, NSNC NSNCdirector@gmail.com For Immediate Release National Society of Newspaper Columnists Announces Elected Officers The National Society of Newspaper Columnists (NSNC) recently elected its Board of Directors. Members voted on the positions via an online ballot. The NSNC Board of Directors is pleased to present the following officers: President: Meredith Cummings…
Join or Renew Your NSNC Membership Online Whether you write for newspapers, magazines, newsletters, trade journals or you create a podcast or write digital content, or you manage your own blog … whether you’re on staff, a freelancer, syndicated, self-syndicated or independent, if you write opinion or provide commentary, we invite you to join the…
NSNC is pleased to announce the winners and finalists of the 2024 Annual Columnist Contest. Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rsKFedu_jH5tYw6_hN1pRltusDBuJ2sX7QIv4hhGp1E/edit?usp=sharing 2024 NSNC Columnist Contest Winners (for work done in 2023) Social Justice 3rd Naomi Ishisaka, The Seattle Times 2nd Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY 1st Amelia Robinson, Columbus Dispatch Crisis Commentary Honorable…
Congratulations to NSNC member Mary C. Curtis who contributed an essay in a just released book of essays: “We Refuse to Be Silent: Women’s Voices on Justice for Black Men,” along with other notable women such as Isabel Wilkerson, Donna Brazile, Michelle Duster and Darnella Frazier (a citizen journalist who recorded the George Floyd murder). For more about…
Dave Astor’s third book — “Misty the Cat…Unleashed” — has just been published. It includes several mentions of the NSNC, for which Dave was a board member from 2009 to 2023 and he remains copy editor of the NSNC newsletter. In Dave’s part-factual/part-fictional book, the asthmatic Misty slips his harness during one of his daily leashed walks…
