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!
Early users of the new Apple iPad report that it is a bit like a large version of the iPhone – without a phone or camera. It is four times larger than an iPhone, has beautiful graphics, and is fast. It is great for games, movies, web surfing, music downloads, and for reading e-books, if…
Saralee Perel is currently represented by NYC agent Bob Mecoy for her first non-fiction book, The Dog Who Walked Me, which is about her dog who became her caregiver after Saralee suffered a major spinal cord injury, the devastating effects on her marriage, and her cat who kept her sane throughout. Saralee is a nationally…
On March 2, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision involving payment to freelance writers for online use of their work. This ruling means that freelancers have the right to make infringement claims on works whether a copyright is registered or not. The judgement followed a landmark Supreme Court ruling for writers in 2001…
UPDATE: “Bluebirds of Impossibles Paradises…” is now available in paperback as well as eBook. Longtime NSNC member Isadora Alman has written a new novel with an arousing title: “Bluebirds of Impossible Paradises, A Sexual Odyssey of the 70’s” – published by Amazon.com as an eBook. “It has a few very good reviews but I would…
Humor columnist and author Karen Rinehart will be among the featured speakers at Alpha Chi Omega’s 56th biennial convention in Washington, D.C.July 9-12, 2010. Rinehart, Beta Eta, Florida State University, will talk on the topic of “Maternal Revenge Phenomena: Resistance is Futile.” Rinehart has been writing her award winning syndicated newspaper column, “True To Life,…
Two and a half weeks after launching her hope and inspiration blog, new NSNC member Janis Lyn Johnson got it picked up by the Naples Daily News as a bi-weekly column for the Community sections of both the online and print versions of the newspaper. “It’s my attempt to own up to and take responsibility…
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…
