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From APW and BeyondArkansas Press Women Accepting Applications for Scholarship Through April 9
Arkansas Press Women has launched its 2024 scholarship contest, offering aspiring journalists and communicators a golden opportunity to shine. Arkansas Press Women awards a $1,000 scholarship each spring to an undergraduate student – male or female – who is attending...
Arkansas High School Students Take Home Awards from NFPW National Contest
In addition to students from Bryant High School winning top honors in the 2025 National Federation of Press Women’s annual high school communications contest, a dozen other talented Arkansas students won awards in the national contest.Arkansas high school students...
Arkansas Students Win Top National Award
Students from Bryant High School in Bryant, Arkansas, won top honors in the 2025 National Federation of Press Women’s annual high school communications contest. The school’s Hornet Media Staff’s Hornet News Now Episode 3, which aired Nov. 20, 2024, has been named the...
APW 75th Anniversary Investigative Reporting Mini Grant
Arkansas Press Women is excited to announce an investigative journalism grant opportunity that is available to full-time and freelance reporters who live and work in Arkansas. The $750 mini-grant will be awarded to a print, TV, radio, magazine or web journalist who...
APW Honors Kristin Higgins as 2025 Communicator of Achievement
Arkansas Press Women has named Kristin Netterstrom Higgins as the recipient of the 2025 Communicator of Achievement (COA) Award, the organization’s highest honor. The award recognizes members who have distinguished themselves professionally and through service to the...
APW Outing to UA Little Rock Baseball Game on April 26
Join us for a free group outing to the UA Little Rock vs. Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville baseball game on Saturday, April 26, at Gary Hogan Field (2400 S. Harrison St., Little Rock). The game starts at 4 p.m., and we have reserved the deck for our group.As...
APW to Host 2025 Awards Ceremony June 21
The Arkansas Press Women (APW) Association will recognize the award winners in its 2025 Professional Communications Contest at a luncheon on Saturday, June 21. The featured speaker at the luncheon will be APW vice president Lara Farrar, who will discuss her...
APW Awards Luke Morse with 2025 College Scholarship
Arkansas Press Women is proud to announce Luke Morse, a senior at Arkansas State University, as the recipient of its 2025 scholarship. As this year’s awardee, Morse will receive a $1,000 scholarship and an Arkansas Press Women membership. This award will be presented...
How to Submit Your Best Contest Entries
For a co-director, there are two challenges of the Arkansas Press Women (APW) Professional Communications Contest that must be overcome. One challenge is staying ahead of deadlines. The other is recruiting enough qualified judges. Participants in the 2025 contest can...
Applications for 2025 Arkansas Press Women College Scholarship Due March 10
Arkansas Press Women has launched its 2025 scholarship contest, offering aspiring journalists and communicators a golden opportunity to shine. Arkansas Press Women awards a $1,000 scholarship each spring to an undergraduate student – male or female – who is attending...
2024 Winner Catherine Nolte Touts Benefits of Entering APW Contest
Videography is not a skill Arkansas Press Women (APW) member Catherine Nolte lists on her LinkedIn page. But that did not stop Nolte, who is the marketing coordinator for the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank, from submitting an entry in the Video for Web Category in the...