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Apply for an APW Scholarship by the April 1 Deadline
Supporting Our Future APW awards a $1,000 scholarship each spring to an undergraduate student – male or female – who is planning a career in mass communications or journalism at an Arkansas college or university.The deadline to apply is April 1, 2015. Click on...
New Deadline for High School Journalism Contest
Arkansas Press Women has moved its deadline for the high school journalism contest from Tuesday, March 3 to Monday, March 9 because of the winter weather and recent school closings. For more information about the contest, click here.
High school contest forms now available
Attention high school journalism teachers and students - contest deadlines are right around the corner. The postmark deadline for the 2015 high school contest is March 3, 2015 and contest fees are still only $3 per entry. Did you know that your first place winners are...
Contest countdown is underway
The countdown to the 2015 Communications Contest's first deadlines are underway! For details see the contest page on this blog.
Je Suis Charlie
In an effort to show U.S. solidarity for those journalists killed in the deadly terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, media organizations, including NFPW, have joined together, deploring this act and others that target freedom of expression. As part of the...
2015 Communications Contest
What were your best pieces of 2014? Start digging them out in anticipation of the 2015 APW Communications contest. More details to come, but keep in mind the Feb. 2 deadline for books and the Feb. 9 deadline for everything else.
Going to Greenville – NFPW National Conference just around the corner
South Carolina is hosting the 2014 NFPW conference on Sept. 2-4. If you haven't registered already, here's a quick link to our South Carolina affiliate: http://scmediawomen.org/nfpw-national-conference/ Media Women of South Carolina has planned an outstanding...
Fall Conference Set for Oct. 11 in Mountain Home
Arkansas Press Women will gather Oct. 11 on the scenic campus of Arkansas State University-Mountain Home for “Smooth Sailing,” a fall professional development conference. Mary Kellogg-Joslyn, a veteran television producer, Disney executive and entrepreneur, will...
Celebrating Excellence Luncheon – April 26
APW invites celebrates our high school contest winners and college scholarship recipients at this special luncheon featuring IRE Data Editor Denise Malan, who will talk about her experience as a student journalist in Arkansas and about what future journalists need to...
Packet party
APW members gathered at the Manees house in North Little Rock on Saturday, Jan. 4, for a packet making party. Some Diet Coke, carrots and a few doughnuts later, and the group created membership packets for potential associate, student and professional members. Thanks...