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Plotkin Honored in Birmingham
From a farm on Copperhead Hill, teenager Helen Sheffield penned hundreds of poems. Her favorite books grabbed her and wouldn’t let her go until she finished the last page. Helen wanted to do this, too. She wanted to be a writer. This desire led her to the El...
Arkansas Students Win 11 NFPW High School Journalism Contest Awards
Arkansas high school students were well represented in the winners of the 2017 National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest. Our first place winners at the state level won 11 awards at the national level, a competition open to high school...
Founding APW Member Named to Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame
Dorothy Stuck received a letter in the mail addressed to Mrs. Howard C. Stuck, the owner and editor of three Poinsett County newspapers. The letter invited her to join Arkansas Newspaper Women, a fledgling offshoot of the Arkansas Press Association ushered in by...
Bill Shrum Starts Journalism Scholarship
Bill Shrum gives back to his community in many ways, from working at the local newspaper to serving on the city council. Now the Arkansas Press Women member gives back in another way: raising money for high school journalists to go to college. Two years ago, the Bill...
2017 Communications Contest Open
Greetings, professional communicators! The 2017 Arkansas Communications Contest is now open for entries! You will find complete information for entering the all-electronic 2017 competition on the Communications Contest pages on the NFPW website...
Membership Renewal Time
The 2017 contest deadline is around the corner but there's a step along the way that you can't skip. January means renewal time for APW members. Renew online at http://nfpw.org/join.php#forms.
Women in Media Summit is Oct. 29
Arkansas Press Women has joined forces with the Society of Professional Journalists student chapter and the Lemke Department of Journalism at the University of Arkansas to host a Women in Media Summit on Oct. 29. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m., followed by a welcome...
2016 High School Contest Winners
Fifteen talented Arkansas high school students won awards in the 2016 National Federation of Press Women High School Communications Contest. There were six winners from Bryant High School; four from Haas Hall Academy; two from Southside High School; and one each from...
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.