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Arkansas Members Earn National Awards in NFPW Contest
Dozens of Arkansas Press Women (APW) members earned national recognition in the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) 2025 National Communications Contest. The awards were announced Sept. 13 during the 2025 NFPW Conference in Golden, Colorado, where more than 250...
Young Author Advocates for Kindness Through Award-Winning Children’s Book
Meet Aly Hobson, Arkansas Press Women’s Youngest Winner of 2025Aly Hobson, a 17-year-old rising senior at White Hall High School, is the youngest winner of the Arkansas Press Women’s 2025 Professional Communications Contest. She received third place in the category of...
Arkansas Press Women Honors Richard Plotkin with Inaugural Distinguished Service Award
Arkansas Press Women (APW) has named Richard Plotkin as the recipient of its inaugural Distinguished Service Award, created to recognize and celebrate individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service and leadership within the communications industry, particularly...
Josie Lenora Receives Arkansas Press Women’s First Investigative Journalism Mini-Grant
Arkansas Press Women (APW) has awarded its inaugural investigative journalism mini-grant to Josie Lenora, politics and government reporter for Little Rock Public Radio. Lenora will use the $750 grant to support an in-depth podcast season examining the political career...
APW names winners of 2025 Communications Contest
Ya!Mule Wordsmiths’ Hebda receives 4th straight Sweepstakes Award Arkansas Press Women announced winners of its annual Professional Communications Contest at an awards luncheon Saturday at Central Baptist College in Conway. Work produced in a variety of communications...
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...