If you would like guidance with the electronic entry process for the New Mexico Press Women’s Communications Contest, you are welcome to attend a free workshop on January 5 from 12:15 until 1:15. This will follow the Southwest Writers meeting at the Center for Spiritual Living, on the northwest corner of Louisiana and Claremont (north of Menaul). This is a very broad contest that includes all types of communications, and state winners can move on to national competition. For more information on the contest categories, deadlines, and submission requirements, see newmexicopresswomen.org/2019-communications-contest. All submissions, including books, must be done electronically via the contest entry website. NMPW board members will be available to guide you through the process. We will have a few computers available, but please bring your own laptop if you can.

The Albuquerque Museum’s Author Festival is offering four outstanding workshops on Friday, November 2, 2018. See the 2018Author Festival Flyer for more information. The last day to register for the workshops is September 30, so don’t put it off!

Anyone who joins or renews their membership with New Mexico Press Women between now and October 25, 2018, will be entered into a drawing for admission to the “Journalism Under Fire” conference sponsored by the Santa Fe Council on International Relations. The conference will be held December 5-7, 2018, at the Santa Fe Convention Center. This is admission ticket is valued at $385. Annual NMPW dues are $15, and all dues paid between now and the end of this year will be for 2019. New Mexico Press Women is open to anyone (yes, you guys too!) involved in communications living and working in the state. Local chapters are active in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces. All are welcome. Join or renew here!

New Mexico Press Women is proud to co-sponsor this presentation with the New Mexico Humanities Council. Pulitzer Prize winner Hal Buell will explain the power of just the right photo. The event is free and open to the public at George Pearl Hall on the UNM campus (opposite the Frontier restaurant) at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2018. Don’t miss it!