2020 Doris Gregory Scholarships Awarded
Congratulations to Annalisa Miller and Luis Rios, the recipients of this year’s scholarship awards. Both are students at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. See more about them in the press release.
Author: Loretta Hall
Results are in for the 2020 Zia Book Awards
Winners and Honorable Mention recipients have been named in two subcategories: Children’s Books and Youth Books. See the results on our Zia Book Awards page. Congratulations to all!
Annual Meeting Postponement
After the Declaration of a Health Emergency related to the COVID-19 virus in New Mexico last week, the NMPW Board cancelled the 2020 Conference. The Annual Meeting scheduled for Saturday, March 21st, at 8:15 a.m., unfortunately, must be postponed because it cannot be held online. New Mexico Press Women Bylaws require that the Annual Meeting […]
Communications Contest Results Are In!
The list of awards is now available. Award certificates will be mailed in the coming weeks. First Place winners are reminded that they must be members of NFPW by March 15 to move on to national competition. If you are not already a member, you may join through the NFPW website. Update: We can now […]
2020 Conference Early Registration is now open!
The 2020 NMPW Conference will be held March 20-21 at the Canyon Club, the popular site of the 2019 conference. The 2020 Conference theme is “Finding the Story: From Investigative Journalism to Mystery Writing.” Early registration is now open: Register between now and December 31, 2019, for the DISCOUNTED RATE of $150 and your 2020 […]
Network with other communication professionals
Southwest Writers invites NMPW members to its Holiday Party on December 7 from 10:00 a.m. to noon. The party is at the Albuquerque Center for Spiritual Living, 2801 Louisiana Blvd NE (one block north of Menaul on the west side of Louisiana). Come and meet more Albuquerque writers of all genres. There will be a […]
Colorado Press Women Invite NMPW Members to a Fall Conference
Weekend event planned in historic Trinidad Colorado Press Women will host a weekend getaway Oct. 4-6 at the historical city of Trinidad in southern Colorado. Trinidad, 10 miles from the New Mexico border and on the Santa Fe Trail, was founded in 1862 soon after coal was discovered in the region. Currently, it’s undergoing redevelopment […]
2019 NMPW Communications Contest Results
Awards for finalists were presented to those who attended the annual conference banquet on April 27. Certificates and Sweepstakes awards will be mailed to those who did not attend the banquet. Click the link to download the list of awards. Congratulations to all the finalists! The Sweepstakes winners (entrants with the highest total number of […]
Conference Registration Update
The 2019 NMPW Conference registration DEADLINE is midnight, Monday, April 22. See conference details on our Conference page. The banquet speaker will be the award-winning novelist Judith Van Gieson. Three of her thirteen mystery novels have been optioned for movies. She will discuss her experiences with the film industry. Join us to celebrate New Mexico […]
National Communications Contest
Entries that won first place in the NMPW Communications Contest can be forwarded to compete in the National Federation of Press Women’s Communications Contest if the following qualifications are met: The entrant must be a current member of NFPW (the national organization) by February 22 (join at https://nfpw.org/join). If the entrant was a current member […]
