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The 2023 New Mexico Press Women Communications Contest will open for entries October 1. The state contest is the first tier in the National Federation of Press Women’s contest. Entries are submitted through the National Federation of Press Women’s Communications Contest portal .
The New Mexico Press Women’s Communications Contest is judged at the state level. First place winners in the state level contest are eligible to move to the national level of judging. To be eligible to move to the national contest, the entrant must be a member in good standing with the National Federation of Press Women.
The contest is open to media people over the age of 18 regardless of gender, professional status or location. There are 61 categories covering writing, editing, photography, graphic design, radio and television, web and social media, advertising, communication programs and campaigns, public relations materials, information for the media, speeches and collegiate/education.
All work must have been published or broadcast between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 to be eligible for entry.
Entry fees for New Mexico Press Women are $25 for the first entry and $15 for each additional entry. Nonmember fees are $30 for the first entry and $20 for each additional entry. Student fees are $10 for the first and $10 for each additional entry. A one time $25 late fee will be assessed to all professional contest entrants after the Jan. 18, 2023 deadline. Feb. 1, is the entry deadline for all books. Feb. 8, is the final contest deadline and on Feb. 10 state level contest judging begins.
Judging will be completed by March 10 and first place winners that want to go on to the national contest must be members of the national organization by March 15. The national judging will be completed by April 7. New Mexico Press Women will pay the additional national entry fee for one qualified entry by an NMPW member; national fees for additional entries by NMPW members and all entries for nonmembers must be paid by the entrant.
State level contest winners will be announced at the annual NMPW conference planned for March 10-11, 2023 at Isleta Hotel and Resort. For more information go to newmexicopresswomen.org.
The Las Cruces Press Women will host the NMPW Communication Contest workshop on Tuesday, December 8, 6–7pm. Contest chair Carolyn Carlson will give us the lowdown on eligibility, rules, categories, and awards.
Advanced registration is required to attend this Zoom meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Hope to see you there!
This is a reminder for you to submit your entries now for the 2021 Communications Contest and the Zia Book Award Contest. Both are now open for submissions.
The 2021 National Federation of Press Women and New Mexico Press Women Communications Contest is open on October 1. Click here for more information and to enter or log on to the NFPW website.
The communications contest is a two-tiered contest open to anyone over the age of 18 regardless of age, gender, professional status or location.
The contest is open Oct. 1, 2020. Book entries are accepted until February 3, 2021 at midnight our time zone. All other entries are accepted until February 10, 2021 until midnight our time zone. All entries received after January 27, 2021 will be charged a one-time $25 late fee.
The first tier of the contest is at the state level. Winners at the state level earn the chance to compete at the national level. To be able to compete at the national level, the winning entrant must be a member in good standing with the NFPW by March 15, 2021. Entrants can join once they are notified of their winning entry.
Entrants with wins across multiple categories are entered into the state sweepstakes category, which uses a weighted point value for each placing entry. Based on those totals, sweepstakes awards are given to the three top-scoring entrants.
Entry fees for the New Mexico contest are $25 for the 1st entry $15 for each additional for NMPW members; entry fees for non-members are $30 for the 1st and $20 for each additional.
For more information contact contest@newmexicopresswomen.org.