Professional Contest

Colorado’s 2023 national contest winners

By |2023-07-01T00:09:35-06:00June 30th, 2023|Categories: Club News, Competitions, Professional Contest|

Congratulations to Colorado Press Women's entrants in the National Federation of Press Women's top contest! They all brought home awards despite the tough nationwide competition. They are: Donna Bryson: Honorable Mention—Web and Social Media-Blog, Personal Julie Estlick: Honorable Mention—Page Design, Magazine or Magapaper Kristen Gilbert: Honorable Mention—Page Design- Magazine or Magapaper  Karen Petersen: First place—Web and Social [...]

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CPW members win in 2023 NFPW At-Large Contest

By |2023-05-10T23:24:54-06:00May 10th, 2023|Categories: Club News, Competitions, Professional Contest|

Four Colorado Press Women members won first places with their entries in the NFPW At-Large Communications Contest, which means those entries are now competing in the National NFPW contest. Those winners and their entries are: Kate Ruder – 1st place – Specialty article-physical health   “        “           1st place – Specialty article-education [...]

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All Colorado entrants bring home national honors in 2022

By |2022-06-26T20:07:08-06:00June 26th, 2022|Categories: Club News, Professional Contest|

Colorado Press Women’s entrants continue to make a great showing at the NFPW professional communications contest. All six of them brought home awards! NREL's Karen Petersen and two teammates new to CPW brought home one first-place win and two third-places. New member Elizabeth Paulson of Ouray impressed judges for a first place for her book of [...]

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Here are the Colorado winners in NFPW’s At-Large Contest

By |2022-04-10T22:57:03-06:00April 10th, 2022|Categories: Club News, Professional Contest|

The contest was extremely competitive again this year with entries from eighteen states, the District of Columbia and Spain. Kathleen Spring tied with Karen Petersen and three coworkers from the Office of Communications and Public Affairs at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for most first-place wins with three, edging out Donna Bryson. Here are [...]

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CPW members score four firsts in national contest

By |2021-06-13T17:11:12-06:00June 13th, 2021|Categories: Club News, Competitions, Professional Contest|

Colorado Press Women members fared even better than previous years in the national contest of the National Federation of Press Women when the results were announced virtually June 11 during the annual conference -- four first-place awards, four second places, three thirds and two honorable mentions, meaning all 13 national entries placed. Congratulations everyone! This [...]

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Coloradans capture 14 firsts in NFPW’s At-Large Contest

By |2021-03-28T22:11:29-06:00March 27th, 2021|Categories: Club News, Competitions, Professional Contest|

Colorado Press Women entered the NFPW At-Large Communications Contest in the largest numbers yet and hauled home fourteen first-place awards. All but one are going on to the national competition. Three people entered the At-Large contest as nonmembers and joined CPW/NFPW after winning first places for their entries. Donna Bryson scored the most first places [...]

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2020 At-Large Colorado Contest Winners

By |2020-03-29T23:48:24-06:00March 29th, 2020|Categories: Professional Contest|

Colorado Press Women members again fared well in NFPW's At-Large Communications Contest for members in states that don't run their own contest. This contest is increasingly competitive and this year featured entrants from Kentucky, South Dakota, Louisiana, New York, Oregon, North Carolina, Arizona, New Jersey, Maine, Michigan and Georgia. First place winners in the At-Large Contest [...]

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Colorado Contestants Fared Well

By |2019-04-14T16:18:48-06:00April 2nd, 2019|Categories: Club News, Competitions, Professional Contest|

Colorado’s bumper crop of At-Large contest winners has yielded two national first place winners, two second places and an honorable mention in the National Federation of Press Women 2019 Communication Contest. Certificates will be presented to national winners at the awards banquet at the NFPW Conference Saturday, June 29, in Baton Rouge, LA. Colorado's national winners [...]

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Colorado writers rock!

By |2018-05-28T22:30:29-06:00May 28th, 2018|Categories: Club News, Competitions, Professional Contest|

The results are out for the 2018 National Federation of Press Women National Communications Contest. Colorado Press Women’s website has a link to the complete results. Colorado’s entrants via the At-Large Contest did really well — three first-place wins, two third-place wins and two honorable mentions. Congratulations everyone. 07A -Editorial / Opinion - Print-based newspaper Placing: [...]

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Coloradans do well in national competition

By |2017-10-26T21:37:18-06:00October 26th, 2017|Categories: Club News, Professional Contest|

Colorado Press Women members don’t enter the professional communications contest often these days, but when they do, they fare well against tough competition – two first-place awards, one second place and one third! Sonja Marie Horoshko of Cortez, writing for the Four Corners Free Press, took first in the Specialty Articles-Government or Politics category for her [...]

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