NFPW Communications Contest encourages and rewards excellence in communications in a wide range of categories — writing, editing, page design, photography, graphics, radio, television, web and social media, advertising, public relations/promotion/publicity, speeches, collegiate/education, books and creative writing.
Colorado members of NFPW are urged to enter the At-Large Contest run by the National Federation of Press Women for states without an active contest (like Colorado). First-place At-Large winners are automatically entered in NFPW’s national contest if they are NFPW members. Competitors are often from New York, New Hampshire, Maryland, Louisiana, Nevada, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, Maine, Oregon, Wyoming, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut and Michigan.
The 2022 NFPW professional communications contest is OPEN for entries produced during calendar year 2021.
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Deadlines
Early Deadline, January 19, 2022 (noon in your time zone)
A one-time $25 fee will be assessed to all entrants after this date.
Book Final Deadline, February 2, 2022 (noon in your time zone)
Due to the extended time it takes to judge book categories, all book entries must be entered by this date.
Final Deadline, February 9, 2022 (noon in your time zone)
All remaining entries must be entered by this date. - At-Large winners will be notified in March, and first-place winners must be NFPW members by March 15 to compete in the national contest.
- National winners will be notified in April and honored at NFPW conference at the awards dinner.
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