Seventy-five years after an active group of suffragettes and temperance workers founded the Illinois Woman's Press Association (IWPA), the oldest active organization of women writers began honoring an individual from within its membership with a distinctive award. Today, that honor is known as the Communicator of Achievement. IWPA is an affiliate of the National Federation [...]
This year IWPA celebrates the 83rd Mate E. Palmer Communications Contest. Begun in 1941 in memory of IWPAs ninth president, Mate E. Palmer, it would be Sadie Quayle, Palmer’s caregiver who had cared for her during her last days of illness, who approached then president, Helen Miller Malloch requesting the Association establish a writing contest [...]
Illinois Woman’s Press Association Since 1885 www.iwpa.org For immediate release April 3, 2024 Contact: Art Brauer, IWPA President P.O. Box 567 Palos Park, Illinois 60464 IWPA1885@gmail.com IWPA Announces 2024 Communicator of Achievement Friedberg Takes Top Award Palos Park, IL – The Illinois Woman’s Press Association, an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women [...]
2024 Silver Feather Winner, Janice Newman Entrepreneur Janice Newman has won the 2024 Silver Feather Award for the 83rd Illinois Woman’s Press Association Mate E. Palmer Professional Communications Contest. Her entries earned her five First Place Awards, and five Second Place, captured three Third Place and claimed three Honorable Mentions in the competition. [...]
The Illinois Woman’s Press Association (IWPA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 IWPA Mate E. Palmer Professional Communications Contest. 114 awards will be presented in May at the annual awards luncheon to be held at The Public Landing in Lockport, Illinois. This year, 41 First Place winning entries have moved on to [...]
The Illinois Woman’s Press Association (IWPA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2023 IWPA Mate E. Palmer Professional Communications Contest. 103 awards will be presented on May 27 at the annual awards luncheon to be held at The Public Landing in Lockport, Illinois. This year, 40 First Place winning entries have moved on [...]
Outstanding communications entries from throughout the United States have won honors in the 2022 National Communications Contest sponsored by the National Federation of Press Women. Nearly 300 professional communicators earned honors during the celebration at the 2022 NFPW Conference in Fargo, ND on June 25, 2022. Over 2,000 entries were submitted in this year’s contest. Winners [...]
The Illinois Woman's Press Association (IWPA) is proud to announce that Suzanne Hanney has won its Silver Feather Award in the 2022 Mate E. Palmer Professional Communications Contest. A long-time member of IWPA, StreetWise Editor-in-Chief Suzanne Hanney is doing what she set out to do in high school and college: editing a news magazine in her hometown [...]
The Illinois Woman’s Press Association is proud to announce the First Place winners of the 2022 Mate E. Palmer Communications Contest. Begun in 1941, the writing contest was established in memory of the ninth president of IWPA. The state contest has expanded widely since those early years to parallel categories set forth by the National [...]
The Illinois Woman’s Press Association is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Mate E. Palmer Communications Contest. Begun in 1941, the writing contest was established in memory of the ninth president of IWPA. The state contest has expanded widely since those early years to parallel categories set forth by the National Federation of [...]
