IWPA offers Illinois high school students the opportunity to participant in the Mate E. Palmer Communications Contest on the state level as well as advance to the national spotlight in conjunction with the National Federation of Press Women. Entering is easy, inexpensive, rewarding and a fantastic professional or freelance resume boost. We encourage student communicators [...]
Illinois Woman’s Press AssociationChicago, Illinoiswww.iwpa.org Chicago – April 14, 2019 – The Illinois Woman’s Press Association (IWPA), an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW), honors the state’s best and brightest student communicators in announcing the 2019 winners of its High School Contest. Students submitted work in 23 categories including: Editorial, News, Opinion, [...]
Illinois Woman’s Press AssociationChicago, Illinoiswww.iwpa.org Chicago – March 6, 2019 - The Illinois Woman’s Press Association (IWPA), an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW), honors the best professional journalists, writers and communicators in the state through the annual Mate E. Palmer Professional Communications Contest. Communicators may enter work in any of over 64 categories [...]
Illinois Woman’s Press Association Chicago, Illinois www.iwpa.org Chicago – January 3, 2019 - The Illinois Woman’s Press Association announced that Cindy Cruz of Alsip, Illinois, will be recognized as its 2019 Communicator of Achievement. This award is given to a member in recognition of exceptional achievement in the communications fields, as well as contributions to [...]
On Fridays, IWPA’s 3rd Vice President and Professional Contest Chair Ana Mendez shines a spotlight on some of our 2018 High School Contest Winners. This week’s featured school is Adlai E. Stevenson High School… IWPA’s 2018 High School Contest accepted 113 entries in 23 different categories from students of all genders attending public and private [...]
On remaining summer Fridays, IWPA’s 3rd Vice President and Professional Contest Chair Ana Mendez will shine a spotlight on some of our 2018 High School Contest Winners. This week’s featured school is Huntley High School… Huntley High School: District 158 IWPA’s 2018 High School Contest accepted 113 entries in 23 different categories from students of [...]
Each remaining Friday this summer, IWPA’s 3rd Vice President and Professional Contest Chair Ana Mendez will shine a spotlight on some of our 2018 High School Contest Winners. This week’s featured school is Homewood Flossmoor... Homewood Flossmoor High School : District 233 IWPA’s 2018 High School Contest accepted 113 entries in 23 different categories from [...]
Each Friday this summer, IWPA’s 3rd Vice President and Professional Contest Chair Ana Mendez will shine a spotlight on some of our 2018 Mate E. Palmer/National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest Winners. This week’s featured communicator is Janis Johnston, the last in our professional series… Janis Johnston is a licensed family therapist and an [...]
Each Friday this summer, IWPA’s 3rd Vice President and Professional Contest Chair Ana Mendez will shine a spotlight on one of our 2018 Mate E. Palmer/National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest Winners. This week’s featured communicator is Susan Brauer… Susan Brauer is an award-winning author, artist, publisher, advocate for women, blogger, and public speaker. [...]
Each Friday this summer, IWPA’s 3rd Vice President and Professional Contest Chair Ana Mendez will shine a spotlight on one of our 2018 Mate E. Palmer/National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest Winners. This week’s featured communicator is Mary Wagner… Mary T. Wagner is a former journalist, blogger, author, and criminal prosecutor. She has juggled [...]
