Non-dailies can enter weekly editors' society's Golden Quill contest for opinion writing by Tuesday, Feb. 1

The International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors is still accepting nominations for the 62nd annual Gold Quill Award, but hurry: entries must be postmarked by tomorrow, Feb. 1.

The Golden Quill Award contest honors outstanding editorial or staff-written opinion pieces from less-than-daily publications that identify local issues of concern, offer an opinion, and support a course of action. Syndicated columns are not eligible, and entries must have been published between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021. Online-only newsrooms are eligible as long as they tare considered community news sites.

You may enter up to four of the best editorials of opinion pieces from your newspaper; each individual is limited to two entries. The entry fee is $10 for each editorial or column for ISWNE members, $15 for non-ISWNE members, and $5 for students.

The 12 best editorials will be published in the Summer 2022 issue of ISWNE's biannual journal, Grassroots Editor. The overall winner will be invited to attend ISWNE's annual conference in Lexington, Ky., July 20-24, and will receive a conference scholarship and travel expenses up to $500.

Last year's award went to Melissa Hale-Spencer of The Altamont Enterprise in New York for her piece that was central to a campaign that ensured fairness for an incapacitated subscriber and preservation of historic structures on her 87-acre property near the Hudson River.

Click here for more information or to enter the contest.