Arizona Press Women
Rim Country District
Payson, AZ
Contact: Carol Osman Brown
carolosmanbb@gmail.com
(928) 468-9269
APW is a professional organization of both women and men in the field of communications. This includes freelance writers, photographers, book authors, graphic designers, broadcast and print journalists, public relations and marketing people. We are a non-profit organzation, affiliated with the National Federation of Press Women and are dedicated to professional development and educational programs. We also offer scholarships, a high school writing contest and statewide writing contest for members.
Rim Country APW has sponsored a Newspaper Literacy workshop, Journaling Workshop at the Time Out Shelter, a seminar about blogging for business, History Writing, How to write a Novel, Children's Book Writing and Illustration Seminar, and other events in Rim Country. Our most recent workshop was a Travel Writing and Photography Workshop. More than 40 writers and photographers attended.
Our goal is to encourage writers, photographers, artists and others to succeed in expressing themselves and sharing their talents with the community. We welcome new members and guest speakers for our programs.
November 12, 2011 Workshop
Preserving Your Memories: Memoir & Altered Books
The morning session will focus on writing memoirs. Dee Dees, author of “Write Your Life Story in 28 Days” is the featured morning speaker. Known as the “life story lady” she has helped many people record their life experiences and compile them into books to pass on to future generations. (Click here for bio.)
The afternoon session will focus on creating Altered Books as another way of capturing family stories. Brenda Hamric of Scrapbooks, Metal and More, will teach two techniques.
Open to all APW members and the public.
Where: Senior Center, 514 W. Main Street, Payson.
Time: Registration starts at 9:30a.m. The event goes from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and includes lunch.
Cost: Registration fee is $30. APW member and earlybird registration by November 9 is $25. The deadline for all reservations is November 10.
How to Register: Call 928-468-9269 or register online.
Supplies: Participants should bring an old hardback book with its spine in good condition, 1 ½” to 2 ½” thick. Other supplies will be provided.
APW State Writing Contest Award Winners- 2010
Rim District members won awards in the 2009 APW writing contest. Winners were honored at the APW State Conference on June 26, 2010.
- Katy Rovetto won first place for her book, Flying High, in the category of Book, biography.
- Carol LaValley, first place for short story, "Silent Creek," second place for a feature in a nondaily newspaper (the Rim Country Gazette), "Unfair Price of Nearby Snowplay," and honorable mention for her book, Fifty-five Years of Health in Rim Country.
- Jaimie Hall Bruzenak was awarded first place for a personal column in Workamper News and third place in Writing for the Web, in RoadTripAmerica.com.
- Carol Osman Brown won first place in News Reporting for her story in the Beaver Valley Bulletin: "BV Survives Water Wheel Fire."
See photo of winners and 2010 workshops
Other links:
National Federation of Press Women
Arizona Press Women
