Programs and Services
Held each May, the annual convention is the focal point of the EPA year. As a rule, a committee of local members invites the association to its city and plans the program, with the approval of the board. The goal is to provide three days of learning, sharing, networking, and fellowship, as well as to conduct official association business.
EPA conventions offer speakers of national stature, the annual awards contest, the annual membership meeting and election, tours, and a wide variety of workshops designed for editors, writers, graphic artists, and business personnel—from beginners to veterans.
EPA sponsors an annual awards contest to give member publications recognition of outstanding work, as well as helpful critiques of their periodicals. There are two divisions in the contest: The Awards of Excellence contest looks at the entire magazine. The Higher Goals contest offers competition and critiquing in separate areas such as first-person articles and publication design.
Other programs and services include a mentoring program, one-on-one publication critique, scholarships for college and graduate students, a guide to freelance writers, an ethics committee to hear complaints, and the “EPA on campus” program which sends working journalists into classrooms to talk about their work.
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