Northern New Mexico authors

Mary Lou Cooper, Jennifer Edelson, Carrie Ishee, Tara Lumpkin, Mary Morris, Sharon Niederman and Claudette Sutton were among the winners in the National Federation of Presswomen’s annual awards for writing excellence.

Sherri Burr, president of New Mexico Press Women, congratulated the New Mexico winners, calling it an affirmation of the talent within the state.

“With fourteen first-place awards out of a total of 37 awards, New Mexican communicators made an outstanding showing in the 2021 National Federation of Press Womens Communications Contest,” she said in a news release. “Our state continues to be a mecca for supporting women and men seeking to demonstrate their highest potential in a broad range of communications activities.”