Florida Press Club

Thank you for supporting the Florida Press Club. There were many fine pieces of work submitted this year. Whether or not you won, we hope you will continue supporting our organization and join us Nov. 5 in St. Augustine. At 1 p.m., we are holding a writing workshop at the Renaissance World Golf Village Resort and Convention Center. It is free for our members and $5 for guests. Following a break — for you to explore historic St. Augustine, maybe? — we will reconvene for the Awards Banquet. The cost is $45 per person.

Registration is at 6 p.m. while supper begins at 7 p.m. Please choose from the following entrees no later than Oct. 28:

Grilled Flank Steak Southwestern Marinated Skirt Steak with Chipotle Demi glace

Chicken Castillo Served with Pan Sauce, Topped with Jumbo Lump Crab Meat and Grilled Asparagus

Vegetable Lasagna Layers of pasta filled with a variety of seasonal vegetables, topped with a marinara sauce.

A vegan option is available with advance request.

Congratulations to our finalists! Please let us know as soon as possible if any changes need to be made when you review the list below.

Finalists list

Hello members:

This afternoon, omniCONTESTS sent out an automatically-generated email about the contest. Some of you have been concerned about the categories listing the contest administrator instead of the correct winner’s name.

On our actual notes for the certificates and plaques, the names are right. This is just omniCONTESTS’ email notification, which does not record the names written on the custom field. We do have all the correct information, and we will be posting all names, including the finalists from the delayed judges, on Monday, Oct. 17.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Sincerely,

Sherry Mims

Are you a finalist?

We’re anxious to find out, too.

Judges are going through the entries right now, so expect a list of the finalists in the Excellence in Journalism Competition mid-October. More information will be posted when available.

Until then, take a quick glance at where our 60th banquet will be held: St. Augustine!

We will be at the Renaissance World Golf Village Resort and Convention Center, which is right next door to the World Golf Hall of Fame and the Southeast’s Largest IMAX 3D Digital Screen. We really wanted this year’s banquet to be a destination event, so email fpcbanquet [at] gmail [dot] com if you or your colleagues are interested in any of the resort’s packages.

Take a look: http://www.worldgolfrenaissance.com/

Good luck, and feel free to reserve your space at the workshop and banquet by saying how many tickets ($45 per person) you want here.