UPCOMING DEADLINES
2011-12 General Excellence Critique Service & Competition
Postmark Deadline: March 13, 2012
Get your publication critiqued and join the ranks of the best in the state!
GSPA is now accepting entries for newspapers, newsmagazines, news websites, TV news and literary magazines. Postmark deadline is Friday, March 16.
Download more information and the entry form.
2011-12 yearbook evaluation information will be available in April 2012.
Junior Champion Journalist
Postmark Deadline: March 30, 2012
If you're a high school junior and you're very involved with your campus publication, this award is for you. Act fast - your submission must be postmarked by March 16!
Achievement Awards
Postmark Deadline: March 30, 2012
Administrator of the Year recognizes an administrator who has demonstrated strong support for the journalism program.
Adviser of the Year recognizes a journalism adviser who goes beyond the “call of duty” in supporting his or her staff.
Community Service recognizes a staff that through its forum has initiated significant change within the community.
First-Year Adviser recognizes a new adviser who has demonstrated success and desire in strengthening the program.
Freedom of the Press recognizes a producer(s) of work that demonstrated solid reporting and/or insight, but was censored from student publication.
Perseverance recognizes a staff that has overcome significant adversity to put out a quality product.
Start-Up recognizes a first-year publication/program that has demonstrated significant quality.
Turnaround recognizes the staff that has significantly changed the quality of its product from the previous year.
Download the official Achievement Awards entry form here.
No longer taking applications
Journalist of the Year
Postmark deadline: Feb. 22, 2012
Each year, GSPA recognizes the top student journalist in the state with the Georgia Champion Journalist Award. The winner receives a $150 prize and represents the state in the Journalism Education Association's National Journalist of the Year competition.
Entrants must be seniors, maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, have at least two years of journalism experience and be planning to major in journalism in college. Entrants must prepare a comprehensive portfolio showcasing their journalistic work and include an official transcript and three letters of recommendation.
Download the official entry form and guidelines here.
Preparing your portfolio? Be sure to check out JEA's official guidelines and rubric here.