The KSPA and Kansas Professional Communicators (KPC) present the All-Kansas Write Off contest. This contest is an opportunity for students journalists to submit published work from the last year for critique and the chance to be qualified as an All-Kansas winner. Some submissions will also be forwarded to the national…...
23 yearbooks earn All-Kansas honors for 2012
Twenty-three 2012 yearbooks earned All-Kansas distinction in the annual critique service and contest. This year, 55 schools participated in All-Kansas Yearbooks. Judges from around the country judged the books and are thrilled with the improvements on the books from last year to this year. The winners are listed below in order of…...
JEA announces new guidelines for High School Journalist of the Year
The Journalism Education Association released its new guidelines and rubric for its Journalist of the Year contest. KSPA administers the JOY contest for Kansas, then forwards the state winner to JEA to compete in the national competition. The 2013 JOY contest allows for students to present a digital portfolio —…...
Kansas students win 58 JEA Write-Off awards
Kansas students won 58 of 679 national awards in the Journalism Education Association’s Write-Off Contests at the NSPA/JEA national convention last weekend in San Antonio. Of those 58 winners, 11 were rated “Superior,” 15 earned “Excellent” and 32 earned “Honorable Mention.” Andover High School had 10 winners, Pittsburg 9, Derby…...
SM East graduate wins national Story of the Year contest
Chris Heady, a 2012 graduate of Shawnee Mission East High School, was awarded first place in the Sports Story category of the National Scholastic Press Association’s 2012 Story of the Year contest. Heady, now a freshman at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, won the award for his story chronicling SME head…...
Two Kansas news publications win NSPA Pacemakers; 14 more publications earn Best of Show awards
The Pirates’ Log from Piper High School and The Tiger Print from Blue Valley High School on Nov. 17 earned Newspaper Pacemaker awards from the National Scholastic Press Association at the semi-annual NSPA/JEA national convention in San Antonio, Texas. The Pirates’ Log won its Pacemaker — considered the Pulitzer of…...
Seven Kansas students win first place in national write-off contest
Kansas high school journalists won seven of 18 contests in the recent National Federation of Press Women 2012 High School Communications Contest. Two more students earned second places, while another finished third and another earned an honorable mention.Three of the winners are from Shawnee Mission Northwest, two from Shawnee Mission…...
Seven schools win KSPA state journalism sweepstakes
A hotly contested tie in Class 2A led to seven schools earning sweepstakes titles in six classes at Saturday’s Kansas Scholastic Press Association State Contest in Lawrence. Chase County and Canton-Galva each earned 63 points overall to tie for the Class 2A sweepstakes. Other winners included: Class 1A: St. Francis…...