State Contest
Students and teams that qualified via the Regional Contest can now compete in the State Contest. No substitutions are allowed. Students and teams that place at State will also earn points for their schools in the State Sweepstakes contest. Click on our official State Contest page to get all the details. Advisers should register their state qualifiers using this link by Monday, March 31.
Adviser Banquet
The State Celebration and adviser banquet will be for advisers on Saturday, May 3 and advisers wishing to attend should register using this link by Friday, April 18.
KSPA Membership
Now accepting orders for the 2025-26 school year! Sign up for — or extend! — your membership to KSPA, the association that supports student journalists and their teachers in the Sunflower State. Each adviser can purchase a membership, and a membership is required for all contests (monthly, Regional and State) and all critiques (All-Kansas news publication, video, online and yearbook). A membership also qualifies your school for special pricing on fall conferences and other events. Use our general order form to sign up.
All-Kansas Critiques
Now accepting orders for critiques of your 2025 yearbooks and 2025-26 school year newspaper, website and video journalism programs. Your staff works tirelessly to make the best publication you can. So, you deserve expert feedback too. The All-Kansas critique provides your staff with both congratulations for work well done and advice for how to improve. We recruit the professionals who will give honest feedback and who understand the latest in yearbook, newspaper, websites and video journalism. Use our general order form to sign up.
Middle School Critiques, Contests & Memberships
Middle school journalism teachers can take advantage of free memberships and inexpensive contests, critiques and other services to help advisers and their students gain an outside perspective on the strengths of their publication, while also helping to set goals. Critiques are available for all middle school media, including yearbooks, news publications, online and broadcast. Place your order here.