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Providing support and leadership in scholastic journalism

Kansas Scholastic Press Association

Providing support and leadership in scholastic journalism

Kansas Scholastic Press Association

Blizzard of '13 blows KU regional off-site

Blizzard of ’13 blows KU regional off-site

February 21, 2013

Winter Storm Q -- which may be remembered as the Blizzard of '13 -- has forced KSPA to move its Lawrence regional scheduled for Friday from the University of Kansas to individual schools. Each of...

This photo was taken in Hays, Kan., in 2006.

KSU, ESU and FHSU regionals are now off-site contests

February 20, 2013

The 2013 regional contests scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 21 at Kansas State University, Emporia State University and Fort Hays State University have been changed to off-site contests because of heavy snow...

2013 All-Kansas Write-Off now available

2013 All-Kansas Write-Off now available

January 28, 2013

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...

23 yearbooks earn All-Kansas honors for 2012

December 12, 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...

JEA announces new guidelines for High School Journalist of the Year

December 5, 2012

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...

Kansas students win 58 JEA Write-Off awards

November 20, 2012

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...

SM East graduate wins national Story of the Year contest

November 20, 2012

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,...

Two Kansas news publications win NSPA Pacemakers; 14 more publications earn Best of Show awards

November 20, 2012

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...

KSPA sets date for 2012 Jackie Engel Golf Tournament

KSPA sets date for 2012 Jackie Engel Golf Tournament

August 9, 2012

Sept. 30 has been set as the date KSPA hosts the second fundraising golf tournament to support the Jackie Engel Endowment Fund. "The Drive" began in 2011 as a means for potential donors to have fun...

Seven Kansas students win first place in national write-off contest

May 14, 2012

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...

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