2012-2013 CALENDAR

August

• 3 – SCSPA Board Meeting (USC School of Journalism, Columbia, S.C.)
• 17 – SCSPA Piedmont & Lowcountry Regional Workshops registration deadline (in office)
• 25 – SCSPA Piedmont & Lowcountry Regional Workshops

September

• 7 – SCSPA Bruce E. Konkle Rising Star Award nomination received in office deadline
• 7 – SCSPA Midlands Regional Workshop regstration deadline (in office)
• 7-9 – SIPA Executive Board Meeting
• 15– SCSPA Midlands Regional Workshops
• 17 – SCSPA Fall Conference early-bird registration deadline
• 21 –SCSPA Fall photo contest deadline (via email)

October

• 1– SCSPA Fall Conference (USC Russell House, Columbia, S.C.)
• 1 – SCSPA Broadcast, Newspaper & Online Media Mini-Evaluation submissions BEGIN
• 15 – SIPA fall delivery yearbook & magazine evaluation deadline

November

• 1 – Quill & Scroll Yearbook Excellence Contest deadline
• 5 –CSPA Fall Conference
• 15-18 – JEA/NSPA Convention in San Antonio, Texas
• 15 – SCSPA Excellence in Scholastic Newspaper Awards and Online Individual Competition (fall) email submission deadline
• SCSPA Broadcast, Newspaper and Online Media Mini-Evaluations continue through the month

December

• 5 – SCSPA Broadcast, Newspaper and Online Media Mini-Evaluation submissions END
• 5 – SIPA mail-in contest postmark deadline
• 5 – SIPA newspaper evaluation postmark deadline

January

• 15 – SCSPA and SIPA Online Media Evaluation entry form deadline
• 22 – S.C Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities Journalism Contest - Details here
• 30 – SIPA broadcast evaluation deadline (in the office)

February

• 2 – SCSPA Board meeting (SJMC)
• 5 – Quill & Scroll Writing and Photo Contest - Details here
• 8– SIPA Convention and Competition Early-bird Registration deadline
• 8 – SIPA Awards (Administrator of the Year, Freedom of the Press, Distinguished Service, Outstanding Service) deadline
• 8 – SIPA Student Officer Nomination deadline
• 8 – SIPA Scholarship deadline
• 15 – SCSPA/JEA Journalist-of-the-Year application deadline (received in office)
• 15 – Al Neuharth Free Spirit Journalism Conference - Details here

March

• 1 – SCSPA Broadcast and Newspaper Evaluation received in office deadline
• 1 – SCSPA Broadcast and Newspaper Most Improved Competition received in office deadline
• 1 – SCSPA Broadcast Individual Competition received in office deadline
• 1-3 – SIPA Convention and Competition (Marriott Hotel and USC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
• 15 –SCSPA Excellence in Scholastic Newspaper Awards and Online Individual Competition (spring) email submission deadline
• 15 – SCSPA Scholarships (SCSPA, Yearbook & McClatchy) received in office deadline
• 15 – SCSPA student officer nominations received in office deadline
• 20-22 – CSPA Spring Convention
• 22 – SCSPA Reid H. Montgomery Adviser-of-the-Year Award nomination received in office deadline

April

• 1 – BG TIME (Bridging Generations through Technology, Information Media & Engagement) scholarships (midnight) deadline
• 5 – SCSPA Scroggins Award nomination received in office deadline
• 8 – SCSPA Spring Conference Early-bird Registration deadline
• 12 – SCSPA Spring Photography Contest Submission deadline via email
• 15 – Quill & Scroll Benz Scholarship application for Advisers
• 22 – SCSPA spring conference (USC Russell House, Columbia, S.C.)
• 25-28 – JEA/NSPA Spring Convention (San Francisco, Calif.)

May

• 10 – Quill & Scroll college scholarships applications for high school seniors
• 17 – Carolina Journalism Institute early-bird registration and deposit deadline
• 31 – Carolina Journalism Institute cancellation deadline

June

• 11 – Quill & Scroll News media evaluation submission deadline
• 7– SCSPA magazine & yearbook evaluation, individual competition and Most Improved Competition deadline
• 12-16 – Carolina Journalism Institute