2009-2010 CALENDAR

Key
SCSPA
SIPA
Quill and Scroll
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
All other (black)

July

• 30 – SCSPA Finance Committee meeting
• 31 – SCSPA Executive Board meeting (USC School of Journalism)

August

• 7-8 – SCSPA Summer design workshop (Carolina Forest HS, Myrtle Beach)

September

• 11 – SCSPA Fall conference and one-day workshop earlybird registration deadline
• 11 – SCSPA Fall photo contest deadline (via e-mail)
• 11-13 – SIPA executive board meeting at the USC Inn, Columbia, S.C.
• 26 – SCSPA One-Day workshops (USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
• 28 – SCSPA Fall Conference (USC Russell House)

October

• 2 – SCSPA newspaper & broadcast mini-evaluations begin
• 15 – Free Spirit Scholarship & Journalism Conference Application deadline
• 15 – SIPA fall delivery yearbook & magazine evaluation deadline
• 17 – SCSPA 75th anniversary committee meeting
• 22 – SJMC Multi-Cultural Outreach Forum for juniors and seniors sponsored by USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications

November

• 1 – Quill & Scroll Yearbook Contest deadline
• 12-15 – JEA/NSPA Convention in Washington, D.C.
• 15 – SCSPA Excellence in Scholastic Newspaper Awards deadline

December

• 4 – SCSPA newspaper & broadcast mini-evaluation submissions end
• 5 – SIPA mail-in contest deadline
• 5 – SIPA newspaper evaluation deadline

January

• 19 – Journalism Contest (sponsored by the S.C. Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities)
• 30 – SIPA broadcast evaluation deadline
• 30 – SCSPA winter executive board meeting at USC's SJMC

February

• 5 – SIPA scholarships, awards & student officer nominations deadline
• 12– SIPA earlybird convention registration deadline
• 12 – SCSPA Journalist-of-the-Year application postmark deadline

March

• 1 – SCSPA newspaper evaluation, broadcast evaluation & broadcast individual competition postmark deadline
• 5-7 – SIPA Convention and Competition (Marriott Hotel and USC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
• 15 –SCSPA Excellence in Scholastic Newspaper Awards deadline
• 26 – SCSPA scholarships, awards & student officer nominations deadline

April

• 2 – SCSPA spring conference earlybird registration deadline
• 11 – Quill & Scroll News media evaluation registration deadline
• 12 – SCSPA spring photo contest deadline
• 15 – Quill & Scroll Benz Scholarship application for Advisers
• 26 – SCSPA spring conference (broadcast & newspaper evaluation awards, including Palmetto and Best in State, scholarships, Adviser of the Year, Scroggins, student & adviser elections, ESNA Sweepstakes, broadcast individual awards)
• 30 – Carolina Journalism Institute early-bird registration and deposit deadline

May

• 10 – Quill & Scroll college scholarships applications for high school seniors
• 30 – Carolina Journalism Institute cancellation deadline

June

• 5 – SCSPA magazine & yearbook evaluation, individual competition and Most Improved Competition deadline
• 9-13 – Carolina Journalism Institute
• 11 – Quill & Scroll News media evaluation submission deadline