2011-2012 Calendar

September

• 9-11 – SIPA executive board meeting at The Renaissance hotel, Asheville, N. C.
• 12 - Alabama Scholastic Press Association (ASPA) Fall Regional Workshop in Mobile, Ala.
• 13 - ASPA Fall Regional Workshop in Montgomery, Ala.
• 15 - ASPA Fall Regional Workshop in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• 16 - ASPA Fall Regional Workshop in Huntsville, Ala.
• 16 – SCSPA 75th Anniversary Celebration hotel reservation & Fall Conference early bird registration deadline
• 23 – SCSPA Fall photo contest deadline (via email)
• 24 – SCSPA One-Day workshops (USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

October

• 1– SCSPA newspaper & broadcast mini-evaluations begin
• 3 – VHSL/Jostens Regional Publications Championships in Fredericksburg, Va.
• 5 – VHSL/Jostens Regional Publications Championships in Roanoke, Va.
• 7 – VHSL/Jostens Regional Publications Championships in Richmond, Va.
• 15 – SIPA fall delivery yearbook & magazine evaluation deadline
• 16 – SCSPA 75th Anniversary Celebration at Downtown Marriott in Columbia, S.C.
• 17 – SCSPA Fall Conference at Downtown Marriott in Columbia, S.C.
• 22-24 - TAJE annual convention
• 27 – SJMC Multi-Cultural Outreach Forum for juniors and seniors sponsored by USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications

November

• 1 – Quill & Scroll Yearbook Excellence Contest deadline
• 7 –CSPA Fall Conference
• 17-20 – JEA/NSPA Convention in Minneapolis, Minn.
• 15 – SCSPA Excellence in Scholastic Newspaper Awards email submission deadline

December

• 2 – SCSPA newspaper mini-evaluation submissions end
• 5 – SIPA mail-in contest deadline
• 5 – SIPA newspaper evaluation deadline
• 15 – ASPA critique and competition deadliens for all media

January

• 14 – SCSPA and SIPA Online Media Evaluation entry form deadline
• 27 – ASPA Senior (Bragg, Thomson, Stevenson and Journalist of the Year), Teacher and Administrator of the Year awards deadline
• 28 – SCSPA winter executive board meeting at USC's SJMC
• 30 – SIPA broadcast evaluation deadline (in the office)

February

• 3– SIPA scholarships, awards & student officer nominations deadline
• 10 – SIPA early bird convention registration deadline
• 15 – SCSPA Journalist-of-the-Year application deadline (received in office)
• 24 – SCSPA incoming freshmen scholarships deadline (received in office)

March

• 2-4 – SIPA Convention and Competition (Marriott Hotel and USC’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications)
• 9 – SCSPA newspaper evaluation, broadcast evaluation & broadcast individual competition deadline (received in office)
• 15 –SCSPA Excellence in Scholastic Newspaper Awards email submission deadline
• 14-16 – CSPA Spring Convention
• 23 – SCSPA awards & student officer nominations deadline

April

• 9 – SCSPA spring conference early bird registration deadline
• 13 – SCSPA spring photo contest email submission
• 12-15 – JEA/NSPA Spring Convention (Seattle, Wash.)
• 16 – Quill & Scroll Benz Scholarship application for Advisers
• 20-21 – VAJTA J-Day Spring Conference in Harrisonburg, Va.
• 23 – 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)

May

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

June

• 11 – Quill & Scroll News media evaluation submission deadline
• 8 – SCSPA magazine & yearbook evaluation, individual competition and Most Improved Competition deadline
• 13-17 – Carolina Journalism Institute
• 18-21 – North Carolina Scholastic Media Institute in Chapel Hill, N.C.
• 22-26 – VAJTA J-Camp in Blacksburg, Va.