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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.
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