Convention

At SIPA's annual convention held the first weekend of March in Columbia, South Carolina, students and advisers attend sessions taught by national award-winning instructors. They also compete in on-site competitions and enjoy social and networking opportunities with other students and advisers from the Southeast.

2024 SIPA Convention

Join us for the 2024 Southern Interscholastic Press Association Convention in SIPA’s 100^th year! There will be learning, competition and fun from March 1-3 at the Marriott Columbia and the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina.

Convention Registration

Onsite Competition Registration

Hotel reservations are due by Feb. 2 »

News

2023 SIPA Convention wrap-up

Program and on-site competition awards – find out what programs won Scroggins: Best of South, Best of Show at SIPA and on-site competition awards
SIPA's Best Visual Contest awards - view all the winners
SIPA's Best Writing Contest awards - view all the winners
Download the convention program (pdf). Thanks to our sponsors Jostens and SNO!
Pre-convention workshops (pdf)

2022 SIPA Convention wrap-up

Program and on-site competition awards – find out what programs won Scroggins Awards: Best of South, Best of Show at SIPA and on-site competition awards
TOP (Team On-Site Production) competition – check out the packages produced by all teams on-site at the convention
SIPA's Best Visual Contest awards – view all the award winners
SIPA's Best Writing Contest awards – view all the award winners
Download the convention program (pdf) to find out what we did during SIPA 2022.

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Past conventions

2021 CONVENTION: (virtual)

2020 CONVENTION: