GSPA and its members from across the state celebrated the best in scholastic journalism at the 2023 Spring Workshop and Awards March 27 at the University of Georgia’s Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Watch the video presentation!

Disha Kumar, co-editor-in-chief for The Messenger newsmagazine at Northview High School in Johns Creek, Georgia, has been named the 2023 Georgia Champion Journalist of the Year. The award recognizes the top high school senior journalist in the state. Melanie Frick, co-editor-in-chief for Cedar Shoals High School’s BluePrints Magazine, was the runner-up in the competition.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 First Amendment Essay contest. These students will be recognized during the Spring Workshop and Awards on March 27, and they’ll receive monetary prizes along with their publications.

Registration for the Spring Workshop and Awards is now available at this link: 2023 Spring Workshop and Awards through 3 p.m. March 20. Attendance is free for advisers who have paid membership fees and $30 per student or other guest. The fee includes a mini conference followed by a catered banquet-style meal.

Sydney Shadrix will deliver the keynote address to high school journalists and teachers at the Georgia Scholastic Press Association’s Spring Workshop and Awards on March 27, 2023, at the University of Georgia Georgia Center for Continuing Education.

The 2022-23 Spring General Excellence Competition and Individual Awards contest are now open! Submit your best work from broadcasts, newsmagazines, newspapers and news websites. Additionally, Achievement Awards are open to all publication types. For details and entry forms, go to https://www.ugagspa.org/spring-competitions. The deadline for all entries is Feb. 15, 2023. Please note this is a firm deadline because the Spring Workshop and Awards is Monday, March 27.

GSPA is now accepting entries for the 2023 First Amendment Essay Competition. As an essential part of our democracy, the press, and education, the First Amendment remains a crucial area of study and review. The contest is free to enter, and it makes for a great end-of-the-semester class assignment. Deadline: Jan. 31, 2023.

Each year, GSPA recognizes the top student journalist in the state with the Georgia Champion Journalist Award. The winner receives a cash prize and represents the state in the Journalism Education Association's National Journalist of the Year competition. The deadline for both the Champion Journalist and Junior Champion Journalist Awards is Jan. 22, 2023.

Plan your trip to Columbia with this guidebook that includes FAQs, on-site competition information and basic convention facts. Bobby Hawthorne will be the convention keynote speaker.

Congratulations to the winners of the Literary Magazine and Yearbook contests! Entries were published in the 2021-22 academic year.

On-the-Spot Contest entrants explored the theme of “Dimensions” during the 2022 Fall Conference.

Students showcased their experiences at the Fall Conference on Sept. 20, 2022, through the On-the-Spot Social Media Contest.

2022-23 GSPA Student Ambassadors have been chosen and we are so excited!

Reserve your spot at the 2022 GSPA Fall Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the University of Georgia’s Tate Student Center. The cost is $15 per student. Membership dues cover adviser registration fees. Registration will close Sept. 16, or when the the event reaches capacity.

GSPA will offer two on-the-spot contests during the Fall Conference Sept. 20 at the UGA Tate Student Center. Both will be open to student attendees of any publication type. There are no entry fees for either of these contests.

Energetic and engaged students interested in expanding their leadership skills, bringing a new vision and shaping GSPA are invited to apply to be part of the GSPA Student Ambassadors program. Applications are due Aug. 19.

GSPA is now accepting General Excellence and Individual Award contest entries for yearbooks and literary magazines published in the 2021-22 academic year. The deadline to submit to the contests is July 31, 2022. Please email gspa@uga.edu to request accommodations if your books will be delayed or delivered later in the summer.

Mark your calendars for the next Fall Conference Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at the University of Georgia’s Tate Student Center. The event will feature several rounds of concurrent sessions covering a variety of topics of importance to scholastic journalists and advisers. Conference extras will include on-the-spot critiques and contests, as well as the first edition carry in competition.

Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism and the Georgia Scholastic Press Association will host a High School Journalism Advisers Workshop June 6-7 at the Center for Collaborative Journalism on Mercer's Macon campus. The workshop itself will be free to attend and will include sessions such as introduction to audio, introduction to photo and video, on writing and editing and crafting story ideas.