The 2023-24 Spring General Excellence Competition and Individual Awards contest are now open! Submit your best work from broadcasts, newsmagazines, newspapers and news websites. For details and entry forms, go to www.ugagspa.org/spring-competitions. The deadline for all entries is Feb. 15. Please note this is a firm deadline because the Spring Workshop and Awards is Monday, March 25.

GSPA is now accepting entries for the 2024 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 could be a great end-of-the-semester class activity! Deadline: Jan. 31, 2024.

Each year, GSPA recognizes the top senior and junior student journalists in the state with the Georgia Champion and Junior Journalist of the Year Awards. The winners and runners-up receive cash prizes, and the overall senior winner represents the state in the Journalism Education Association's National Journalist of the Year competition. Deadline: Jan. 21, 2024.

The Georgia Scholastic Press Association is delighted to present the winners of the literary magazine and yearbook contests for 2022–23.

GSPA Ambassador Alex Taylor of Union Grove High School gives a recap of the Fall Conference, including interviews with attendees.

More than 800 students and teachers from more than 40 schools across the state attended GSPA’s Fall Conference on Oct. 24, 2023, at the University of Georgia.

GSPA will recognize the hard work of yearbook and literary magazine staffs during an awards program Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 4 p.m. The celebration will feature General Excellence competition rankings and Individual Award winners from the summer 2023 contests.

Students showcased their experiences at the Fall Conference on Oct. 24, 2023, through the On-the-Spot Social Media Contest.

Congratulations to the winners of the First Edition Competition. In a couple of instances, a runner-up was also identified. Certificates will be mailed to advisers.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Fall Conference On-site Photography Contest.

We are excited to welcome nine members to the 2023-24 class of GSPA Student Ambassadors!

GSPA will offer two on-the-spot contests during the Fall Conference on Oct. 24 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.

Reserve your spot at the Fall Conference Tuesday, Oct. 24 at the University of Georgia’s Tate Student Center. The cost to attend is $15 per student. Admission is free for advisers with paid memberships and chaperones. Please fill out this registration form. 

Welcome Anna Parel to the GSPA staff! Anna is a first-year graduate student at the University of Georgia, obtaining a master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communications with an emphasis in Advertising. She recently achieved her bachelor’s degree from The University of Mississippi in Integrated Marketing Communications.

GSPA invites advisers and student staff members from all publication and production types who are interested in presenting at the 2023 Fall Conference Tuesday, Oct. 24 at the University of Georgia’s Tate Student Center to submit their ideas for consideration by Sept. 15, 2023.

Four different one-week camps were offered: broadcast journalism, entertainment and media studies, multimedia journalism, and public relations and advertising. More than 60 students from 12 states across the country including California, Colorado and Texas attended. 

The top GSPA award winners from the 2022-23 school year are showcased in the latest edition of The Winners’ Circle, available for download here. This document has been updated as of May 26, 2023, to include some individual category winners from the 2022 Yearbook contest.

GSPA is now accepting General Excellence and Individual Award contest entries for yearbooks and literary magazines published in the 2022-23 academic year.

There are three special Individual Award categories this year: Health, Environmental and Social Justice Reporting.

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. 31, 2023.

GSPA honored several Achievement Award winners during the Spring Award ceremony on March 27, 2023. They included recognitions for Turnaround, First-Year Adviser, Enterprising and Adviser of the Year.