Columbia Scholastic Press Association

About Membership

Memberships are available for student media and for professionals. All CSPA memberships run from July 1 through June 30 of the following year. Memberships are for one year only and must be renewed.

Memberships for student media are offered for print publications or online media, but not by school or chapter. The CSPA accepts newspapers, yearbooks, magazines and online media edited and produced by students in middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities for membership. Schools and colleges may be public, private or church-affiliated institutions located in the United States, Canada, or overseas schools following an American plan of education.

Memberships for student media are offered in two forms: Regular (with critique) and Associate (without critique). Both forms of media membership include eligibility for the Crown Awards and eligibility for the first 40 prepaid entries in the individual Gold Circle Awards.

We have two deadlines for student media membership: mid-June and mid-October, usually on the 15th of those months (unless that day is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday) The June deadline is for newspapers, magazines and spring delivery yearbooks. The October deadline is for summer/fall delivery yearbooks and online media, but we will accept newspapers and magazines by then. Deadlines are for postmarking, not receipt.

Memberships for professionals are also available on an annual basis. Professional memberships are for those not directly involved in teaching or advising student print or electronic media in schools, colleges or universities. More information can be found here.

 

Download forms

The 2010-2011 Regular and Associate membership form will be available on March 29, 2010.

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