Columbia Scholastic Press Association

What can CSPA do for you?

Only CSPA members can participate in our contests. Membership is per publication, not by school.

High school, middle school and collegiate publications can now choose one of three (3) different types of CSPA membership levels:

• Regular Membership: includes detailed critique, Crown judging, 50 free Gold Circle entries, Special Edition Crown Awards DVD. [$199]

• Associate Membership: includes Crown judging, 50 free Gold Circle entries, Special Edition Crown Awards DVD. NO critique included. [$169]

• Basic Membership: includes 50 free Gold Circle entries, Special Edition Crown Awards DVD. NO critique, NO Crown Awards entry included. [$149]

Deadlines

June 15, 2011
Newspapers, magazines & Spring delivery yearbooks

October 15, 2011
Fall delivery yearbooks & online news media

Who's eligible?

• Membership is per publication, not by school or chapter.
  
• NEW for this year! News media can be critiqued as print only, digital only or as a hybrid (print/digital).
  
• Memberships for student media are offered for print publications or online media.
  
• 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.
  
• All CSPA memberships run from July 1 through June 30 of the following year. Memberships are for one year only and must be renewed.
  
• A note about online sites: To be critiqued/evaluated as an online publication and/or site, your Web site must include material adding Web features. Sites offering only PDFs of the existing print publications do not qualify for online news site critique consideration.

How to join

Download our new, fillable PDF Membership Form, available on this page.

You can complete the form on your screen using Adobe's free Reader software and return the form to CSPA via e-mail. Once you've completed the form, you can submit the data using Reader's built-in "Submit form" function OR by saving the form (with a new filename) and sending the file as an attachment to cspa-critiques@columbia.edu.

We suggest you print two copies of your completed form: one for your records and one to send with your physical entries and/or payment.

Download forms

Click the icon to download the Professional membership form.

Click this icon to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software.