Columbia Scholastic Press Association

Membership Form

CSPA requires a completed Membership Form from every publication and Web site entering our contests. The three-page form is available on our Web site as a fillable PDF; follow the link on this page for more information.

Hard copy publication / Digital site submissions

Newspapers/Newsmagazines (High School/Middle School)
Regular Members: Two (2) sets of six (6) issues from the 2010-2011 academic year.
Associate Members: One (1) set of six (6) issues from the 2010-2011 academic year.

Newspapers/Newsmagazines (College/University)
Please note: Fall and Spring semesters must enter as two separate memberships; fees assessed accordingly.

Regular Members: Two (2) sets of ten (10) issues from either/both Fall 2010 Spring 2011 semesters.
Associate Members: One (1) set of ten (10) issues from either/both Fall 2010 Spring 2011 semesters.

(If fewer issues were published than the number suggested, send a copy of every issue published.)

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.

Magazines
Regular Members: Two (2) copies of the 2010-2011 issue.
Associate Members: One (1) copy of the 2010-2011 issue.

Yearbooks
Regular Members: Two (2) copies of the 2010-2011 issue.
Associate Members: One (1) copy of the 2010-2011 issue.

Web sites
Regular & Associate Members: Be sure to include your site's URL when completing your Membership Form.

What to include in your package

For Basic Members:
Please include a signed hard copy of your membership form and your payment. You can also include your completed, assembled Gold Circle entries as well.

For Associate & Regular Members:
Please include a signed hard copy of your membership form, your payment and the appropriate number of publications (see above). Clearly mark each publication (with a Post-it note, for example) as the Crown entry and/or Critique entry. You can also include your completed, assembled Gold Circle entries as well.

Payment

CSPA accepts checks payable in U.S. funds payable drawn on a U.S. bank. Checks should be payable to Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

CSPA does not accept credit cards at this time.

Where to send your entries

To send your entries via US Mail, please use the following address:

CSPA
Columbia University
Mail Code 5711
New York, NY 10027

To send your entries via FedEx/UPS, please use the following address:

CSPA
90 Morningside Drive
Basement
New York, NY 10027

Membership Form