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Contests and Awards
Contests
Contest
entry form - Click here for the PDF
We're
looking for some MVPs: Students administrators, friends
Nominate your students
for one of IJEA's highest student
honors: the All-State Journalism
team.
Advisers are encouraged to search
their staffs for the people who
have proven themselves to be indispensable
to their respective school media.
Illinois already has numerous journalism
contests that recognize individual
“bylined” excellence.
The All-State Team recognizes those
students who are “most valuable
players” — those students
whose leadership, energy, dedication
and expertise make their publications
possible but whose main contributions
often occur behind the scenes.
Nominate your students for this
award by May 1. Please
download this entry form (in
.pdf form) and share its rules and
guidelines with your most valuable
student – in any medium.
Winners will be honored at the All-State
banquet, co-sponsored by the Illinois
Press Foundation, June 9, in Springfield.
If you have administrators who support
a free press and your student staff,
nominate them for IJEA's Administrator
of the Year award by May 1. Past
winners are principals Kassie Patton
from University High School in Urbana
and Jim Butler from Harrisburg High
School. Please
download this entry form (in
.pdf form).
If you know other groups or individuals
who have supported a free press,
they can be nominated for IJEA's
Friend of Scholastic Journalism
Award. Past recipients have been
the Illinois Press Foundation and
the IHSA. Please
download this entry form (in
.pdf form). The nomination process
is simple: a form and accompanying
letter.
Enter now!
Awards
| Illinois Student Journalist of the Year |
| All-State Journalism Team |
| Illinois Administrator of the Year |
| Illinois Friend of Journalism of the Year |
IJEA vice president, John Gonczy, was named one of nine recipients of the JEA's Rising Star award. He will receive his award at the Spring 2007 JEA Denver convention.
2006
National Scholastic Press AssociationSeveral
Illinois newspapers were recognized
recently by the National Scholastic
Press Association as Best of Show
and Pacemaker winners at the 2006
JEA/NSPA fall national high school
journalism convention in Nashville.
Congratulations to the following
outstanding newspapers and broadcast
stations:
Newspaper 13-16 Pages
6. The Central Times
Naperville Central High School
Naperville, Ill.
8. Drops of Ink
Libertyville High School
Libertyville, Ill.
Newspaper 17+ Pages
8. Statesman
Stevenson High School
Lincolnshire, Ill.
Broadcast Program
9. KIT-TV News
Evanston Township High School
Evanston, Ill.
2006 NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker
Winners
Deerprints
Deerfield High School
Deerfield, Ill.
The Devils' Advocate
Hinsdale Central High School
Hinsdale, Ill.
The Lion
Lyons Township High School
La Grange, Ill.
The Central Times
Naperville Central High School
Naperville, Ill.
2006
NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker Finalist
The Talon Times
Lakes Community High School
Lake Villa, Ill