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Calendar
| Sept. 20, 2008 | 6 p.m. “ IJEA 20th Anniversary Celebration Dinner” - (Grand Ballroom, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Union), Eastern Illinois Univ., Charleston |
| Sept. 26, 2008 | 1:30 p.m., IJEA Executive Board Meeting at ISHSPA Fall Conference - Illini Union, U. of I., Urbana, Ill. (Lunch 11:20 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.) |
| Oct. 15, 2008 | Nominations for JEA “Rising Star Award, Yearbook Adviser of the Year, Teacher Inspiration Award and Future Teacher Scholarship.” Early bird registration deadline for JEA/NSPA St. Louis Fall Convention. |
| Oct. 17, 2008 | KEMPA (Kettle Moraine Press Association) Fall Scholastic Journalism Conference, campus of University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| Oct. 23, 2008 | Hotel registration deadline for JEA/NSPA St. Louis Fall Convention |
| Nov. 13-16, 2008 | JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention in St. Louis (Renaissance Grand & Suites Hotel) |
| Nov. 15 , 2008 | JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention Breakfast in St. Louis (Renaissance Grand & Suites Hotel) |
| Dec. 1, 2008 | Deadline for JEA’s First Amendment Press Freedom Award |
| Dec. 12, 2008 | Illinois First Amendment Center and Illinois Press Foundation deadline for “Freedom of Religion” poster contest, Illinois high school students, grades 9-12 |
| Feb. 1, 2009 | IJEA Deadline for Journalist of the Year portfolio to Illinois State Director Randy Swikle |
| Feb. 22-28, 2009 | Scholastic Journalism Week |
| Feb. 25, 2009 | SISPA (Southern Illinois School Press Association) Winter Conference, SIU- Carbondale |
| March 1, 2009 | Deadline for nominations for JEA “Cornerstone Award” IJEA Deadlines for “All-State Journalism Team” nominations to Sally Turner, “Administrator of the Year” nominations to James Tidwell, “Intergenerational Award” entries to Sarah Doerner. |
| March, 2009 | IJEA Executive Board Meeting (Date and Location TBA) |
| March 13, 2009 | Deadline for nominations for JEA “Aspiring Young Journalists Award” |
| March 30, 2009 | Deadline for state directors to submit “Journalist of the Year” entries to JEA |
| April 16-19, 2009 | JEA/NSPA spring national high school journalism convention in Phoenix |
| April 25, 2009 | IHSA Journalism Sectional Contests |
| May 1, 2009 | IJEA Deadline for “Friend of Illinois High School Journalism Award” to John Gonczy IHSA State Journalism Finals, Buzzard Building, EIU Charleston |
| June 6, 2009 | IJEA Executive Board Meeting and “IJEA All-State Journalism Team Award Luncheon” Springfield, Ill. (Location TBA) |
| July 1, 2009 | Deadline for nominations for JEA “Carl Towley Award, Administrator of the Year, Medal of Merit, Friend of Scholastic Journalism Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, Ryan White Excellence in Journalism Award.” |