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  • SCSPA 2025-26 Membership Form

  • SCSPA proudly serves middle and high school programs across the state, including broadcast, literary-arts magazine, newsprint, online, podcast, and yearbook publications.

    We’re excited to announce that, thanks to the generous support of the USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications, SCSPA membership is now free for all student media programs in South Carolina!

    To be an active member for the 2025–26 school year, please complete the form below.

    You’ll also have the opportunity to indicate any evaluative services or competitions your program would like to participate in. You will be added to our organization's email listserv for future correspondence. 

    Membership is per media program and valid for the full academic year.

  • Publication/Staff Information

  • School Information

  • Adviser Information

  • Editor/Producer Information

  • Evaluations

  • Experienced scholastic judges evaluate programs and provide valuable feedback to help staffs improve as well as award excellence according to established scholastic journalism standards. Critiqued publications receive ratings based on the judges’ evaluations. Judges may also provide annotations by leaving written feedback on sticky notes attached to physical copies of the publications.

    Reminders will be sent throughout the school year about deadlines and submission requirements. 

    Broadcast, Newsprint and Online: Due Februrary 1, 2025 

    Yearbook & Literary Arts Magazines: Due June 15, 2026

  • Individual Competitions

  • SCSPA hosts annual state-wide Individual Award competitions for member staffs.

  • Payment

  • Please let us know if you would like to be invoiced for evaluations and competitions. An invoice will be emailed to you on the following business day. If you would like to pay online, you may use our Marketplace page.

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