2020-21 Calendar
Sept. 14, 2020, 7 p.m. CDT
Town Hall: Editorial Leadership for yearbooks
Sept. 15, 2020, noon Central
Registration opens —
JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention
Sept. 16, 2020, 7 p.m. CDT
Town Hall: Editorial Leadership for broadcast, newspaper/newsmagazine and online
Oct. 2, 2020
Deadline: Online Pacemaker entries
Oct. 15, 2020
Early-bird registration ends —
JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention
Nov. 2, 2020
Deadlines: Yearbook and Magazine/Literary Pacemaker entries
Nov. 13, 2020
Convention registration closes —
JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention
Nov. 19-21, 2020
JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention,
presented virtually, with access to pre-convention content
starting Nov. 16.
Dec. 10, 2020
Deadline: Fall Clips & Clicks contest
January 2021
Registration opens —
JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention
Go to seattle.journalismconvention.org starting in January 2021 for the latest information — including the status of the on-site convention.
Jan. 31, 2021
Fall Clips & Clicks contest winners announced
Feb. 12, 2021
Deadline: Wikoff Scholarship for Editorial Leadership applications
Deadline: Journalism Honor Roll applications
April 8-10, 2021
JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention, Sheraton, Seattle
May 15, 2021
Deadline:
Spring Clips & Clicks contest
May 2021
Registration opens —
NSPA Gloria Shields Workshop, Dallas
Go to gloriashieldsworkshop.com
starting in May 2021 for the latest information — including the status
of the on-site workshop.
June 25, 2021
Deadline: NSPA Individual Awards
Deadlines: Broadcast, Newspaper/Newsmagazine, Specialty Magazine and Innovation Pacemaker entries
June 28-July 1, 2021
NSPA Gloria Shields Workshop, Dallas. Bonus classes June 27.
June 30, 2021
Spring Clips & Clicks contest winners announced