NSPA JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS | DESIGN 2025

NSPA Individual Awards honor the nation's best junior high/middle school journalism. The awards are presented to individual and small teams. There are nine contests in three categories.

Design: Literary Arts Magazine, Newspaper/Newsmagazine, Yearbook

Photojournalism: Feature Photo, Sports Photo

Story: Broadcast, Multimedia, News, Feature

ELIGIBILITY: Entries must have been published between June 13, 2024 and June 13, 2025. The contest is open only to junior high/middle school student media with a current NSPA membership as of the contest deadline. Any student on the staff of an NSPA-member junior high/middle school media outlet is eligible to enter. The entry must be published in the NSPA-member student media.

DEADLINE: The website for award submission will be closed at 5 p.m. CT on June 13, 2025. The deadline will not be reopened.

NSPA JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL INDIVIDUAL AWARDS | Design Entry Form

A. Design: Literary Arts Magazine

A single page or spread from a literary arts magazine.

Number of Entries: Two entries per each NSPA-member middle school/junior high literary arts magazine.

Submission: PDF file of printed page(s).

B. Design: Newspaper/Newsmagazine

A single page or spread from a newspaper/newsmagazine. The design may be a front/page cover or inside page/spread.

Number of Entries: Two entries per each NSPA-member middle school/junior high newspaper/newsmagazine.

Submission: PDF file of printed page(s).

C. Design: Yearbook

A spread from a yearbook. The design may be from the theme (opening, dividers, closing) or from sections (chronological, specialty/showstopper, student life, sports, people, groups, advertising, index)

Number of Entries: Two entries per each NSPA-member middle school/junior high yearbook.

Submission: PDF file of printed spread.

JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOL NAME | Use the full name, do not abbreviate.*

CITY | Spell out.*

STATE | Spell out.*

ADVISER | Use full name.*

ADVISER CELL PHONE | Number must be active in the summer.*

A. Design: Literary Arts Magazine

A single page or spread from a literary arts magazine.

Number of Entries: Two entries per each NSPA-member middle school/junior high literary arts magazine.

Submission: PDF file of printed page(s).

LITERARY ARTS MAGAZINE | Name as it appears on the cover. This is not the theme.

A. DESIGN: LITERARY ARTS MAGAZINE #1 | Upload a PDF file of printed page(s). File name: YourMS_LM1

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A. DESIGN: LITERARY ARTS MAGAZINE #1 | Student(s) responsible for the entry — up to five names may be listed in alphabetical order and separated by commas.

A. DESIGN: LITERARY ARTS MAGAZINE #2 | Upload a PDF file of printed page(s). File name: YourMS_LM2

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A. DESIGN: LITERARY ARTS MAGAZINE #2 | Student(s) responsible for the entry — up to five names may be listed in alphabetical order and separated by commas.

B. Design: Newspaper/Newsmagazine

A single page or spread from a newspaper/newsmagazine. The design may be a front/page cover or inside page/spread.

Number of Entries: Two entries per each NSPA-member middle school/junior high newspaper/newsmagazine.

Submission: PDF file of printed page(s).

NEWSPAPER/NEWSMAGAZINE | Name as it appears in the nameplate.

B. DESIGN: NEWPAPER/NEWSMAGAZINE #1 | Upload a PDF file of printed page(s). File name: YourMS_N1

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B. DESIGN: NEWSPAPER/NEWSMAGAZINE #1 | Student(s) responsible for the entry — up to five names may be listed in alphabetical order and separated by commas.

B. DESIGN: NEWPAPER/NEWSMAGAZINE #2 | Upload a PDF file of printed page(s). File name: YourMS_N2

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B. DESIGN: NEWSPAPER/NEWSMAGAZINE #2 | Student(s) responsible for the entry — up to five names may be listed in alphabetical order and separated by commas.

C. Design: Yearbook

Number of Entries: Two entries per each NSPA-member middle school/junior high yearbook.

Submission: PDF file of printed spread.

YEARBOOK | Name as it appears on the cover. This is not the theme.

B. DESIGN: YEARBOOK #1 | Upload a PDF file of printed page(s). File name: YourMS_Y1

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B. DESIGN: YEARBOOK #1 | Student(s) responsible for the entry — up to five names may be listed in alphabetical order and separated by commas.

B. DESIGN: YEARBOOK #2 | Upload a PDF file of printed page(s). File name: YourMS_Y2

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B. DESIGN: YEARBOOK #2 | Student(s) responsible for the entry — up to five names may be listed in alphabetical order and separated by commas.

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