Award/Scholarship Forms

Journalism educator fellowship Application
Principal of the Year Form
Kay Phillips Distinguished Service Award Form
Student Journalist of the Year
Contest Entry Form
Self-Analysis Form

2008 Award Winners

Literary Magazine
Newspaper
Yearbook

Contests
Critique services of NCSMA offer annual opportunities for students and staffs to distinguish themselves. Experts in magazine, newspaper and yearbook production judge North Carolina's scholastic publications in three classes, according to school enrollment.

Award categories include Achievement, Honor, Distinction and All North Carolina. From the latter category, Tarheel awards are presented to the highest-scoring publications in each class.

Students may also submit individual work in writing and design for awards.
Click here for descriptions of the contest categories.
Each year the Student Journalist of the Year is selected from among the top graduating seniors in scholastic journalism programs across the state. Entrants are evaluated by journalism professionals and UNC-CH School of Journalism and Mass Communication professors. The winner recieves the Rachael Rivers-Coffey Scholarship from the N.C. Press Association and goes on to compete for scholarships in the national Journalism Education Association contest.