Awards
Along with your KEMPA membership, our scholastic press association hosts events to help advisers and scholastic journalists improve their skills and elevate the quality of their student publications.
AWARDS
June 15, 2020: Nominations are due for the following awards:
- Nancy Becker Newspaper Adviser of the Year
- Jan Kohls Yearbook Adviser of the Year
- Administrator of the Year
- Media Award
- Friend of KEMPA
July 15, 2020: Applications for Advisers of the Year are due.
INDIVIDUAL CONTESTS
June 15, 2020: All online submissions and payments are due for the contest. Students can submit online entries for Newspaper, News Magazine, Yearbook, Online Multimedia, Broadcast, and Photography for student work published by member schools in the 2019-20 school year. Winners will be announced at KEMPA’s Fall Scholastic Journalism Conference.
AWARDS CEREMONY AND WORKSHOPS AT FALL CONFERENCE
Fall Scholastic Journalism Conference
Oct. 16, 2020: Plan on attending KEMPA’s fall conference at UW-Whitewater. The conference offers 70-some sessions and unlimited networking opportunities for you and 1,000 students who attend each year. The 2020 Fall Conference Committee is seeking proposals that reflect the best practice in the field, informed by experience and cognizant of multiple media: web, magazine, newspaper, yearbook, broadcast and student press freedom.