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THSPA Contest and Awards Day

The annual THSPA contest is now underway. Member schools can enter 49 individual and overall categories in newspaper, yearbook, literary magazine, online and broadcast. The postmark deadline is Jan. 17, 2013. For complete information about this year's contest, click for this pdf.

Awards Day
March 4, 2013

Mark your calendars for Monday, March 4,  in March for THSPA's annual Awards Day!

Some highlights:

• Awards Day will be in Collins-Alumni Auditorium at Lipscomb University at 9:30 a.m. on March 4.
• For directions to Lipscomb's campus as well as a campus map, go to http://www.lipscomb.edu/directions/.
• Collins-Alumni Auditorium is building No. 22 on the campus map.
• Parking can be found at the P-4 lot depicted at the lower left-hand corner of the online map. Buses may drop off students in front of the Burton Health Sciences Center, which is building No. 24 on the campus map and adjacent to Collins-Alumni Auditorium.
• Cost will be $5 per person; this can be paid in advance or at the door, by cash or by check. Checks should be made out to THSPA.

Fall Workshop

The annual THSPA Fall Workshop was held on Lipscomb's campus Nov. 19. Dozens of sessions in newswriting, features, yearbook, literary magazine, photography and video were offered. Click here for the eight-page workshop program.

Congratulations to the Write-Off winners:

Feature Writing

• First Place: Katie Stephens, South-Doyle High School
• Second Place: Madelyn Bomar, Christ Presbyterian Academy
• Third Place: Kevin Ellis, South-Doyle High School

Sports Writing

• First Place: Spencer Petty, Christ Presbyterian Academy
• Second Place: Chandler McCollough, Bolton High School 
• Third Place: Camille Thompson, Christ Presbyterian Academy

Nagel named state director of JEA

Heather Nagel, yearbook adviser at Christ Presbyterian Academy, has been named state director for the Journalism Education Association. She succeeds Denise Croker of the Harpeth Hall School. Congratulations, Heather, and thanks to Denise for your years of excellent service!  

To learn more about THSPA, visit our information page.  To learn how to become a member of THSPA, visit our Membership Page.

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