IHSPA has created three new awards to accompany the long standing Hawkeye photographer of the year.

• Writer of the Year
• Designer of the Year
• Videographer of the Year
• Hawkeye Photographer of the Year

To enter this IHSPA contest, the student must have their work published in a school newspaper, magazine, website or yearbook between March 10, 2014 and March 9, 2015.

Create an online portfolio that includes five work samples and date of publication and name of the publication where the work appeared.

Contestant’s school must be an IHSPA member.

Judges will evaluate the effectiveness of the student’s  coverage of an event or people in a school or community.

Awards will be presented at the IHSPA Fall Conferences in October.

Hawkeye Photographer of the Year

• Create an online portfolio that includes five of photos including caption and date of publication and name of the publication in which the photo appeared.

 Writer of the year

• Create an online portfolio that includes five writing samples indicate date of publication and name of the publication in which the article appeared. Only student publications are allowed.

Videographer of the year

• Create an online portfolio that includes five news video samples indicate date of publication and name of the publication in which the article appeared. Only student publications are allowed.

 Designer of the year

• Create an online portfolio that includes five design samples indicate date of publication and name of the publication in which the article appeared. Only student publications are allowed.
• Work for yearbooks are eligible.

How to enter

The applicant must create a website that hosts the portfolio. Most questions can be answered by viewing the JEA website. This is similar to the Journalist of the Year entry.

Specific instructions about how to do this can be found at this link.

While this is not a JEA contest we are following their strategy.

Tips on how to build the WordPress site can be found here.

Deadline: March 16, 2015