2026-2027 Newspaper/Newsmagazine Evaluations

The Florida Scholastic Press Association (FSPA) is excited to announce our newspaper and newsmagazine evaluations, a unique opportunity to highlight and hone your team's journalistic pursuits, and receive feedback to better your program.

Key Dates:

• Submission #1 Deadline: October 14, 2026
• Submission #2 Deadline: December 14, 2026
• Submission #3 Deadline: February 16, 2027

You must submit at least two newspapers/newsmagazines. Programs that take advantage of submitting all three will have their lowest score removed when deciding final rankings.

Regardless of which deadlines you submit your newspapers, you MUST register by the deadline of October 14, 2026.

Submission Guidelines:

1. Schools may submit up to three publications crafted this academic year. 
2. Submit your shows as PDFs.
3. We emphasize that only content from the current school year is acceptable.
4. Accompany your submission with a written statement providing context on special circumstances and pinpointing specific areas you'd like our evaluators to focus on.

Feedback & Recognition: With each evaluation, programs can expect thorough feedback across a variety of areas, which should be used to better your program throughout the year. Each program may be awarded a rank of All-Florida, Gold, Silver, Bronze.  Once all evaluations have been received, our distinguished panel will identify "Sunshine Standout" winners to be announced at our spring convention, celebrating the best in scholastic journalism.