**Please contact Joe Humphrey at fspacontests@gmail.com for all contest and evaluations inquiries.
ANNUAL EVALUATIONS
FSPA provides a yearly evaluation service for newspapers, yearbooks, literary magazines, broadcast programs and online publications. The focus of the evaluation service is to provide feedback that will enable students to improve their publications and broadcast programs. The evaluations are done by outstanding publication advisers from other states’ press associations, professional journalists and journalism faculty members. Staffs and advisers receive a written critique, providing specific comments on strengths and weaknesses of their publications and broadcasts. The top publications receive All-Florida awards at our convention banquets, and the best of the best winners are recognized as Sunshine Standouts. Click the publication/program type below to download our evaluation guides. Yearbook evaluations are $70. Register online to generate an invoice and receive instructions for mailing your book. Submission are due by June 10. Registration is now closed. -- Literary Magazine evaluations are $60. Register online to generate an invoice and receive instructions for mailing your magazine. Submissions are due by June 10. Registration is now closed. -- Broadcast News evaluations are $65. For the first round, an entry consists of just one episode produced this school year. The first round of submissions is due by Oct. 20, 2023. Additional episodes will be required for submission later in the school year. Programs will receive feedback on the first episode before the next round of evaluations in December. The final round of evaluations will take place next semester. Your overall evaluation will be based on an average of the three evaluations. -- Newspaper/Newsmagazine evaluations are $70. For the first round, an entry consists of just one issue produced this school year. The first round of submissions is due by Oct. 20, 2023. Additional issues will be required for submission later in the school year. Publications will receive feedback on the first issue before the next round of evaluations in December. The final round of evaluations will take place next semester. Your overall evaluation will be based on an average of the three evaluations. -- Online Media evaluations are $60. For those who register before December of 2023, we are offering a special opportunity. Along with the standard evaluation, you will receive an additional, no-stakes evaluation. This extra assessment is designed not to affect your final FSPA rating but to provide constructive feedback and advice on improving your website for the best possible rating in March. |