FSPA - contests

**Please contact Joe Humphrey at fspacontests@gmail.com for all contest and evaluations inquiries.

DIGITAL CONTESTS

Digital Contests allow Florida student journalists to showcase their work in a variety of categories such as writing, design, photography, art, broadcast and multimedia journalism. Judges assign a numeric score to each and provide written feedback (Criteria are listed on the document with prompts and instructions below. We recognize All-Florida winners online and name a Best of the Best at convention for each category.

See link at right for a list of All-Florida and Best of the Best winners.

FALL 2023 DIGITAL CONTESTS

Best of the Best winners are now posted to the right (computer) or below (phone)

FEEDBACK IS NOW AVAILABLE

1. Go to BetterNewspaperContest.com.

2. Select Contestant Login

3. Under the Contestant Manager tab, select FSPA Fall 2023 Digital Contests and your school/publication. Use the same password you used to enter the contest.

4, Once you log in, click on the Judges Feedback button in the top left, and select PDF to generate a report of feedback from judges.

-- Best of the Best placements are not listed on the report, which only provides scores, written feedback and the rating. For your reference:

44-50 = All-Florida
38-43 = Excellent
25-37 = Honorable Mention

-- Certificates were printed based on names provided and distributed at district workshops. If you were not at your district workshop, hopefully the district director has mailed your certificates or still has them. However, we can provide digital copies of replacement certificates upon request. Send requests or name corrections to fspacontests (at) gmail (dot) com. Please be specific.

SPRING 2023 CONVENTION CONTESTS

FEEDBACK IS NOW AVAILABLE

1. Go to BetterNewspaperContest.com.

2. Select Contestant Login

3. Under the Contestant Manager tab, select FSPA Spring 2023 Convention Contests and your school/publication. Use the same password you used to enter the contest.

4, Once you log in, click on the Judges Feedback button in the top left, and select PDF to generate a report of feedback from judges.

NOTES:

-- While judges used the 50-point scale utilized in Digital Contests, entries for convention contests do not receive a "rating," so the right hand column here is moot. Only the highest scoring entries won in each category. Those results were announced at convention and a draft list is posted on this website (pending any name changes).

-- If you were unable to claim your students' certificates at the convention closing, we will be mailing them out soon.

SPRING 2023 DIGITAL CONTESTS

FEEDBACK IS NOW AVAILABLE

1. Go to BetterNewspaperContest.com.

2. Select Contestant Login

3. Under the Contestant Manager tab, select FSPA Spring 2023 Digital Contests and your school/publication. Use the same password you used to enter the contest.

4, Once you log in, click on the Judges Feedback button in the top left, and select PDF to generate a report of feedback from judges.

NOTES:

-- Journalist of the Year competitions and the Anchor Qualifier competition were not scored on the 50-point scale so you can ignore numeric scores on those. Some judges used them for reference and others did not.

-- Best of the Best placements are not listed on the report, which only provides scores, written feedback and the rating. For your reference:

44-50 = All-Florida
38-43 = Excellent
25-37 = Honorable Mention

-- We are in the process of completing the All-Florida list with links to Best of the Best winners and will publish it on the website once complete.

-- Certificates were printed based on names provided. However, we will provide digital copies of replacement certificates in early May. Send corrections to fspacontests (at) gmail (dot) com.

-- If you were not at convention, we are still in the process of returning your certificates by mail. The names on those will match what is on your feedback forms.