FALL DIGITAL CONTESTS
Our Fall 2024 contest has concluded.
Held in September, Fall Digital Contests give students an early start at testing their skills, and receive feedback that will help them, and their school media grow throughout the year.
In addition, judges assign a numeric score to each submission (44-50 = All-Florida, 38-43 = Excellent, 25-37 = Honorable Mention). All-Florida submissions are announced at district workshops and Best of the Best recipients are announced after the final district workshop.
SPRING DIGITAL CONTESTS
Another record year!
Held in February, Spring Digital Contests allow students to showcase the work they have been doing and the skills they have acquired throughout the school year.
Just like they do for the fall contests, judges provide feedback and assign a numeric score to each submission (44-50 = All-Florida, 38-43 = Excellent, 25-37 = Honorable Mention). All-Florida winners are published on our website and Best of the Best winners are announced at convention.
2025 Breakdown
- 18% All-Florida
- 23% Excellent
- 35% Honorable Mention
- 24% No Award Given
Feedback is now available
- Go to www.betternewspapercontest.com
- Select Contestant Login and make sure "Contestant Manager" tab is selected
- Select FSPA Spring 2025 Digital Contests
- Select your publication/program from dropdown menu and enter your password
- Just above table of entries, select "Judges Feedback" and select "PDF" to download a report of all feedback
- The report does not include ratings - consult the paragraph above to confirm the rating for your entry. Please note that Journalist of the Year contests do not utilize the 50-point scale, so ignore any numbers on those entries.
- If you have trouble logging in or if there are name issues, you can contact FSPA Contest Coordinator Joe Humphrey (fspacontests at gmail dot com) for assistance, but responses may be delayed until after convention.
Certificates are now available
- Follow this link to view all certificates
- Download the document to your computer
- Use Ctrl-F to find your school/publication and identify the pages of the document.
- Print those pages -- not the full 3,222 page document -- on landscape mode.
- See Number 7 above for contact info on correcting name errors.
