Join us at ISU! Registration is now open for our 2024 Fall Conference, which will be held Friday, Sept. 20, at Illinois State University. Cost is $10 per student, $20 for advisers. See you there!
IJEA membership is now open for the 2024-25 school year! Use our online form or fillable PDF to join for only $25.
Our 2024 Yearbook Contest is now accepting entries through Oct. 15 — get recognition for your students' great work!
High school seniors! Get your portfolios ready for the 2025 Illinois Journalist of the Year Contest! Entries will be due Feb. 15.
OVERVIEW: Use this form to enter the Best Blogger category, IJEA Newspaper & Digital News Media Contest. Asterisks indicate fields in which a response is required.
DIGITAL CATEGORY: Best Blogger is a digital-only category. Digital media (including the online versions of hybrid publications) may each submit two entries in this category. If you want to submit a second entry, use this form to send both entries.
IF YOU ADVISE A HYBRID PUBLICATION: Please note that if your publication has both a print and digital version, the digital version may submit two entries in this category.
NOTE: A single entry in this category consists of three blog posts by the same student.
DESCRIPTION: For a description of this and other digital categories, click here.
DEADLINE: All entries in this contest must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on March 15 of the current school year.
REMINDER: Please make sure you have completed our Adviser Information Form before submitting your students' contest entries. Only one submission of the Adviser Information Form is required, regardless of how many categories your students compete in.