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  • The postmark deadline is almost here for the 2024 IJEA Yearbook Contest! Mail your books by Oct. 15 — we want to recognize your students' great work covering the 2023-24 school year!
  • A big thank you to everyone who attended our 2024 Fall Conference, which took place Sept. 20 at Illinois State University. The sessions were amazing! Thank you to all of our presenters! Now let's get ready for contest season!
  • High school seniors! Get your portfolios ready for the 2025 Illinois Journalist of the Year Contest! Entries will be due Feb. 15.
  • Advisers! Join IJEA today! Annual memberships and lifetime memberships are available. Use our online form or fillable PDF to join!
Illinois Journalism Education Association, 2501 Chatham Road, Suite 200, Springfield, IL 62704

Illinois JEA

Illinois Journalism Education Association, 2501 Chatham Road, Suite 200, Springfield, IL 62704

Illinois JEA

Illinois Journalism Education Association, 2501 Chatham Road, Suite 200, Springfield, IL 62704

Illinois JEA

IJEA Student Contests


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Recognizing the Best
Among Illinois Scholastic Journalism


The Illinois Journalism Education Association sponsors four competitions that honor different aspects of student journalism: our yearbook contest (November), our Illinois Journalist of the Year competition (February), our All-State Journalism Team selection (March), and our newspaper and digital news media contest (March).

For students to be eligible to compete in any of these contests, their advisers must be IJEA members. Each IJEA member is entitled to enter either the yearbook or newspaper contest for free.

 


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