Kansas Scholastic Press Association

10/09/2026

Introducing the KSPA Student Advisory Board!

We’re looking for students who are interested in scholastic journalism, leadership and networking opportunities to help KSPA better serve our schools.

10+ student Board members from across Kansas will give feedback to KSPA, participate in editors’ roundtables, hear from guest speakers, assist with KSPA events and create multimedia projects to support scholastic journalism.

Meetings will be held virtually at 6 p.m. on the first Monday of each month.
Nov. 2
Dec. 7
Month off - Winter Break
Feb. 1
March 1
April 5
May 3

Applications due October 16. Apply at bit.ly/KSPAStudentBoard or find the link on our website.

09/30/2026

09/16/2026

KSPA’s Quarterly Clips Contests give student journalists the opportunity to earn awards and receive judge feedback on their work in print, digital, broadcast and yearbook.

Go to KSPAONLINE.ORG for more details and submission.

Student photography by Zoe Varner

09/11/2026

The Kansas scholastic Press Association has a proud history of serving scholastic journalism programs across the state through contests and events.

Join KSPA today to take your scholastic journalism program to the next level!

Check out everything KSPA has to offer your staff at the link in our bio.

Student photography by Audreey Nguyen and Isaac Fulks

08/28/2026

It’s almost time for the KSPA fall conferences! Ready to take your publications to the next level? Set up your staffers for success by joining us Sept. 29 at the University of Kansas and Wichita State University.

Learn more and register at the link in our bio.

08/08/2026

KSPA board members took a break from their back to school preparations today to talk about our plans and activities for the year. Thank you to our host at Kansas State, Spencer O'Daniel. We hope to see you again this fall and can’t wait to roll out lots of fun activities this year!

05/13/2026

Congratulations to the winning writers in the KSPA Quarterly Clips Contest for Quarter 4! Head to our website to read their winning stories!

05/13/2026

Congratulations to our sports photography winners in this year's final Quarterly Clips Contest!

05/13/2026

More photo winners from our Quarterly Clips Contest. See all the winners on our website!

05/13/2026

Kansas student photographers have produced impressive work all year. Here are the winners for academics photography, environmental portrait and class 3A/4A and 5A feature photography.