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CSPA
Columbia University
Mail Code 5711
New York, NY 10027-6902

Phone: (212) 854-9400
Fax: (212) 854-9401

cspa@columbia.edu

CSPA is affiliated with the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in the City of New York.

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About CSPA

CSPA Future Dates

Fall Conference

2012 Fall Conference
Monday, November 5, 2012

2013 Fall Conference
Monday, November 4, 2013

2014 Fall Conference
Monday, November 3, 2014

Spring Convention

2013 March Convention
Wednesday, March 20; Thursday, March 21; and Friday, March 22, 2013

2014 March Convention
Wednesday, March 19; Thursday, March 20; and Friday, March 21, 2014

Summer Journalism Workshop

2012 Summer Journalism Workshop
Sunday, June 24, through Friday June 29, 2012

2013 Summer Journalism Workshop
Sunday, June 23, through Friday June 28, 2013

2014 Summer Journalism Workshop
Sunday, June 22, through Friday June 27, 2014

Membership and Award Deadlines

Note: CSPA dates its awards by the year in which they are given so deadlines for entry may occur in a prior year. Crown Awards and Medalist Critiques judge entries from the prior academic year. Gold Circle Awards judge entries from the prior 12-months.

2012-13 Membership that includes submission to Medalist Critiques, Crown Awards and Gold Circles

June 15, 2012
Regular Membership or Basic Membership for print newspapers, digital media, hybrid news media & all magazines.

October 15, 2012
Regular Memberships or Basic Memberships for yearbooks, all Associate Memberships.

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CSPA is an international student press association, founded in 1925, whose goal is to unite student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks, critiques and award programs.