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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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Gold Circles

Gold Circle Awards Overview

The Gold Circle Awards are available to members as part of the Regular Membership, Associate Membership or Basic Membership.

Gold Circle Awards are offered to recognize superior work by student journalists usually as individuals but sometimes as an entire staff working with either print or online media. These media are published in schools or colleges throughout the United States and in overseas schools following an American plan of education.

For the 29th annual Gold Circles, the deadline for Newspapers and Magazines is now June 15, 2012. Eligibility for these categories is June 16, 2011 through June 15, 2012.

Your publication must be have a CSPA membership to enter the Gold Circle Awards. Click here to find out more about the three different types of membership available.

All Newspaper and Magazine entries must be POSTMARKED by June 15th.

The deadline for the 30th annual Gold Circles, the deadline for Yearbook, Video and Online Media is November 1, 2012. Eligibility for these categories is November 2, 2011 through November 1, 2012.

All Yearbook and Digital Media entries must be POSTMARKED by November 1st.

Presently, 205 different categories of entry are provided with detailed information given here. Recognition is given by various certificates of award. Secondary schools are judged separately from colleges and universities so that each student’s work is evaluated against others produced in similar circumstances. Judges are experienced journalists and educators familiar with the context surrounding student journalism as produced in schools and colleges. In recent years, more than 13,000 entries have been submitted for this annual competition and about 1,000 awards were given in the various categories.

Gold Circle Awards were first given in 1984 but follow a long tradition of CSPA awards for individual achievement by student editors.

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Download Forms

Click on the PDF icon to download the 2012 Gold Circle Form for News and Magazine entries due June 15, 2012.

Click on the PDF icon to download the 2013 Gold Circle Form for Yearbook entries due on November 1, 2012.

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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.