Columbia Scholastic Press Association

The CSPA invites high school students and faculty advisers to attend and participate in CSPA’s 86^th annual Spring Scholastic Convention. This national gathering of student editors and faculty advisers to newspapers, yearbooks, magazines, video productions, and online media will be held at Columbia University from Wednesday, March 17 through Friday, March 19, 2010.

Delegates can choose from 350 or more sessions organized in seven sequences: newspaper, yearbook, magazine, online media, video/broadcasting, law and ethics and advisers. All seven sequences will run simultaneously throughout the three days of the Convention.

Throughout the Convention, our hourly schedule boasts a variety of special events, including Advisers Luncheons on Thursday and Friday. In addition, the Columbia Scholastic Press Advisers Association (CSPAA) will meet on Friday.

The winners of the Crown Awards for top publications will be presented at the Awards Convocation on Friday afternoon.

More than 500 newspapers, magazines and yearbooks that entered the CSPA’s 2009 competitions will be displayed at the 86^th Scholastic Convention. The display will include recent high scoring publications. Delegates will be able to browse these displays on Wednesday and Thursday.

Deadline for early registration is February 15, 2010 at a fee of $99 per person. To qualify for the early registration fee, your registration form and all fees paid in full must be postmarked by February 15, 2010.

For all registrations postmarked after February 15^th or made on-site at the Convention, the registration fee is $115 per person.

No purchase orders will be accepted for early registration fees. All purchase orders will be billed the late fee of $115 per person.

Advisers who plan to attend the Thursday and Friday Adviser Luncheons must register by February 15, 2010 to receive reduced fees. We suggest that schools pre-register and pay by February 15^th for those students and advisers they are certain are attending.

If students or advisers wish to register additional persons as part of an existing school delegation, they may do so after February 15^th at the late fee.

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