JULY 15
Submission Window Opens
•Annual IHSPA Membership Renewal
•Adviser Retreat Registration
•Student Leadership Workshop Registration
AUGUST TBD
Submission Deadline
•Adviser Retreat Registration
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER TBD
Event
•Adviser Retreat @ The Mill • Bloomington, Indiana
SEPTEMBER TBD
Submission Deadline
•Student Leadership Workshop Registration
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER TBD
Event
•Student Leadership Workshop @ TBD
SEPTEMBER 15
Submission Deadline
•Rowena Harvey Journalism Contests
OCTOBER 1
Submission Deadline
•Yearbook Hoosier Star Evaluation Service
DECEMBER 1
Submission Window Opens
•Indiana High School Journalism Convention Registration
•Indiana High School Journalism Convention Exhibitor/Sponsor Form
•Indiana High School Journalist of the Year Award
•IHSPA Adviser & Student Board Applications
DECEMBER 15
Submission Deadline
•Annual IHSPA Membership Renewal
•Ella Sengenberger Indiana Adviser of the Year Award
•Indiana Administrator of the Year Award
•Lifetime Membership Award
•Dr. Louis Ingelhart Friend of the Student Press Award
JANUARY 23
Submission Deadline
•Indiana High School Journalism Convention Registration
•Indiana High School Journalism Convention Exhibitor/Sponsor Form
JANUARY 26
Submission Deadline
•IHSPA Adviser & Student Board Applications
JANUARY 29
Event
•Indiana High School Journalism Convention @ Franklin College • Franklin, Indiana
FEBRUARY 1
Submission Deadline
•Indiana High School Journalist of the Year Award
APRIL 1
Submission Window Opens
•Broadcast Hoosier Star Evaluation Service
•Website Hoosier Star Evaluation Service
•Newspaper Hoosier Star Evaluation Service
•Yearbook Hoosier Star Evaluation Service
•Rowena Harvey Journalism Contests
MAY 1
Submission Deadline
•Diana Hadley Honor Roll Nominations
•David Adams Hall of Fame Nominations
•First Amendment Design Contest
•Sports Journalism Award
JULY 1
Submission Deadline
•Broadcast Hoosier Star Evaluation Service
•Website Hoosier Star Evaluation Service
•Newspaper Hoosier Star Evaluation Service
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Last updated: Oct. 6, 2026