2023 Contest

Thanks to everyone who entered this year. Results will be announced Saturday, April.

Thank you to everyone for the important jobs you do at student media organizations across Indiana. It’s time to enter the annual ICPA contest and celebrate your staff’s wonderful work. Details below. Judges from around the country will be reviewing your entries. First, second and third place award recipients will be announced at the annual conference, April 1 on the IUPUI campus in Indianapolis.

Deadline

All entries must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.

Entry information 

  1. Contest is open to Indiana Collegiate Press Association paid members. Renew here.
  2. Each entry is to be submitted electronically at https://www.newspapercontest.com/Contests/INCPA.aspx. The Association code is: ICPA. 
  3. Each school must register and select a division based on student enrollment: 
    Division 1 — More than 10,000  
    Division 2 — 3,001-10,000 
    Division 3 — Less than 3,000 
  4. Questions about the contest or contest site? Email rwitmer@iu.edu or call 812-855-5898. 
  5. Category descriptions are on the entry form.

New this year

Some categories have been eliminated, others have been added in response to changes in how students are producing content. For instance, there’s a Newsletter category in the Online area. Moving forward we will make more changes and will consult with members for input on how to be responsive to changes in how and where student media staffers are focusing their energies.

General rules

  1. Entries must have been published in print or online by an Indiana college media outlet during the contest period Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2022. 
  2. The same stories/content cannot be entered in both print and online categories. An exception would be individual elements. For example: a single photo may be entered in a print category that also appears as part of a larger online slideshow entry. 
  3. Up to five bylines may be included for an entry. More than five will be awarded as Staff. 
  4. Most but not all categories allow two entries. 
  5. Category descriptions are on the entry form. Read rules and category descriptions carefully: Judges may eliminate from consideration any entry not submitted in compliance with the rules or preparation requirements. 
  6. The contest is free to enter for ICPA members. 

Overall awards

Placements are allocated points: a first place is five, second place is three and third place is one. Point totals based on all placements in a division area determine the overall publications or website of the year awards.

Awards, conference FYI

We will return to an in-person event April 1 on the IUPUI campus in downtown Indianapolis with speakers and sessions before the awards ceremony. We will update you via email and on this website.

Questions? Feel free to email or call.

Ruth Witmer, rwitmer@iu.edu, 812-855-5898