Who’s eligible?

One membership per print publication or digital media. (College newspapers, fall and spring semester are now considered ONE membership.)

Memberships for student media are offered for print publications or digital media.

CSPA accepts newspapers, yearbooks, magazines and digital media edited and produced by students in middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities for membership.

Schools and colleges may be public, private or church-affiliated institutions located in the United States, Canada, or overseas schools following an American plan of education.

All CSPA memberships run from July 1 through June 30 of the following year. Memberships are for one year only and must be renewed.

A note about digital (online) sites: To be critiqued/evaluated as an digital publication and/or site, your website must include material adding web features. Sites offering only PDFs of the existing print publications do not qualify for digital or hybrid news site critique consideration.

How to join

You are invited to apply for CSPA Membership 2015-2016 using our new online membership system.

As of today, paper copies and PDF versions of old, annual membership form no longer exist.

Instead of completing a registration form by hand or filling-in boxes on a PDF document, you’ll complete all of those questions using this online system, powered by a leading online company named Cvent.