Thank you for applying or nominating for a JEA award.
To submit an award application, create a submittable account. This is not tied to your JEA account. Through your Submittable account you will be able to complete the award submission form in stages and your progress is saved.
All parts of the award submission form must be completed by the award deadline to be eligible.
2025 prompt: What is the biggest challenge journalists face today, and how might they overcome it?
All students enrolled in grades 9-12 in U.S. public, private and home schools within the United States are eligible to enter. Students must submit original work.
The essay should be 300-500 words. Entries may be typed or handwritten but must be double-spaced.
Each submission to the essay contest must be accompanied by a $5 entry fee.
The upload deadline for the SPJ/JEA High School Essay contest is Feb. 19, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Central time/9:59 p.m. Pacific time.
Please visit the essay contest page on JEA.org to learn about the contest and rules.