DEADLINE: The application must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Central time Oct. 15, for consideration for the H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year Award.


The National High School Yearbook Adviser of the Year program is designed to honor outstanding high school advisers and their exemplary work from the previous year, as well as throughout their careers.
The application process will be an all-digital submission.
A selection panel, made up of the most recently selected Yearbook Adviser of the Year and a team of four student-media experts, will review the entries immediately following the submission deadline. Points will be awarded based on a rubric, and the top advisers will be named the H.L. Hall National Yearbook Adviser of the Year, Distinguished Yearbook Adviser or Special Recognition Yearbook Adviser.
Announcement of winners will be made in December. Winners will be recognized during the awards luncheon at the Spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention where the Yearbook Adviser of the Year will speak. The Yearbook Adviser of the Year and Distinguished Advisers will be featured in the convention program and will be part of a panel discussion about yearbooks.
A $500 award for the winner's school, and up to four $500 awards for Distinguished Advisers' schools may be used to buy equipment for the yearbook classroom or to fund student scholarships to summer workshops. The Yearbook Adviser of the Year will have his or her travel and hotel paid for the convention when he or she receives the award. In addition, the recipient also will receive a personal $1,000 prize.
The National Yearbook Adviser of the Year competition is underwritten by

• Balfour Yearbooks, Jostens Inc., Varsity Yearbook, Walsworth Yearbooks