Awards
Annual Member Program Awards
Scroggins Award: Best of South
SIPA presents its highest award, the Scroggins Award: Best of South, each year to each publication type – broadcast, literary magazine, news, online and yearbook. To be eligible, a program must be a SIPA member, fill out the entry form and submit the publications by December 15.
Annual Individual Awards
Please see the criteria on each application. Nomination deadline: December 15.
Dr. Kay Phillips Administrator of the Year Award
SIPA has recognized administrators who are supportive of scholastic journalism since 1988. The winner of the award will be invited to give brief remarks at the annual convention banquet.
Elizabeth B. Dickey Distinguished Service Award
This award recognizes advisers, teachers and friends of scholastic journalism who have contributed extraordinary amounts of time, talent and energy to SIPA.
Joseph W. Shoquist Freedom of the Press Award
SIPA’s Freedom of the Press Award was initiated in 1989 in recognition of an adviser’s use of her First Amendment rights on the high school level. The award, named in honor of a former dean of the School of Journalism, will be given periodically when someone makes a strong stand for scholastic journalism.
Karen H. Flowers Outstanding Service Award
SIPA’s Outstanding Service Award was given for the first time in 2010 as the New Friend of Scholastic Media Award. This award, renamed in honor of former director Karen Flowers, goes to an individual who is not in the classroom but who has significantly supported scholastic journalism.
Leslie Dennis Heart for Diversity Award
This award, named in honor of former director Leslie Dennis, is presented to an individual or organization that has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to promoting diversity, inclusivity and multicultural awareness through scholastic media.