International Honorary Society
for High School Journalists
ANNUAL DEADLINES
Nov. 1 - Yearbook Excellence Contest
Feb. 6 - International Writing, Photo Contest
Apr. 15 - Benz Scholarship Application for advisers
May 1 - News Media Evaluation. NEW!!!
May 10 - Scholarship Applications for high school seniors
QUICK LINKS
Yearbook Excellence Entry Form
__________________Other Contests Judged by Quill and Scroll
NEWS
INTERVIEW WITH TOM FRENCH
Adding narrative writing techniques will increase reader interest, as well as strengthen journalistic writing. Tom French, a master of the narrative writing form who is on the Indiana University School of Journalism faculty, shares his observations in a video interview with Indiana University graduate student Tara Bender. Read more about narrative writing in an article Bender wrote for the Fall 2011 issue of Quill & Scroll magazine and in an online exclusive Q & A Bender conducted with French.
QUILL AND SCROLL SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
Six college freshmen are beginning their journalism or communication studies this fall with Quill and Scroll scholarships. George and Ophelia Gallup Scholarship winners Jackie Tempera (Communications HS, Wall, N.J.) is attending Emerson College in Boston, and Catherine King (West Henderson HS, Hendersonville, N.C.) is attending University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Edward J. Nell Scholarship recipients Zev Hurwitz (Shalhevet HS, Los Angeles) is enrolled at the University of California-San Diego; Logan Ponche (Francis Howell North HS, St. Charles, Mo.) at Drury University, Springfield, Mo.; and Elisabeth Dillon (Allen HS, Allen, Texas) University of Texas-Austin. Lauren Smith (Dwight D. Eisenhower HS, Blue Island, Ill.) Moraine Valley Community College, received the Richard Johns Scholarship. Their stories about the impact high school journalism had in preparing them for college journalism will be posted soon.
"THE SAD STORY OF HOW A GAY SCHOOL GOT DERAILED"
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award-winner Isaac Stanley-Becker wrote about a controversial proposal in Chicago to open a public school for gay students. Click here to read Stanley-Becker's award-winning story.
QUILL AND SCROLL FABULOUS LIFE STORIES
Click here to watch students David Zheng, Carmel HS, and Natalie Bush, Columbus North HS, both in Indiana, and teachers Mary Kay Downes, Chantilly HS, Va., and Lizabeth Walsh, Reno HS, Nev., talk about their fabulous Quill and Scroll experiences!
BLOG HOW-TOs
Start a blog. Sharpen your blogging skills. Quill & Scroll magazine features are here to help add blogs to your news formats: Journalism and Technology columns by Julie E. Dodd and Judy Robinson of the University of Florida; an article by David Schwartz of the Iowa High School Press Association.
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
One recent college graduate explains how he turned his passions for writing and video gaming into a career, and how you can do the same! Read the story, "When the Economy Gives You Lemons...Do a Barrel Roll!," by Jayson Gegner.
YOU'RE HIRED
Finding the right person to head up a newspaper or yearbook can be a challenge. In Quill & Scroll magazine, Ray Westbrook of the Columbia Scholastic Press Advisers Association offered advice on what qualities to look for when hiring an editor, as well as an overview of newspaper and yearbook editors' responsibilities once they've got the job.
COMING YOUR WAY!
Membership Mailings Keep your eyes open for our yellow brochure with Quill and Scroll membership and contest information.
JOURNALISM STUDENTS STUDY ABROAD
College journalism students can take advantage of study abroad opportunities tailored to their interests, with some offering internship experiences. Abe Tekippe explores them in "Taking Flight."
CELEBRATE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS WITH INDUCTION CEREMONIES
It's an honor to be a Quill & Scroll member. Academic and journalistic achievements of members are significant, and worthy of recognition. So when it's time to induct new members, why not celebrate?