For 93 years, Quill and Scroll has been honoring the best work done by student journalists around the world. We provide students and their advisers with resources to do great work and to have it evaluated. Whether it’s through our stories, our contests, our evaluation service, our scholarships or our pins and graduation paraphernalia, we salute great scholastic journalism at our charter schools. Start or renew your charter today.
The local chapter is at the heart of Quill and Scroll. The member belongs to an international organization. Membership widens a student’s horizon, increases journalistic perspective and gives the prestige of membership in an honorary scholastic society. Download the Chapter Manual here.
Quill and Scroll provides a variety of scholarship opportunities for students and advisers. Student scholarships, with one exception, are available to only those students from Q&S local chapters, as is the adviser scholarship.
Dozens of schools from around the world participate in our annual Yearbook Excellence Contest; our Writing, Photo and Multimedia contest; as well as our News Media Evaluation service. If you want to see how you work stacks up against the best in the world, enter a Q&S contest or critique.
From the Weekly Scroll roundup of the week’s most important news; the Digital Quill, which is penned by a professional journalist; to stories of interest to scholastic journalists to question-and-answer pieces with professional journalists, Quill and Scroll’s news service keeps you updated on the latest trends in journalism and journalism education.
Our membership materials support your students and provide a chance for you to honor their best work. The 50th anniversary Quill and Scroll Stylebook (the first was published in 1968) is available for just $3 each. It’s a 34-compendium of all you need to know about journalistic and Associated Press style, tailored for high school news organizations. It has an updated section on gender, sexuality and pronouns. You can use the order form (it’s on page 4) to get one for every student journalist in school.
We also offer regalia for all members — pins, graduation cords, charms, t-shirts, awards — for a variety of contributors to your student media. And we can help you produce better journalism. We also have a series of books and publications that can help you become a better teacher, your students write and report better, and even for your principal to better understand the law regarding student press rights. Download the order form to purchase both member and non-member awards. Click on the images above for an enlarged view of items.
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