Quill and Scroll conducts three major competitions each year

Writing, Photo and Multimedia Contest Competition

Currently enrolled high school students are invited to enter the International Writing, Photo and Multimedia Contest and Blogging Competition. International Writing, Photo and Multimedia Sweepstakes winners receive a plaque. Blogging Competition winners receive a digital badge. Individual winners receive Quill and Scroll’s National Award Gold Key and, as seniors, are eligible to apply for a scholarship.

Yearbook Excellence Contest

Winners of the Quill and Scroll Yearbook Excellence Contest are eligible as seniors to apply for a scholarship.  Any member school is eligible to enter regardless of which company published the yearbook in any given year.

Private School Journalism Association

The PSJA Journalism Contest, co-sponsored by Quill and Scroll, seeks to honor the best journalism produced by private and independent school students. It is a “portfolio” contest, one that seeks not to reward single stories, but a pattern of excellence over the course of a year.

Blue and Gold Awards

These awards honor high school journalism programs that excelled in the International Writing, Photo and Multimedia Contest or in the Yearbook Excellence Contest. As a participant in either of these contests, school media staffs are automatically given entry to this contest.