Membership is open to media staff members in a Q&S school
The school year is ending — nominate students for membership by June 6!
Quill and Scroll chapters have been established at more than 11,000 schools around the world. When a candidate is recommended for membership, the student or the school journalism program pays a one-time initiation fee of $25. The Society then provides the initiate with an official membership pin of their choice and a lifetime membership certificate.
Members of Quill and Scroll Honor Society must be chosen from students enrolled in the high school who, at the time of their recommendation, meet the following requirements:
- They must be of sophomore, junior or senior classification.
- They must have the equivalent of a B grade average, or be in the upper third of their class in general scholastic standing, either for the year of their election or for the cumulative total of all high school work.
- They must have done superior work in some phase of journalism or school media work. They may be staffers of a magazine, newspaper, yearbook, news organization, online site or radio/television station at the school, or one conducted by an external organization.
- They must be recommended by the supervisor or by the committee governing the media.
- They must be approved by the Quill and Scroll Executive Director.
Membership is open to all media staff members in a chartered or member high school or a chartered company that supervises student journalism. All Quill and Scroll membership materials may only be ordered by journalism advisers, teachers, school principals or administration in a company or news outlet that supervises student journalists.
The traditional “paper” order form — which includes memberships, cords, and other paraphernalia — is accessible to the right by clicking the top yellow button. The middle button allows you to pay by credit card through an outside partner. The bottom button is a simplified online order form where you can list new members and order graduation cords only. It takes you to the online payment site to pay by credit card with the same partner.
Once you’re ready for your induction ceremony, click the INDUCTION SCRIPTS button on the right and you’ll find three that can used as is or crafted to meet your chapter’s individual needs.

Awards
Member Awards
Schools with an established Quill and Scroll chapter can use the order form to:
- Recommend and initiate new members
- Order additional pins for previously initiated members
- Order graduation honor cords, patches and other member awards
- Order Quill and Scroll resources, publications and other chapter materials
Non-Member Awards
The following awards are available for junior high and other non-member students:
- Creative writing awards (Item N2)
- Journalism awards (Items N3 and N4)
- Publication awards (Items N5, N6 and N7)
- Award of Honor certificates (Items C1 and C2)
- Testimonial Scrolls (Items C3 and C4)
- Journalism recognition graduation cords (NCD)