WisJEA 2025–26 Mini Contest Series

The Wisconsin Journalism Education Association is excited to kick off the 2025–26 WisJEA Mini Contest series—a yearlong opportunity to celebrate and elevate the work of Wisconsin’s high school student journalists.

Each month, student reporters, editors, photographers, videographers, and multimedia creators can submit their best work. Submissions must be student-produced journalism—text, video, photography, audio, or multimedia—accompanied by a 50–100 word description of the story behind the piece.

Submission Form!

Quick Facts

• Open to Wisconsin high school journalists

• Adviser must be a current WisJEA member to submit entries

• Each student may submit only one piece per month (up to five entries per school)

• Current student work published in the past 12 months is eligible

• Work must be publicly available online

• Entries due by the 25th of each month

• Winners announced by the 5th of the following month via WisJEA social media and newsletter