MIPA: Michigan Interscholastic Press Association

If you wish to get your publication reevaluated, you have six months from the date of the Spring Conference for newspaper, online and video. Yearbooks have six months from the date they receive their evaluation back from the judge.

If you would like to appeal the opinion of the judge, then your publication will be sent out to a different judge for another evaluation. All of our Spartan entries are sent to out-of-state judges whom we pay to evaluate publications for us.

If you would like us to secure another judge, the fee is $45, payable by check, credit card or money order.

Before you decide to continue the appeals process, please make sure that you have read the judge’s comments carefully and given a second reading several days later to ensure an objective decision.

Please be aware that this process may take up to eight weeks for this process to be completed, depending on the availability of judges.

In addition, if you get a lower rating the second time, the higher rating will stand.

You must send in the same item(s) that were used in the original evaluation.

Mail your items to be rejudged to:

MIPA/School of Journalism
Communication Arts & Sciences
404 Wilson Road, Room 305
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI  48824-1212

You may pay by credit card here, or you may send in a check or money order.

About MIPA

Michigan Interscholastic Press Association was founded in 1921. A service organization dedicated to working with teachers and students to enhance student media, MIPA is housed in the School of Journalism at Michigan State University.

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