Camps and Workshops
There’s nothing better than a YBK Workshop
Recommendations? Local? Regional? National? All of the above, of course. Yearbookers grow by leaps and bounds as a direct result of attending workshops. It’s the exposure to YBK experts from around the country and learning from other amazing yearbook staffers. It’s bouncing ideas off their peers and having those precious lightbulb moments when an idea becomes a plan. It’s all worth it. It’s just another way we help make yearbook special for you and your students.
APRIL
SPRING WORKSHOP – COLORADO SPRINGS
April 24 // 9:00 – 2:00
Palmer Ridge HS // Monument, CO
rockymountainjournalism.com // rsmcgrath@varsity.com
SPRING WORKSHOP – DENVER
April 25 // 9:00 – 2:00
Columbine HS // Littleton, CO
rockymountainjournalism.com // rsmcgrath@varsity.com
IDEAFEST!
April 26 // 9:00 – 2:30
Citrus Heights Community Center // Citrus Heights, CA
aajohnson@varsity.com
May
Spring Leadership Training
May 2 // 3:30 – 7:00
San Jose, CA
mrpaolini@varsity.com // cphansen@varsity.com
Spring Theme and Cover Workshop
May 6-9
Walnut Creek, CA
susan@picapower.com // jaclyn@picapower.com
Spring Theme and Cover Workshop
May 10
Walters MS // Fremont, CA
susan@picapower.com // jaclyn@picapower.com
YEARBOOK COVER DESIGN CLINIC
May 11
Tucson, AZ
skugler@varsity.com
TAMPA ADVISER APPRECIATION EVENT
May 13 // 6:00 – 8:00
Coppertail Brewing Co. // Tampa, FL
ybkcreative@varsity.com
YEARBOOK COVER DESIGN CLINIC
May 15-17 // 9:00 – 4:00
Courtyard Marriott // Paramus, NJ
ekyearbooks@varsity.com // ekyearbooks@gmail.com
YEARBOOK COVER DESIGN CLINIC
May 17
Tucson, AZ
skugler@varsity.com
JUNE
Yearbook San Diego & SoCal YBK
June 20-21 // 9:00 – 3:00
Pacific Ridge School // Carlsbad, CA
socalybkcamp.weebly.com // yearbooksd@gmail.com
ROCKY MOUNTAIN JOURNALISM SUMMER BOOT CAMP
June 24 // 9:00 – 4:00
CU Boulder // Boulder, CO
rockymountainjournalism.com // rsmcgrath@rockymountainjournalism.com
ROCKY MOUNTAIN JOURNALISM SUMMER CAMP
June 24-27 // June 24 @ 9:00 to June 27 @ 11:00
CU Boulder // Boulder, CO
rockymountainjournalism.com // rsmcgrath@rockymountainjournalism.com
JULY
CYA Yearbook Camp
July 8-11
Cal State East Bay // Hayward, CA
susan@picapower.com // jaclyn@picapower.com
Georgia Yearbook Expo
July 12-14
University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel // Athens, GA
ybkexpo@gmail.com — Registration goes live April 15th.
Varsity Yearbook Camp
July 14-16 // Overnight & Commuter options
Great Wolf Lodge // Grapevine, TX
tahays@varsity.com
YEARBOOKPALOOZA
July 15-17
Florida Hotel and Conference Center // Orlando, FL
Yearbookpalooza.com // jehenry@varsity.com // ybkcreative@varsity.com
YEARBOOKSNCA! Summer Workshop
July 16-18
University of the Pacific // Stockton, CA
aajohnson@varsity.com
YBK Summit
July 22-24
Village Christian Academy // Fayetteville, NC
www.ybksummit.com
YEARBOOKNV
July 23-25 // 9:00 – 5:00
Westfield High School // Chantilly, VA
khpetersen@varsity.com // pltripp@varsity.com
YBK-STL Summer Workshop
July 23-25 // 9:00 – 5:00
Ladue Horton Watkins High School // St. Louis, MO
dbmueller@varsity.com
Yearbooks@theBEACH
July 27-30
Cal State Long Beach // Long Beach, CA
www.yearbooksatthebeach.com — Registration is open through May 25.
YEARBOOK VA
July 30-31 // 8:00 – 4:00
Jefferson Forest High School // Forest, VA
tinyurl.com/yearbookva24 // osnicholson@varsity.com
Inland Northwest Yearbook Camp
July 31-August 2nd
Gonzaga University
Please register here.
AUGUST
Yearbooks Northwest
Aug 6-8 // 9:00 – 4:00
West Linn High School // West Linn, OR
yearbooksnorthwest.com // rdwestfall@varsity.com
Varsity Yearbook Camp
August 8-11 // Overnight & Commuter Options
University of Scranton // Scranton, PA
tahays@varsity.com
New Adviser Workshop
August 20 // 8:30 – 3:00
Walnut Creek, CA
susan@picapower.com // jaclyn@picapower.com
National Journalism Conventions
The JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention is a semiannual gathering of high school journalists and advisers sponsored by the Journalism Education Association and its partner, the National Scholastic Press Association. Learn more here.
April 4-6, 2024
Sheraton-Westin
Kansas City, MO
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association invites high school students and faculty advisers to attend this national gathering of student editors and faculty advisers to newspapers, yearbooks, magazines, video productions, and online media. Learn more here.
March 19 – 21, 2025
Columbia University
New York, NY
ACP/CMA Events
Associated Collegiate Press: Spring National College Media Conference
March 7-9, 2024 // Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine
With dozens of learning sessions from experienced journalism professionals and advisers, the conference will give you that much-needed boost to conclude the academic year and prepare you for what’s ahead. Learn more here.
College Media Association: Spring National College Media Convention
March 13-17, 2024 // New York Marriott Marquis
CMA’s Spring National College Media Convention offers sessions, special events, activities and extra that you can’t get anywhere else – just like the city itself welcomes you with attractions, landmarks, food, movie moments and more that you won’t find outside its boundaries. Learn more here.
