Events & Workshops

LEARN. CONNECT. HAVE FUN.

New Skills, New Friends

Whether it’s a national convention like JEA/NSPA or a local/regional workshop, there are plenty of opportunities to take your yearbook skills to the next level. Check out the events coming soon.

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.

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

VARSITY YEARBOOK NC SUMMER WORKSHOP
June 24-25 // 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
St. John’s Lutheran Church // Salisbury, NC
Carole Parrott // cyparrott@varsity.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

VARSITY YEARBOOK CAMP – SPONSORED BY VARSITY YEARBOOK
July 14-16 // Overnight & Commuter options
Great Wolf Lodge // Grapevine, TX
Register Here // 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 // Spokane, WA
Please register here. // Watch this hype video.

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 – SPONSORED BY VARSITY YEARBOOK
August 8-11 // Overnight & Commuter Options
University of Scranton // Scranton, PA
Register Here // 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. 

NOV. 7-10, 2024

Philadelphia Marriott

Philadelphia, PA

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

THE NATIONAL COLLEGE MEDIA CONVENTION IS THE NATION’S LARGEST GATHERING OF COLLEGIATE JOURNALISTS, MEDIA STUDENTS AND THEIR ADVISERS. LEARN MORE HERE. 

OCTOBER 31 – NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Sheraton New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Video Gallery

UCA at Disney

UDA at Disney

Watch as the yearbook staff from Lees Summit HS gains real-world experience at the UDA Nationals at Disney World. Orlando, FL WINTER 2024

Jul. 8, 2024

All in Summer Workshop

All In Summer Workshop

Get a closer look at this fun-filled and information-packed workshop that was held in Music City. Nashville, TN SUMMER 2022

Jul. 8, 2024

Yearbookpalooza

Yearbookpalooza

This popular, annual summer camp has been inspiring yearbookers for more than three decades. SUMMER 2023

Jul. 8, 2024