Research Award

The Diversity & Inclusion Research Award recognizes a research paper that contributes to the academic knowledge in the field of diversity in media content, the media professions, or the teaching of diversity topics or to diverse populations.

Please note that only papers that are submitted to BEA convention paper competition are eligible for the award. Papers are selected from research that has been accepted in one of the BEA convention scholarly research/paper competitions.  

In order to qualify as a candidate for the award, you must select “YES” to the question: “Would you like your paper to be considered for the Diversity & Inclusion Paper Award?” on the BEA convention paper submission site.

Creative Award

The Diversity & Inclusion Creative Award recognizes creative works that diversify media content by telling stories that often don’t find a place in the media universe. Creative works are selected from entries accepted by one of the BEA Festival of Media Arts Competitions.

In order to qualify as a candidate for the award, you must select “YES” to the question: “Would you like your paper to be considered for the Diversity & Inclusion Creative Award?” in the Festival submission site.