BEA this year congratulates our 426 students and 48 Faculty Winners from over 2,350 combined entries.
The 2026 faculty competitions had an overall acceptance rate of 21.81% and student competitions had an overall acceptance rate of 20%. You can view our students’ winning works by clicking the competition below.
Audio Competition
- Air Personality
- Comedy or Drama
- Educational Program
- PSA, Promo, or Commercial
- Narrative Audio
- Non-Narrative Audio
- Multimedia Sound Design
- Sound Engineering and Production
Documentary Competition
- Micro-Documentary: 5:00-9:59 including all credits
- Short-Form Documentary: 10:00-39:59 including all credits
- Documentary Feature: 40:00 & longer including all credits
Film & Video Competition
- Animation/Experimental/Mixed
- Instructional/Educational
- Music Video
- Narrative
- Promotional (promo material over 60 seconds)
- Spots
- Studio (multi-camera or live-to-tape)
Interactive Media and Emerging Technologies Competition
- Multimedia Storytelling
- Website
- Interactive Reality
- Mobile/Apps
- Emerging Media & Technology
- Social Media
News Competition
- Radio Feature Reporting
- Television Newscast 3 Days per Week or Less
- Television Newscast 4 Days or more per Week
- Television News Magazine
- Television News Special Event Coverage
- Radio Hard News Reporting
- Radio Newscast
- Television Short Feature Reporting
- Television Hard News Reporting
- Television Anchor
- Television News Reporter
- Television Weathercaster
- Television Long Feature Reporting
Sports Competition
- Audio Sports Story/Feature/News
- Audio/Video Sports Event: Play-by-play talent
- Video Story/Feature (short)
- Video Sports Story/Feature (long)
- Video Sports Talent (Anchor/Host)
- Video Sports Live Game Production
- Video Sports News Program
- Promotional Video/Tease/PSA
- Esports Coverage
Two-Year Colleges Competition
We do not publish scripts due to plagerism risks.
