Who won NPR's student podcast challenge?
Miriam Colvin's podcast " Competition With The Best " was one of two grand prize winners in the college edition of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
How do I contact the student podcast Challenge team?
Read through our frequently asked questions here. If you're still looking for an answer, send us an email at [email protected].
How do I submit a podcast for a teacher contest?
Here's how it works: Put together a podcast with your class or extracurricular group. Then your teacher can submit it to us. This contest is for teachers with students between 5th and 12th grade. Each podcast should be between three and 8 minutes long.
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The superstar teachers of our Student Podcast Challenge
October 24, 2021 • To celebrate four years of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, we highlight teachers whose students have shined.
Teens Talk Tattoos In Student Podcast Challenge Finals
October 16, 2021 • Two Chicago-area high school podcasters say they've dreamed about tattoos since they were little. And they argue that people who have them shouldn't be judged by what's on the outside.
These Students Grew Up Around Gun Violence. They Decided It Was Time To Talk About It
September 2, 2021 • D.C. has long struggled with one of the highest rates of gun violence in the country. Three local students talked to their community about losing their loved ones and living with the grief.
Who Runs The World? Kids
August 18, 2021 • OK, they're not all kids. But they're all students, they're all amazing, and frankly, we're concerned that they might be coming for our jobs. That's right — the Student Podcast Challenge is back, and this year, the stories are more powerful than ever.
When Schools Shut Down In Alaska, These Students Went Moose Hunting
July 23, 2021 • In the remote Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska, many families practice subsistence hunting to get food on the table. Three students reconnected with that tradition during the pandemic.
The Best Student Podcasts: An 8th-Grade Homage To A School's Unsung Heroes
May 17, 2021 • When these Kentucky students needed a subject for their podcast, they looked to the bright blue office around the corner, where their school's buildings and grounds team is based.
The 2021 SPC Honorable Mentions
May 16, 2021 • With over 2,600 submissions this year, the Student Podcast Challenge is bringing you a list of over 150 entries that are well worth the listen.
How To Win The Student Podcast Challenge
The contest opens for entries today and closes on Feb. 28, 2022, and this year we've added something special: Our grand-prize winner will receive $5,000, and the other finalists will receive $500 each. Podcasting takes time and effort and we think it should be rewarded.
Who Runs The World? Kids
The basics are pretty much the same: Students will create a podcast about a topic they want to explore — and that can be just about anything. In the past, we've had podcasts about Tater Tots, homework and life in the pandemic. We've listened to semester-long investigations about hometown mysteries and dramatic readings of fictional stories.
Family Lore Fact-Check: Finding The Teen Muhammad Ali 'Boxed Along The Way'
And, as always, we've got a host of training materials, guides for sound recording and audio production, guidance for what you can — and can't — do with music, lists of do's and don'ts, and we even made a podcast about making a good podcast!
