When does the 2021 NPR student podcast challenge start?
January 1, 2021 • We know you have stories to tell and we at NPR are excited to listen. The 2021 Student Podcast Challenge opens on Jan. 1, and runs through March 15. NPR's Student Podcast Challenge Opens For College Students!
What is the student podcast challenge?
In our fourth year of the Student Podcast Challenge, students are reflecting on the opportunities and evils of the internet, asking questions about their hometowns and taking a look at the kid in the mirror.
Who are the students in the podcast'whodunnit?
Three students reconnected with that tradition during the pandemic. Eighth-graders Braeden Collett (left), Bo Porter, Brennan Williams and Dominique Jannat explored the "various things that get done behind the scenes" to make their campus run smoothly in their winning podcast "Whodunnit?" Arden Barnes for NPR hide caption
How many finalists did NPR announce for the high school contest?
We loved listening to every minute. NPR has spent weeks listening to, agonizing over and judging the entries. Today, we're announcing our 15 high school and 10 middle school finalists! Our judges will select two grand prize winners from this list.
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.
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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!
