Submission Deadline: JUNE 15, 2025
The On-Location Faculty Creative Works Competition provides an opportunity for full-time faculty at colleges and universities to showcase their creative scholarship. Faculty work must have been completed in the past two years, and all faculty submissions are peer reviewed.
Audio | Documentary | Film & Video | Interactive Multimedia | News | Sports | Open*
*Open is for entries that do not fit in one of the other categories.
Note: On-Location does not offer a Scriptwriting Competition as part of the Creative Works Competition.
The Audio Competition allows faculty to showcase audio programming for radio and web/digital. Entries can include, but are not limited to, the following types of submissions: air personality, comedy or drama, sports, educational program, PSA, promo, or commercial, or specialty program.
The Documentary Competition showcases both short-form and long-form video documentaries produced by faculty.
The Film & Video Competition provides an opportunity for faculty to showcase their video production work. Entries can include, but are not limited to, the following types of submissions: commercial or PSA, educational or Instructional, narrative, and long form promotional.
The Interactive Multimedia Competition recognizes excellence in content creation that demonstrates creativity and innovation in interactive media and emerging technology. “Interactive” refers to content that involves active participation by the intended audience, allowing the user to have some control over the engagement experience. Examples may include but are not limited to websites, kiosks, mobile apps, fixed media, or other projects.
The News Competition awards outstanding work to faculty produced television and radio news reporting. Entries can include, but are not limited to, the following types of submissions: television feature and hard news reporting, television newscasts, television news anchor or weathercaster, and television news magazine.
The Sports Competition recognizes outstanding work for faculty television and video productions. Entries can include, but are not limited to, the following types of submissions: television sports story/feature, television sports news/magazine program, television sports event production.
The creative works competition is open to faculty who completed their entry while employed full-time at a college or university. You do not need to be a BEA member to enter. Faculty winners are expected to attend the conference.
The creative competition chair may create additional categories/subcategories for each competition if the type and number of entries are sufficient to make additional categories viable.
Click here to submit.Submission fee: $25 per entry.
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025 11:59 pm ET