Step into the role of an investigative broadcast news team. In this fast-paced timed competition, student journalists research, shoot, write, and edit a complete, professional news package on-site. Teams must gather factual reporting, conduct interviews, and craft a compelling narrative while maintaining strict journalistic integrity.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 3, DMII 7.1: Specialized Genres

Put your visual design skills to the test in a fast-paced print graphic design challenge. Student designers are tasked with creating a high-impact promotional print piece, balancing branding, typography, and visual hierarchy to capture the attention of a target audience.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 3, IDA 6.1.3: Brand Identity

Bring a story to life from page to screen in a fast-paced, on-site narrative filmmaking competition. Student filmmakers must concept, shoot, and edit an original short film from scratch, seamlessly integrating prompt elements provided at competition kickoff into a compelling cinematic story.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 3, DMII 8.1: Project Management

Master the art of high-impact micro-storytelling where every frame counts. In this fast-paced micro-short challenge, student filmmakers must concept, shoot, and edit a concise, high-energy story or visual spot in under half a minute, bringing an assigned creative theme to life with maximum impact.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 3, DMII 5.3.4: Elevator Pitches

Test your screenwriting, directing, and narrative resolution skills in this unique storytelling challenge. Student filmmakers are provided with established setup scenes and must concept, film, and edit the final scene to complete the story—delivering a compelling resolution and a powerful climactic moment on screen.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 2, DMI 8.2.6: Version Control

Step into the role of a digital media manager and content creator. In this real-time social strategy challenge, student creators concept, capture, and execute a cohesive digital content campaign around an assigned theme, demonstrating visual storytelling, branding, and platform engagement under a live deadline.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 3, DMI 11.1: Social Strategy

Step into the world of commercial product photography. In this real-world creative challenge, student photographers capture an assigned item in action, blending professional commercial lighting and composition with dynamic lifestyle imagery featuring live talent.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 3, DMII 5.2.2: Client Needs

Step into the world of conceptual narrative photography. In this expressive challenge, student photographers tell a visual story through a cohesive three-part photo series, capturing mood, narrative depth, and symbolic themes in a live environment.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 2, IDA 3.1.3: Aesthetics & Function

Explore the art of environmental portraiture. In this fast-paced photography challenge, student photographers capture the relationship between a human subject and their surrounding environment, demonstrating lighting control, advanced composition, and deliberate visual framing on location.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 2, IDA 2.1.1: Visual Composition & Spatial Design

Test your eye for timing, composition, and spontaneous visual storytelling in a real-world environment. In this fast-paced photography challenge, student photographers document raw, unscripted moments of public life as they unfold in real time.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 2,DMI 4.3.2: Ethics (Can vs Should)

Step into the role of an event video production crew. In this multi-day video challenge, student production teams document live event energy, capture dynamic B-roll and soundbites, and craft a high-energy recap video that tells the story of the festival experience from the ground up.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 3, DMII 8.1: Project Management

Step into the role of a purpose-driven media producer. In this fast-paced video challenge, student production teams concept, shoot, and edit a short-form video campaign designed to inform, persuade, and drive positive behavioral change among high school peers around an assigned theme.

CTE Standards: Rigor Level 3, DMII 5.3.1: Market-based Scripts