Submissions are now open for the 46th College Television Awards!
Submission Deadline: Thursday, October 15th at 5:00 PM PT
This competition recognizes student work created at colleges and universities nationwide. Students are encouraged to apply in the following categories:
- Animation Series: Undergraduate or Graduate students
- Comedy Series: Undergraduate students
- Commercial, PSA or Promo: Undergraduate or Graduate students
- Drama Series: Undergraduate students
- Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Award: Undergraduate or Graduate students
- News: Undergraduate or Graduate students
- Nonfiction Series: Undergraduate or Graduate students
- Scripted Series: Graduate students
- Sports: Undergraduate or Graduate students
Nominated students are invited to Los Angeles for a transformative three-day experience, where they’ll learn from industry professionals, visit leading studios and celebrate their recognition at the formal College Television Awards ceremony in Spring 2027.
Winning projects receive a cash prize. The Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Award, celebrating a project that helps emerging artists with a disability gain recognition and/or sheds light on people with disabilities by featuring a main character with a disability, comes with
a $10,000 cash prize.
Eligible projects should have been produced and completed between
August 1, 2025, and July 31, 2026.
For more information on the program, please visit TelevisionAcademy.com/
Please reach out to ctasupport@televisionacademy.
with any questions or concerns.
