NPR's College Podcast Challenge Official Rules
These are the rules for the NPR Student Podcast Challenge: College Edition, if you're looking for the 5th-12th grade competition rules click here.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AGE EIGHTEEN (18) OR OVER. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
1. SPONSOR. The NPR College Podcast Challenge (the "Contest") is sponsored by National Public Radio, Inc. ("NPR"), a District of Columbia nonprofit corporation with principal offices at 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 (the "Sponsor").
2. OVERVIEW. The Contest is a podcast submission contest where college and university students can submit an audio file they have created for an opportunity to (a) win a scholarship, (b) have NPR and/or station reporters come to their school to meet and interview them, and (c) have the winning podcast discussed in a news segment that will appear on an episode of NPR's All Things Considered or Morning Edition. Ten (10) finalists will be chosen, of whom nine (9) will be awarded a $500 scholarship, and of whom one (1) Grand Prize Winner will be awarded a $5,000 scholarship. By participating in this Contest, each participant agrees to be bound by these Official Rules and to the decisions of the Sponsor and the judges selected by the Sponsor, which are final and binding on all matters relating to the Contest. The Contest will operate as described below, on or about the stated dates:
- The Contest submission period begins at 12:00 a.m. EST on December 1, 2021, and ends at 11:59 p.m. EDT on February 28, 2022. To be eligible, submissions must be submitted in accordance with Section 4 of these Official Rules.
- The Contest judging period begins on March 1, 2022, and ends on or about March 22, 2022. Eligible submissions will be reviewed by up to two (2) panels of judges selected in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, and will be judged in accordance with Section 5 of these Official Rules.
