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The 43rd College Television Awards were presented on April 13, 2024.
2024-2025 Calendar:
August 1, 2023 - July 31, 2024 - Eligibility Period
October 2, 2024 - Online Entry System opens for submissions
October 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM PST - Online Entry submissions deadline
October 31, 2024 - November 18, 2024 - Voting
December 4, 2024 - Nominations announced
December 10, 2024 - Deadline for errors & omissions
April 12, 2025 - College Television Awards Ceremony
About the College Television Awards
For forty four years, The College Television Awards have recognized excellence in student production. The first College Television Awards ceremony was held at the Directors Guild on October 25, 1979, where six awards were provided in two categories — the Eric Sevareid Information Program and Rod Serling Entertainment Program.
Administered by the Television Academy Foundation, the program has since grown to a nationwide competition that recognizes students working across program genres in multiple categories. Now, the College Television Awards include donor-supported categories such as the Seymour Bricker Humanitarian Award and the Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Award. These awards continue to spotlight talented storytellers interested in specialized fields in entertainment.
In addition to showcasing student production, the College Television Awards are an entry point for a career in television and media. Prior College Television Award winners now work across the industry as writers, executives, showrunners and more, at networks and studios across the industry, such as Netflix, Max, ESPN, CNN, NBCUniversal, Disney/ABC, Paramount, among others. There are over 900 College Television Award alumni, all of whom have access to networking opportunities and events through the Foundation’s alumni community.
College Television Awards nominees and winners will become part of the Television Academy Foundation's Alumni family and have the opportunity to participate in year-round networking opportunities and events with industry leaders.
Our Alumni
The Television Academy Foundation is proud to have jump-started and supported the careers of leading executives, directors, producers, and Emmy winners over the course of the last forty years. Click here to see where some of our successful College Television Awards alumni have gone!
Testimonials
"The College Television Awards Program was great about making this [...] experience really centered around students! All of us, from undergrad to grad students felt we had so much to learn and were given those opportunities. It was also highly organized and full of fun activities. The communication both before the Awards Ceremony as well as after has been phenomenal." - 2023 Nominee
"[There were a] great variety of site visits and diverse networking opportunities from our respective categories. Overall, the weekend was amazing and very inspiring. I really appreciated all the organization that went into scheduling everything. The orientation and Slack messages were very informative and useful." - 2023 Nominee
“The entire experience felt seamless.” - 2023 Nominee
