2026 Multimedia Championship
From the 287 multimedia entries received in the monthly competitions, five winners
qualified for the Hearst National Multimedia Championship held in San Francisco. The finalists met their judges on Saturday May 30 for orientation, to review the assignment and to receive a critique of their work.
This year, the finalists were asked to produce a piece on the following prompt: “Made in America.”
The judges received the finalists’ multimedia pieces Wednesday evening, and the winners were announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday.
The first-through-third place winners were awarded scholarships of $10,000, $7,500, and $5,000 respectively.
The finalists earned a $1,500 scholarship.
The winners and finalists are featured below.
