Media and Design Competition
All participants must register online at https://mediadesigncompetition.org (NOT OPEN FOR 2023)
The PA Media and Design Competition is an annual event that highlights Pennsylvania students’ application skills, creativity and knowledge. Students are able to unleash their creativity, learn how to convey information more dynamically, and enhance the learning process.
How to Participate in the Regional Competition:
Students and advisors will work in districts to create submissions for the following categories: 3D Design, Animation, Digital Movie, Logo & Graphic Design, Programming, and Webpage Design.
To register, go to the PA Media and Design Website, select Registration, select Middle School or High School, select “Click here to submit a project…” and select “Submit a New Project” to continue to set up your project registration for IU9. This will register you and the student when you enter that information, giving you a project number you’ll want to hold onto. You do not need to upload the projects when you register – just before the deadline, so the project number will help you be able to log back in to upload that project closer to the due date. We appreciate your early registration as it helps our team prepare for judging.
Once registered at the Media and Design Competition Website, Advisors can assist their students in uploading their projects into the Media and Design Database.
Please make sure you review all rules and guidelines on the registration website for your respective categories.
A regional competition presentation will be held (times to be shared at a later date) in which all winners will be announced.
Those who won their grade levels and categories will go to the state competition which is slated to occur in May, face-to-face, at Dickinson College.
RULES AND GUIDELINES
All participants must register online at https://mediadesigncompetition.org.
Registration for the regional competition must be completed and submitted by the April 7th, 2022.
Students may participate individually or as a group. A student may submit an individual project and take part in a group project, however the projects cannot be in the same category.
Groups will be limited to three students.
Cash prizes awarded to a group project will be split a maximum of three ways.
A faculty advisor/sponsor must be identified. The faculty advisor/sponsor will be responsible for accompanying students during the regional and state competitions.
All communication will be provided through the faculty advisor/sponsor.
COPYRIGHT REQUIREMENTS
The PA Media and Design Competition, although educational, removes the student work from the classroom and therefore requires the student to get permission from the owner to use any copyrighted music, video, graphics, etc. Fair use does NOT apply. Remember to credit music or items that were created by yourself or friends as well.
Display boards or other items that are included with, but not part of, the project may not contain copyrighted material. Display boards are not judged for appearance, however, they will be inspected and can cause the project to be disqualified if copyrighted material is found.
The Copyright Signoff form, Project Narrative/Summary, and Photo Release form has been combined into one file for your convenience PA Media and Design Competition Participation Packet. This completed packet MUST accompany every project.
JUDGING
Preliminary judging: a minimum of two judges will view the project to determine a group of finalists.
Final judging: All judges will view each of the finalists projects and may require the students to answer questions.
All judging rubrics are posted on this website.
Judges may not have a direct association with the participants.
Judges’ decisions are final.