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California Student Media Festival

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2027 Timeline:

Open for Entry | Jan. 18

Entries Due | March 30

Winners Announced | April 30

Festival (tentative) | May 22

Watch the 2026 Festival

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The California Student Media Festival seeks to transform preK-12 student learning, recognizing creativity and student agency through the cultivation and celebration of original work.

Student media creator Dean Gofnung accepting the Park Adventures Award for Mighty Plains: A Joshua Tree Montage.

Photo credit: Carmen Dean 

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CSMF in the Arts Education Framwork

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The California Student Media Festival was explicitly mentioned as a "platform for students to share their work" within chapter 4 of this statewide framework for the media arts education. 

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