ISMF Award Details

Purchasing Trophies

Best of Festival Trophy - $45.00 (includes S&H)

Regular/Judges Favorite Trophy - $35.00 (includes S&H)

It's not too late to order your well deserved ISMF trophy! Please contact Katie Leigh at ismf@aect.org or (866) 496-2288 for more information or to purchase a trophy.

Designations

Projects entered in the International Student Media Festival are evaluated using criteria in areas such as Organization/Purpose, Energy/Emotion, Creativity/Originality, and Technical Quality/Use of Available Resources. Those exceeding the minimum criteria earn an “Excellence in Media” designation. Because we have such talented entrants and many entries have been culled from state media festivals, about half of our entrants earn this designation.

Once an entry is selected as an “Excellence in Media” winner, it may earn a higher “Judges’ Favorite” designation. A Judges’ Favorite is awarded to a student media project that stands out among all the entries and that judges have agreed is one of their favorites. About 10% of the entries earn a Judges’ Favorite award.

A “Best of Festival” award is given to a Judges’ Favorite entry that has met the highest judging criteria and is considered to be the best of the best. Fewer than 1% of the entries are dubbed Best of Festival winners and this is a great honor indeed.

Awards

Awards are presented at the annual ISMF Awards Ceremony held on the last day of the Festival. Participants with winning entries are invited to the stage to receive the recognition they deserve. All winning participants will receive a personalized certificate listing their designation and project information for all to see.

Students who submitted winning Single Photographs will also receive a photo medal to take home. The schools for all other winning entries will receive a beautiful trophy: either the “Excellence in Media” trophy or a special “Best of Festival trophy”.

As an added bonus, students with an Excellence in Media designation who attend the festival will receive a festival medallion on stage.

The awards ceremony is an exciting event for all. Please join us at the Festival!