The 2026 Student Podcast Challenge for grades 4-12 is now open. Submissions will close on May 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. You can submit here. Good luck! Calling all student storytellers: NPR's Student ...

Calling all student storytellers: NPR's Student Podcast Challenge is back for 2026. As always, we're looking to award prizes to the best middle school and high school podcasts in America — but we have ...

For the first time this year, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge handed the mic over to fourth graders. Here's two of our judges' favorite entries. NPR's Student Podcast Challenge has brought the voices ...

Microphone? Check. Headphones? Ready. A story you just can't stop talking about? Got it! Yup, it's time again for NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. And we're here to announce the opening bell of year ...