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 ...

Today we're announcing the best student podcasts in America as part of NPR's annual Student Podcast Challenge. Our judges reviewed thousands of submissions. NPR's Janet Woojeong Lee brings us ...

Ever wondered what this show might sound like if it were run by fourth graders? Well, thanks to NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, you don't have to wonder anymore. In their audio stories, fourth-grade ...

Here are the honorable mentions from the 2025 Student Podcast Challenge. You can listen to our middle school and high school finalists here. Thanks again to students, teachers and educators for being ...

With a guitar in hand, Wilbur Cross junior Danyele McCrory strummed a Pearl Jam song she first heard in a video game — a musical discovery that sparked her interest in learning an instrument, and that ...

The 2026 contest for grades 4-12 is now open. Submissions will close on May 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. Working on an entry to the Student Podcast Challenge? Here's what you need to know. You can create ...

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Tiger Talk podcast, produced by fourth and fifth-grade EAST students at John Tyson Elementary School of Innovation, is highlighting veterans helping veterans in ...

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 ...

We don't expect you to be experts. In fact, we expect that most of you are putting a podcast together for the first time. And even though this is a contest, it's also about learning new skills in a ...