StudentCam

StudentCam is C-SPAN's annual national video competition for middle and high school students. $100K in cash prizes! For more info, visit

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Congratulations to Salem Safadi, Samuel Evans, & Sergio Ortiz Lugo from Wake Stem Early College High School in Cary, North Carolina who won 3rd Prize in the High School Eastern Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for their video titled, “The Uncounted Voice: Youth, Democracy, & the Ballot Box.”
https://t.co/IRVbN81Fck
Click the link above to view their video, a press release about their win, and congratulatory messages from Governor Josh Stein, Congresswoman Deborah Ross, Cary Town Councilmember Bella Huang, and Superintendent Dr. Robert P. Taylor.

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Congrats to Josie Connor & Mia Martin from Correia Middle School in San Diego, California who won 3rd Prize in the Middle School Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for their video titled, "The Writer's Declaration: 148 Days To Save Hollywood, about the WGA strike of 2023."
https://t.co/25Qn6Onrns
Click the link above to view their video, a press release, and congratulatory messages from U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, Congressman Scott Peters, Assemblymember Tasha Boerner, San Diego Council President Joe LaCava, & Superintendent Dr. Fabi Bagula.

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Congratulations to Rehan Mathew Koshy from Walter Payton College Preparatory High School in Chicago, Illinois who won 3rd Prize in the High School Central Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for his video titled, “Life, Liberty, and the Zip Code,” about how the values stated in the Declaration of Independence connect to the major contemporary issue of health disparities impacting America, especially his hometown of Chicago.
https://t.co/BgNb9Itw78
Click the link above to view his video, a press release about his win, and a congratulatory message from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.

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Thank you to @optimum, @GovSherrillNJ, @SenBooker, @hackensackcity, Mayor @caseengaines, and @DavisBCA, for helping us to recognize @StudentCam prize-winners Luna, Saanvi, Yuju, Joseph, Aurora, Tejas & Anaya from Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, New Jersey. To view their documentaries and the complete list of winning entries in C-SPAN's 2026 StudentCam competition, please visit: https://t.co/pEQzBYxYIA.
Congratulations also to long-time StudentCam teacher adviser Scott Lang who is retiring this year. You will be missed, Scott!

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Thank you to Del. @GMcGuireVA, Fairfax County @SupervisorLusk, and @CoxComm Northern Virginia Market VP Kathryn Falk for helping us to celebrate Maddox Schutter from Browne Academy in Alexandria, Virginia who won Honorable Mention in the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for his video titled, "Is Gerrymandering Going to Affect Your Vote?" Watch it here: https://t.co/SuqWXzvdSj…

Congratulations also to Mrs. Kharkar on 6 straight years of supporting award winning student filmmakers in her 8th grade class!

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Congratulations to Andrew Neville from Viewpoint School in Calabasas, California who won 3rd Prize in the High School Western Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for his video titled, “The 2025 Calabasas Landfill Controversy.”
https://t.co/X5bPc9FZes
Click the link above to view his video, a press release, and a congratulatory certificate of recognition from U.S. Senator Alex Padilla.

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Thanks to @CharterGov for helping us celebrate teacher Dan Stearns & his student Ainsley Garrett from Klamath Union High School in Oregon and her Honorable Mention win for her video titled, "Warrior Spirit: The American Native Veteran."

Watch it here: https://t.co/1zxXfs9SUP

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Congrats to Saffron Khotil, Lara Pimenta, & Marlineige Akulayio from Wake Stem Early College High School in Cary, North Carolina who won 3rd Prize in the High School Eastern Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for their video titled, “The Watergate Scandal: How it Reinforced the Declaration of Independence and Our Rights.”
https://t.co/6rRQSW8saJ
Click the link above to view their video, a press release, and congratulatory messages from North Carolina Governor Josh Stein, Congresswoman Deborah Ross, WCPSS Superintendent Dr. Robert P. Taylor, and Cary Town Councilmember Bella Huang.

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Congratulations to Daphne Wassel from Kirkwood High School in @kwoodschools, Missouri who won 3rd Prize in the High School Central Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for their video titled, “Fixing Our Aging Government,” about our aging politicians in the US, primarily in the federal government, how that is a problem, and how we can fix that problem.
https://t.co/B96godeLnU
Click the link above to view her video, a press release, and a congratulatory message from Missouri State Senator Tracy McCreery.

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Congrats to Florence Ou & Alma Naaman from Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, Maryland who won 3rd Prize in the Middle School Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for their video titled, “Stripes of Blue, White, and Blood: The Endless Cycle of Political Violence in America.”
https://t.co/Fie7rqNkkD
Click the link above to view their video, a press release, and congratulatory messages from Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Senator Chris Van Hollen, and Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich.

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Thanks to @chartergov & @longbeachcity for helping us recognize the prize-winning student filmmakers and their teacher Jeff Montooth at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in CA.

To view their documentaries and the complete list of winning entries visit, https://t.co/705g8SYsbz

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Thanks to @chartergov & @cityofsantaana for helping us recognize Katelyn, Nour-Eldin & Jayden from the Orange County School of the Arts and their win in the StudentCam documentary competition for their video titled, "The Key to a Healthy Democracy." https://t.co/IuGdm8dvmZ

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Thank you to @MDHSMonarch & teacher Kenneth Connolly, @cityofsantaana and @chartergov for joining us at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, CA and helping us to celebrate Malia Kunimura and her prize winning documentary, "Equal on Paper," about Title IX.
https://t.co/U4lecQWaWA

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A warm thank you to @sdschools, @coxcalifornia, @cityofsandiego, and @RepScottPeters for helping us to recognize the prize-winning student winners in C-SPAN's 2026 StudentCam documentary competition from Correia Middle School in San Diego, California.

To view their documentaries and the complete list of winning entries, please visit, https://t.co/pEQzBYxYIA

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A warm thank you to @elementedusd, @coxcalifornia, @cityofescondido, @RepScottPeters, @asmdarshana for helping us to recognize Addison, Ryan & Mnium from Community Montessori in Escondido and their 2nd Prize winning video titled, "Behind Barbed Wire"
https://t.co/VQeXnn8QNK

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Congratulations to Nora Mangan & Oliver Bonnici Langham from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in California who won 3rd Prize in the High School Western Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for their video titled, “AI Copyright Infringement: The Newest Threat to Creators Unalienable Property Rights.”
https://t.co/UmKODHPXO0
Click the link above to view their video, a press release, and a congratulatory message from Copyright Alliance President and CEO Keith Kupferschmid.

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Congratulations to Devansh Kumar from Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School in Richmond, Virginia who won 3rd Prize in the High School Eastern Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for his video titled, “Shapes of Suppression: Partisan Gerrymandering in America.”
https://t.co/vm2DontfrM
Click the link above to view his video, a press release and article about his win, and congratulatory messages from U.S. Senator Mark Warner & Virginia State Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg.

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Congrats to Bennett Roettger from Kirkwood High School in @kwoodschools Missouri who won 3rd Prize in the High School Central Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for his video titled, “The Delmar Divide, A Line That Separates a City,” about socioeconomic disparities in St. Louis based on race.
https://t.co/EsnwI6jPP5
Click the link above to view his video, a press release and articles about his win, and congratulatory messages from Missouri State Senators Brian Williams & Tracy McCreery.

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@smithcyclones Congratulations again to Sophie and Aubry!

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@AllenBuansi @reneeprice20121 @fjoiner Thank you for joining us to recognize and honor these incredible students!