CMA’s Pinnacle Awards honor the best college media organizations and individual work. The annual contest is open to student work produced for any college media organization, including print, broadcast and online outlets, during an academic year. Winners will be announced at the Fall National College Media Convention.
NEW for 2023! FOUR-YEAR College/University Size Divisions
If a division has fewer than three entries in a single category, that division will be combined with the next larger division and the resulting award will be designated with the larger of the divisons.
Division I 10,000+ campus undergraduate enrollment (not including distance learning)
Division II 3000-9999 campus undergraduate enrollment (not including distance learning)
Division III 1000-2999 campus undergraduate enrollment (not including distance learning)
Division IV under 1000 campus undergraduate enrollment (not including distance learning)
ORGANIZATIONAL PINNACLES: Review guidelines and categories for the Pinnacle Awards for media organizations. CMA will name the best TV and radio stations, websites, feature and literary magazines, newspapers and yearbooks of the year.
INDIVIDUAL PINNACLES: Review guidelines and categories for the Pinnacle Awards for individual work. CMA will give individual Broadcast, Sports, Writing, Online, Photo, Design and Advertising awards.
Please Note: Organization Pinnacles are available for CMA Members Only. If you are not a CMA member and submit an organizational entry, it will be disqualified and you will not be refunded. To receive CMA member pricing, please use the primary email associated with the membership, the system will not recognize any other emails.
The awards platform and CMA member database are not directly connected, so it can take up to 48 hours for newly renewed members to have their emails added to the system. To expedite the process, please email info@collegemedia.org to have staff add your email to the system.
How to Enter the Pinnacles
1. Enter your email below and select member or non-member registration pricing.
2. Proceed to the "Options" tab, where you'll enter how many entries you would like to purchase for the Pinnacles. Please note that if you're not sure how many entries you'll end up with, you can purchase some and add more later on.
3. Proceed to the payment page and complete your purchase. Once you've paid (or requested an invoice, if paying via check or ACH) you will receive a confirmation email with the link to the submission site.
4. Go to the submission site and create a user profile. Then click on the Submissions tab to submit your entries.
Contact Us
If you have questions or need assistance, please contact CMA at info@collegemedia.org