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BYU Theatre and Media Arts Students and Faculty Celebrate Achievements with Awards Ceremony

BYU’s Theatre and Media Arts Department Recognizes Academic Achievements With Awards Ceremony

The Awards Ceremony.

On Apr 13, BYU’s Theatre and Media Arts Department highlighted student achievements with an awards ceremony that recognized the broad array of talents their students developed this past year. With the help of generous donors, students received scholarships to help further their education.

Students were given awards representing different areas within the program. The following are the awards and scholarships given to the students.

VERA HINCKLEY MAYHEW SCREENWRITING CONTEST

Short Script Category:

1st Place: Tristan Schetzel | Keep Swinging
2nd Place: Rebekah Page | Fun Guy
3rd Place: Hannah Broadbent | The Pack
Web or Podcast Category Winner: Kiri Case | A Dangerous World for Dogs and Girls

APERTURE MEDIA JOURNAL AWARDS

Essay:

1st place: Cheyanne Elton | The Size of Home
2nd place: Andrew Widman | Body & Soul
3rd place: Jana Ludlow | Fire at Sea: What it Means to be a Refugee

Screenplay:

1st place: Caleb Hafen | A Marriage’s Story
2nd place: Rebekah Page | Needle and Thread
3rd place: Hannah Broadbent | Day Care

New Media:

1st place: Mamie Tonnies | Final Body
2nd place: Spencer Norton | Van Gogh

EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA ARTS (FICTION) AWARDS

  • Amity Fulmer
  • Andrew Widman
  • Anna Jackson
  • Avery Olson
  • Bailey Jules Pack
  • Lake Mower
  • Brynley Johnson
  • Carson Shields
  • Emi Edwards
  • Eric Byrd
  • Grant Weber
  • Ian Wood
  • Jason Ogawa
  • Jeff de Jesus
  • Josh Clark
  • Keegan Clark
  • Lillie Knudsen
  • Micah Gondola
  • Sydney Casper
  • Nathan Judd
  • Preston Lewis
  • Rebecca Page
  • Ricardo Villanueva Avalos
  • Steven Bartholomew
  • Tim Ballard
  • Kaden Prows
  • Zachary McDaniel 

EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA ARTS (NON-FICTION) AWARDS

  • Emma Volz
  • Camille Gottscheck 
  • Joseph Duque 
  • Jana Ludlow
  • Blake Knecht
  • Nathan Judd
  • Makenna Buhler
  • Maddie Beckstead
  • Ailed Cazares

EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA ARTS CRIT. STUDIES AWARDS

  • Maddie Beckstead
  • Isaac Buckley
  • Jose Chavez
  • Emi Edwards
  • Cheyanne Elton
  • Sydney Harrison
  • Anna Jackson
  • Maya Lundmark
  • Gigi Valentine Knapp
  • Laurelin Otteson
  • Tori Young

ANIMATION “YOU’VE DONE GOOD KID” AWARD 

  • Jeremy Nathaniel 
  • Lauren von Bose (Wood)

THE MEDIA ARTS WOMEN AND FILM SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

  • Anna Jackson 
  • Maddie Beckstead 
  • Gigi Valentine Knapp 
  • Emi Edwards 
  • Lauren Allen – Outstanding Woman in Film Award 

MEDIA ARTS OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD

  • Steven Bartholomew
  • Mamie Tonnies
  • Rebekah Page
  • Emma Wheeler Volz
  • Blake Knecht