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NPR's College Podcast Challenge is back for its fifth year, with a $5,000 cash prize.

If you have a passion project or a story you want to get off your chest, here's your chance to make it happen. And we'll air the winner, and many of our finalists and honorable mentions, too, on NPR programs like Morning Edition and All Things Considered .

Whether you're a seasoned student journalist, or a math or science major recording your first podcast, we want to hear from you. Many of our prior standout entries, in fact, came from students with little or no journalism or podcasting experience.

We've been doing the Student Podcast Challenge for middle and high schoolers since 2018, and right from the start, we heard from college students asking: What about us?

So five years ag

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