WHAT ARE THE WAVE AWARDS:
W.A.V.E. stands for Western Access Video Excellence. This amazing Awards program is part of the Western States Regional Conference and Trade Show for the Alliance For Community Media (ACM). This contest is open to residents of CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, COLORADO, HAWAII, NEW MEXICO and ARIZONA.

WHAT IS THE "ACM":
The Alliance, as it is known, is a national network of affiliate TV and Radio stations and Public Access advocates whose mission is to promote free speech and greater civic engagement through Community Media. We support public media outlets so communities can find relevant local content from respected sources. The "ACM West" region represents hundreds of local affiliate stations from the six western states.

WHY CHOOSE THE WAVES:
By competing in the WAVE AWARDS, you add your voice to thousands of others interested in Public Access to the media. By submitting, you are allowing this non-profit affiliate network specific access to your film, TV show or web series. This GREATLY increases your visibility and potentially exposes many, many more to your unique voice.

FEBRUARY 2021 CONFERENCE and AWARDS:
Plans for a Spring Conference in 2021 are in progress, and are remaining flexible in light of the Covid-19 crisis. The conference educates content creators and TV stations on production techniques, media center management and important legislation that affects free speech in America!

For Conference registration information go to:
www.ACMWest.org

Awards & Prizes

The WAVE award: This prestigious plaque is a symbol of the best TV and new media programming from a 6 state western region. WAVE winners are recognized in Community Media, Commercial TV and Film for their excellent productions.

Rules & Terms

3 Divisions of Entry:

Who can enter: Anyone who lives or produced their project in any of the following states: California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Hawaii and Colorado.

PROFESSIONAL PRODUCER:
This is anyone who creates video as a primary source of their income or who was paid to create the program being submitted. These professionals have previously submitted the work in question to an ACM affiliate Public Access TV station or media center. These submitters are asked to please name the media center they submitted to.

COMMUNITY PRODUCER:
These are non-professionals who have previously submitted the work in question to an ACM affiliate Public Access TV station or media center. These submitters are asked to please name the media center they submitted to.

YOUTH COMMUNITY PRODUCER:
These are under 18 non-professionals who have previously submitted the work in question to an ACM affiliate Public Access TV station or media center. These submitters are asked to please name the media center they submitted to.

FOR ALL ENTRIES:

A) Entries must have been created between August 1, 2019
and July 31, 2020 or have had their first public showing between those same dates.

B) By submitting, you agree to allow any member TV station or outlet within the ACM West to play your submitted content via their non-profit channels with the understanding that no specific profit will be accrued from the playback of such content.

C) Entries must be received no later than December 4, 2020. All submitted programs must have been produced by individuals or organizations within the ACM Western States Region (Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada and New Mexico).

D) This is no limit to the total running time of any projects that can be submitted.

E) Participants may submit several different video projects under one category. Participants may also submit a single video program into several categories.

F) Participants can submit a link to the whole program. Participants are not required to cut down any programs into shorter clips for judges to review.
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  • David Witham

    I won the award for Best Experimental Program (Community Producer) in Feb. 2019, and as of 08/2020, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED MY AWARD PLAQUE. Communication with ACM West has been sporadic at best, and always initiated by me. My show was credited as winning the Arts and Entertainment category on their website, and this has never been corrected. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED BY THIS LACK OF FOLLOW -THROUGH BY ACM WEST.

    August 2020
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    Response from festival:

    Hi David. On the website, I see your name under Experimental - Community Producer. https://acmwest.org/wave-awards/2019-winners/. Let me know what's wrong and we'll fix it. I'm not sure why you never received your plaque, but please email info@acmwest.org and we'll take care of that.

  • Alma Love

    I would like to think wave Awards for nominating my story the Tuskegee Airmen ,and giving me the opportunity to expose my work ,thank you I hope to work with you again in the near future.
    Alma Love from ,Med pen media center, Palo Alto,Ca.

    February 2019
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