Streets, Art, SAFE
Film Competition
Learn, Create, Advocate
The winners are in!
Stay tunned for the 2026/27 season!
Competition Details and Resources
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2025/26 Competition Schedule
Competition Schedule
August 2026
15 August - SAFE Around Trains Registration Opens
24 August - Webinar to launch the 2025/26 season!
24 August - Registration opens.
26 August - SAFE Around Trains Registration Close
29 + 30 August - SAFE Around Trains Filming Weekend
31 August - SAFE Around Trains Final Submissions Open
September 2026
4 September - SAFE Around Trains Final Submissions Close
14 September - Mentoring opens.
20 September - SAFE Around Trains Winners Announced
October 2026
7 October - Walk to school day
November 2026
December 2026
January 2027
28 January - Final submissions open
February 2027
5 February - Mentoring and Registration close
18 February - Final submissions close
March 2027
26 March - Awards Nominees Announced
April 2027
24 April - Red carpet Streets, Art, SAFE Awards Ceremony at LA Center Studios
Competition Details
Students are tasked with:
Selecting a topic from a list of traffic safety and transportation topics.
Writing a treatment for their PSA and then submitting their registration to the competition.
Researching their chosen topic.
Writing a script and storyboard.
Producing their PSA!
All while making sure they are following the rules and guidelines of the competition
How Many PSAs Can Each School and/or Student Team Submit?
Students are put into teams by their teachers to work on their PSA. Each student team has the option to submit up to 3 PSAs - 1 PSA for each category as follows:
The PSA made based on their chosen street safety/transportation topic.
Street Racing Kills Special Award
The Impaired Driving Awareness Special Award.
Students can only submit their PSA(s) as part of 1 student team, not compete in multiple teams. However, a school can submit as many PSAs as they want based on the amount of student teams they have.
Note: Students can participate as individual filmmakers, but we recommend that they work in teams.
Submitting Completed PSA Films
Students can find the closing graphics to include with their completed PSA, per rule #8, in this folder. When students are ready to submit their final work, they can do so through the button below.
Competition Resources - Mentoring and Opportunities
Educator’s Guide
There is a full Educator’s Guide for film competition participants to walk teachers and students through each step of making a PSA.
Mentoring
Students can take advantage of mentoring from industry professionals at every stage of their work—whether it’s the script, storyboard, or PSA rough edit.
Student Educational Opportunities
We set up optional educational activities throughout the competition season, such as webinars, workshops, and excursions. We call these Student Opportunities.
Awards Categories and Judging Criteria
Awards Categories
There are several categories in which a PSA can win an award. Students should know what they are so they know what awards they are eligible for or, in the case of Special Award Categories, which they want to register for specifically.
Special Awards Categories
The film competition has Special Awards Categories - with their own cash prizes:
The Street Racing Kills Special Award, sponsored by Street Racing Kills.
The Impaired Driving Awareness Special Award, sponsored by AAA.
Any school or student team is eligible to submit for these awards. This means that student teams can have up to 3 PSAs submitted if they want:
The PSA made based on their chosen street safety/transportation topic
Street Racing Kills Special Award category
The Impaired Driving Awareness Special Award.
Judging Criteria
Judges review student’s final PSAs using specific criteria. Read up on what these are so students take these into account while making them.
Awards and Prizes
Two Stages of the Competition
What Are the Two Stages?
The competition is judged in two stages, with awards given at each stage:
Regional contests: PSAs are judged and awarded by region (usually divided by county) in each category.
Final awards: The best of the best from all PSAs submitted are honored at the annual Red Carpet Streets, Art, SAFE Awards Ceremony.
How the Awards Work:
Winning PSAs of the regional contests will have their certificates and trophies delivered to their schools.
The overall top winners of the competition are honored at the live red-carpet Streets, Art, SAFE Awards Ceremony (SAS Awards), which is open to all participating schools.
Awards, Trophies, Prizes and Acknowledgements
The Grand Prize-winning teams and Special Awards Category-winning teams, including the sponsoring teacher, are acknowledged with a special trophy and grants for the school’s Art Department and/or awards to the student teams.
Technical Awards and Best PSA Awards are acknowledged with trophies.
Students who submitted PSAs for final judging are presented with a certificate acknowledging the accomplishment of their creative endeavor and congratulating them for being a finalist.
Have Questions?
Still have questions? We’re happy to help. Reach out to us at S_A_S@StreetsAreForEveryone.org or call us at (844) 884-7233, extension. 804.