Overview
The Florida Festivals & Events Association invites students enrolled in Florida colleges and universities to enter our Inaugural Sunsational Collegiate Challenge.
This challenge encourages students to showcase their knowledge of festival and event planning and understanding of the industry by creating an event and accompanying vendor application.
Details:
Teams of 2-4 students will assemble to create a fictitious festival application in the Eventeny Event Management Platform using the outlined guidelines below.
A committee of industry professionals will score the proposals and select the winning team.
The winning team will be recognized at the FFEA Sunsational Awards Ceremony, held Wednesday, August 24th at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, FL. In addition, FFEA will coordinate with the University to host a presentation of the award on campus. All award winners will receive a complimentary one-year membership to FFEA.
Timeline:
- March 15 – Registration Opens
- April 15 – Zoom meeting to review application process and Q&A (optional and will be recorded for later viewing)
- June 30 – Deadline for submission of applications
- July 15 – Judging concludes
- July 30 – Winning team and University notified
- August 24 – Award Presentation at FFEA Annual Conference