SCAD Challenge winners 2026 | SCAD.edu

Undergraduate

2D design

First: Trapped, Jiaying Cai

Second: Look Closer, Ozzy Brown

Third: My Other Half, Emerson Moore

3D design

First: Moon Lounge Model, Nadia Elizabeth Millea

Second: Too Much... Wine (Carmilla), Emma Hunt

Third: Godzilla 100%, Hung Cuong Luong

Acting

First: Letters of Suresh, Manav Tokala

Second: SCAD Challenge, Lylah Chaffee

Third: Camille, Zettie Niven

Animation, motion media, and technology

First: Dreamon Protocol, Tianyue Xiong

Second: Are We Still Friends, Legend Sterling

Third: My Horrid Job Experience, Mehki Sims

Fashion

First: Skin and Bones to Fabric and Sponges, Sofia Maria Gonzales Araujo

Second: Quilting in Bloom, Lorlai Kuecker

Third: Architectural Skeuomorphism, Joonho Lee

Film

First: Ghosts, Ainura Nurlanovna Checheibaeva

Second: The Order, Yiyu Shen

Third: A Lily Documentary, Benjamin Kindred

Graphic design

First: Beauty Born of Ruin, Mykaela D'andria Wilson

Second: Bird Alphabet, Judah Cyr-Underwood

Third: Pawpacer, Parisa Gulati

Photography

First: Contemplation, Nathaniel James Del Rosario

Second: Flowing Through the Last Days of Summer, Matei Dobondi

Third: Timid, for Now, Montserrat Reyes

Writing

First: Where the Deer Had Been, Kayleen Bocanegra

Second: Bakervilles Photo, Bradom Zhang

Third: Am I?, Madelyn Piodela

Graduate

2D and 3D design

First: DIY Compost, Prapti Shah

Second: Viper Maintenance Bay Deck 12, Gryffin Harvey

Third: Through Rose-Colored Glasses, Esther Wen

Animation, motion media, and technology

First: La Nutria y el Manatí, Daniel Rodriguez

Second: Chloris, Chenxi Wang

Third: Arcadia, Liad Shiran

Fashion

First: Out of the Blues, Ishika Borode

Second: Chieve Adamant Leather Jackets, Marco White

Third: Ember Dress, Jenora Haynes

Film and acting

First: SCAD Acting Challenge, Tarrin Chambers

Second: Intimate Apparel, QueenTesa Fuggett

Third: Finishing the Hat, Dustin Rothbart

Graphic design, advertising, and business

First: Safe Healing, Nicole Marie Hernandez Rodriguez

Second: Culto Cacao, Samuel Bustos Gonzalez

Third: Luneé Bath Tea, Hanna Naomi Botos

Photography

First: A Quiet Revolution, Madeeha Nasir

Second: Dwarfed by Scale — Journey, Jack Burton

Third: Still, with Agency, Svitlana Sukhachova

Writing

First: The Ferris Wheel, Leticia Schenkel

Second: Blue Leaves Maple Tree, Ahmad Yasin

Third: Somewhere in Mexico City, Joselinne Piedras Sarabia

Transfer

First: Still, Callie Gates

First: Spaces Between Silence, Ts'eliso Khama

Second: Guilt, Yeseo Kim

Second: McQueen Headquarters and Store, Mahallia Pollard

Third: Monologue, Aaron Moore

Third: Faela (Fragrance Brand), Brianna Williams