The Audio Description Project (ADP) and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) are proud to announce the winners of the 2025 BADIE awards. Celebrating the Benefits of Audio Description In Education, the contest invites students who are blind or have low vision to watch an audio described (AD) video and write an essay evaluating the quality and usefulness of the AD.
This year’s winners are:
Grand Prize
Drew Moorman Jr., West Virginia
Seniors (ages 16 to 21)
First Place: Drew Moorman Jr., West Virginia
"Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan"
Second Place: Bennett Lehman, Wisconsin
"Humans Cause Traffic Jams, AI Can Fix Them"
Third Place: Jurnee Rust, Wisconsin
"Curiosity Quest: Guide Dogs"
Juniors (ages 11 to 15)
First Place: Errion Garm, Ohio
"Coretta Scott"
Second Place: Laylah Gonzales, Ohio
"Go Tell It on the Mountain"
Third Place: Deisy Jimenez, Ohio
"Parker Moore"
Sophomores (ages 7 to 10)
First Place: Gage Shouse, Iowa
"Talking Jobs Tech: How Can I Work with VR and Video Games?"
Second Place: Smile Subedi, Ohio
"Curiosity Quest: Harlem Globetrotters"
Third Place: Cora Lloyd, Ohio
"A Deep Look into a Rattlesnake's Rattle"
Honorable Mention: Hunter Mulvaine, Ohio
Enjoy the BADIE presentation here: https://youtu.be/vhMe5ViD0Zs
The American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the Audio Description Project (ADP) commend and congratulate these extremely deserving award recipients and thank them for their hard work and dedication to audio description.