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Four questions: your email, where you’re studying, your @, and a tick to confirm you’re eligible. Takes about 60 seconds. No video, no CV, no cover letter.
Ireland's first college creator competition. Win a 12-month paid internship with a creative agency and €1,000 cash. No video, no CV, no cover letter.
Entries for the 2026 College Creator Cup have closed. Thanks to everyone who applied.
Closed 12 October 2026
Shortlisted creators are contacted by email. The final takes place at The Playground Studios in Rialto on Saturday 17 October 2026, and the winner is announced on the day.
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The Terms & Conditions of Entry continue to apply to every entry received.
We're not looking at your CV. We're looking at whether you can shoot, edit, and hold someone's attention, because that is what you'll do during your internship.
One full day at The Playground Studios in Rialto: a real client brief in the morning, a few hours to script, shoot and edit on-site, then you present your cut to the room. It's the actual job, compressed into a single Saturday.
Students at any Irish college or university who are camera-confident, sharp on TikTok/Instagram/YouTube, and obsessed with trends, editing and storytelling. Marketing degree optional. Instinct isn't.
One winner takes the internship seat. Three walk away with prize money. And nobody who turns up on the day leaves empty-handed.
Paid internship working on real client content alongside the Fearless team.
One winner secures the internship seat, announced live on the day.
Free food for everyone taking part in the final at The Playground Studios.
Network with twenty-nine other like-minded creative college students.
18 years or older
Currently studying at an Irish college or university
Based in Dublin, or able to travel for the final
Free to attend the live final day at The Playground Studios, Rialto, on Saturday 17 October 2026
Able to start the internship shortly after selection, from October 2026 to October 2027
Limited to one application per person
Each stage stacks on the last. Keep scrolling to work through the whole run.
Four questions: your email, where you’re studying, your @, and a tick to confirm you’re eligible. Takes about 60 seconds. No video, no CV, no cover letter.
We watch what you already post. 30 creators are chosen on camera presence, editing instinct and team compatibility, and only that shortlist is invited to the final.
Finalists get a real client brief in the morning, a few hours to script, shoot and edit on-site, then present their cut to the room. This is the actual job, compressed into one day.
The winner is announced the same day, on camera, and the internship begins shortly after, working directly with Thomas and the Fearless team.
Only thirty creators make it to the live final at The Playground Studios. Getting picked is the hard part, and it opens doors well past the one prize.
Out of every entry we get, thirty people get the call. That shortlist is the credential. It says you were one of the thirty strongest student creators who applied, regardless of who wins on the day.
The final isn't a queue of interviews. Thirty creators spend the day at The Playground Studios scripting, shooting, editing and pitching alongside each other, with food laid on, and everyone there chasing the same thing you are.
Finalists can opt into the Fearless Media community group, where we share briefs, paid work and openings as they come up. Joining is entirely optional, and you can leave whenever you want.
Partner brands back the day and bring their own internships, freelance briefs and commissions. We ask you separately before introducing you to any of them, so it is always your call. Entirely optional, and it has no bearing on the judging.
Four things, and together they take about 60 seconds: an email we can reach you on, where you’re studying, your TikTok or Instagram handle, and a tick to confirm you’re eligible. No video to upload, no CV, no cover letter. We look at the content already on your profile.
You don’t need one to enter at all: the application is four questions with nothing to upload. For the content on your profile, and for the final day itself, a phone is more than enough. We care far more about personality, camera confidence and creative instinct than about production value.
Not at all. We're open to any student enrolled at a college or university in Ireland, whatever you're studying. Editors, photographers, podcasters and content creators across disciplines are all welcome. If you make things people actually watch, you're the right fit.
Finalists come into The Playground Studios in Rialto, Dublin on Saturday 17 October 2026. You get a real client brief in the morning, a few hours to script, shoot and edit on-site, and then you present your cut to the room. Food is provided, and the winner is announced the same day, on camera.
A 12-month paid internship running from October 2026 to October 2027, working directly with Thomas Arnold and the team at Fearless Media on real client content, plus €1,000 prize money as winner of the competition. Second place takes €350 and third place €150. Full terms are confirmed in writing with the winner before anything starts.
Entering gives us a licence to repost, clip and edit your entry content, which is what lets us feature strong entries while the competition is running. Section 9 of the Terms sets out exactly what that covers. If you later want us to stop, section 9.11 explains how to ask, and we will stop using it in anything new.
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