Awards

The IEEE Access Best Video Award promotes and highlights the work of authors who have effectively used video to supplement their article. Authors of eligible submissions can enter to win a grand prize of a $500 USD Amazon gift card. The best video is selected by an independent editorial judging committee, and is announced biannually. Video is a great tool to enhance and promote your published article.

*All submissions must be original and cannot include any third party content. Submissions that include third party content may be disqualified.

IEEE Access Best Video Award

Congratulations to Our Most Recent Winners

2024 (Part 1) Winners

Grand Prize Winner:

An Optical Design for Interaction With Mid-Air Images Using the Shape of Real Objects

Promotional Prize Winner:

AVI-Talking: Learning Audio-Visual Instructions for Expressive 3D Talking Face Generation

Promotional Prize Winner:

TARES: A Game-Based Tangible Augmented Reality English Spelling Mastery System With Minimal Cognitive Load

2024 (Part 2) Winners

Promotional Prize Winner:

Semantic-Based Multi-Object Search Optimization in Service Robots Using Probabilistic and Contextual Priors

Promotional Prize Winner:

A Suspended Pollination Robot With a Flexible Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Manipulator for Self-Pollinated Plants

How to Enter the IEEE Access Best Video Award

Selection Criteria:

The best video will be selected by an independent editorial judging committee based on:

  1. Presentation of Technical Content
  2. Innovation
  3. Quality of the Video

Eligibility Period:

We are currently accepting entries for the IEEE Access Best Video Award 2026 Part 1, which includes videos included with article submissions between January 1 to June 30, 2026.

Terms and Conditions:

Read the Best Video Award Terms and Conditions page for rules applying to the current year’s award competition. If you wish to enter the competition, you will be asked if you accept these Terms and Conditions when you submit your entry below.

First Prize:

$500 USD Amazon Gift Card

Promotional Prizes (2):

$350 USD Amazon Gift Card

Submission Information:

Authors, submit your article and video through the IEEE Author Portal. Once you review the Terms and Conditions below and sign the following entry form, your video will be eligible to be considered for the award.

Competition Entry Form: