Nine productions by students in the Ballard High School Video Production Program have been nominated for National Student Television Awards of Excellence.

The Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which is the professional organization that gives the Emmy awards, presents these awards to honor the best in student television production. The regional awards celebrate the most outstanding productions from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska.

The nominees were selected by industry professionals in the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

This is the fifth year in a row that Ballard High School video producers have been nominated. Last year they received six nominations and won awards in the categories of Public Service Announcement and Dramatic Presentation.

The winners will be announced at the 48th Annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards on June 11th.

Ballard's nominations span four categories, from Public Affairs to Fiction.

These are the nominations by category:

Public Affairs:

Faces by Dana Baumgartner, Emma Hutchison & Chloe Warner-Moyer
Without Our Cars by Sydney Jarol, Dylan Miller & Ryan Zemke
Henry by Amelia Elizalde, Sheridan Koehler, Levi Friedman & Sean Hendricks

Long Form, Non-Fiction:

Bar Ink by Spencer Miller, Georgia Peck, Robyn Cochrane & Justin Smith-Mercado
Seattle Street Performers by Tony Meyer, James Vitz-Wong & Matt Law-Phipps
Split Mind by Rikke Heinecke, Blair Scott, John Christensen & Allie Stock

Long-Form, Fiction:

Buy, Sell, Trade by Emily Deering, Amelia Elizalde & Blair Scott

Public Service Announcement:

Plenty of Road by Brendan Inkley, Stephen Neu-Yagle & Dylan Spence
Share the Road: Sidewalk by Elise Neroutsos & Ivy Vance

BHS video students will present new works completed this semester at The Showing on Friday, June 10 at 7 pm in the BHS auditorium. Tickets are $8 and will be sold at the door. For more information on the Ballard High School Video Production Program, visit www.bhsvideo.blogspot.com .