The Academy of Podcasters has announced the nominees for its first ever “Academy Awards of podcasting.” The organization has also finalized the list of inductees into its Podcasters Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony and the awards ceremony will be held on Friday, July 31, the night before the first day of the Podcast Movement conference in Dallas.
The Podcasters Hall of Fame will honor six podcasters in its inaugural run of inductees:
- Adam Curry (Adam is considered by many to have “invented” podcasting along with Dave Winer)
- Danny Peña (host of Gamertag Radio)
- Leo Laporte (founder of the TWiT podcasting network)
- Mur Lafferty (host of I Should Be Writing)
- Scott Sigler (bestselling author who built a large fandom thru podcasting)
- Todd Cochrane (host of Geek News Central and founder of RawVoice)
The Academy of Podcasters has nominated ten shows in each of its fifteen award categories. The complete list of shows is too long to post here but the categories are:
- Business
- Comedy
- Entertainment
- Food & Drink
- Games & Hobbies
- Ideas & Education
- Lifestyle & Health
- Music & Commentary
- News & Politics
- Parenting, Family & Kids
- Science & Medicine
- Society & Culture
- Spirituality & Religion
- Sports
- Technology
One nominee will win an award in each category. The categories have five nominees each that have been ranked as the top five in those respective categories on Stitcher, along with five more shows that were selected by “a combination of input from the Academy, the board, and from other podcast rating services.”
Congratulations to the inaugural Hall of Fame inductees and best of luck to all podcasters who’ve been nominated for a Podcasters Academy Award!