The 15th Annual People’s Choice Podcast Awards will be opening nominations on July 1, 2020. The Podcast Awards have been honoring podcasters since 2005. Those who want to participate need to register their podcast before July 31, 2020.

It is recommended that podcasters read the new rules for 2020. Some changes have been made that Podcast Awards hopes will create an opportunity for more shows to win a podcast award.

Nomination Rules and Eligibility:

•  Any show podcasting on or before July 1, 2020, with a minimum of 10 published episodes is eligible to register and be nominated for the 2020 Podcast Awards.
•  Legacy Shows as listed on the Legacy Page are not eligible to win a category podcast award. If a legacy show has not yet won a People’s Choice Podcast Award the show will be automatically registered to participate in the People’s Choice Category.
•  All registered shows will automatically be nominated in the People’s Choice Category. Any show wishing to be eligible to be nominated can register via the registration page until the nomination closing date and pay via PayPal the $25 registration fee.
•  Shows that do not register are not eligible to participate. The registration fee is non-refundable.

The 2020 registration window began on February 1, 2020, and ends on July 31, 2020. Podcasters should be aware that the Listener Nomination period opens July 1 and your show will not be added or shown on the nomination page until you register.

Allowed Activity: Podcasters can and should provide instructions in their shows and on their sites instructing their audiences on how to register and nominate their podcast.

Forbidden Activities: Expressly forbidden are automated program, web assist templates that interact with the Podcast Awards site, web overlays, borkmarklets; and no nomination tool or macro is allowed. The podcast committee reserves the right to revise and amend any forbidden activity details at any time throughout the awards process.

The 14th Annual Podcast Awards is open to podcasters worldwide. Registration for the 2019 Podcast Awards will open on January 18, 2019. The Podcast Awards has been honoring podcasters since 2005.

The Podcast Awards are open to all shows globally. Shows from around the world are encouraged to participate. The 14th annual Podcast Awards has some new rules and has released an official timeline.

Official Timeline:

• Podcaster Registration Period: January 18 – July 31
• Listener Nomination Period: July 1 – July 31
• Slate Announcement: August 10
• Slate Voting: September 15
• Awards Ceremony, held in conjunction with International Podcast Day: To Be Announced

The 2019 registration window is January 18, 2019, through July 31, 2019. Be aware that the listener nomination period opens July 1, 2019, and your show will not be added or shown on the nomination page until you register.

Nomination Rules and Eligibility:

• Any show podcasting on or before July 1, 2019, with a minimum of 10 published episodes is eligible to be nominated for the 2019 Podcast Awards.
• Legacy Shows as listed on the Legacy Page are not eligible to win a podcast award. If a legacy show has not yet won a People’s Choice Podcast Award the show will automatically be registered to participate in the People’s Choice Category.
• All registered shows will automatically be eligible to be nominated in the People’s Choice Category. Any show wishing to be eligible to be nominated can register via the registration page until the nomination closing date and pay via PayPal the $20 registration fee.
• Shows that do not register are not eligible to participate. The registration fee is non-refundable.

Podcasters can, and should, provide instructions in their shows and on their websites instructing their audiences on how to register and nominate their podcast. This is allowed and encouraged.

Expressly forbidden are automated programs, web assist templates that interact with the Podcast Awards site, web overlays, bookmarklets, and no nomination tool or macro is allowed. The podcast committee reserves the right to amend forbidden activity details at any time throughout the awards process.

The winners of the 2018 People’s Choice Podcast Awards have been revealed! The announcement was made during the International Podcast Day Live event.

Here is a quick look at the podcasts that won each of the categories:

• The Adam Curry People’s Choice Award:Fantasy Football Today
• Arts: We Like Drinking
• Manager Tools Business Category: Extraordinary Women Radio with Kami Guildner
• Comedy Category:2 Girls on a Bench
• Grammar Girl Education Category: Our Fake History
• Rob has a Podcast Entertainment Category: We’re Drunk & We Know Things
• Games & Hobbies: Trivial Warfare
• Government & Organizations: Democracy Works
• Health: A Better Night’s Sleep
• Kids & Family: Cool Facts About Animals
• Feast of Fools/Fun LGBTQ Category: Derek and Romaine
• Mature: Turn Me On
• Coverville Podsafe Music Category: The Modern Vinyl Podcast
• The Majority Report Politics & News Category: Consider This
• Religion & Spirituality: For the Love with Jen Hatmaker
• The Skeptics’ Guide Science & Medicine Category: Curiosity Daily
• Society – Culture: Travel Oddities
• ESPN: Fantasy Focus Football Sports Category: The Fantasy Footballers
• This Week in Tech Technology Category: Why’d You Push That Button
• TV & Film: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fan Podcast

Please visit the Podcast Awards website to see lists of all of the other podcasts that were nominated for each category. You can also check out lists of past winners from previous years. A video of the 13^thAnnual Podcast Awards 2018 Ceremony is available on the website.

The Podcast Awards is an international event open to all podcasts in all countries regardless of language. The 13th Annual Podcast Awards Listener Nominations period is now open.

The Listener Nominations period will remain open until July 31, 2018. You can sign up now to nominate your favorite podcasts by filling out a form on the Podcast Awards website. Email verification is required. There is a separate login for people who already have an existing account.

The nomination page will remain online until July 31, 2018. You can start filling it out, and then come back to it later and finish your favorite show nominations.

Show registration will also remain open until July 31, 2018. Podcasters must be registered in order to be nominated. There is a registration fee of $10 per show. The purpose of the registration fee is to make Podcast Awards self-sustaining.

The official timeline for 2018 is:

• Podcaster Registration Period: ends on July 31, 2018
• Listener Nomination Period: ends on July 31, 2018
• Slate Announcement: August 11, 2018
• Slate Voting: August 12 – September 15, 2018
• Awards Ceremony: September 30, 2018.

The 13th Annual People’s Choice Podcast Awards has opened registration for those who would like to have their podcast considered. The 13th Annual Podcast Awards Ceremony will take place in September of 2018.

In order to register, you must fill out the Show Registration Form on the Podcast Awards website. It is very important that you fill out the registration form correctly. Failure to do so could result in a mis-print of your trophy. This Registration Form is for podcasters, only! The Podcaster Registration period will run through July 31, 2018.

There is a registration fee of $10. The registration fee assures the ongoing support and further development of the Podcast Awards website. It also assures that there will be trophies for the winners who actually want to participate.

The official timeline for 2018 is:

• Podcaster Registration Period: January 15 – July 31
• Listener Nomination Period: July 1 – July 31
• Slate Announcement: August 11
• Slate Voting: August 12 – September 15
• Awards Ceremony: September 30

Podcasters who register for the Podcast Awards can and should provide instructions in their shows and on their sites instructing audiences on how to register and nominate their podcast. Be aware that the listener nomination period opens on July 1, 2018, and your show will not be added or shown on the nomination page until you register.

The winners of the 2017 Podcast Awards have been announced. There is a video of the 2017 People’s Choice Podcast Awards ceremony available on the Podcast Awards website. It includes short videos from the podcasters who won.

The winners are:

• The Adam Curry People’s Choice Award – The Fantasy Footballers
• Arts – We Like Drinking
• Manager Tools Business Category – Dreamers Podcast
• Comedy Category – Plumbing the Death Star
• Education – Grammar Girl
• Rob Has a Podcast Entertainment Category – We’re Drunk & We Know Things
• Games & Hobbies – Trivial Warfare
• Government & Organizations – Everyday Superhumans
• Health – Optimal Living Daily
• Kids & Family – What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood
• Feast of Fools/Fun LGBTQ Category – Derek and Romaine
• Mature – Between Us Girls
• Coverville Podsafe Music Category – Irish & Celtic Music Podcast
• Free Talk Live Politics & News Category – The Majority Report with Sam Seder
• Religion and Spirituality – Five Minute Devotions
• The Skeptics’ Guide Science and Medicine Catagory – STEM-Talk
• Society – Culture – Sword and Scale
• ESPN: Fantasy Focus Football Sports Category – The Fantasy Footballers
• This Week in Tech Technology Category – School of Podcasting
• TV& Film – The Hollywood Outsider

Registration for the 13th Annual Podcast Awards will open on January 15, 2018.

The 12^th Annual People’s Choice Podcast Awards has posted its awards slate by category. Voting starts on the 13^th by the randomly selected 250 listeners and 50 podcasters, plus the 50 luminaries selected by the Podcast Committee. Voting will last 30 days.

Each category has a total of 10 podcasts in it.

This year’s categories are:

• The Adam Curry People’s Choice Awards
• Arts
• Manager Tools Business Category
• Comedy Category
• Education
• Rob Has a Podcast Entertainment Category
• Games & Hobbies
• Government & Organizations
• Health
• Kids & Family
• Feast of Fools/Fun LGBTQ Category
• Mature
• Coverville Podsafe Music Category
• Free Talk Live Politics & News Category
• Religion & Spirituality
• The Skeptics’ Guide Science and Medicine Category
• Society-Culture
• ESPN: Fantasy Focus Football Sports Category
• This Week in Tech Technology Category
• TV & Film

The People’s Choice Podcast Awards has reached all fund raising goals for 2017. Winners are guaranteed a trophy. 2016 Winners and 2017 Slate nominees will have the option of ordering a trophy this year. The People’s Choice Podcast Awards will have pricing and an order form available soon.

You can follow the People’s Choice Podcast Awards on Twitter @podcastawards. Those who want to discuss the categories, the nominated podcast, or other related topics are asked to use the #PCA17 hashtag.

The 12th Annual Podcast Awards has relaunched with a new website for 2017. There have been some big changes since last year, including a complete rewriting of the rules. The GoFundMe for Podcast Awards has been updated with new information.

The new rules represent the most extensive changes in the history of the Podcast Awards. The changes were made based on input from hundreds of podcasters. The goal of Podcast Awards is to make minor tweaks as they go and hope that the awards process will satisfy the majority of podcasters who have supported them over the years.

It is now possible to see a list of past winners of Podcast Awards for every year from 2005 through 2016. This is something new that has been added to the website.

There is also a list of Legacy Shows that are honored for their excellence in podcasting and who have won a Podcast Award a minimum of five times. Legacy Shows that have never won a People’s Choice Award are still eligible for that distinction and are automatically entered into the People’s Choice category (and are not required to register).

The People’s Choice top Award has been renamed to honor the Podfather of Podcasting. It is now called The Adam Curry People’s Choice Award.

The official timeline is:

• Podcaster Registration: May 1 – July 31
• Listener Nomination Period: July 1 – July 31
• Slate Announcement: August 12
• Slate Voting: August 13 – September 15
• Awards Ceremony: September 30

Nomination Rules and Eligibility

Any show podcasting on or before July 1, 2017, with a minimum of 10 published episodes is eligible to register and be nominated for the 2017 Podcast Awards.

All registered shows will automatically be eligible to be nominated in the People’s Choice Category. Any show wishing to be eligible to be nominated can register via the registration page until the nomination closing date and pay via PayPal the $10 registration fee.

Shows that do not register are not eligible to participate. The registration fee is not-refundable.

The biggest change to the Podcast Awards is that there is no longer any daily voting by the public at large.

• The Podcast Award Committee will invite journalists, podcast thought leaders, legacy podcasters, sponsors and individuals of the committee’s choosing to vote, not to exceed 50 participants.
• Through random selection, 50 of the 2017 registered podcasters will be asked to review and vote with a backup pool of registered podcasters to ensure 50 podcasters cast ballots.
• Through random selection, 250 registered listeners who volunteered to vote during registration will be asked to review and vote with a backup pool of registered listeners to ensure 250 listeners cast ballots.

Podcasters can and should provide instructions on their shows and sites instructing their audiences on how to register and nominate their podcasts. Expressly forbidden are automated programs, web assist templates that interact with the Podcast Awards site, and web overlays. No nomination tool or macro is allowed.