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**AMERICANWRITINGAWARDS.COM PODCAST OF THE YEAR AWARD**

 The Podcast of the Year award was created as a means to recognize excellence in independent podcasting. The award is international and open to all shows regardless of country of origin or language (non-English speaking podcasts must be transcribed or translated into English).  

Official Award Timeline

• Registration Deadline February 16, 2025
• Category Prizes and PODCAST OF THE YEAR AWARD announced March 9, 2025

The Podcast of the Year committee and judges reserve the right to disqualify any show they feel violates the spirit of the Awards. The Podcast Awards committee's decision on disqualification will be final. A disqualified show can appeal disqualification in writing within 48 hours to info@americanwritingawards.com. Disqualification will result in the forfeiture of the registration fee.

The Awards committee reserves the right to disqualify any show on the grounds of hate speech and or violence.  While we strongly support freedom of speech we will not tolerate hate speech and or violence against others. 

NOMINATION RULES AND ELIGIBILITY

EASY 2-STEP PROCESS FOR REGISTERING:  

1.  PROCESS ENTRY FEE ONLINE. 

2.  SEND FILLED-OUT ENTRY FORM TO INFO@AMERICANWRITINGAWARDS.COM

Any show podcasting on or before REGISTRATION DEADLINE is eligible to register for the Podcast of the Year.

Submitted Podcasts must have a publicly accessible RSS feed that can be followed/subscribed to.

• Any show wishing to be eligible to be nominated can register via the steps described on the entry form until the nomination closing date and pay the $39 registration fee. Registrations are non-refundable for any reason but shows can be asked to be moved to a different category prior to the judging deadline.
• Shows can register in as many appropriate categories as they want. Each category registration is a separate fee. Just make sure your show is appropriate for each category.
• Shows that do not register are not eligible to participate. A third party can register a show on behalf of another podcast. The registration fee is non-refundable.

    FULL PODCAST TITLE: Rock is Lit

HOST: Christy Alexander Hallberg

PODCAST LINK: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rock-is-lit/id1642987350

    FULL PODCAST TITLE: Chasing Brighter Podcast: A Journey of Self Discovery and Lifestyle Tips For Women

HOSTS: Kelly Fox and Jessica Colarco

PODCAST LINK: https://chasingbrighter.com/podcast/

    FULL PODCAST TITLE: MBIT: Behind the Scenes of Business Success

HOST: Shamus Madan

PODCAST LINK: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dealroom-with-shamus-madan/id1565814880

  FULL PODCAST TITLE: MBIT: Behind the Scenes of Business Success

HOST: Shamus Madan

PODCAST LINK: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dealroom-with-shamus-madan/id1565814880

    FULL PODCAST TITLE: Climate Change and Other Small Talk

HOST: Sunny Drake

PODCAST LINK: https://www.sunnydrake.com/climatechangeandothersmalltalk

      FULL PODCAST TITLE: Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown 

HOSTS: Kate McCoy and Kevin Corbett 

PODCAST LINK: https://horrorwoodpodcast.podbean.com/

    FULL PODCAST TITLE: The Innis Forgettance

HOSTS: Leah Noel and David Walker

PODCAST LINK: http://leah-noel.com/innis or https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-innis-forgettance/id1639610231

    FULL PODCAST TITLE: PastMaster

HOSTS: Ryan Mulchrone, Tan Parsons, and Keon Dadgostar

PODCAST LINK: https://linktr.ee/pastmaster

    FULL PODCAST TITLE: The Best of Women’s Fiction

HOSTS: Lainey Cameron and Ashley Hasty

PODCAST LINK: www.bestofwomensfiction.com 

    FULL PODCAST TITLE: PastMaster

HOSTS: Ryan Mulchrone, Tan Parsons, and Keon Dadgostar

PODCAST LINK: https://linktr.ee/pastmaster

     FULL PODCAST TITLE: CTSI Discovery Radio (Episode #109) and (Episode #114)- Children with Medical Complexity: Pediatric & Parental Perspectives and What Women (and Men) Need to Know About Menopause

HOST: Bryan Belmer

PODCAST LINK:

https://ctsi.mcw.edu/blog/news-events/news/discovery-radio/discovery-radio-episode-109-children-with-medical-complexity-pediatric-parental-perspectives/

https://ctsi.mcw.edu/blog/news-events/news/discovery-radio/discovery-radio-episode-114-what-women-and-men-need-to-know-about-menopause/

       FULL PODCAST TITLE: The Plus SideZ: Cracking the Obesity Code

HOSTS: Kim Carlos, Kat Carter,  and Jernine Trott

PODCAST LINK: https://www.youtube.com/@theplussidez