(BPRW) BLACK LOVE INC TAKES TIMES SQUARE WITH SIX PODCAST AWARD WINS
(Black PR Wire) New York, NY – Ahead of International Podcast Day, Black Podcasting Awards (BPAwards) bestowed 35 new awards to 29 different podcasts during a live stream from Podstream Studios on Times Square Sunday September 24. Black Love Inc. catapulted to BPAwards’ biggest overall winner to date with a grand total of 9 awards and 21 nominations; its Director of Podcasts Krystal Hill oversees these six BPAwards recognized podcasts, plus another two. She’s followed by Anna DeShawn who has five awards and six nominations for Queer News. While A’Shanti Gholar’s The Brown Girls Guide to Politics continues her four year stretch of nominations, plus three award wins.
Sunday’s Ophelia-delayed ceremony sparkled with double victories for six podcasts: Black is America (Editing; Sound Design), Black Love Podcast Network (Podcast Network; Producer), Every Voice with Terrance McKnight (Arts; Music), Mistakes That Made Me (Business; New), Parenting for the Culture (Education; Podcast of the Year), and Queer News (LGBTQ; Podcaster of the Year).
The ceremony included a handful of winners hailing from Finland, Canada, and the U.K., proving that podcasting is indeed a global phenomenon. Also on the list of awardees are CNN journalist Audie Cornish, the multi-talented, award-winning Jill Scott, plus hip-hop legend and actor Method Man.
The 2023 award ceremony and celebration was sponsored by Push Black, Podcast Movement, Blubrry, GSD Solutions, Gifted Sounds Network, LWC Studios, Podglomerate, Realm, Shure, Sounds Profitable, Stitcher Studios, Strike Audio, Sampson Therapeutic Services, and Transistor.
In addition to the coveted trophies, winning podcasters also receive fantastic prizes from Afros & Audio, Black Podcasters Association, Descript, Grants For Creators, and Hindenburg.
Support BPAwards’ mission by contributing to its ‘First two steps of 100’ fundraising campaign at givebutter.com/bpawardstwostep.
High-resolution photos of the 2023 double award winners, all winners’ podcast covers, BPAwards logos, and more can be downloaded at kit.blackpodawards.com.
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FULL WINNERS LIST FOR 2023 BLACK PODCASTING AWARDS (35 categories total)
BEST ARTS PODCAST
Every Voice with Terrance McKnight
BEST BLERD PODCAST (PUBLIC VOTE)
Stitch Please
BEST BUSINESS PODCAST – SPONSORED BY SOUNDS PROFITABLE
Mistakes That Made Me [Finland]
BEST COMEDY PODCAST
Funny My Way
BEST CULTURE PODCAST
Back Issue
BEST EDITING (BLACK PODCASTERS ASSOCIATION VOTE)
Black Is America
BEST EDUCATION PODCAST
Parenting for the Culture
BEST FAMILY AND PARENTING PODCAST
The Black Fatherhood Podcast
BEST FILM AND TELEVISION PODCAST
Chat Sh!T: The Official Rap Sh!t Podcast
BEST FOOD & DRINK PODCAST
Chefish
BEST HEALTH AND WELLNESS PODCAST
Charm Words: Daily Affirmations for Kids
BEST HISTORY PODCAST
You Didn’t See Nothin
BEST HOSTING DUO (PUBLIC VOTE)
Sis, Please!
BEST HOSTING TEAM (PUBLIC VOTE)
Jill Scott Presents: J.ill the Podcast
BEST INTERNATIONAL PODCAST
UK Black Pride Time Capsule Podcast [U.K.]
BEST LGBTQ PODCAST
Queer News
BEST LIMITED SERIES PODCAST
Love, Janessa [Canada]
BEST LITERARY PODCAST
Read Write and Create
BEST MUSIC PODCAST
Every Voice with Terrance McKnight
BEST NEW PODCAST (BLACK PODCASTERS ASSOCIATION VOTE)
Mistakes That Made Me [Finland]
BEST NEWS & POLITICS PODCAST
The Assignment with Audie Cornish
BEST PODCAST NETWORK (PUBLIC VOTE) – SPONSORED BY PODCAST MOVEMENT
Black Love Podcast Network
BEST PRODUCER (BLACK PODCASTERS ASSOCIATION VOTE)
Black Love Podcast Network
BEST RELATIONSHIP PODCAST
Black Love: The Interviews
BEST RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY PODCAST
Sanctified
BEST SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PODCAST
Glowing in Tech [U.K.]
BEST SCRIPTED FICTION PODCAST – SPONSORED BY REALM
Witchever Path
BEST SEX PODCAST
The Amazing Clarks
BEST SOLO HOST (PUBLIC VOTE)
The Wire at 20
BEST SOUND DESIGN (BLACK PODCASTERS ASSOCIATION VOTE)
Black Is America
BEST SPORTS PODCAST (PUBLIC VOTE)
My Hockey Hero [Canada]
BEST TRAVEL PODCAST
About the Journey
BEST TRUE CRIME PODCAST
FruitLoops: Serial Killers of Color
PODCAST OF THE YEAR (PUBLIC VOTE) – SPONSORED BY PODCAST MOVEMENT
Parenting for the Culture
PODCASTER OF THE YEAR (BLACK PODCASTERS ASSOCIATION VOTE) – SPONSORED BY BLUBRRY
Queer News
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