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Congratulations to our

BNM Webfest 2026 Nominations!!  Our Full Winners List will come out Wednesday Evening, April 22nd. 

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** There will be a few more "Craft" nominations but all Genres are complete now.  

 

Best Screenplay Short, or Pilot  

  • Durning Road

  • Don't Break Any Hearts

  • Hanout (herbal embalming)

  • BiggsFaith.exe (Pilot)

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 BEST TRAILER

  • Trailer - Los Aspirantes- The Applicants-

  • The Contract

  • The Cardboard Boating World Championships (teaser trailer)

  • Caesar The Ides of March

  • Unbroken Faith: The Documentary

  • Unbroken Faith 2 (Trailer)

  • The Clockwork Wizard and the Foundry of Souls Trailer

 

BEST MUSIC VIDEOS

  • U R Already Dead (Music Video)

  • Weenie Todd: The Demon Hot Dog Guy of Meat Street

  • FEAR NOT

DOCUMENTARY AND TALK SHOWS

 

Best Documentary / Reality / Talk Show

  • PUSH

  • The Ghost Pepper Eating Contest of Jefferson County

  • Line Rider

  • Not in Service

  • The 3100

  • Ridge Army Documentary

  • I Am A Martial Autist

  • What is Art?

  • Good Business (ep. 1)

  • Straight and loud (ep. 1)

  • Legal Fox - The Creepiest Case of All

  • To The Ends

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Best Documentary / Reality / Talk Show - Director

  • Caris Vujcec - PUSH

  • Sam Frazier, jr. - The Ghost Pepper Eating Contest of Jefferson County

  • Simon Intihar - Line Rider

  • David Sebastiao - Not in Service

  • Mark Fisher - The 3100

  • Shawn Wixted - Ridge Army Documentary

  • Jason Henderson - I Am A Martial Autist

  • Sophia Lee - What is Art?

  • Yulia Bondareva - Good Business (ep. 1)

  • Kirill Alekhin - Straight and loud (ep. 1)

  • Shannon Harvey - Legal Fox - The Creepiest Case of All

  • Mwita Chacha - To The Ends



Best Documentary / Reality / Talk Series - Writers

  • Caris Vujcec - PUSH

  • Sam Frazier, jr. - The Ghost Pepper Eating Contest of Jefferson County

  • Simon Intihar - Line Rider

  • David Sebastiao - Not in Service

  • Mark Fisher - The 3100

  • Shawn Wixted - Ridge Army Documentary

  • Jason Henderson - I Am A Martial Autist

  • Yulia Bondareva, Dmitry Metkin - Good Business (ep. 1)

  • Kirill Alekhin, Alexander Gavrilov - Straight and loud (ep. 1)

  • Shannon Harvey - Legal Fox - The Creepiest Case of All


 

BEST HOST / Narrator (Reality / Doc / Talk Show)

  • Caris Vujcec - PUSH

  • AriK Sokol - The Ghost Pepper Eating Contest of Jefferson County

  • Mike Cunliffe - The Ghost Pepper Eating Contest of Jefferson County

  • Shannon Harvey - Legal Fox - The Creepiest Case of All

  • Joy Vandervort-Cobb - Not in Service

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Best Guest Stars:

  • Guests of PUSH

  • Contestants - The Ghost Pepper Eating Contest of Jefferson County

  • Not in Service - The Interviewees

  • The 3100 - The Interviewees

  • Yegor Dostovalov, Artemy Suslov, Konstantin Kadurin - Good Business (ep. 1)

 

Subject of a Doc:

  • Boštjan Čadež - Line Rider

  • Ridge Army Documentary Skateboarders

  • The Martial Autists and the Masters - I Am A Martial Autist

  • Ilya Zolotukhin  - Straight and loud (ep. 1)

  • Chandra Tobing and his Team - To The Ends


 

Best Historical Project

  • Not in Service

  • Line Rider

  • Ridge Army Documentary

  • The 3100

Thriller / mystery / action

Best Thriller / Mystery / Action Series or Film

  • Bay for Blood

  • Without a Trace

  • Eyes In The Woods: Episode 1 & 2

  • Guilt Trip

  • Voyeur

  • It Takes A Village

  • Caesar The Ides of March

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Best Director of a Thriller / Mystery/ Action Series or Film

  •  Harry Waldman - Bay for Blood

  • Hugo Belhassen - Without a Trace

  • Morgan Ermter - Eyes In The Woods: Episode 1 & 2

  • Jacob Greene - Guilt Trip

  • Maggie Drahovska - It Takes A Village

  • Quentin Lewis - Caesar The Ides of March

 

Best Writing in a Thriller / Mystery Series / Action Series or Film

  •  Harry Waldman - Bay for Blood

  • Saul Delgado - Without a Trace

  • Morgan Ermter, Alanna Schwartz - Eyes In The Woods: Episode 1 & 2

  • Jacob Greene - Guilt Trip

  • Maggie Drahovska - It Takes A Village

  • Quentin Lewis - Caesar The Ides of March

Scifi / fantasy / horror

Best Sci Fi / Fantasy / Horror Series or Film

  • There is Something in my House  

  • Mori

  • Detoxification

  • Josephine

  • Burned

  • Demon Doctor

  • Greystanes (2025) Chapters 01-07

  • The Ritual House  

  • Family Secrets 

  • Abracadavers: Season 3 - Episode 1-4

  • Illuminagents Season 3

  • Dash McCabe vs. the Evil Devil Woman From the Moon

  • Homecoming

  • Scorpio Embryos

  • Voyeur

  • Davina, The Delivery Witch (Season 2)

  • Francine, The Fixer Witch (Season 2)

  • MARI WITCHHUNTER (Mari Sorgin Ehiztari)

  • Command S2 "Far From Superheroes"

  • The Monkey Claw

  • Incubation 

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Best Director for a Fantasy / Scifi / Horror Series or Film

  • Anne Laurie Joseph, Jason Labuda - There is Something in my House

  • Torin Hight - Mori

  • Joe Cremer, Herb Cremer - Detoxification

  • Wayne Tunks - Josephine

  • Joshua R. Pangborn - Burned

  • Joshua R. Pangborn - Demon Doctor

  • Ryan Cauchi - Greystanes (2025) Chapters 01-07

  • Crystal J. Huang - The Ritual House (Feature Film)

  • M.D. Singleton - Family Secrets

  • Morgan Ermter - Abracadavers: Season 3 - Episode 1-4

  • Herman Wang - Illuminagents Season 3

  • Brian Pace - Dash McCabe vs. the Evil Devil Woman From the Moon

  • Juan Morales - Homecoming

  • Mohammad Rasai - Scorpio Embryos

  • Maryam Hashempour - Voyeur

  • Seth Chitwood - Davina, The Delivery Witch (Season 2)

  • Seth Chitwood - Francine, The Fixer Witch (Season 2)

  • Oliver Mend, Rose of Dolls - MARI WITCHHUNTER (Mari Sorgin Ehiztari)

  • Tyler Jennings, Jon Kemmerer - Command S2 "Far From Superheroes"

  • Jamie Lockhart - The Monkey Claw

  • Joshua Land, Victor Fink - Incubation

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Best Writing for a Fantasy / Scifi / Horror Series or Film

  • Jason Labuda - There is Something in my House

  • Torin Hight - Mori

  • Joe Cremer, Herb Cremer - Detoxification

  • Wayne Tunks - Josephine

  • Joshua R. Pangborn - Burned

  • Joshua R. Pangborn - Demon Doctor

  • Ryan Cauchi, Matt Ferro - Greystanes (2025) Chapters 01-07

  • Donna Spangler - The Ritual House (Feature Film)

  • M.D. Singleton, Marc Lotus - Family Secrets 

  • Morgan Ermter, Danae Pritchard, Anthony Schokalsky - Abracadavers: Season 3 - Episode 1-4

  • Herman Wang - Illuminagents Season 3

  • Brian Pace - Dash McCabe vs. the Evil Devil Woman From the Moon

  • Juan Morales - Homecoming

  • Mohammad Rasai - Scorpio Embryos

  • Mohammadreza Seif - Voyeur

  • Seth Chitwood - Davina, The Delivery Witch (Season 2)

  • Seth Chitwood - Francine, The Fixer Witch (Season 2)

  • Oliver Mend, Rose of Dolls, Eylilis Rising, Julen Telleria, Igor Ramos Perla  - MARI WITCHHUNTER (Mari Sorgin Ehiztari)

  • Tyler Jennings, Jon Kemmerer - Command S2 "Far From Superheroes"

  • David Ogrodowski - The Monkey Claw

  • Joshua Land, Victor Fink - Incubation

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Best Actor in a  Thriller, Mystery, Action, Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Horror Series or Film

  • James-Curtis Bowers - There is Something in my House

  • Brett Eidman - Detoxification

  • Joshua R. Pangborn - Burned

  • Kyle McIntire - Burned

  • Joshua R. Pangborn - Demon Doctor

  • Mark-Eugene Garcia - Demon Doctor

  • David Neylon - Bay for Blood

  • Jasper Hammer - Bay for Blood

  • Jesse Lipscombe - Abracadavers: Season 3 - Episode 1-4

  • Daryl Marks - Illuminagents Season 3

  • David Woods - Dash McCabe vs. the Evil Devil Woman From the Moon

  • Shane King - Guilt Trip

  • Ryheim Hall - Guilt Trip

  • 72 - Scorpio Embryos

  • Alexander Hammett - Command S2 "Far From Superheroes"

  • David Ogrodowski - The Monkey Claw

  • Patrick Higgins - Incubation

Best Actress in a  Thriller, Mystery, Action, Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Horror Series or Film

  • Carey Bibb - There is Something in my House

  • Rachel Kordell - Mori

  • Isaly Viana - Bay for Blood

  • Christina Leonard - Illuminagents Season 3

  • Rachel Marshall - Dash McCabe vs. the Evil Devil Woman From the Moon

  • Lily Willcocks - Eyes In The Woods: Episode 1 & 2

  • Vida Gharagozlou - Voyeur

  • Shalini Jayarama - Davina, The Delivery Witch (Season 2)

  • Anna Pazdevoa - It Takes a Village

  • Karolin Omastova - It Takes a Village

  • Karen Ann Martino - Francine, The Fixer Witch (Season 2)

  • Yuliana Troncoso - Francine, The Fixer Witch (Season 2)

  • Asier Valdestilla - MARI WITCHHUNTER (Mari Sorgin Ehiztari)

  • Mikkele Arizkorreta - MARI WITCHHUNTER (Mari Sorgin Ehiztari)

  • Karenna Foley - Command S2 "Far From Superheroes"

  • Tanya Davis - Incubation


 

Best Ensemble Cast in a Thriller, Mystery, Action, Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Horror Series or Film

  •  Mori

  • Josephine

  • Matt Ferro 

  • Greystanes (2025) Chapters 01-07

  • The Ritual House (feature)

  • Without a Trace

  • Family Secrets

  • Abracadavers: Season 3 - Episode 1-4

  • Dash McCabe vs. the Evil Devil Woman From the Moon

  •  Eyes In The Woods: Episode 1 & 2

  • Homecoming

  • Davina, The Delivery Witch (Season 2)

  • Francine, The Fixer Witch (Season 2)

  • MARI WITCHHUNTER (Mari Sorgin Ehiztari)

  • The Monkey Claw

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Special Guest Star or Supporting role in a Thriller, Mystery, Action, Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Horror Series or Film 

  • Caris Vujcec - Illuminagents Season 3

  • Jah Cinema - Family Secrets

  • Maria Cruickshank - MARI WITCHHUNTER (Mari Sorgin Ehiztari)

  • Cirron - Command S2 "Far From Superheroes"

  • Dylan Gibbs - The Monkey Claw

  • Josh Rutgers - Incubation



 

Best Youth Performance in a Thriller, Mystery, Action, Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Horror  

  •  Gabriel Paz Quijano - There is Something in my House

  • Tabitha Taylor - Josephine

  • Chloe Delle-Vedove - Greystanes (2025) Chapters 01-07

  • Hannah Thomas - Family Secrets

  • Allie Moore - Incubation

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Dramedy / Comedy / Drama

Best Dramedy Series or Film

  • RÉMORAS

  • Turtletastic? (Season 2)

  • Write On

  • Plant Based

  • Commandments Of A Female Hustler Episode 3

 

Best Director of a Dramedy Series or Film

  • Diego Alfredo García - RÉMORAS

  • Rae Leonovich- Turtletastic? (Season 2)

  • Nick Pinelli - Write On

  • Jennifer M Kay - Plant Based

  • Stacey Blackwell - Commandments Of A Female Hustler Episode 3

 

Best Writing in a Dramedy Series or Film

  •  Diego Alfredo García - RÉMORAS

  • Craig Selbrede, Liam Gilbey - Turtletastic? (Season 2)

  • Amanda Pfeiffer - Write On

  • Tony Moore - Plant Based

  • Stacey Blackwell - Commandments Of A Female Hustler Episode 3

Comedy Series, or Film (English Language)

  • River Tap That

  • Crater Heights

  • "The Cineplex" - Web Series

  • Friends Not Food

  • Cam Girl (Season 1)

  • Best of Fest

  • World's Worst Thanksgiving Series

  • My Robot Roommate, Eps 1-3

  • Tomorrow's Bandits

  • The Desk Files S1

  • Spinsters

  • Fort Macbeth - Web Series

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Comedy Series or Film - (Foreign Language)

  • Grimelle

  • The Planner  

  • Citron - Full series  

  • TUTOPIQUE #BLOP 2025

  • The Struggle for Existence - Season 2

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Comedy Series or Short Film Director  

  • Wayne Tunks - River Tap That

  • Maude Demers-Rivard - The Planner  

  • Brandon Darcel - Crater Heights

  • Alan Del Tufo - "The Cineplex" - Web Series

  • Peter Stray - Friends Not Food

  • Alexandre Diaz-Paquin - Citron - Full series

  • Ian "El" Trutt - Cam Girl (Season 1)

  • Maurice Huvelin - TUTOPIQUE #BLOP 2025

  • Theresa Labreglio - Best of Fest

  • Seth Chitwood - World's Worst Thanksgiving Series

  • Dan Stearns - My Robot Roommate, Eps 1-3

  • David Ambrose - Tomorrow's Bandits

  • Leonidas Stanescu - The Desk Files S1

  • Rahel Grunder -  Spinsters

  • Aviva Zimmerman - Fort Macbeth - Web Series

  • Jannik Dahl Pedersen, Rasmus Skaarup Johansen - The Struggle for Existence - Season 2

  • Marilyn Cooke - Grimelle

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Comedy Series or Short Film Writer

  • Wayne Tunks - River Tap That

  • Maude Demers-Rivard, Simon Parenteau-Boulet  - The Planner

  • Brandon Darcel, Angela Stevenson - Crater Heights

  • Alan Del Tufo - "The Cineplex" - Web Series

  • Peter Stray - Friends Not Food

  • Alexandre Diaz-Paquin, Thomas Kroft - Citron - Full series

  • Ian "El" Trutt - Cam Girl (Season 1)

  • Maurice Huvelin - TUTOPIQUE #BLOP 2025

  • Theresa Labreglio - Best of Fest

  • Seth Chitwood - World's Worst Thanksgiving Series

  • Dan Stearns - My Robot Roommate, Eps 1-3

  • David Ambrose, Nicholas Sisti - Tomorrow's Bandits

  • Leonidas Stanescu - The Desk Files S1

  • Sasha Carrera -  Spinsters

  • Aviva Zimmerman, Nils Hognestad - Fort Macbeth - Web Series

  • Jannik Dahl Pedersen, Rasmus Skaarup Johansen - The Struggle for Existence - Season 2

  • Simone Béatrice Gravel - Grimelle


 

Best Mockumentary

  • River Tap That

  • Crater Heights

  • World's Worst Thanksgiving Series

  • Fort Macbeth - Web Series

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Best Drama Series or Film

  • Forgotten  

  • BLACK ROSE

  • Sip

  • About People and About War  

  • Slightly Cracked THE TRILOGY

  • Reminisce

  • Ramy

  • Wish In One Hand

  • Kit

  • Exile

 

Best Director in a Drama Series or Film

  • Herb Cremer, Joe Cremer - Forgotten 

  • Merridith Allen - BLACK ROSE

  • Rachel Chelsea Foster - Sip

  • Jennifer Monk - Slightly Cracked THE TRILOGY

  • Leslie Morris - Reminisce

  • Cosimo Raffaele Solazzo - Wish In One Hand

  • Phoenix Kalel Michael Frost, Jes Laverack - Kit

  • Renan Amaral -  Exile

  • Dmitry Pasichnyuk - About People and About War

  • Pouyan Rostami - Ramy

 

Best Writing in a Drama Series or Film

  •  Herb Cremer, Joe Cremer - Forgotten  

  • Merridith Allen - BLACK ROSE

  • Rachel Chelsea Foster - Sip

  • Jennifer Monk, Lisa Dallinger, Laura Jane Turner  - Slightly Cracked THE TRILOGY

  • Ashna Sharan - Reminisce

  • David Ogrodowski - Wish In One Hand

  • Phoenix Kalel Michael Frost - Kit

  • Dmitry Pasichnyuk - About People and About War

  • Pouyan Rostami - Ramy

  • Renan Amaral -  Exile

Best Cast Ensemble in a Drama, Dramedy or a Comedy Series or Film

  • Write On

  • River Tap That

  • The Planner

  • "The Cineplex" - Web Series

  • Friends Not Food

  • World's Worst Thanksgiving Series

  • Plant Based

  • Spinsters

  • Fort Macbeth - Web Series

  • The Struggle for Existence - Season 2

  • Grimelle

  • Commandments Of A Female Hustler Episode 3

  • Slightly Cracked THE TRILOGY

  • Exile


 

Best Duo or Trio in a Comedy or Dramedy Series or Film

  • Brandon Darcel, Angela Stevenson - Crater Heights

  • Kevin Michael Brennan, Wasim Azeez, Pauline Brown  - "The Cineplex" - Web Series

  • Bianca Belisle, Félix Legault Sasseville - Citron - Full Series

  • Samantha Lorin Charboneau, Ruben Bermudez, Charity Irby  - Cam Girl (Season 1)

  • Joe Cremer, Bryan Civitarese, Ciarah Amaani - Best of Fest

  • Brenna Wetsell, Hannah Rose Richards - My Robot Roommate, Eps 1-3

  •  Dominick Cost, Darius Lassiter, Nicholas Sisti - Tomorrow’s Bandits

  • Oliver Feaster, Sean McDermott - Plant Based

  • Sasha Carrera, Rain Pryor -  Spinsters

Best Actress in a Dramedy or a Comedy

  • Natalia Beatriz D'Alena - RÉMORAS

  • Amanda Guzman Romero - Turtletastic? (Season 2)

  • Jacinta Moses - River Tap That

  • Felicia Greenfield  - Friends Not Food

  • Mary C. Ferrara - World's Worst Thanksgiving Series

  • Arielle Mailloux - Grimelle

 

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Best Actor in a Dramedy & Comedy

  •  Agustín Rittano - RÉMORAS

  • Wayne Tunks - River Tap That

  • David Emmanuel Jauniaux - The Planner

  • Peter Stray - Friends Not Food

  • Michael Jonathan Gellis - Namaste Away From Me

  • Seth Chitwood - World's Worst Thanksgiving Series

  • Mike Pratt - World's Worst Thanksgiving Series

  • Leonidas Stanescu - The Desk Files S1

  • Nils Hognestad - Fort Macbeth - Web Series

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Best Actor in a Drama 

  • Arnie Rodriguez - Forgotten  

  • Austin Green - Forgotten 

  •  Benjamin Mouton - BLACK ROSE

  • Andrew Agner-Nichols - Sip

  • Oleg Vasilkov - About People and About War

  • Dirk Martens - About People and About War

  • Wayne Jay - Reminisce

  • David Ogrodowski - Wish In One Hand

  • Chris McAllister - Kit

  • Jacob Smith - Kit

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Best Actress in a Drama

  • Jackie Gerhardy - BLACK ROSE

  • Janae Palmer Cruz - Sip

  • Jennifer Monk - Slightly Cracked THE TRILOGY

  • Ashna Sharan - Reminisce

  • Hannah Stone - After the Freeze, Final Cut

  • Houra Pakizehdel - Ramy

  • Kira L. Wilson - Wish In One Hand

audio Fiction and Factual Podcasts

Best Comedy Audio Fiction

  • Someone Dies In This Elevator - Mergers and Mergerers

  • Thank Goodness It's Family

  • Murderer’s Murder

  • Moose on a Highway

  • Josie's Lonely Hearts Club (Franksgiving)

  • As The Chips Fall

 

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Best Comedy Audio Fiction Directors

  • Tal Minear - Someone Dies In This Elevator - Mergers and Mergerers

  • Ric de Barros - Thank Goodness It's Family

  • Wayne Tunks - Murderer’s Murder

  • Diann Gogerty - Moose on a Highway

  • Maximilian Clark - Josie's Lonely Hearts Club (Franksgiving)

  • Eric McKeever - As The Chips Fall

 

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Best Comedy Audio Fiction Writers

  •  Stephen Indrisano - Someone Dies In This Elevator - Mergers and Mergerers

  • Ric de Barros, Gerard Howard - Thank Goodness It's Family

  • Wayne Tunks - Murderer’s Murder

  • Diann Gogerty, Wayne Tunks, Melissa Malone - Moose on a Highway

  • Maximilian Clark, Rachel Music - Josie's Lonely Hearts Club (Franksgiving)

  • Eric McKeever - As The Chips Fall

Best Performance in Comedy Audio Fiction

  • Demi McFarlane - Murderer’s Murder

  • Jessie Cannizzaro - Josie's Lonely Hearts Club (Franksgiving)

  • Maximilian Clark - Josie's Lonely Hearts Club (Franksgiving)

  • Eric McKeever - As The Chips Fall

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Best Cast Ensemble in Comedy Audio Fiction

  • Someone Dies In This Elevator - Mergers and Mergerers

  • Thank Goodness It's Family

  • Murderer’s Murder

  • Moose on a Highway

  • Josie's Lonely Hearts Club (Franksgiving)

Best Dramatic Audio Fiction

  • THE NEON TESTAMENT

  • Hearthbound | The Calypso Arc

  • In Media Res

  • a place as beautiful as ours.

  • The Artisan Who Made Me

 

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Best Director of a Dramatic Audio Fiction

  • JOHNNY GALVAN 3 - THE NEON TESTAMENT

  • Jack Towhey Calk - Hearthbound | The Calypso Arc

  • Rachel Music - In Media Res

  • Rahrah - a place as beautiful as ours.

  • Sydney Roslin - The Artisan Who Made Me

 

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Best Writer of a Dramatic Audio Fiction

  • JOHNNY GALVAN 3 - THE NEON TESTAMENT

  • Jo Chiang - Hearthbound | The Calypso Arc

  • Chris Murphy -  In Media Res

  • Rahrah - a place as beautiful as ours.

  • Remy Davison - The Artisan Who Made Me

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Best Performance in a Dramatic Audio Fiction

  • ESPERANZA AMERICA - THE NEON TESTAMENT

  • ANDREW GARETT - THE NEON TESTAMENT

  • Jo Chiang - Hearthbound | The Calypso Arc

  • Manami Maxted - Hearthbound | The Calypso Arc

  • Mather Zickel - In Media Res

  • Kyle Prue - In Media Res

  • Gina Susanna - a place as beautiful as ours.

  • Rahrah - a place as beautiful as ours.

  • Bryce Payne - The Artisan Who Made Me

  • Alexander Michael Reeves - The Artisan Who Made Me


 

Best Cast Ensemble in a Dramatic Audio Fiction

  • In Media Res

  • The Artisan Who Made Me

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Best Fantasy, Scifi, Adventure Audio Fiction

  • Sidequesting (Season 4)

  • Route Styx: The Devil Went Down to Georgia 

  • Abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast 

  • Listening Pond: Stories for Kids and their Adults

  • Once Upon a Mystery: The Inventor's Daughter 

  • The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day (Vol. 1)

  • The Adventures of the Fox in the Fedora (Season 3, Part 1)

  • Leylines

  • Stowaway

  • The Mysterious CHIRP podcast, Season 1 Episode 3

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Best Fantasy, Scifi, Adventure Audio Fiction Director

  • Tal Minear - Sidequesting (Season 4)

  • Colton Grellier - Route Styx: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

  • Blake Pfeil - Abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast 

  • Seth Chitwood - Once Upon a Mystery: The Inventor's Daughter  

  • Christian Powlesland - The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day (Vol. 1)

  • Christopher S. Fox - The Adventures of the Fox in the Fedora (Season 3, Part 1)

  • Rachel Music - Leylines

  • Maxwell von Larisch - Stowaway

  • Holly Adams - The Mysterious CHIRP podcast, Season 1 Episode 3


 

Best Fantasy, Scifi, Adventure Audio Fiction Writers

  • Tal Minear - Sidequesting (Season 4)

  • Colton Grellier - Route Styx: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

  • Blake Pfeil - Abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast 

  • Eryn Gauen - Listening Pond: Stories for Kids and their Adults

  • Seth Chitwood - Once Upon a Mystery: The Inventor's Daughter  

  • Harvey Badger, Christian Powlesland - The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day (Vol. 1)

  • Christopher S. Fox, Brian Renadette - The Adventures of the Fox in the Fedora (Season 3, Part 1)

  • Kerrod Williams, Christopher J. P. Smith - Leylines

  • Maxwell von Larisch - Stowaway

  • Holly Adams - The Mysterious CHIRP podcast, Season 1 Episode 3

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Best Performance in a Fantasy / Sci-fi Audio Fiction

  • Tal Minear - Sidequesting (Season 4)

  • Stephen Dean - Route Styx: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

  • Jacob Elliott - Route Styx: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

  • Caleb Towns - Route Styx: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

  • Blake Pfeil - Abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast

  • Perla Ayora - Abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast

  • Christopher Gebauer - Leylines

  • Alyssa Mann - Leylines

  • Becky Bass - Once Upon a Mystery: The Inventor's Daughter  

  • Ryk Mcyntire - Once Upon a Mystery: The Inventor's Daughter

  • Khai Shaw - The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day (Vol. 1)

  • Elizabeth Chadwick - The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day (Vol. 1)

  • Christopher S. Fox - The Adventures of the Fox in the Fedora (Season 3, Part 1)

  • Brian Michael Jones - Stowaway

  • John G Hertzler - The Mysterious CHIRP podcast, Season 1 Episode 3

  • Sanya Simmons - The Mysterious CHIRP podcast, Season 1 Episode 3

 

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Best Cast Ensemble in a Fantasy / Sci-fi Audio Fiction

  • Leylines

  • The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day (Vol. 1)

  • The Adventures of the Fox in the Fedora (Season 3, Part 1)

  • The Mysterious CHIRP podcast, Season 1 Episode 3

Best Mystery / Suspense / Horror Audio Fiction

  • HAVANA SYNDROME

  • Quorum (fiction podcast)

  • Divorce Ranch

  • From Within: A Tale of the Macabre 

  • The Gospel of Haven

  • We're Alive: Descendants - Season 2 - Audio Submission Reel

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Best Mystery / Suspense / Horror Audio Fiction Director

  •  Lisette Alvarez - HAVANA SYNDROME

  • William R. Coughlan - Quorum (fiction podcast)

  • Rachel Music - Divorce Ranch

  • Adam Jack Arthur - From Within: A Tale of the Macabre

  • Daisy McNamara - The Gospel of Haven

  • Kc Wayland - We're Alive: Descendants - Season 2  


 

Best Mystery / Suspense / Horror Audio Fiction Writer

  •  Lisette Alvarez - HAVANA SYNDROME

  • William R. Coughlan - Quorum (fiction podcast)

  • Michi Broman, Elena Wagoner - Divorce Ranch

  • Adam Jack Arthur - From Within: A Tale of the Macabre

  • Daisy McNamara - The Gospel of Haven

  • Kc Wayland - We're Alive: Descendants - Season 2  


 

Best Cast in a Mystery / Suspense / Horror Audio Fiction

  • HAVANA SYNDROME

  • Quorum (fiction podcast)

  • Divorce Ranch

  • From Within: A Tale of the Macabre

  • We're Alive: Descendants - Season 2  

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Best Performance in a Mystery / Suspense / Horror Audio Fiction

  • Tom Kramer - Quorum (fiction podcast)

  • Laura Rocklyn - Quorum (fiction podcast)

  • Christopher Gebauer - Divorce Ranch

  • Tina Huang - Divorce Ranch

  • Darren Marshall - From Within: A Tale of the Macabre

  • Jeff "Almond Joy" Catanese - From Within: A Tale of the Macabre

  • Janine Bower - The Gospel of Haven

  • B. Narr - The Gospel of Haven

  • Vanessa Born - We're Alive: Descendants - Season 2  

  • Austin Trace - We're Alive: Descendants - Season 2  

Best Factual Podcasts

  • THE FILM FESTIVAL DOCTOR PODCAST  

  • RE-VAMPED WITH JULIET LANDAU  

  • Portland is not on Fire - Fighting The Power

  • American Treasure


 

Best Factual Podcast Directors

  •  Rebekah Louisa Smith - THE FILM FESTIVAL DOCTOR PODCAST 

  • Juliet Landau, Deverill Weekes - Re-Vamped With Juliet Landau III

  • Lanita Duke - Portland is not on Fire - Fighting The Power

  • Dave Colonna - American Treasure


 

Best Factual Podcast Writer

  •  Rebekah Louisa Smith - THE FILM FESTIVAL DOCTOR PODCAST 

  • Juliet Landau, Deverill Weekes - Re-Vamped With Juliet Landau III

  • Lanita Duke - Portland is not on Fire - Fighting The Power

  • Dave Colonna - American Treasure

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Best Host of a Reality Podcast

  •  Rebekah Louisa Smith - THE FILM FESTIVAL DOCTOR PODCAST 

  • Juliet Landau - RE-VAMPED WITH JULIET LANDAU 

  • Lanita Duke - Portland is not on Fire - Fighting The Power

  • Dave Colonna - American Treasure


 

Best Narration in a Podcast

  •  Sidequesting (Season 4)

  • Tom Chamberlain - Moose on a Highway

  • Blake Pfeil - Abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast 

  • Eryn Gauen - Listening Pond: Stories for Kids and their Adults

  • William R. Coughlan - Quorum (fiction podcast)

  • Joshua Riley -  The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day (Vol. 1)

  • Janine Bower - The Gospel of Haven


 

Best Guest Star(s) of a Factual Podcast

  • Daniel Sol - THE FILM FESTIVAL DOCTOR PODCAST  

  • Todd McIntosh, Sarah MIchelle Gellar, and Guest Speakers  - Re-Vamped With Juliet Landau III  

  • Dianne Johnson, Althea Billings, Rev. Cecil Prescod, Nia Gray  - Portland is not on Fire - Fighting The Power

  • Jon Collins-Black - American Treasure

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Best Sound Design in AUDIO FICTION

  • HAVANA SYNDROME

  • Someone Dies In This Elevator - Mergers and Mergerers

  • Sidequesting (Season 4)

  • Thank Goodness It's Family

  • Moose on a Highway

  • Route Styx: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

  • Abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast

  • Hearthbound | The Calypso Arc

  • Quorum (fiction podcast)

  • Josie's Lonely Hearts Club (Franksgiving)

  • Divorce Ranch

  • Leylines

  • In Media Res

  • a place as beautiful as ours.

  • Once Upon a Mystery: The Inventor's Daughter

  • From Within: A Tale of the Macabre

  • The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day (Vol. 1)

  • The Gospel of Haven

  • The Adventures of the Fox in the Fedora (Season 3, Part 1)

  • Stowaway

  • The Artisan Who Made Me

  • American Treasure

  • We're Alive: Descendants - Season 2  

  • The Mysterious CHIRP podcast, Season 1 Episode 3

 

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Best Family / Youth Podcast

  •  Sidequesting (Season 4)

  • Thank Goodness It's Family

  • Listening Pond: Stories for Kids and their Adults

  • The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day (Vol. 1)

  • Murderer’s Murder

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Best Score in a Podcast

  •  Sidequesting (Season 4)

  • Thank Goodness It's Family

  • Route Styx: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

  • THE NEON TESTAMENT

  • Hearthbound | The Calypso Arc

  • Listening Pond: Stories for Kids and their Adults

  • Quorum (fiction podcast)

  • Leylines

  • In Media Res

  • From Within: A Tale of the Macabre

  • The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day (Vol. 1)

  • The Gospel of Haven

  • The Adventures of the Fox in the Fedora (Season 3, Part 1)

  • Stowaway

  • American Treasure

  • We're Alive: Descendants - Season 2  

  • The Mysterious CHIRP podcast, Season 1 Episode 3


 

Best Song in a Podcast

  • “Moose on a Highway” song - Moose on a Highway 

  • "Wayfaring Stranger" - Route Styx -  

  • That Haunting Song - THE NEON TESTAMENT

  • “Steady as We Go” - Hearthbound | The Calypso Arc

  • "I Know How to Say Yes" - Keiko Shimosato Carreiro - Divorce Ranch

  • “Three Days Away from Highperion Day” - The Chronicles of Wild Hollow: Highperion Day (Vol. 1)

 

Best Anthology Podcast

  • Someone Dies In This Elevator - Mergers and Mergerers

  • Listening Pond: Stories for Kids and their Adults

 

Best Action in an Audio Fiction

  • Leylines

  • We're Alive: Descendants - Season 2  

  • The Mysterious CHIRP podcast, Season 1 Episode 3

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Best Actual Play - Video

  • The Melancholy We Weave: Book 1

  • "The Tale That Never Was"

  • Hero's Arc

  • Unlicensed Magic

  • GODKILLER: Qismat

  • Vaesen: The Withering Wick

  • Last Train to Brooklyn

  • Keep The Lights On

 

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Best Director of an Actual Play - Video

  • Sade "Ambrose" Smith-Edwards - The Melancholy We Weave: Book 1

  • Andrew Fudge, Kristi Jamison - "The Tale That Never Was"

  • Andrew Fudge - Hero's Arc

  • Andrew Fudge - Unlicensed Magic

  • Amaan Khan - GODKILLER: Qismat

  • Vaesen: The Withering Wick

  • Jenel Irene Lawson - Vaesen: The Withering Wick

  • Linnie Schell - Last Train to Brooklyn

  • Linnie Schell - Keep The Lights On


 

Best Writer of an Actual Play - Video

  • Sade "Ambrose" Smith-Edwards - The Melancholy We Weave: Book 1

  • Andrew Fudge, Kristi Jamison - "The Tale That Never Was"

  • Andrew Fudge, Kristi Jamison -  Hero's Arc

  • Andrew Fudge, Kristi Jamison, Nichole Fernandes, Will Walker -  Unlicensed Magic

  • Amaan Khan, Tomas Gimenez Rioja, Adrian Mejia, Arsene, Specter Crums - GODKILLER: Qismat

 

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Best Story Teller - Video

  • Sade "Ambrose" Smith-Edwards - The Melancholy We Weave: Book 1

  • Andrew Fudge - "The Tale That Never Was"

  • Andrew Fudge - Unlicensed Magic

  • Amaan Khan - GODKILLER: Qismat

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Best Actual Play (Audio):

  • Tales Yet Told: Our Lives in the Wood

  • Quest Friends!

  • The Road to Hell

  • Dastardly Dungeoneers

  • The Heart is a Dungeon: Know Gods, No Afters

  • Afterlight

  • The Heart is a Dungeon: The Way of the Hollow Star

  • Bloom&Blight: A Girl by Moonlight Actual Play

  • Kitten Marlowe - Shadows in the Smoke

  • Minds Never Matter (Year 1)

  • Solemn Vale: Homegrown

  • Game Master Monday

  • Dungeons & Drimbus: City of Jerry

  • Moment of Balance

  • The Book of War: An Avatar:Legends Realplay Podcast  

  • The Vampire With No Name

  • Mage Hand High Five: The Badlands

 

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BEST Director of an  ACTUAL PLAY (Audio)

  •  Kendrick/Kendo Smith - Tales Yet Told: Our Lives in the Wood

  • Sara Vipond Brink - Oops, All Witches

 

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Best Writer of an Actual Play (Audio)

  • Anna Eliza Williams - Dastardly Dungeoneers

  • Noah E Bryan, Anna Eliza Williams - Minds Never Matter (Year 1)

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Best Story Teller - Audio

  • Kendrick/Kendo Smith - Tales Yet Told: Our Lives in the Wood

  • Aubrey Knotts - The Road to Hell

  • Anna Eliza Williams - Dastardly Dungeoneers

  • Si Rutherford - Afterlight

  • Taylor - Bloom&Blight: A Girl by Moonlight Actual Play

  • Sara Vipond Brink - Oops, All Witches

  • Sawyer Ziegelman - The Vampire With No Name

 

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Best GM or DM in an Actual Play

  • Kyle Decker - Quest Friends!

  • Rah Rah - The Heart is a Dungeon: Know Gods, No Afters

  • Si Rutherford - Afterlight

  • Andrew Fudge - Hero's Arc

  • Si Rutherford - Afterlight

  • Rah Rah - The Heart is a Dungeon: The Way of the Hollow Star

  • Jenel Irene Lawson - Vaesen: The Withering Wick

  • Linnie Schell - Keep The Lights On

  • Kim Dalton - Kitten Marlowe - Shadows in the Smoke

  • Noah Bryan - Minds Never Matter (Year 1)

  • Fiona Katherine Taylor Howat - Solemn Vale: Homegrown

  • Jenny Nordine - Game Master Monday

  • Hannah Schooner - Dungeons & Drimbus: City of Jerry

  • Anna Marcus - Moment of Balance

  • Ash Cooper - The Book of War: An Avatar:Legends Realplay Podcast 

  • Casey Papas - Mage Hand High Five: The Badlands


 

Best Cast in an Actual Play (Video)

  • The Melancholy We Weave: Book 1

  • Hero's Arc

  • Unlicensed Magic

  • GODKILLER: Qismat

  • Vaesen: The Withering Wick

  • Last Train to Brooklyn

  • Keep The Lights On

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Best Cast in an Actual Play - Audio

  • Tales Yet Told: Our Lives in the Wood

  • The Road to Hell

  • Dastardly Dungeoneers

  • The Heart is a Dungeon: Know Gods, No Afters

  • Afterlight

  • The Heart is a Dungeon: The Way of the Hollow Star

  • Bloom&Blight: A Girl by Moonlight Actual Play

  • Kitten Marlowe - Shadows in the Smoke

  • Minds Never Matter (Year 1)

  • Solemn Vale: Homegrown

  • Game Master Monday

  • Dungeons & Drimbus: City of Jerry

  • Oops, All Witches

  • Moment of Balance

  • The Book of War: An Avatar:Legends Realplay Podcast  

  • The Vampire With No Name

  • Mage Hand High Five: The Badlands

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Best Performance in an Actual Play:

  • Candace McAfee - The Melancholy We Weave: Book 1

  • Emily Decker - Quest Friends!

  • Joe “Kujo” Kujawinski - The Road to Hell

  • Tanlynn Morgan - Dastardly Dungeoneers

  • Ian Grant - The Heart is a Dungeon: Know Gods, No Afters

  • Sphinx Akashaa - "The Tale That Never Was"

  • Navaar Jackson - The Heart is a Dungeon: The Way of the Hollow Star

  • Candace the Magnificent - Bloom&Blight: A Girl by Moonlight Actual Play

  • Taylor Blevins - Vaesen: The Withering Wick

  • Cassandra Parker - Kitten Marlowe - Shadows in the Smoke

  • Taylor Murchie - Minds Never Matter (Year 1)

  • Liv Kennedy - Solemn Vale: Homegrown

  • Abby Yazzie - Game Master Monday

  • Giancarlo Herrera - Dungeons & Drimbus: City of Jerry

  • Annette Moran Lee - Oops, All Witches

  • Jonaya Riley - Moment of Balance

  • Ted Darling - The Book of War: An Avatar:Legends Realplay Podcast 

  • Misfit Playland - The Vampire With No Name

  • Rowan McStay - Mage Hand High Five: The Badlands

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Best Sound Design in an Actual Play - (Video)

  • The Melancholy We Weave: Book 1

  • Vaesen: The Withering Wick

  • Keep The Lights On


 

Best Sound Design in an Actual Play - Audio

  • The Road to Hell

  • Dastardly Dungeoneers

  • The Heart is a Dungeon: Know Gods, No Afters

  • Afterlight

  • The Heart is a Dungeon: The Way of the Hollow Star

  • Bloom&Blight: A Girl by Moonlight Actual Play

  • Kitten Marlowe - Shadows in the Smoke

  • Solemn Vale: Homegrown

  • Dungeons & Drimbus: City of Jerry

  • Oops, All Witches

  • The Book of War: An Avatar:Legends Realplay Podcast  

  • The Vampire With No Name

  • Mage Hand High Five: The Badlands

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Best Soundtrack in an Actual Play

  •  Quest Friends!

  • The Road to Hell

  • Dastardly Dungeoneers

  • The Heart is a Dungeon: Know Gods, No Afters

  • Afterlight

  • "The Tale That Never Was"

  • Hero's Arc

  • Vaesen: The Withering Wick

  • Kitten Marlowe - Shadows in the Smoke

  • Solemn Vale: Homegrown

  • Game Master Monday

  • Dungeons & Drimbus: City of Jerry

  • Oops, All Witches

  • The Book of War: An Avatar:Legends Realplay Podcast  

  • The Vampire With No Name

  • Mage Hand High Five: The Badlands

 

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Best Art in an Actual Play:

  • Tales Yet Told: Our Lives in the Wood

  • The Melancholy We Weave: Book 1

  • The Road to Hell

  • The Heart is a Dungeon: Know Gods, No Afters

  • Dastardly Dungeoneers

  • "The Tale That Never Was" 

  • Quest Friends!

  • Hero's Arc

  • Unlicensed Magic

  • The Heart is a Dungeon: The Way of the Hollow Star

  • Bloom&Blight: A Girl by Moonlight Actual Play

  • GODKILLER: Qismat

  • Kitten Marlowe - Shadows in the Smoke

  • Game Master Monday

  • Oops, All Witches

  • The Book of War: An Avatar:Legends Realplay Podcast  

  • Mage Hand High Five: The Badlands

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Best Cinematography in an Actual Play - 

  • Vaesen: The Withering Wick

  • Last Train to Brooklyn

  • Keep The Lights On

 

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Most Creative Actual Play-  

  • Vaesen: The Withering Wick

  • Solemn Vale: Homegrown

  • Dungeons & Drimbus: City of Jerry

  • The Book of War: An Avatar:Legends Realplay Podcast 

  •  Mage Hand High Five: The Badlands

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Best Set Design -

  •  Mori

  • Demon Doctor

  • Without a Trace

  • Abracadavers: Season 3 - Episode 1-4

  • Illuminagents Season 3

  • About People and About War

  • Eyes In The Woods: Episode 1 & 2

  • Friends Not Food

  • Francine, The Fixer Witch (Season 2)

  • The Monkey Claw

  • World's Worst Thanksgiving Series

  • Exile

  • Spinsters

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Best Costumes

  • Demon Doctor

  • Abracadavers: Season 3 - Episode 1-4

  • Dash McCabe vs. the Evil Devil Woman From the Moon

  • Crater Heights

  • Citron - Full series

  • Francine, The Fixer Witch (Season 2)

  • World's Worst Thanksgiving Series

  • Exile

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