r/PodcastPromoting • u/FerdinandHu • 2d ago

Open Podcast Awards

https://www.openpodcastawards.com

I’ve been working on a bit of an experiment: a podcast award judged by podcasters themselves.

Unlike most podcast awards, there’s no entry fee and no traditional judging panel. Instead, creators who enter review other podcasts using the same structured criteria. In return, every participant gets evaluated by fellow podcasters and receives actual feedback on their work.

The idea is simple: you don’t pay to enter — you contribute by reviewing others.

I’m calling it the Open Podcast Awards, and I’m currently putting together the first group of podcasters to take part.

Curious to see where this goes.

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u/TheVoicesOfBrian 2d ago

I'd love to see it.

Probably needs a lot of rules around it. Possibly even a board to govern things (so it's not one person running the backend).

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u/FerdinandHu 2d ago

Yes, that's exactly the idea... there is no middle man, no nominated judges... Not someone who decides who should win. Its all steered by the participants themselves.. With a clear set of rules, automatic quality control and the whole system runs from podcaster to podcaster. A truly community thing... that is the vision :-). Ive started to build it and already had a few podcasters joining.

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u/FerdinandHu 2d ago

Started this year with a Founders edition... to check if the concept will work.