APVA awards for podcasters, others open for nominations

DEADLINE: MAY 30, 2022 —The Association of African Podcasters and Voice Artists (APVA) 2022 awards is currently open for nominations.

The APVA Awards honour Africa’s talent in the world of podcasting, spoken word and poetry, voice acting and voice-overs.

Winners will be awarded prizes at a virtual award presentation on September 25th, 2022.

The following categories are available for nominations:

SPECIAL CATEGORIES
Podcast of the year
Voice actor of the year
Spoken-word artist of the year
Podcast cover art of the year
Rising Talent of the year- Podcast category
Rising Talent of the year- Voice-over category
Rising Talent of the year- Spoken word category

PODCAST CATEGORIES
Lifestyle Award
Health
Comedy
Fiction
Crime
Sports
News
Society and culture
Politics
Beauty
Finance
Music
Relationship

VOICE-OVER CATEGORIES
Best Commercial Performance – TV
Best Commercial Performance – Radio
Best Jingle
Best Audio Book Performance
Best Corporate/Explainer Performance
Best E-learning Performance
Best Documentary Performance
Best TV Promo
Best Radio Imagining
Voiceover Service Provider of the Year
Voiceover Artist of the Year (Overall)

SPOKEN-WORD CATEGORY
Best Spoken word artist of the year

The deadline for nominations is May 30, 2022.

NOMINATE HERE

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