The Audio Verse Awards are given out every year to the best fiction podcasts in various categories. It's an excellent resource for the most popular audio drama. See below for the list of 2019 winners. For ease of finding new podcasts, here is a list of nominated podcasts in alphabetical order, and I've also sorted the list by number of wins for bragging rights.
Music Categories
Instrumental composition in a new production
Winner - Brandon Boone for Adrift in Vast Horizon
Winner - Daryl Banner for Janus Descending Theme in Janus Descending
Winner - Tom Rory Parsons for SCP Archives Theme in SCP Archives
Winner - Evan Cunningham for The AM Archives Theme in The AM Archives
Winner - Stephen Poon for Unwell Theme in Unwell
Instrumental composition in a production
Winner - Cameron Chambers for King Falls AM Theme in King Falls AM
Winner - Jack De Quidt for Spring in Heiron in Friends at the Table
Winner - Fredrik Skaare Baden for The Amelia Theme Variations in The Amelia Project
Winner - Jon Ouin for Victoriocity Theme in Victoriocity
Winner - Hedley Knights for We Fix Space Junk Main Theme in We Fix Space Junk
Vocal composition in a new production
Winner - Ben Lapidus for Gay Future Theme Song in Gay Future
Winner - Kenneth Eckle for Grocery List in E-Minor in Podcast Reviews Reviews Podcast
Winner - Michael Aquino for In the Timestorm in Timestorm
Winner - Traditional for John the Revelator in Unwell
Winner - Jesse Billson & Ann Sloan for The Carlötta Beautox Theme in Carlötta Beautox
Vocal composition in a production
Winner - Arne Parrott for Call of the Sky in Campaign: Skyjacks
Winner - Victor and the Bully for Opening Theme for Season Four in The Tales of Sage and Savant
Winner - Benny James for Sail the Stars (Finale Special) in Project Ozma
Winner - Jack De Quidt for Tell Me in Friends at the Table
Winner - Steven Melin, Travis Vengroff & Mike Pettry for The White Vault - A Musical in The White Vault
Sound Design Categories
Action sound design in a new production
Winner - Brandon Grugle, Anna Rodriguez & Mischa Stanton for The AM Archives
Winner - Julia Schfini for Janus Descending
Winner - Mischa Stanton for Caravan
Winner - Multiple for Unwell
Winner - Travis Vengroff for Vast Horizon
Action sound design in a production
Winner - Colin Peterson for The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program
Winner - Eric Kimelton for King Falls AM
Winner - Hedley Knight for We Fix Space Junk
Winner - Travis Vengroff for Liberty: Tales from the Tower
Winner - Travis Vengroff for The White Vault
Environment sound design in a new production
Winner - Brandon Grugle, Anna Rodriguez & Mischa Stanton for The AM Archives
Winner - Anna Rodriguez for Caravan
Winner - Niko Gerentes for Death by Dying
Winner - Multiple for Unwell
Winner - Travis Vengroff for The White Vault
Environment sound design in a production
Winner - Cameron Chambers & Eric Kimelton for King Falls AM
Winner - Dominic Hargreaves for Victoriocity
Winner - Hedley Knights for We Fix Space Junk
Winner - Sophie Kaner for The Penumbra Podcast
Winner - Travis Vengroff for The White Vault
Writing Categories
Writing of a new spoken word production
Winner - Sean Heyboek for Constants: A Fiction Anthology
Winner - Multiple for The Moonologue Sessions
Winner - Felix Trench for Quid Pro Euro
Winner - Kenneth Eckle for Podcast Reviews Reviews Podcast
Winner - Ivuoma Okoro for Vega: A Sci-Fi Adventure Podcast
Writing of a spoken word production
Winner - Jarod K. Anderson for The Cryptonaturalist
Winner - Minerva Sweeney Wren for McGillicuddy and Murder's Pawnshop
Winner - Talon Stradley for Newton's Dark Room
Winner - Kristen Zaza for On a Dark, Cold Night
Winner - Jeffrey Cranor & Janina Matthewson for Within the Wires
Writing of a new audio play production
Winner - Multiple for The AM Archives
Winner - Tau Zaman for Caravan
Winner - Evan Gulock for Death by Dying
Winner - Kaitlin Statz for Vast Horizon
Winner - Kaitlin Statz for The White Vault: Imperial
Writing of an audio play production
Winner - Sarah Rhea Warner for Girl in Space
Winner - Kyle Brown & Eric Kimelton for King Falls AM
Winner - Jonathan Sims for The Magnus Archives
Winner - Kevin Vibert for The Penumbra Podcast
Winner - Jessica Best for The Strange Case of Starship Iris
Directing Categories
Player direction of a new production
Winner - Alex Flanigan for A Horror Borealis
Winner - Jordan Adika for ARCS
Winner - Anthony Burch for Dungeons and Daddies
Winner - Kevin La Porte for The Session Tapes
Winner - Susannah Lewis for Thornvale
Player direction of a production
Winner - Victoria Rogers for The Broadswords
Winner - James D'Amato for Campaign: Skyjacks
Winner - Cap Blackard for The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program
Winner - Austin Walker for Friends at the Table
Winner - Alexander J. Newall for Rusty Quill Gaming
Vocal direction of a new production
Winner - Lauren Shippen for The AM Archives
Winner - Niko Gerentes for Death by Dying
Winner - Russell McGee for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Winner - Shannon Perry for Oz 9
Winner - Jeffrey Nils Gardner for Unwell
Vocal direction of a production
Winner - Ali Hylton for Dining in the Void
Winner - Hannah Wright for Inn Between
Winner - Alexander J. Newall for The Magnus Archives
Winner - Jared J. Smith for The Phenomenon
Winner - Nathan Peter Grassi for Victoriocity
Performance and Player Categories
Performance of a leading role in a new audio play production
Winner - Julia Morizawa as Joan Bright in The AM Archives
Winner - Sushant Adlakha as Samir in Caravan
Winner - Evan Gulock as The Obituary Writer in Death by Dying
Winner - Shariba Rivers as Lilian Harper in Unwell
Winner - Tanja Milojevic as AI in Vast Horizon
Performance of a leading role in an audio play production
Winner - Sarah Rhea Warner as X in Girl in Space
Winner - Noah James as Ben Arnold in King Falls AM
Winner - Jonathan Sims as Johnathan Sims in The Magnus Archives
Winner - Joshua Ilon as Juno Steel in The Penumbra Podcast
Winner - Beth Crane as Kilner in We Fix Space Junk
Performance of a supporting role in a new audio play production
Winner - Andrew Nowak as Mark Bryant in The AM Archives
Winner - Danielle Shemaiah as Dakota in Caravan
Winner - Hannah Smith as The Angel of Death in Death by Dying
Winner - Angie Hickman as Elizabeth in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Winner - Kathleen Hoil as Abbie Douglas in Unwell
Performance of a supporting role in an audio play production
Winner - Felix Trench as Bartholomew Fuckface Chucklepants Knuckle-Cracker in The Amelia Project
Winner - Jessica Nurse as Emily Potter in King Falls AM
Winner - Alexander J. Newall as Martin Blackwood in The Magnus Archives
Winner - Noah Simes as Peter Nureyev in The Penumbra Podcast
Winner - Emily Stride as Penne in We Fix Space Junk
Performance of a role in an ensemble cast for a new audio play production
Winner - Allison Brandt as Cassie Waters in Calling Darkness
Winner - Sarah Ruth Thomas as I.R.I.S. in Copperheart
Winner - Alica Frame as Jackie in Meet/Cute
Winner - Ashley Hunt as Officer Howell in Oblivity
Winner - Ewan Chung as Jingwei Cheng in The White Vault: Imperial
Performance of a role in an ensemble cast for an audio play production
Winner - Jessica Washington as Isabelle Powell in Greater Boston
Winner - Dan Lovely as Andi in Marsfall
Winner - Leslie Drescher as Sir Caroline in The Penumbra Podcast
Winner - Ishani Kanetkar as Arkady Patel in The Strange Case of Starship Iris
Winner - Eyþór Viðarsson as Jónas Þórirsson in The White Vault
Performance of a new spoken word production
Winner - Sean Heyboer for Constants: A Fiction Anthology
Winner - Isaiah Plovnick for Gallery of Curiosities
Winner - Multiple for The Moonologue Sessions
Winner - Ivuoma Okoro for Vega: A Sci-Fi Adventure Podcast
Winner - Anthony Botehlo for The Wrong Station
Performance of a spoken word production
Winner - Kristen Zaza for On a Dark, Cold Night
Winner - Jarod K. Anderson for The Cryptonaturalist
Winner - Multiple for The Moonologue Sessions
Winner - Ivuoma Okoro for Vega: A Sci-Fi Adventure Podcast
Winner - Lee LeBreton for Within the Wires
Player in a new improvised production
Winner - Addison Peacock as Moriah Harris in A Horror Borealis
Winner - Liz Anderson as Izzy Quila in Autonomic
Winner - Shannon Steele as Eris in Resting Glitch Face
Winner - Ben Meredith as David 7 in Stellar Firma
Winner - Kameron Ford as Tak McKnuckles in We Cantrip - A D and D Podcast
Player in an improvised production
Winner - Bianca Zelda as Mepris in The Broadswords
Winner - Liz Anderson as Gable in Campaign: Skyjacks
Winner - Ali Acampora as Hella Varal in Friends at the Table
Winner - Matt Young as Usidore the Blue in Hello from the Magic Tavern
Winner - Lydia Nicholas as Sasha Racket in Rusty Quill Gaming
Production Categories
New improvised production
Winner - A Horror Borealis
Winner - ARCS
Winner - Dungeons and Daddies
Winner - Resting Glitch Face
Winner - Stellar Firma
Improvised production
Winner - The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program
Winner - Friends at the Table
Winner - Hello from the Magic Tavern
Winner - Mission to Zyxx
Winner - Rusty Quill Gaming
New spoken word production
Winner - Constants: A Fiction Anthology
Winner - Harper Rose and The Women on the Wall
Winner - The Moonologue Sessions
Winner - Podcast Reviews Reviews Podcast
Winner - Vega: A Sci-Fi Adventure Podcast
Spoken word production
Winner - The Cryptonaturalist
Winner - McGillicuddy and Murder's Pawnshop
Winner - Newton's Dark Room
Winner - On a Dark, Cold Night
Winner - Within the Wires
New audio play production
Winner - The AM Archives
Winner - Caravan
Winner - Death by Dying
Winner - Unwell
Winner - The White Vault: Imperial
Audio play production
Winner - Girl in Space
Winner - King Falls AM
Winner - The Magnus Archives
Winner - The Penumbra Podcast
Winner - The White Vault
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