(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.

ABOUT BLACK PODCASTING AWARDS

Black Podcasting Awards (BPAwards) celebrates, spotlights, and bolsters Black podcasts for more wins and successes. It achieves this by producing an annual awards program and ceremony, and two newsletters. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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