LWC Studios Sunsets Podcasting Seriously Awards Fund
LWC Studios today announced that it has sunset the Podcasting Seriously Awards Fund which it launched five years ago with the support of corporate podcast sponsors and AIR Media as its fiscal sponsor. Over its successful run, the Fund awarded $57,500 in grants to POC and LGBTQ+ podcast creators to cover award submission costs and to receive audio training.
“AIR has been proud to partner with a fund that invested directly in talent and reinforced the importance of building a more accessible and sustainable audio industry,” Keisha Salmon, AIR Media’s executive director said. “While we’re saddened to see the Fund conclude, its impact will continue through the people and projects it helped elevate.”
Grant recipients submitted (and sometimes won) in dozens of national and international competitions, including: The Ambies, The Webby Awards, The International Women’s Podcast Awards, Tribeca Festival, The Podcast Awards, Third Coast International Audio Festival, AAPA Golden Crane Awards, The Radio Academy Audio & Radio Industry Awards (ARIAS), British Podcast Awards, Black Podcasting Awards, Anthem Awards, AdWeek Podcast Award, Audio Production Awards, Australian Podcast Awards, Kidscreen Award, and American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Podcast Competition.
“It has been our absolute honor to manage the Fund pro bono all these years, and a true joy to see the real-life impact it has had on so many people in our field,” the Fund’s creator and LWC Studios founder Juleyka Lantigua said.
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