AudioUK is delighted to be becoming a member of forces with Amazon Music & Wondery for a 3rd 12 months on the Pay What You Can scheme to assist the Audio Manufacturing Awards to develop and to succeed in extra audio creators throughout the UK. The scheme is essential to making sure inclusive and equal accessibility inside the business – an ambition shared by Amazon Music, Wondery, and AudioUK.
The APAs is sponsored by Audible and arranged by AudioUK, the commerce physique which champions and helps impartial audio manufacturing companies within the UK.
The Awards, now in its thirteenth 12 months, acknowledges and celebrates achievement in audio manufacturing, throughout an enormous vary of audio content material: podcasts, audiobooks, sound design, radio presenting, and are open to manufacturing expertise throughout the UK.
There are 22 awards starting from Greatest Producer in Comedy, Factual, Drama & Fiction, Arts, Music, Leisure, Life-style & Society, Audiobooks, Sound Design and extra, plus a wide range of on-mic and rising expertise awards, Greatest Ensemble Solid, and the particular AudioUK award – final 12 months awarded to Lily Ames and Laura Blake, Heads of The UK Audio Community (UKAN).
The Pay What You Can Scheme was first launched in 2021 to allow those that would discover the price of entry or value of a ticket for the Awards a barrier to doing so.
Chloe Straw, Managing Director of Audio UK, stated:
“I’m delighted that we’ll be teaming up with Amazon Music & Wondery on the Audio Manufacturing Awards Pay What You Can scheme as soon as once more. Their dedication has enabled us to increase the scheme and to do extra outreach to make sure we’re reaching an increasing number of individuals every year. We launched it to guarantee that how a lot cash an individual has, or the challenges they face, will not be obstacles to getting into or attending the awards. The assist is essential for the expansion and success of the scheme.”
Jess Radburn, Head of Worldwide Podcast Content material at Wondery, stated:
“Persevering with to offer impartial creators with entry to the Audio Manufacturing Awards via the Pay What You Can Scheme is extremely vital to Amazon Music and Wondery. We’re dedicated to supporting an inclusive, various and sustainable audio panorama, and serving to to scale back the monetary barrier to entry some creators discover is a vital a part of this.”
Contact katie@audioproductionawards.co.uk to entry the scheme.
Entry Data
The Awards are opening for entry earlier this 12 months so applicant could have 9 weeks to enter as an alternative of 6 in earlier years.
Early Chook entry charge is frozen at 2018’s costs of £35+VAT for AudioUK Members and £45+VAT for non-members, and can run for 7 weeks till Monday eleventh September at 9am. From then on, the usual entry charge might be £45+VAT for AudioUK Members and £55+VAT for non-members till the ultimate deadline on Wednesday twentieth September at 2pm (please word: there might be no late extension to the entry deadline).
TO ENTER plus all class descriptions, eligibility standards, and additional particulars, click on right here.
