Black Podcasting Awards (BPAwards) has formally prolonged its 2025 utility deadline by Monday, August 11. This extension is a devoted effort to assist impartial Black podcasters who’re shaping the way forward for audio storytelling. Moreso because the U.S. mainstream media panorama evolves with out Pleasure Ann Reid, Stephen Colbert, and NPR.
“When you’ve been that means to use, that is your likelihood,” stated Demetrious Bagely, Co-Founder and Government Director of the Black Podcasting Awards. “We’re right here to have a good time and elevate the passionate hobbyists and indigenous indies, together with the acquainted movers & shakers. We urge all eligible podcasters to come back by to obtain recognition, assist, and encouragement for his or her work, get their identify within the operating now, and assist Black podcasting broadly.”
Now in its fifth 12 months, the Black Podcasting Awards uplifts and celebrates Black voices throughout dozens of classes — from comedy and tradition to tech, wellness, politics, and past. This 12 months’s awards will culminate within the first-ever in-person ceremony, happening Friday, October 17, 2025, in partnership with the seventh annual Afros & Audio Podcast Pageant in Baltimore, Maryland.
Particular Utility Pricing Particulars:
$139 per class utility is in impact by Monday, August 4.
Common pricing of $199 per utility resumes Tuesday, August 5, and stays by the deadline of August 11.
Podcasters can use the low cost code STAYCOOL for 10% off their utility.
Submitting takes lower than 10 minutes. Eligible podcasts are a minimum of 50% Black hosted with a minimal of 6 episodes in English printed between Might 1, 2024 and April 30, 2025, to a public RSS feed.
Apply now at apply.BlackPodAwards.com
About Black Podcasting Awards
Black Podcasting Awards (BP Awards) celebrates, spotlights, and bolsters Black podcasts for extra wins and successes. It achieves this primarily by producing an annual awards program and ceremony. It’s a 501(c)(3) non-profit group.
