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Submit your show
Tell us about the podcast you want the community to discover.
The 2026 Founders Edition
A podcast award that gives back.
Open Podcast Awards brings creators together to discover great shows, exchange useful feedback, and celebrate work worth hearing.
Free to enter · Built for independent creators
Open Podcast Awards2026
Created by creators
Good feedback makes great podcasts better.
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Join from the beginning
Be part of the 2026 Founders Edition.
This is the first edition of a new kind of podcast award—open, community-led, and built around useful peer feedback. Any podcaster who wants to help shape this approach is welcome to join now, free of charge.
Join the Founders Edition →2026 timeline
- Entry & peer evaluation
- Open now–October 31
- Winners announced
- Mid-December
The process
Better awards start with better participation.
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Review three peers
Give fellow creators focused, useful feedback on their work.
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Grow together
Receive honest feedback and take your show into its next chapter.
Your show belongs in the conversation