John Chidgey (nprofile…ys5e) I don’t have an issue with paying to enter - good awards cost time and money to organise, judge properly, and mean something. I don’t understand why some parts of podcasting expect people running awards to work for free.
That said; $285 is a lot. The Signal Awards, like The Lovie Awards, are run by The Webby Awards - and I’m unclear of the benefit of any of them for podcasting. For a podcast, I’d rather support The Ambies every year, and that’s it. I can’t remember paying to enter an award for a while, excepting The Independent Podcast Awards a few years ago (didn’t win anything).
Winning an award is probably good if you are working for a client on a podcast, and you want to show to your client how brilliant you are. But for your own ego? Not sure that’s worth $285. Maybe it is, I don’t know.
Disclosure: I’ve won two Webbys (for work in 2005) and an Ambies award, in 2025.
James Cridland
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