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The 2020 Sarah Awards Winners!!! by

Introducing this year’s 2020 Sarah Awards winners. Click on the picture above to find out who they are, how we celebrated, and listen to the stories that we want to celebrate. Stories have been such a salve during this time. We hope that these winners provide you with entertainment, comfort, and inspiration.

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2018 Sarah Awards Winners! by

We're excited to announce the 2018 Sarah Awards Winners! This year is the most international yet, with winners from Belgium, UK, Canada, Croatia and the U.S. Find out who won what at our Sarah Awards Ceremony on Monday, April 23rd at The Players Club. That evening we will also be announcing the winner of The Brave+Bold Contest. Hope you can join us!

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Brave + Bold Deadline Extended to Feb 15th by Ann Heppermann

The Sarah Awards and Audible are extending the Brave + Bold deadline to Feb 15th. This gives you more time to fulfill your resolution of becoming an audio fiction star in 2018. The winner of the contest will receive a $15,000 development deal with Audible to create an audio fiction pilot. The deadline for submission is Thursday, February 15, 2018. Click here to enter and learn more details about the contest. 

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Very, Very, Short, Short Stories Finalists (Part 1)

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Very, Very, Short, Short Stories Finalists (Part 1)

In this episode of Serendipity, we play 5 of the 10 finalists for our 2016 Very, Very, Short, Short Stories Contest. Featuring: "Bitterly Cold" by David Garland, "The Staging Area" by Jason Gots, "Noir" by Pa Ying Vang, "#blessed" by Jackie Heltz, and "Blinking" by La Cosa Preziosa. Read More

Sarah Awards 2020 Judges

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Sarah Awards 2020 Judges

We’re excited to bring back the 2020 Sarah Awards with this talented trio of audio fiction judges. Read More

Getting On with James Urbaniak

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Getting On with James Urbaniak

James Urbaniak is the kind of podcaster that other producers love to hate. His show, Getting On with James Urbaniak, consists of nothing but a single voice reading a fictional soliloquy, often written by someone else. There is almost no elaborate soundscaping, no intricate plot development, little evidence of endless editing sessions to get the thing just right. Getting On sounds like Urbaniak cruised into the studio, an iced latte in hand, and finished recording before his drink grew tepid. None of this would be infuriating if the podcast in question wasn’t so good. Read More