Audie Awards

The Audie Awards (/ˈɔːdi/, rhymes with "gaudy"; abbreviated from audiobook), or simply the Audies, are awards for achievement in spoken word, particularly audiobook narration and audiodrama performance, published in the United States of America. They are presented by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) annually in March.

The Audies are sometimes likened to the Academy Awards for their public recognition of merit in the audio industry.[1][2][3] In order to win, works must be submitted for nomination. A panel of judges considers candidates based on consumer acceptance, sales performance, and marketing, and winners and finalists are chosen based on narration, production quality, and source content; formerly packaging was also evaluated.[4]

Awards

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Twenty-five Audies are currently awarded by the Audio Publishers' Association. The APA presently categorizes the awards as follows:

Audiobook of the Year
Narration
General

Numerous other awards have been discontinued or merged since the Audies' inception in 1996.

Special awards

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Special Achievement

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Year Recipient Role Ref.
2001 Paul Rush Founder of Earful of Books [5]
Duvall and Siegrid Hecht Founders of Books on Tape [5]
Barbara Holdridge and Marianne Mantell Founders of Caedmon [5]
Jenny Frost President of Random House Audio [5]
2005 Timothy Ditlow and Helen Ditlow Founders of Listening Library [6]
2007 Don Katz CEO and Founder of Audible [7][8]
2008 Linda Olsen and Grady Hesters President and CEO of Audio Editions [9][10]
2009 Michael Snodgrass and Eileen Hutton Brilliance Audio [11]
2012 Craig Black Founder and CEO of Blackstone Audio [12]
2013 Bob and Debra Deyan Co-founders of Deyan Audio [13]
Fifty Shades of Grey, written by E. L. James and narrated by Becca Battoe (Random House Audio) [13]
2014 George Guidall Actor & Narrator [14][15]
2015 Edward Herrmann Actor & Narrator [16][17]

Special Industry Achievement

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Year Recipient Role Ref.
2023 Richard Rieman Founder and CEO of Imagination Storybooks [18]
Amber Beard and Kelly Gildea Penguin Random House audio producers [18]

Judge's Award

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Year Category Title Author(s) Narrator(s) Publisher Ref.
2005 Language Learning Instant Immersion: Hawaiian Kaliko Beamer-Trapp and Kiele Akana Gooch Kaliko Beamer-Trapp and Kiele Akana Gooch Topics Entertainment [19][6]
Pimsleur French Level 1 Pimsleur Ray Brown Simon & Schuster Audio [6]
New Basic French Berlitz Publishing Full cast Langenscheidt Publishing Group [6]
2006 Spanish Language El Codigo Da Vinci Dan Brown Raul Amundaray FonoLibro Inc. [19][20]
Cuando era Puetorriqueña Esmeralda Santiago Esmeralda Santiago Recorded Books [20]
Don Quijote de la Mancha Miguel de Cervantes Full cast Yo Yo Libros [20]
La Casa en Mango Street Sandra Cisneros Liliana Valenzuela Random House Audio [20]
La Vida Secreta de las Abejas Sue Monk Kidd Cristina Arsuaga HighBridge Audio [20]
2007 Politics Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War Michael Isikoff and David Corn Stefan Rudnicki Blackstone Audio [7][8]
Faith and Politics Senator John Danforth Senator John Danforth Listen & Live Audio, Inc. [8]
In Time of War Pierce O'Donnell Raymond Todd Blackstone Audio [8]
The One Percent Doctrine Ron Suskind Ed Herrmann Simon & Schuster Audio [8]
Wake Up Call Kristin Breitweiser Kristin Breitweiser Hachette Audio [8]
2009 Politics Hot, Flat, and Crowded Thomas L. Friedman Oliver Wyman Macmillan Audio [11]
Descent into Chaos Ahmed Rashid Arthur Morey Brilliance Audio [11]
Mike's Election Guide Michael Moore Michael Moore Hachette Audio [11]
The War Within (2008) Bob Woodward Boyd Gaines Simon & Schuster Audio [11]
The Way of the World Ron Suskind Alan Sklar HarperAudio [11]
2011 Paranormal Beautiful Creatures Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Kevin T. Collins Hachette Audio [21]
Skinwalker Faith Hunter Khristine Hvam Audible, Inc. [21]
So Cold the River Michael Koryta Robert Petkoff Hachette Audio [21]
The Girl on Legare Street Karen White Aimee Bruneau Listen & Live Audio [21]
Bayou Moon Ilona Andrews Renee Raudman Tantor Media [21]
2015 Science & Technology The Second Machine Age Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee Jeff Cummings Brilliance Publishing [16][17]
The Copernicus Complex Caleb Scharf Caleb Scharf Macmillan Audio [17]
The Marshmallow Test Walter Mischel Alan Alda Brilliance Publishing [17]
A Primate's Memoir Robert M. Sapolsky Mike Chamberlain Tantor Media [17]
When Google Met Wikileaks Julian Assange Tom Pile Audible, Inc. [17]

Hall of Fame

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Year Title Author(s) Narrator(s) Ref.
2006 The Harry Potter Audiobook Series J. K. Rowling Jim Dale [19]
2008 The Secret Rhonda Byrne Rhonda Byrne [9][10]

Audie Awards galas

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The Audie Awards gala is the annual awards ceremony during which most of the Audie Awards are presented. It is hosted by the Audio Publishers Association and features a guest master of ceremonies (emcee), usually a notable figure in the world of audiobook narration or a celebrity audiobook enthusiast.

Initially the Audies were handed out during a casual afternoon hosted by an industry insider. […] Now it's a formal evening, with cocktails beforehand and Champagne and dessert afterward.[22]

The Audiobook of the Year award was not presented before 2004.

# Date Audiobook of the Year Master of
Ceremonies 		Venue
1st[23][24] June 14, 1996 — — Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
2nd[25] May 29, 1997 — — McCormick Place Center
Chicago, Illinois
3rd[26] May 30, 1998 — — McCormick Place Center
Chicago, Illinois
4th[27] April 30, 1999 — — Regal Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles, California
5th[28] June 2, 2000 — — Chicago Field Museum
Chicago, Illinois
6th[29] June 1, 2001 — Martin Jarvis and
Rosalind Ayres		 Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
7th[30][31] May 3, 2002 — Dylan and Becky Ann Baker United Nations Building
New York, New York
8th[32][33] May 31, 2003 — Marsha Mason Petersen Automotive Museum
Los Angeles, California
9th[34][35] June 4, 2004 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(narr. Jim Dale)		 Un­known Winter Garden Room
Chicago, Illinois
10th[36][37] June 3, 2005 My Life
(narr. Bill Clinton)		 Neil Gaiman Tavern on the Green
New York, New York
11th[38] May 19, 2006 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Tertiary Phase
(narr. Simon Jones and full cast)		 Grover Gardner[39] National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
12th[40] June 1, 2007 Inspired by... The Bible Experience: New Testament
(narr. Angela Bassett and full cast)		 Jim Dale Rainbow Room
New York, New York
13th[41] May 30, 2008 The Chopin Manuscript: A Serial Thriller
(narr. Alfred Molina)		 Scott Brick Millennium Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles, California
14th[42] May 29, 2009 The Graveyard Book
(narr. Neil Gaiman)		 Tony Roberts New-York Historical Society
New York, New York
15th[43] May 25, 2010 Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales
(narr. Samuel L. Jackson and full cast)		 Gary Dell'Abate Museum of the City of New York
New York, New York
16th[44][45] May 24, 2011 Life
(narr. Johnny Depp and Joe Hurley)		 Adriana Trigiani The Times Center
New York, New York
17th[46] June 5, 2012 Bossypants
(narr. Tina Fey)		 Michael Showalter New-York Historical Society
New York, New York
18th[47] May 30, 2013 The End of the Affair
(narr. Colin Firth)		 Daniel Handler New-York Historical Society
New York, New York
19th[48] May 29, 2014 Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?
(narr. Billy Crystal)		 Libba Bray New York Academy of Medicine
New York, New York
20th[49] May 28, 2015 Mandela: An Audio History
(narr. Desmond Tutu, Nelson Mandela, and Joe Richman)		 Jack Gantos New York Academy of Medicine
New York, New York
21st[50] May 11, 2016 The Girl on the Train
(narr. Clare Corbett, Louise Brealey, and India Fisher)		 Paula Poundstone Adler Planetarium
Chicago, Illinois
22nd[51] June 1, 2017 Hamilton: The Revolution
(narr. Mariska Hargitay, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Jeremy Carter)		 Paula Poundstone French Institute Alliance Française
New York, New York
23rd[52] May 31, 2018 Lincoln in the Bardo
(narr. Nick Offerman and full cast)		 Simon Vance New-York Historical Society
New York, New York
24th[53] March 3, 2019 Children of Blood and Bone
(narr. Bahni Turpin)		 Tan France Guastavino's
New York, New York
25th[54] March 2, 2020 The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
(narr. Holter Graham and full cast)		 Mo Rocca Guastavino's
New York, New York
26th[55] March 22, 2021 Piranesi
(narr. Chiwetel Ejiofor)		 John Leguizamo virtual
(due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
27th[56] March 4, 2022 Project Hail Mary
(narr. Ray Porter)		 Kal Penn virtual
(due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
28th[18] March 28, 2023 Finding Me
(narr. Viola Davis)		 Michelle Buteau Pier Sixty
New York, New York
29th[57] March 4, 2024 Surrender
(narr. Bono)		 Nia Vardalos The Avalon
Los Angeles, California

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