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Announcing the 2023 Quill Podcast Award Winners

Announcing the 2023 Quill Podcast Award Winners

Get all the updates on this year’s Quill Podcast Awards here.
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Mackenzie Patterson
February 28, 2024
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Quill recently held its annual Quill Podcast Awards, celebrating the best, brightest, and most creative in the podcasting industry. 

The awards are proudly sponsored by several major players in the podcast game including Sounds Profitable, JAR Audio, Veritonic, Bumper, and Triton Digital (full list of sponsors). 

With the podcasting industry continuing to grow at an impressive rate, there’s always something new and innovative to celebrate. 

This year, Quill honored brands and podcasters across 19 different categories including Best Podcast of the Year, Best New Podcast, and Branded Podcast of the Year. The awards also celebrated companies, agencies, and products that are making big waves across the industry right now.

All winners are talented, creative, and outstanding in their category. Thank you to everyone who participated from nominators to judges to podcast industry folks! 

Without further ado, here’s a full list of this year’s Quill Podcast Award winners:

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this year’s awards!

Keep an eye out for next year’s awards, and don’t hesitate to nominate anyone in the podcast industry who you think deserves to be honored for their work.

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Mackenzie Patterson is the Senior Producer & Content Strategist at Quill Inc, and a Toronto-based writer, and journalist. She's always exploring the latest movies, TV shows and wellness trends.

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Announcing the 2023 Quill Podcast Award Winners

Last updated on: 
February 28, 2024

Get all the updates on this year’s Quill Podcast Awards here.

Quill recently held its annual Quill Podcast Awards, celebrating the best, brightest, and most creative in the podcasting industry. 

The awards are proudly sponsored by several major players in the podcast game including Sounds Profitable, JAR Audio, Veritonic, Bumper, and Triton Digital (full list of sponsors). 

With the podcasting industry continuing to grow at an impressive rate, there’s always something new and innovative to celebrate. 

This year, Quill honored brands and podcasters across 19 different categories including Best Podcast of the Year, Best New Podcast, and Branded Podcast of the Year. The awards also celebrated companies, agencies, and products that are making big waves across the industry right now.

All winners are talented, creative, and outstanding in their category. Thank you to everyone who participated from nominators to judges to podcast industry folks! 

Without further ado, here’s a full list of this year’s Quill Podcast Award winners:

Thank you again to everyone who participated in this year’s awards!

Keep an eye out for next year’s awards, and don’t hesitate to nominate anyone in the podcast industry who you think deserves to be honored for their work.

‍

Mackenzie Patterson

Digital Content Strategist

Mackenzie Patterson is the Senior Producer & Content Strategist at Quill Inc, and a Toronto-based writer, and journalist. She's always exploring the latest movies, TV shows and wellness trends.

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