How does it work?
The 2025 yearbook will open January 1, 2026.Voting will be in February, 2026.The finished yearbook will be released in the begining of March, 2026.
Most Likely nominations will run from January 1 to January 26, 2026.Yearbook submissions will run from January 1 to January 31, 2026.
What even is this?
The Audio Drama Yearbook is a listener-submitted, completely non-definitive collection of audio drama podcasts.The yearbook will include this year's shows as the Class of 2025.In keeping with the yearbook vibe, it also includes fan-nominated-and-voted Most Likely Awards.
Questions? Concerns? Suggestions?
Contact us yearbook@lawofnames.com
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About
Who's making this, anyway?
This is being put together by ash.alder, from Law of Names Media. It's not affiliated with anything official anywhere.
Why?
1. Because he really enjoys putting together community events
2. Because he needed a completely different kind of project to reset his brain on between writing things
3. Because yearbook aesthetics are fun to design for
4. Because he has a compulsive desire to alphabetize and organize things, and liked the idea of a "book" of shows all in one place.
5. Because it's fantastic to get to yell about the stuff you make or like.
6. Why not.
I have suggestions/complaints/ideas/concerns.
Email us, yearbook@lawofnames.com
or message ash on discord as ash.alder.
The Rules
What content is eligible?
Any scripted, audio drama podcast that meets the criteria can be included in the Yearbook as part of the Class of 2025.In order to be part of the yearbook, and eligible for the Most Likely awards, shows must:
Be scripted. (Improvisational elements are fine, but a significant portion must be pre-written)
Have released at least 1 full-length episode between January 1, and December 31, 2025
Be nominated via the form in such a way that the people backstage can figure out which show is being talked about
How much stuff can I submit?
You can submit as many shows as you like for the Yearbook.For the Most Likely Awards, you can nominate in as many categories as you want, but sorry, you can only nominate one show/actor/creator/candidate/show creating unit per category.If a show is written/edited by multiple people, that counts as one [show creating unit] so please give us all their names!
When and How will the yearbook exist?
The Yearbook will be available in early March, 2025 both on this website, and as a downloadable pdf.
Stuff gets nominated, then what?
For the Most Likelys, after the nomination period closes, the results will be tallied up. The top four show/actor/creator/candidates will move on to the voting phase.(If there are ties in the nominations, a random number generator will be used to pick the ones that advance.)
How does voting work?
Voting will be done via polls on Tumblr.The polls for one category will be posted each day.
What do they win?
The winners get a dedicated page in the 2025 yearbook, and bragging rights!
What about cheating?
We're asking that you just... don't?This is meant to be a fun event to share creators & creations we're passionate about. The stakes are so low as to be non-existent. We'd like your involvment to be the same.So, please just vote once, not multiple times via different accounts.It may get your favorite to the top, but it feels counter to the spirit of the thing, and we’d really appreciate you not.We trust you and your conscience on this.
Anything else?
When you submit shows for both the Yearbook and the Most Likely Awards, please give us enough information to figure out who you're talking about.We're sorry, but if we can't work out who you're submitting, the submission can't be included.Also, we're not able to just port 2024's yearbook submissions over to 2025, so please submit shows even if they were included in last year's book.
Add to the Yearbook
I want to submit a show ...
You can do that here.Yearbook submissions will be open from
January 1 - January 31, 2025
We're not able to just port 2024's yearbook submissions over to 2025, so please submit shows even if they were included in last year's book.
I want to nominate a show...
Actor CategoriesCharacter CategoriesEditor/Sound Designer CategoriesShow CategoriesWriter Categories
Award nominations will be open from
January 1 - January 26, 2026
When you submit your nomination, please give us enough information to figure out who you're talking about.We're sorry, but if we can't work out who you're submitting, the submission can't be included.
