Awards & Chart History

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Awards

Starship Q Star has had a brilliant first season, picking up awards and nominations across the world!

  • Awards:

    • Signal Awards - Silver Winner for Craft - Best Writing (Fiction)

    • Austin Film Festival - Semifinalist in AFF Script Competition for Fiction Podcasts

    • Australian Writers’ Guild & Audible - Shortlisted for their ‘On Air’ Podcast writing competition

    • LA Webfest - Best Comedy (Podcast) and Best Director (Podcast)

    • New Jersey Web Fest - Outstanding Comedy (Narrative Podcast)

    • Sydney Web Fest - Best Fiction Podcast

    • Minnesota Webfest - Best Comedy Podcast, Best Comedic Performance in a Podcast - Annie Lumsden

    • New Zealand Web Fest - Best Podcast Writing Fiction

    • Baltimore New Media Webfest - Best LGBTQ Content

  • Official Selection: Cusco Webfest, LA Webfest, Apulia Web Fest, New Jersey Web Fest, NZ Web Fest, Minnesota WebFest, Baltimore New Media Webfest, Sydney Web Fest, Bilbao Seriesland, Rio Webfest, Hollywood Series (Asia Web Awards), Melbourne Webfest.

  • Nominations:

    • Apulia Web Fest - Best Fiction Podcast (Narrative)

    • Minnesota Webfest - Best Original Score in a Podcast

    • New Jersey Web Fest - Best Ensemble Cast (Narrative Podcast) and Best Series Premise.

    • New Zealand Web Fest - Best Podcast Series Fiction

    • Bilbao Seriesland - Best Scripted Podcast

    • Rio Webfest - Best Podcast (Fiction), Best Cast (Podcast)

    • Melbourne Webfest - Best Fiction Podcast

    • Australian Writers Guild - AWGIE Award Nomination for Audio - Fiction

Starship Q Star recently took out the 2023 Audio Fiction World Cup!

See the full ranking here

Featured by Apple Podcasts for WorldPride Feb 2023
Number 1 in Fiction on Apple Podcasts
Featured on Spotify March 2023
Number 1 in Comedy Fiction in the UK
Featured by Apple Podcasts on release
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Featured by Spotify again in Sept 2023

Charts

Since its release, Starship Q Star has rocketed up the podcast charts around the world, hitting #1 in Comedy Fiction in over fifty countries, and the Top 10 or better in the Fiction chart in over 50 countries including #1 in Australia.

Highlights include:

  • #1 in Fiction - Apple Podcasts Australia

  • #2 in Fiction - Apple Podcasts South Africa

  • #3 in Fiction - Apple Podcasts Canada

  • #1 in Comedy Fiction - Apple Podcasts Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and over 50 more countries!

We were also very grateful to be featured by Apple Podcasts Australia NZ on release in December 2022 and for WorldPride in February 2023, as well as Spotify ANZ in February 2023 under ‘Fresh Finds: Fiction’ and September in ‘SciFi Club’.

@ApplePodcasts Twitter/X also featured our show in July 2023