Spark & Fire Awards
Since its launch in 2021, Spark & Fire has won several prestigious awards, both for individual episodes and for the series as a whole.
2023 Signal Awards
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Nominated: Best Original Score/Music. Vote here >>
Nominated: Most Innovative Audio Experiences. Vote here >>
Nominated: Creativity & Marketing (Individual Episodes). Vote here >>
Nominated: Creativity & Marketing (General). Vote here >>
2023 Webby Awards
Best General Series: Arts & Culture
Nominee: How to recover your creative voice: Comedian Patton Oswalt on “Annihilation” & “I Love Everything”
Best General Series: Creativity & Marketing
Nominee: Embrace your inner weirdo: Pixar’s Domee Shi on “Turning Red”
Best General Series: Advice & How-To
Nominee: Embrace your inner weirdo: Pixar’s Domee Shi on “Turning Red”
Best Episode in Arts & Culture
Nominee: Take responsibility for your creativity: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2022 Signal Awards
Best Experimental Podcast
GOLD: Spark & Fire
Best Self-Improvement & Self-Help Podcast
GOLD: Spark & Fire
Best Popular Culture & Variety Podcast
GOLD: Spark & Fire
Best Individual Episode – Best Guest
GOLD: Turn crisis into art: Choreographer Bill T. Jones on “Afterwardsness,” his pandemic masterpiece
Best Creativity & Marketing Podcast
SILVER: Spark & Fire
Best Inspirational Podcast
SILVER: Spark & Fire
Best Editing
SILVER: Spark & Fire
Best Individual Episode – Arts & Culture
SILVER: Trust your instinct: Salsa legend Rubén Blades on the iconic song “Pedro Navaja”
Best Individual Episode – Best Conversation Starter
SILVER: Great collabs start with trust: Apollo Theater’s Kamilah Forbes on “Between the World and Me”
Best Individual Episode – Music
SILVER: How to spark others: Yo-Yo Ma on the Silk Road Project
Best Individual Episode – Television & Film:
BRONZE: Stay authentic to yourself: Randall Park on making “Always Be My Maybe”
2022 Webby Awards
Best Individual Episode — Overall
Nominee: “Knives Out” director Rian Johnson: Cultivate a child’s sense of wonder
Best Episode in Arts & Culture
Nominee: Salsa legend Rubén Blades on the iconic song “Pedro Navaja”: Trust your instinct
2021 Webby Awards
Best Individual Episode — Overall
Nominee: Turn crisis into art: Choreographer Bill T. Jones on “Afterwardsness,” his pandemic masterpiece
Best Individual Episode: Diversity & Inclusion
Nominee: Kemp Powers of “Soul”: How to make an authentic character