We built this festival on the principle of quality audio production and we gathered judges from around the world that have a background in audio whether, producing, composing or consuming.
It was an UNEXPECTED flood of support for our first year (4X what was anticipated in fact!) and we wish to thank all our participants from the bottom of our hearts.
We all know there is the sad fact not everyone can get in. If this was you please do not lose hope and we welcome you to resubmit next year. Our panel made note that there wasn’t a submission in the bunch they didn’t enjoy. Please continue to make great art!
It was an extremely hard decision on what was chosen ultimately by our panels of judges this year reflected in the results below. Links to thier projects are found in their finalist listing Please checkout and support thier fantastic projects!
How the judging system works: We use a scale of 1-5 across several metrics for each show with a heavy focus on SOUND. The guidance is 1=poor, 2+needs work, 3= meets expections, 4=exceeds expectations, 5= outstanding.
Award winners ALL had average scores of 4.8-5 in the initial judging.
Actual Play
Best Mystery Actual Play – Afterlight
Best Ensemble Actual Play – Dungeons & Drimbus: City of Jerry
Best Game Master Actual Play – Bad Heroes
Best Editing Actual Play – RPG Major
Best Music Actual Play – RPG Major
Best Premise/Story Actual Play – Dungeons & Drimbus: City of Jerry
Outstanding Thriller Actual Play – Kitten Marlowe – Shadows in the Smoke
Outstanding SciFi/Fantasy Actual Play – Bloom&Blight: A Girl by Moonlight Actual Play
Outstanding Comedy Actual Play – Dungeons & Drimbus: City of Jerry
Outstanding Sound Design Actual Play – The Heart is a Dungeon: Know Gods, No Afters
Actual Play Video
Best Reactions Actual Play Video – The Last Ideal: CosmereRPG Chronicle
Best Ensemble Actual Play Video – Quadrilateral: Frostfall
Best Game Master Actual Play Video – GODKILLER: Quismat
Best Sound Design Actual Play Video – Keep The Lights On
Best Music Actual Play Video – Last Train to Brooklyn
Best Production Actual Play Video – Vaesen: The Withering Wick
Best Player Performance Actual Play Video – Keep The Lights On
Outstanding Drama Actual Play Video – Vaesen: The Withering Wick
Outstanding Thriller Actual Play Video – Last Train to Brooklyn
Outstanding Scifi Actual Play Video – Quadrilateral: Frostfall
Audio Productions
Best Ensemble Audio Fiction – Someone Dies In This Elevator – Mergers and Mergerers
Best Director Audio Fiction – Mend
Best Lead Performance Audio Fiction – TWO THOUSAND AND LATE
Best Dark Fantasy Audio Fiction – Hearthfall:A Dark Fantasy Audiodrama
Best Theme Song Audio Fiction – Dracula: 2004
Best Non-Fiction – When We Were on Fire
Best Supernatural Audio Fiction – Ghost Inspectors
Best Comedic Fantasy Audio Fiction – The Wizard Scroll
Best Editing Audio Fiction –22 DAYS
Best Writing Audio Fiction – TWO THOUSAND AND LATE
Best Premise Audio Fiction – Needles
Best Foreign Language Audio Fiction – Liberty: Tales from the Tower
Best Musical Audio Fiction –DINK the musical
Best Best Adaptation Audio Fiction – The Caller
Best Atmosphere Audio Fiction – Homicide at Heaven’s Gate
Best Solo Production Audio Fiction – Malevolent
Most Original Audio Fiction – The Perfect Sentence
Outstanding Music Audio Fiction – The Gospel of Haven
Outstanding Short Story Audio Fiction – The Vision
Outstanding Comedy Audio Fiction – Someone Dies In This Elevator – Mergers and Mergerers
Outstanding Drama Audio Fiction – Mend
Outstanding Fantasy Audio Fiction – The Adventures of the Fox in the Fedora (Season 3)
Outstanding Thriller Audio Fiction – Observable Radio
Outstanding Horror Audio Fiction – the stray and the marionette
Outstanding Sci-fi Audio Fiction – DEVISER
Outstanding Family Friendly Audio Fiction – The Treacle People: Still Sticky
Outstanding Mystery Audio Fiction – Ore
Best of Show
Overall Best Showrunner Overall – Jonathan Cook
Overall Best Sound design Overall – 22 DAYS
Overall Mike Freeman Excellence in Community – Ned Donovan
A line has to be drawn somewhere. The pool of finalists are all productions that scored above a 4.8 in the initial judging.
We are proud to announce the nominated finalists for the 2026 Colorado Webfest!
Finalists can download thier laurels here!
Our Honorable Mentions are those programs that landed an average score of 4.0-4.7 in the initial judging. All others that were below a 4.0 average were rejected.
Actual Play Audio
Black Flare
Magnificence
Tales of the Ever After
Actual Play Video
The Tale that Never Was
Hero’s Arc
Audio Fiction
Blood
Deadwood
Don’t Mind:Sealskin Rock
Havana Syndrome
Heartglass
Inn Between
Intrusion Extant
Moose on a Highway!
Murder’s Murder
Operator
Partial Veil Season 2
Project Gnosis: Cocktails and Seduction
RE: Dracula E3
Resurgence
Roy Kaplan – Bomber Blackout
Stowaway
Vampire the Masquerade: Blood Doll
What Will Be Here? E1