Podcast Awards
The Podcast Awards are a scam thought up by some guy in his mom's basement who just happened to register PodcastAwards.com before anyone else. Every year, this guy will get well known podcasters and Internet celebrities to tell their fans to go vote for them every day on his site. Eventually, voting closes and he picks whoever he likes best as winner and gives a People's Choice award to the real winner from the voting. The winners get a $1 off coupon at Yvon's Car Wash in Lewiston, Maine, a free ice cream sundae at McDonald's (with purchase of an extra value meal), and a free 2 week trial to Netflix.
2009 Scam School Nomination
When this guy read the list of 2009 nominees, he had accidentally put Scam School on his list as "Scam Schoo". Reading down the list, he pronounced it "Sam Schoo".
2010 Nominations
Although 2009 nominees were available by early October, the nomination process for 2010 will not even start until November.
Competitor Awards
A competitor to the Podcast Awards are the Streamy Awards, which started in 2009. The 2010 Streamy Awards ceremony was, by all accounts, a horrible failure due to issues such as technical mishaps and extremely crude, self-deprecating "humor". They can DIAF.
Another competing series of awards are the Webby Awards. Those things are classy! They are usually presented in June during Internet Week in New York.