Today, the Audio Publishers Association (APA) announced finalists for the 2023 Audie Awards®, the premier awards program recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. Winners across 26 competitive categories will be revealed at the Audie Awards Gala on March 28. The ceremony will be streamed to the public from Chelsea Piers’ Pier Sixty in NYC.

“The Audio Publishers Association congratulates all of this year’s finalists,” said Ana Maria Allessi, President of the APA. “This year’s finalists are representative of the immense talent in the audiobook community and beyond. From the recently crowned EGOT recipient Viola Davis to GRAMMY-winner Paul Simon to audiobook luminaries like Soneela Nankani and Edoardo Ballerini, we’re proud of these multi-hyphenates who are helping shape the medium. We look forward to celebrating all of them at the March 28 gala.”

2023 AUDIE AWARDS FINALISTS

FICTION

Across a Hundred Mountains

By Reyna Grande

Narrated by Marisa Blake and Cynthia Farrell