First awarded February 1, 2010 | Presented by We Love Soaps | |
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Awarded for Excellence in internet television Official website www.indieseriesawards.com | ||
The Indie Series Awards (formerly the Indie Soap Awards) is an annual event held by We Love Soaps, based in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best in independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the web. The ceremony was founded by Roger Newcomb in 2010. As of 2013, after the 4th Indie Soap Awards ceremony, the awards were rebranded as the Indie Series Awards.
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The awards ceremony was named as one of the 12 'Must Attend' web series events for creators and fans of online content by Raindance.
History
The award-giving body was established in 2009 by We Love Soaps a Manhattan-based media company boutique that champions serialized entertainment in all forms. In 2011, it became a live event for the first time, hosted by Martha Byrne at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. The awards ceremony was eventually moved from New York City to Los Angeles in 2014.
Pretty earned a record 13 nominations in December 2011, and Winterthorne tied that record in February 2016. In January 2017, it was announced that the number of nominees for the Best Web Series Drama and Comedy awards would be increased from six to eight in each category. In February 2017, The Bay led with 21 nominations, followed by The Amazing Gayl Pile with 16, both of which broke the previous record of 13 nominations.
Special categories
1st: 2010
The ISA1 winners are:
2nd: 2011
The ISA2 winners are :
3rd: 2012
In 2012, Colleen Zenk opened the ceremony at New World Stages with a live musical performance, while Fan Yang's Gazillion Bubble Show closed the show.
The ISA3 winners are:
4th: 2013
The 4th Annual Indie Soap Awards, or ISA4, was held on February 19, 2013 at the New World Stages, promoting its mission "to bring quality, independently-produced TV series, with socially relevant messaging and artistic merit, to under-served audiences." The nonprofit Indie Series Network is this year's charity sponsor.
The ISA4 winners are:
5th: 2014
The ISA5 winners are:
7th: 2016
The nominees for the 7th Indie Series Awards were announced on February 3, 2016, and the awards given on April 6, 2016.
8th: 2017
The nominees were announced on February 1, 2017, and the awards will be given on April 5, 2017 in Los Angeles.