The Indie Series Awards (formerly the Indie Soap Awards) is an annual event hosted by We Love Soaps, based in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best in independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the Internet. The ceremony was founded by Roger Newcomb in 2010. In 2013, after the 4th Indie Soap Awards ceremony, the awards were rebranded as the Indie Series Awards.
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.
Awards ceremonies
CeremonyDateBest Web Series winnerHost(s)Venue 1st Indie Soap Awards February 1, 2010 Diary of a Single Mom Roger Newcomb and Damon L. Jacobs Shetler Studios 2nd Indie Soap Awards February 21, 2011 Diary of a Single Mom Alvin Ailey Studios 3rd Indie Soap Awards February 21, 2012 Pretty Ragged Isle New World Stages 4th Indie Soap Awards February 19, 2013 The Bloody Mary Show Out with Dad New World Stages 5th Indie Series Awards April 2, 2014 Professional Friend Hustling El Portal Theatre 6th Indie Series Awards April 1, 2015 Acting Dead L.A. Macabre Eric Martsolf El Portal Theatre 7th Indie Series Awards April 6, 2016 Keith Broke His Leg Arthur Eric Martsolf and Jen Lilley El Portal Theatre 8th Indie Series Awards April 5, 2017 Fame Dogs The Bay Kit Williamson and John Halbach The Colony Theatre 9th Indie Series Awards April 4, 2018 How to Buy a Baby Giants Patrika Darbo The Colony Theatre 10th Indie Series Awards April 3, 2019 Indoor Boys Giants The Colony Theatre 11th Indie Series AwardsJune 18, 2020Indoor Boys After Forever Sean KananVirtual event12th Indie Series AwardsApril 7, 2022Cady Did For the Record Patrika Darbo and Anna Maria HorsfordThe Colony Theatre13th Indie Series AwardsApril 12, 2023Millennials
Studio City Patrika DarboThe Colony Theatre14th Indie Series AwardsMay 15, 2025Keith Vs. Kombucha Cure Patrika DarboThe Colony Theatre
Categories
Current categories
Discontinued categories
Special categories Fan's Choice Award Special Editor's Awards
References
External links Indie Series Awards History and Archive of Past Winners We Love Soaps official website