The Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance, established in 1996, is one of the Audie Awards presented annually by the Audio Publishers Association (APA). It awards excellence in audiobooks narrated by multiple performers who do not interact. Only English-language texts are eligible.
Between 1996 and 2001, two awards were presented annually, one for multi-voiced performance and one for multi-voiced narration.
Winners and finalists 1990s Year Category Title Author(s) Narrators Publisher Result Ref.1996Multi-Voiced PerformanceMyst: The Book of Atrys and Robyn Miller with David Wingrove, Kevin Dewey, Bruch Goodh, Graeme Malcom, Annie Meisels, Alexandra Ospina, and Barbara RosenblatRandom House AudioWinnerBurns & AllenOriginal Radio Broadcasts and Radio Spirits, Inc.FinalistDavid Copperfield (1849–1850) (dramatized by Betty Davies)Full cast (including Gary Cady, Miriam Margolyes, John Moffatt, Timothy Spall and Sheila Hancock)Bantam Doubleday Dell AudioFinalist1997Multi-Voiced NarrationGrow Old Along with Me the Best is Yet to Be, Ellen Burstyn, CCH Pounder, and Alfre WoodardAudio LiteratureWinnerStar Wars: Return of the Jedi (adapted by Brian Daley), John Lithgow, Edward Asner, and a full castHighBridge AudioFinalistWilliam Shakespeare (selected by Charles, the Prince of Wales)Full castHighBridge AudioFinalist1998Multi-Voiced NarrationLewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, Adam Arkin, Donovan Sylvest, David Magee, and Jason CulpRandom House AudioWinnerAbuse of Power, David Dukes, and William Windom Dove AudioFinalistThe War of the WorldsH. G. Wells (adapted by Howard Koch)Leonard Nimoy, Jerry Hardin, Gates McFadden, Dwight Schultz, Armin Shimerman, Brent Spiner, and Wil Wheaton Listening LibraryFinalistMulti-Voiced PerformanceWomen in the Material World and Peter MenzelAudio LiteratureWinnerStar Wars—Dark Forces: Soldier of the Empire and a full castHighBridge AudioFinalistVoices of the Civil War: GettysburgTime Life BooksFull castTime Warner AudioBooksFinalist1999Multi-Voiced Narration, Old TestamentDove Audio and a full castDove AudioWinnerOasis AudioOasis AudioFinalistSales Closing for DummiesHarperAudioFinalist1999Multi-Voiced Performance and a full castDove AudioWinnerLost Civilizations: PompeiiTime Life Books, David McCallum, and a full castTime Warner AudioBooksFinalistStar Wars—Dark Forces: Rebel AgentFull castHighBridge AudioFinalist
2000s Year Category Title Author(s) Narrators Publisher Result Ref.2000Multi-Voiced Narration: Translated by Mark Twain, Betty Buckley, and Mandy PatinkinFair Oaks AudioWinnerFriendship with God, Edward Asner, and Ellen BurstynNewStar Media, Inc.FinalistSong of the SunSounds TrueFinalistMulti-Voiced PerformanceSherlock's Secret Life and Will SeverinKarl Malden and a full castNYS Theatre Institute/Family Classic Audio BooksWinnerIn the Name of Security, John Rubinstein, John de Lancie, Ella Joyce, and Amy PietzL.A. Theatre WorksFinalistMisadventures in the (213), Jack Plotnick, Rachel Harris, Gregg Rainwater, Shane Jacobson, Rob Nash, Robert Abele, and Dennis HensleyThe Publishing MillsFinalist2001Multi-Voiced NarrationPay It Forward (1999) and a full castSimon & Schuster AudioWinnerComplete Shakespeare Sonnets, Patrick Stewart, Al Pacino, Lindsay Crouse, Eli Wallach, and a full castAirplayFinalistTenBritish castKCRWFinalistMulti-Voiced PerformanceCakewalk and Bruce DavisonL.A. Theatre WorksWinner (1997)Full castRandom House AudioFinalistToo Dead To SwingFull castAudio-PlaywrightsFinalist2002Multi-Voiced Performance (2000) and a full castListening LibraryWinner (1953), Stacy Keach, Michael York, Fionnula Flanagan, Madolyn Smith, and René AuberjonoisL.A. Theatre WorksFinalistWar Letters, Steve Zahn, and a full castSimon & Schuster AudioFinalist2003Multi-Voiced PerformanceBig Mouth & Ugly Girl and Chad LoweHarperAudioWinnerEvery Tongue Got to Confess and Ossie DavisHarperAudioFinalistSeekFull castListening LibraryFinalistShadowlands (1989), Martin Jarvis, and a full castL.A. Theatre WorksFinalist and Tracy SallowsJewish Contemporary Classics, Inc.Finalist2004Multi-Voiced PerformanceGhost Riders and Susie BreckBrilliance AudioWinner, Robert Frost, John McCain, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Caroline Kennedy, James Earl Jones, Vanessa Williams, Edward M. Kennedy, and a full castHyperion AudiobooksFinalistRecorded Books, LLCFinalistHey Nostradamus!, David Ledoux, Jillian Crane, and John Randolph JonesHighBridge AudioFinalist and the Full Cast FamilyFull Cast AudioFinalist2005Multi-Voiced PerformanceMy Sister's Keeper (2004), Jenny Ikeda, Richard Poe and a full castRecorded Books, LLCWinner (1950–1956) and a full castHarperAudioFinalistKiss Me While I Sleep and Dick HillBrilliance AudioFinalistQueer Eye for the Straight GuyRandom House AudioFinalistWill They Ever Trust Us Again? and a full castSimon & Schuster AudioFinalist2006Multi-Voiced PerformanceRaymond and Hannah and David LeDouxWinnerAssassination VacationSimon & Schuster AudioFinalistExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005), Barbara Caruso, and Richard FerroneRecorded BooksFinalist (2005), Rosalyn Landor, Robin Atkin Downes, Dennis Boutsikaris, and Joanne WhalleyTime Warner AudioBooksFinalistLife's Journeys According to Mister Rogers with Joanne Rogers (intro), BD Wong, Blair Brown, and Richard Kind with Joanne Rogers (foreword)Time Warner AudioBooksFinalist2007Multi-Voiced PerformanceWorld War Z (2006), Alan Alda, John Turturro, and Rob ReinerWinnerAirborn and a full castFull Cast AudioFinalistOperation Homecoming, and David BirneyBlackstone Audio, Inc.FinalistSuite Francaise and Barbara RosenblatHighBridge AudioFinalist and Lynn RedgraveSimon & Schuster AudioFinalist2008Multi-Voiced PerformanceInspired by ... The Bible Experience (Old Testament)Media Group, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington, and a full castZondervan PublishingWinnerDune (1965), Simon Vance, and a full castMacmillan AudioFinalistI Am America (And So Can You!) with Paul Dinello, Kevin Dorff, Greg Hollimon, Evie McGee, David Pasquesi, Allison Silverman, Brian Stack, and Jon StewartHachette AudioFinalistThomas Nelson, Inc.Full castThomas Nelson, Inc.FinalistHollowvilleNYS Theatre InstituteFinalist2009Multi-Voiced PerformanceMudbound, Peter Jay Fernandez, Kate Forbes, Ezra Knight, Brenday Pressley, and Tom StechschulteRecorded BooksWinnerFamily Audio Bible, Marsha Mason, Andrew McCarthy, Martha Plimpton, and Tom WopatHarperAudioFinalist (2008) and Kathleen McInerneyHarperAudioFinalistNelson Bibles, Cody Linley, AnnaSophia Robb, Jordin Sparks, and a full castThomas Nelson, Inc.Finalist
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