Remember that amazing audio description experience you had last year? The Audio Description Project wants to hear about it! Now is your chance to nominate the best AD you’ve encountered for an ADP Award.
The ADP Awards are sponsored by the ACB’s Audio Description Project to recognize achievement in audio description in seven categories, including media, performing arts, museums, the public sector, and research and development. Nominations will be accepted through April 6, 2026, and the winners will be announced in July at the American Council of the Blind’s conference and convention.
Who Can Submit a Nomination?
Everyone! You are welcome to nominate yourself, your local theatre or museum, or a well-known institution. Complete and submit the nomination form today.
Who Is Eligible for an Award?
Any person, organization, or institution that fits in one of the categories below and is involved in the research, development, production, design, creation, and/or delivery of great audio description is eligible.
What Are the Criteria?
The most important criterion is that the person or organization consistently develops, creates, and/or makes available excellent audio description. We encourage you to address the quality of the AD and other accessibility elements in your nomination.
- The AD script – clear, concise, and vivid word choices that describe crucial visual elements without offering opinions, explanations, or interpretations
- The AD voicing – narration that enhances the experience by using a tone and energy level appropriate to the content
- The AD sound – a smooth balance of dialogue, background noise, musical soundtrack, and audio description
- Total access – how easy is it to access the audio description? Is the website and/or physical spaces accessible?
- Inclusion – to what extent are people on the blindness spectrum involved in the creation of audio description, as writers, editors, sound engineers, or testers?
What Are the Award Categories?
There are seven categories. The same individual or organization may not be nominated in multiple categories.
Media
Performing Arts
Museums, Visual Art, Visitor Centers
Public Sector (government agencies – federal, state, or local)
International (people and organizations working primarily outside the US)
Dr. Margaret Pfanstiehl Memorial Award for Audio Description Research and Development
Barry Levine Memorial Award for Career Achievement in Audio Description
Submit Your Nomination!
Help us celebrate the people and organizations that are contributing significantly to the growth of high-quality audio description. Submit your nomination online by April 6, 2026. If you have questions or would like assistance, contact audiodescription@acb.org.