FUNKY KIDS RADIO GLOBAL AWARDS

The Funky Kids Radio Global Children's Entertainment Awards are an annual online event that launched in 2020, which honours children's entertainers, storytellers, artists and authors, who create music, videos and stories suitable for families and children - from tiny tots to tweens

NOMINATIONS for the 2023 AWARDS open 1st NOV '23

2023 CATEGORIES: Song, Album, Music Video, Animated Video & Picture Book and Audio Story of the Year 2023, plus Album of the Decade!

PLUS LAUNCHING NEW CATEGORY - YOUTH / CHILDREN'S RADIO SHOW OR PODCAST OF THE YEAR

PEOPLE'S CHOICE CATEGORIES: Artist, Song, Album, Music Video & Animated Video of the Year 2023

 

The Funky Kids Radio Global Children’s Entertainment Awards were launched at the end of 2020 in celebration of FKR’s 10th Anniversary, as well as to acknowledge children’s entertainers all over the world who were so deeply impacted by the global events of 202/21. These awards were an instant success with over 280 nominations received from 11 countries, and they are now an annual event on the Funky Kids Radio calendar, with nominations opening on 1 November each year. Finalists are chosen in January by a combination of People’s Choice voting and a Selection Committee and then the category finalists are assessed by an International Panel of Judges comprised of industry professionals and children/teenagers from around the world. Winners are announced on Valentine’s Day each year.

New categories launched for the 2022 Awards

~ Picture Book of the Year and Audio Story of the Decade ~

The Funky Kids Radio Global Children’s Entertainment Awards launched 2 new categories in 2022 - Children's Picture Book of the Year & Children's Audio Story of the Decade (postponed from 2021 Awards). Picture books in any language, released between 1st June 2021 & 31st Dec 2022 are eligible for nomination and audio stories for children published between 1st Jan 2012 & 31st Dec 2022 are eligible for the Audio Story of the Decade Award. Nominations for Picture Book of the Year must submit a complete copy of the book in PDF format for judging and if in languages other than English, then a text translation is also required. The short list for these 2 new categories will be chosen by a selection committee of children and parents, with the winners being select by an International Panel of Judges.

HALL OF FAME – CATEGORIES & WINNERS

GLOBAL AWARD CATEGORIES

  • Song of the Year
  • Winner 2022 - 3 Join Winners, all gaining exact equal score from the judges! 'Tuko Pamoja' by I CAN Children, Uganda / 'Let's Make Lemonade' by Loopy Tunes, New Zealand / 'I Am' by Team T&J, Canada
  • Winner 2021 – ‘No Such Thing as Waste’ by Formidable Vegetable, Australia
  • Winner 2020 – ‘Quietly’ by Heleina Zara, Australia
  • Album of the year (added 2021)
  • Winner 2022 – ‘Minor Third’ by The Relative Minors, Canada
  • Winner 2021 – ‘Garbage Guts’ by Formidable Vegetable, Australia
  • Music Video of the Year
  • Winner 2022 – ‘Belong’ by Vivian Fang Liu, USA
  • Winner 2021 –  'Guardians of Papatūānuku' by Loopy Tunes, New Zealand
  • Winner 2020 – ‘Change the World’ by Mr. T and Friends, USA
  • Animated Video of the Year
  • Winner 2022 –  'Eleanor Feels Again' by Marshmellow, New Zealand
  • Winner 2021 – ‘Words’ by Danny Weinkauf, USA
  • Winner 2020 – ‘My Name is Juno’ by Claudia Robin Gunn, New Zealand
  • President's Award (added 2021)
  • Winner 2022 - 'Winthali' picture book by Joe Willigan Ross and Stacey Bush, Australia
  • Winner 2021 - 'Kia Ora Are Such Beautiful Words' animated video by Chris Sanders New Zealand
  • Special Commendation Award (a special non-annual award for service to the community - added 2021)
  • Winner 2021 - I Can South Sudan Children's Choir Uganda / South Sudan
  • Children's Picture Book of the Year (added 2022)
  • Winner 2022 - 'The Grizzled Grist Does Not Exist' written by Juliette MacIver, New Zealand & illustrated by Sara Davis, Australia
  • Children's Audio Story of the Decade (added 2022)
  • Winner 2022 - 'Okee Dokee Goatee' by Chris Sanders, New Zealand
  • Children's Audio Story of the Year

 

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD CATEGORIES