1st Indie Soap Awards

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1st Indie Soap Awards
Date 2010
Highlights
Best PictureDiary of a Single Mom
Best Direction Kai Soremekun
Chick
Best Actor Craig Frank,
Compulsions
Best Actress Rachael Hip-Flores
Anyone But Me

Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. [1] [2]

Contents

Best Indie Soap
  • Diary of a Single Mom
Best Directing
  • Kai Soremekun, Chick
    • Tina Cesa Ward, Anyone But Me
    • Julian Breece, Buppies
    • Nathan Atkinson, Compulsions
    • Robert Townsend, Diary of a Single Mom
    • Charles Van Eman, High Rise
    • Jennifer Thym, Lumina
Best Performance by a Lead Actor
  • Craig Frank (Mark, Compulsions)
    • Walter Maxfield Jones (Michael, Anacostia )
    • Ryan Clardy (Cane, Empire)
    • Rob Pralgo (Marcus, High Rise)
    • Sharif Atkins (Ralph, The New Twenties)
Best Performance by a Lead Actress
  • Rachael Hip-Flores (Vivian, Anyone But Me )
    • Tatyana Ali (Quinci, Buppies)
    • Janna Bossier (Justine, Compulsions)
    • Monica Calhoun (Ocean, Diary of a Single Mom)
    • Kai Soremekun (Lisa, Chick)
    • Erin Wiley (Morgan, The New Twenties)
Best Performance by a Supporting Actor
  • Joshua Holland (Archibald, Anyone But Me )
    • Ernest Waddell (Shaka, Buppies)
    • Seth Caskey (Adam, Compulsions)
    • Richard Roundtree (Lou, Diary of a Single Mom)
    • Ray Campbell (Khalid, The New Twenties)
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress
  • Taryn O'Neill (Sara, Compulsions)
    • Nicole Pacent (Aster, Anyone But Me )
    • AnneMarie Pazmino (Cassandra, Compulsions)
    • Janice Lynde (Peggy, Diary of a Single Mom)
    • Arlene A. McGruder (Rae Pearl, Kindred)
    • Helen Bowman (Helen, On the Edge of Happiness)
Best Performance by a Guest Actor
  • Billy Dee Williams (Bo, Diary of a Single Mom)
    • Ashlee Holland (Bitsy, Buppies)
    • Damien Wigfall (Truth, Buppies)
    • Dale Tino (Sean, High Rise)
Breakthrough Performance
  • Preston Davis (Eliot, Buppies)
  • Renée Olbert (Simone, Seeking Simone)
    • Jessy Hodges (Sophie, Anyone But Me )
    • Zach Callison (Ian, Diary of a Single Mom)
    • Greg Corbett (Paul, High Rise)
Best Performance in a Comedic Role
  • Chante Frierson (Kourtney, Buppies)
    • Anthony Anderson (Sean, Anacostia )
    • Anne Sayre (Tina, Gotham)
    • Ashley Ledbetter (Heather, High Rise)
    • Anne Marie Hall (Louise, On the Edge of Happiness)
    • Hillary B. Smith (Guya, Venice)
Best Ensemble
Best Writing
Best Editing
  • Michael Darrow, Compulsions
    • Shon Hedges, Buppies
    • Tina Cesa Ward, Anyone But Me
    • Ryan Parker, On the Edge of Happiness
    • James Schroeder, High Rise
    • Bettina Enigl, Lumina
Best Use of Music
  • Venice
    • Buppies
    • Compulsions
    • High Rise
    • Palisades Pool Party
Best Sound Design
  • Compulsions
    • Chick
    • Diary of a Single Mom
    • Lumina
    • Palisades Pool Party
Fan's Choice Award
  • Venice
    • Anacostia
    • As The Corn Grows
    • Anyone But Me
    • Buppies
    • Chick
    • Compulsions
    • Confessions
    • Diary of a Single Mom
    • Empire
    • Gotham
    • Habesha Life
    • High Rise
    • Kindred
    • Lumina
    • The New Twenties
    • On the Edge of Happiness
    • Palisades Pool Party
    • Seeking Simone
    • Table of Choices
Best Storyline
  • Vivian adjusts to her new life, Anyone But Me
    • Stephenson family drama, Anacostia
    • Eliot's love triangle, Buppies
    • Tameka's drug problem, Confessions
    • The mystery of Lumina, Lumina
Best Indie Web Series (Comedy)
  • Then We Got Help!
    • Family Dinner
    • Wed-Locked
    • Imaginary Bitches
    • Fantasy Over Reality
    • Workshop
Special Editor's Awards:
  • Marketing/Publicity: Venice
  • Product Placement/Business Model : High Rise
  • Main Title Design/Opening Sequence: Lumina
  • Scene Transition: Empire
  • Future Hit: Gotham

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References

  1. "Nominations : 1st Annual Indie Soap". Retrieved 2015-02-12.
  2. Indie Soap Awards, Awards history. Retrieved 2015-02-11.