Empowering Indie Authors — Amplifying Their Voice

At Audio Sorceress, we believe in stories that challenge, entertain, uplift — and we’re committed to helping more authors be heard. That’s why we’re proud to offer our Audiobook Production Scholarship: a fully supported production of one author’s manuscript into a high-quality audiobook, including narration, sound design, and launch support.

Your Scholarship Package

Full production: casting of a professional narrator (or cast), recording, editing, mixing, mastering.
Sound enhancements and optional immersive audio pass.
Optional multilingual version (Spanish or German) of the title.
Original music (beginning and end) and audiobook trailer to support your launch.
Soft-promotion via Audio Sorceress’s channels and marketing assets to help boost visibility.
Consultation through each step of the production process so you understand what happens and why.

Why We’re Doing It

We’ve produced audiobooks for bestselling authors, with titles reaching the top 10 on Audible. But we know there are many talented indie authors whose voices haven’t yet found the right platform. This scholarship is our way of investing in emerging talent — helping stories that might otherwise go unheard get the production quality and support they deserve.

Who Can Apply

To be eligible, you must:

Be an independent author (self-published or planning to self-publish) with a completed manuscript.
Own full audio rights (or have the ability to grant them).
Agree to deliver a final formatted manuscript ready for audio production (no major rewrites pending).
Be willing to engage in the promotion of your audiobook (we’ll provide assets, but you’ll be involved).
Submit a short application (see below) by the deadline.

(Open internationally. Manuscript must be in English; multilingual versions optional and may incur additional cost if selected.)

How to Apply

Submit your manuscript summary (500 words max) including genre, target audience, and why this story matters.
Provide a short video or audio pitch (2 minutes max) telling us why you should be selected and what the audiobook means to you.
Supply a sample of your writing (1–2 pages) plus a short bio of yourself as an author.
Agree to the terms: If selected, you’ll sign a production agreement with Audio Sorceress and coordinate timeline and deliverables.
Submit all materials to [email protected]
with the subject line “Scholarship Application – [Your Name / Book Title]”, or use the contact form below.
Submit all materials to [email protected] with the subject line “Scholarship Application – [Your Name / Book Title]”, or use the contact form below.

How the Selection Works

A panel from Audio Sorceress will review all submissions, evaluating on:

Story uniqueness and potential for audio performance.
Preparedness of the manuscript and author.
Commitment to launch and promotion.
Fit with our studio’s production capabilities (voice cast, sound design, etc).

We may interview finalists. One author will be selected for the full scholarship; additional authors may be offered discounted production opportunities.

Meet Our Scholarship Winners

A former freelance writer, featured columnist, and editor for guysnation.com, he is an author-member of the International Thriller Writers and the recent recipient of three 2024 LitStar Book Awards including Outstanding Book Series for his Jackson Clay & Bear Beauchamp Series.

Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Northern Virginia, he now lives in the same area with his wife, Meg, their two dogs, Kaia and Aria, and their three cats, Hitchcock, Ariba, and Savaneta. He’s written four novels including his latest, HAPPYLAND.

Cora Flynn is a Canadian Indie Reverse Harem Author.

One day, she decided to share the stories in her head with others. What started as a fun project became an entirely new adventure between the pages of her created worlds; complete with characters who’ve become her best friends, an abundance of book boyfriends, beautiful bromances, and story plots that keep her up at night.

When she’s not writing, Cora attempts to manage the chaos of a two-toddler household with her extremely patient husband, while maintaining a job in the ‘real world.’

She loves reading as many books as she can fit on her Kindle, her bookshelves, and her nightstand, and doesn’t discriminate against any genre, although reverse harem will always be her favorite.

Kyla Faye is a twenty-something author of dark,
emotionally intense romance. Her stories often
explore love in its messiest, most vulnerable forms and
shining a light on mental health, grief, and healing
along the way. When she’s not writing about
complicated characters and the connections that save
them, she’s probably reading another romance, sipping
iced coffee, or lighting a candle to set the mood for
her next scene.

J. Denison Reed, born in New Jersey, currently lives in Virginia with his wife, children and their cats, Spencer and Guster. As a child, He enjoyed creating short stories and poems. He joined the Army after graduating high school which started his career as a Network Engineer. With story-telling always on his mind, J. Denison would write very short and creative, two paragraph stories or short poems in station logs, work logs and trouble tickets purely for others amusement.
In addition to writing, J. Denison enjoys creative outlets like photography and making candles.
He even co-owns a small candle company with his wife.

The literary works of J. Denison Reed include a collection of short stories called Shadows of Light and his debut novel, Clifford’s War: The Bluegrass Battleground.

Poppy Fitzgerald is an emerging author of romance novels. Poppy calls the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains home, with her husband, two sons, mostly absentee cat, and overly affectionate Golden Doodle.

Poppy enjoys any and all romance genres and tropes, but loves to play around with popular tropes and turn them on their heads to come up with something not commonly seen.

When she’s not writing she usually has her head buried in her kindle, reading smut. She also communicates fluently in GIFs and sarcasm and loves making her readers cry.

B. C. Lienesch — Kickstart Winner | Action Thriller Author

Come with us to suprise our winner of the Audio Sorceress Audiobook Scholarship created to fight against AI taking over for the human voice in audiobooks.