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2015 VOICE ARTS® AWARDS
Jurors Announced For Voice Arts
® Awards;
William Shatner To Receive 'Icon Award' At Gala

September 14, 2015


(VOXtra) - From his early Star Trek journeys to today's tongue-in-cheek TV commercials, William Shatner has been an acting and celebrity icon for our era - and on November 15 he'll be honored with the Voice Arts® Icon Award at the 2nd Annual Voice Arts® Awards Gala in Hollywood. Shatner's remarks promise to be memorable.

Yet center stage through most of the event will be the winners of this expanding voice over industry awards competition, presented by the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS).

The Gala will be held at the Pacific Design Center, starting with Red Carpet arrivals at 6 p.m. On the previous day, SOVAS presents its annual That's Voiceover Career Expo, also at the Pacific Design Center.

Entries to this year's awards program closed on August 31, and the number of entries "is up 300 percent" from the inaugural program in 2014, notes SOVAS Chairman and CEO, Rudy Gaskins.

SOVAS also recently announced who is judging the competition's entries, in their categories of expertise. Some jurors desired that their names be withheld until after the judging is concluded, SOVAS notes. But the list below is itself an impressive array of many of the voice over industry's top professionals.

AND THE JURORS ARE ...

Jurors who will be evaluating entries in the 2nd Annual Voice Arts Awards competition include:
  • Ann Cipriano
  • Ann Kelly
  • Anthony Erice
  • Arthur G. Insana
  • Austin Patrick
  • Barbara Ransom
  • Cedering Fox
  • Celia Siegel 
  • Dave Fennoy
  • Dave Walsh
  • David Lewis
  • Deb Doetzer
  • Debra Deyan
  • Doug Melville
  • Everett Oliver
  • Frank Rodriguez
  • George DelHoyo I
  • lko Drozdoski
  • J.T. Stewart
  • Janet Wilcox
  • Jeff Howell
  • Jeffrey Umberger
  • Jim Kennelly
  • Joe Cipriano
  • John McElroy
  • Kip Kaplan 
  • Linda Korn
  • Lisa Lane Farmer
  • Lorna Rainey
  • Marc Graue
  • Marjorie Kouns
  • MaryLynn Wissner
  • May Wuthrich
  • Michele Cobb
  • Nancy Wolfson
  • Pat Obermeier
  • Paul Rodriguez
  • Paul Ruben
  • Robin Whitten
  • Scott Brick
  • Scott Sherratt
  • Seth Berkowitz
  • Shari Hoffman
  • Sondra James
  • Sylvia Villagran
  • Vanessa Gilbert
  • Wanda Arriaga
  • Zane Birdwell
  • Zenobia Conkerite
For more about the Voice Arts Awards, the Gala, and/or That's Voiceover Career Expo, please visit www.SOVAS.org.

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