There are few options for recognition in our genres and our accomplishments are often overlooked by mainstream outlets, so a few of us got together and decided to change that. For the past three years we have organized a small awards ceremony for media creators within our community known as “The Witchies.” This year we changed our official name to the “Witchcraft & Occult Media Awards” as we move forward with plans to firmly establish this ceremony as a reliable venue for recognizing excellence within our community.
We invite everyone to nominate their favorite creators and artists each September. From those nominations we pick those names who received the most nominations and add them to our list of official nominees. We then open voting for all of October, allowing for consumers to make their choices and cast their ballots. On the first weekend of November, we hold the ceremony which can be seen on Youtube!
Winners receive their “witchie” free of charge thanks to our sponsors! This year we were delighted to partner with Llewellyn Worldwide, Datura Trading, Modern Witch University, Owlkeyme Arts, and Weiser Books, each contributing to making this all possible!
Let’s see who the nominees and winners were for 2022.
2022 Witchcraft and Occult Media Awards Nominees and Winners
🏆 denotes category winner
Outstanding Book of the Year
🏆 The Altar Within by Juliet Diaz 🏆
Sacred Sex: The Magick and Path of the Divine Erotic by Gabriela Herstik
Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore and Fairy Tale by Sarah Robinson
The Witch’s Path: Advancing Your Craft at Every Level by Thorn Mooney
Welsh Witchcraft: A Guide to the Spirits, Lore, and Magic of Wales by Mhara Starling
Consorting with Spirits by Jason Miller
Outstanding Author of the Year
🏆 Juliet Diaz – The Altar Within 🏆
Madame Pamita – Baba Yaga’s Book of Witchcraft
Jason Miller – Consorting with Spirits
Jason Mankey, Matt Cavalli, Amanda Lynn & Ari Mankey – The Witch’s Book of Spellcraft: A Practical Guide to Connecting with the Magick of Candles, Crystals, Plants & Herbs
Gabriela Herstik – Sacred Sex: The Magick and Path of the Divine Erotic
Sarah Robinson – Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore and Fairy Tale
Outstanding New Author of the Year
🏆 Frankie Castanea (ChaoticWitchAunt) – Spells for Change : A Guide For Modern Witches 🏆
Emma Kathryn – Witch Life: A Practical Guide to Making Every Day Magical
Irene Glasse & Caine Dreamwalker – Blackfeather Mystery School: The Magpie Training
Enfys J Book – Queer Qabala: Nonbinary, Genderfluid, Omnisecual Mysticism & Magick
Ella Harrison – The Book of Spells: 150 Magickal Ways to Achieve Your Heart’s Desire
Lindsay Squire – Natural Magick
Outstanding Tarot Deck
Sirens Of Song – Lady Moon Co
🏆 The Mushroom Tarot – Sporelust! 🏆
Tarot V – Alejandro Colucci & Charles Harrington
Tarot Original 1909 Circular Deck – A.E. Waite, P.C. Smith, & Sasha Graham
Disney Villains Tarot – Minerva Spiegal
The Weiser Tarot – A.E. Waite, P.C. Smith, & Weiser Books
Outstanding Oracle Deck of the Year
🏆 Seasons of the Witch (Beltane) – Juliet Diaz, Lorraine Anderson, & Giada Rose 🏆
The Shadow Work Deck – Mary Rose Ciesynski
Southern Botanical Oracle – Stacey Williams-Ng
The Empaths Oracle – Raven Digitalis & Konstantin Bax
Into The Lonely Woods Oracle – Lucy Cavendish & Dan May
Winterseer Animal Oracle – Siolo Thompson
Outstanding Blog of the Year
🏆 Tamed Wild 🏆
Exceptional Blog Post of the Year
Rekindling Hope in Deep Winter – Glasse Witch Cottage
🏆 Witch History: Jews and the Witchcraze – Jewitches 🏆
“No space for our religion”: Russian Pagans speak out about the invasion of Ukraine -Lyonel Perabo
All Are Worthy and the Gods are for Everyone – John Beckett
Editorial: Pagans must fight for transgender youth – Eric O Scott
Otherworldly Bleed, Consensus, and Magic – See Helrune
Outstanding Podcast of the Year
🏆 The Comfy, Cozy Witch Podcast 🏆
Outstanding New Podcast of the Year
Exceptional Podcast Episode of the Year
The Hearth and Hedge Episode 22: What We Wish We Knew as Beginner Witches
Invoking Witchcraft Erika Buenaflor on Ancient Mesoamerican Spirituality
Third Eye Bind Episode 3 Retrogrades
🏆 Books and Broomsticks The Altar Within with Juliet Diaz 🏆
The Bruges Broadcast Baneful Magic
That Witch Life EP 127 Witchcraft during Global Crisis With Madame Pamita
Outstanding Vlog/Vidcast of the Year
Outstanding New Vlog/Vidcast
🏆 Third Eye Bind 🏆
Exceptional Video of the Year
🏆 Revisiting the Basics of Protection – Chaotic Witch Aunt 🏆
Celebrating Walpurgisnacht in the Hills of Germany – The Witch of Wonderlust
Every Witch Should be Doing This – The Witch of Wonderlust
Advanced Spells and Spellcasting – Thorn Mooney
Retrogrades – Third Eye Bind
House Cleaning Ritual and Witch’s Floor Wash – Mickie Mueller
Outstanding Magazine of the Year
🏆 Witchology 🏆
Outstanding Social Media Contributor of the Year
Black Moon Cove
🏆 Chaotic Witch Aunt 🏆
Witch of Southern Light
Theresa Reed
Thumper Forge (Five Fold Law)
Juliet Diaz
Outstanding New Voice of the Year (regardless of platform)
🏆 Mhara Starling 🏆
Effy Wild (Effy Books)
Corey’s Cauldron
Vanessa Waliko (Personal Pans)
Amberle Light
Kiki Rockwell
If you are a winner, please contact Devin Hunter to receive your award by emailing him at [email protected].
