Parsec Awards

The winners of this year’s Parsec Awards, presented for excellence in science fiction podcasting, were announced at Dragon*Con on September 1 in Atlanta.

• Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team: Toasted Cake
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific): The Signal
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General): The Incomparable
• Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast: Supervillain Corner
• Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast: Radio Free Hipster
• Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation: Writing Excuses
• Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast: MonsterTalk
• Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast: Drabblecast
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form): Keeg’s Quest: A Skyrim Adventure, by Rich Matheson
• Best Small Cast Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form): The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Precarious Child, by Pip Ballantine
• Best Large Cast Speculative Fiction Story: The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: The Seven, by P.C. Haring
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form): The Mask of Inanna, by Alicia Gorenson
• Best Small Cast Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form): Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Novel, by Mike Bennett
• Recognition for Achievement in Youth Driven Speculative Fiction Podcasting: Olivia’s Advent Calendar; Aaron’s World

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Parsec Winners

The winners of this year’s Parsec Awards, presented for excellence in science fiction podcasting, were announced at Dragon*Con on September 4 in Atlanta.

• Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form): “Saying the Names,” by Maggie Clark
• Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form): Kissyman & the Gentleman, by Scott Sigler
• Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form): “Owner’s Share,” by Nathan Lowell
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form): The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, by Grant Baciocco and Doug Price
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form): HG World, by Jay Smith
• Best Speculative Fiction Video Story: Grant’s Advent Calendar Video Podcast
• Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast: Drabblecast
• Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team: Cobalt City Adventures Unlimited
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific): PodCulture: TARDIS Interruptus
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General): WhatTheCast
• Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation: Fullcast Podcast
• Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast: Planetary Radio
• Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast: Technorama
• Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast: Renaissance Festival Podcast
• Best Youth Driven Speculative Fiction Podcast (Trial Category for 2011): Aaron’s World

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Parsec Nominations

The nominations for this year’s Parsec Awards, presented for excellence in science fiction podcasting, have been released. The winners will be announced at Dragon*Con on September 4 in Atlanta.

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)

• “The Astonishing Amulet of Amenartas,” by Nathan Lowell
• “Loyalty,” written by Renee Jordan; edited and performed by Arioch Morningstar
• “Neighbors,” by Eddy Jones, read by Arioch Morningstar
• “Saying the Names,” by Maggie Clark
• “The Taste of Starlight,” by John R. Fultz

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)

• Act of Will, by M. Darusha Wehm
• FRANK – Vol.01: Boiling Point, by Neil Colquhoun
• The Hidden Institute, by Brand Gamblin
• Kissyman & the Gentleman, by Scott Sigler
• Marco and the Red Granny, by Mur Lafferty

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)

• Ancestor, by Scott Sigler
• Owner’s Share, by Nathan Lowell
• The Prince of Hazel and Oak, by John Lenahan
• Secret World Chronicle, by Veronica Giguere
• Valhai, by Gillian Andrews

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

• BrokenSea Doctor Who, by Paul Mannering, Mark Kalita, and Stevie K. Farnaby
• The Dixie Stenberg and Brassy Battalion Adventure Theater, by Pendant Productions
• “A Place So Foreign,” by Cory Doctorow
• The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, by Grant Baciocco and Doug Price
• “This Must Be The Place,” by Elliot Bangs

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

• The Account, by Cayenne Chris Conroy
• Decoder Ring Theatre, by Gregg Taylor
• The GearHeart, by Alex White
• HG World, by Jay Smith
• We’re Alive, by KC Wayland & Shane Salk

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story

• Grant’s Advent Calendar Video Podcast

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

• Dark Fiction Magazine
• Drabblecast
• The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine
• Escape Pod
• Flash Pulp

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

• The Ballad of Iron Percy
• Cobalt City Adventures Unlimited
• The Doctor Who Podcast
• Redline Theatre
• Tuesday Terror

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

• The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast
• Pendant Backstage
• PodCulture: TARDIS Interruptus
• This Week in Pendant
• Tuning in to SciFi TV

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

• Geek Out With Mainframe
• PodCulture
• Scifi Diner
• StarShipSofa
• WhatTheCast

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

• Adventures in Scifi Publishing
• Fullcast Podcast
• Get Published
• I Should Be Writing
• Podcast Teardown

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

• Astronomy Cast
• Planetary Radio
• Skepticality
• The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe
• Skeptoid

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

• comedy4cast
• Dragon*ConTV
• Geologic Podcast
• Requiem of the Outcast
• Technorama

Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast

• The Funny Music Podcast
• The GeekSpin
• Radio Free Hipster
• Renaissance Festival Podcast

Best Youth Driven Speculative Fiction Podcast (Trial Category for 2011)

• Aaron’s World
• Princess Scientist’s Book Club

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Parsec Call for Nominations

The Parsec Awards, given for excellence in science fiction podcasting, are open for nominations. The award was founded in 2005 and is presented annually at Dragon*Con. Nominations in 15 categories are open until June 1.

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Parsec Awards

The Parsec Awards for podcasting were presented at Dragon*Con on September 4. The winners are listed below.

• Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form): “The Tank,” Scott Sigler
• Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form): “Personal Effects: Sword of Blood,” by J.C. Hutchins
• Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form): Captain’s Share, by Nathan Lowell
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form): “Whispers in the Wood,” Chris Lester
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form): Decoder Ring Theatre, by Gregg Taylor
• Best Speculative Fiction Video Story: GOLD: Season 1, by David Nett & Andrew Deutsch
• Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast: The Drabblecast, Norm Sherman, ed.
• Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team: In The Gloaming, Nathaniel Tapley
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific): The Signal, featuring Kari Haley, Kevin Bachelder, Kara Helgren, Les Howard, Jutta Jordans, Dave Tomasic, Andy King, Nick Edwards, Miranda Thomas, Helen Eaton, Anna Snyder, James Parkinson, & Jill Arroway
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General): Galactic Watercooler, featuring Audra, Chuck, & Sean
• Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation: Writing Excuses, featuring Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Eric James Stone, Howard Tayler, & Stacy Whitman
• Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast: Skeptoid, featuring Brian Dunning
• Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast: Teknikal Diffikulties, featuring Cayenne Chris Conroy
• Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast: Radio Free Hipster, featuring Z.

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Parsec Nominees

The nominations for this year’s Parsec Awards, presented for excellence in science fiction podcasting, have been released. The winners will be announced at Dragon*Con in Atlanta.

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)

• Clarkesworld Magazine – “The Things,” by Peter Watts
• Podcastle – “Restless in my Hand,” by Tim Pratt
• Tales of the Children – “Swimming Lessons,” by Gabrielle Harbowy
• “The Tank,” by Scott Sigler
• The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine – “A Princess Of Earth,” by Mike Resnick

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)

• “Tattoo,” by Paul Elard Cooley
• “7th Son: 7 Days,” by J.C. Hutchins
• “Heaven – Season Five: War,” by Mur Lafferty
• “Personal Effects: Sword of Blood,” by J.C. Hutchins
• “Title Fight,” by Scott Sigler & Matt Wallace

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)

• 7th Son: Descent, by J.C. Hutchins
• Captain’s Share, by Nathan Lowell
• Infected, by Scott Sigler
• Underwood and Flinch, by Mike Bennett
• Secret World Chronicle, by Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee, Steve Libbey, and Cody Martin, with the reading done by Veronica Giguere

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

• The Metamor City Podcast – “Whispers in the Wood,” by Chris Lester
• In The Gloaming, by Nathaniel Tapley
• Batman: The Ace of Detectives, by Pendant Productions
• Sea of Stars: A Voyage of the Space Cruiser Argo, by Devin Cox
• The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, by Grant Baciocco & Doug Price

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

• Star Trek: Outpost, by Daniel McIntosh & Tony Raymond
• Twilight Theatre – “Sides,” by Mike Murphy
• We’re Alive, by KC Wayland, Shane Salk, & Greyson Stone
• The Byron Chronicles, by Eric Busby
• Decoder Ring Theatre, by Gregg Taylor

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story

• Calls for Cthulhu, by Brand Gamblin
• GOLD: Season 1, by David Nett & Andrew Deutsch
• Grant’s Advent Calendar, by Grant Baciocco
• The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, by Grant Baciocco & Doug Price

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

• The Drabblecast, edited by Norm Sherman
• Erotica à la Carte, edited by P. J. Ballantine
• The Crypt, edited by Scott Sigler
• Escape Pod, edited by Mur Lafferty
• Variant Frequencies, edited by Rick Stringer

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

• Brass Needles, hosted by Miss Kalendar
• The Dreamer’s Thread, by Starla Huchton
• The Gearheart, by Alexander White
• In The Gloaming, by Nathaniel Tapley
• ShadowCast Audio Anthology, by Jason Warden

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

• The ScapeCast, featuring Brent Barrett, Chris Polansky, Hank Shiffman, Kevin Bachelder, Kimberly Thompson, Lindy Rae, Michael Falkner, Sammy Mohr, & Wendy Hembrock
• The Signal, featuring Kari Haley, Kevin Bachelder, Kara Helgren, Les Howard, Jutta Jordans, Dave Tomasic, Andy King, Nick Edwards, Miranda Thomas, Helen Eaton, Anna Snyder, James Parkinson, & Jill Arroway
• The Babylon Podcast, featuring Tim Callender, Summer Brooks, & Jeffrey Willerth
• The ForceCast, featuring Jason Swank & Jimmy “Mac” McInerney
• The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast, featuring Chris Lackey & Chad Fifer

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

• Television Zombies, featuring Tina, Chris, Jeff, & Chuck
• PodCulture, featuring Brad, Glenn, Christina, & Adam
• Galactic Watercooler, featuring Audra, Chuck, & Sean
• Geek Radio Daily, featuring Billy Flynn, The Flynstress, & The Bruce
• WhatTheCast, featuring Brian, Stephen, Crispy, & Patrick

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

• The Dead Robots’ Society, featuring Justin Macumber, Ryan Stevenson, Terry Mixon, & P.G. Holyfield
• Writing Excuses, featuring Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Eric James Stone, Howard Tayler, & Stacy Whitman
• The Henson.com Podcast
• I Should Be Writing, featuring Mur Lafferty
• Unleashed featuring, James Melzer

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

• The 365 Days of Astronomy, featuring the Astrosphere New Media Association
• The Command Line Podcast, featuring Thomas Gideon
• Skepticality, featuring Derek Colanduno & Robynn “Swoopy” McCarthy
• The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, featuring Steven Novella, Robert Novella, Rebecca Watson, Evan Bernstein, Jay Novella, & Perry DeAngelis
• Skeptoid, featuring Brian Dunning

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

• Dragon*ConTV, featuring Brian Richardson & crew
• Bell’s In The Batfry, featuring John Bell
• Teknikal Diffikulties, featuring Cayenne Chris Conroy
• Comedy4Cast, featuring Clinton Alvord
• Frequency of Fear, featuring Zombie Astronaut

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