Parsec Award Winners

The winners of the 2017 Parsec Awards were announced on January 1, 2018.

• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form): The Wicked Library: “Shadows,” by K. B. Goddard
• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella Form): Six Stories, Told at Night, by KT Bryski
• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form): The Raven and the Writing Desk: “Things Unseen,” by Chris Lester
• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form): Return Home: “Genie,” by Maia Brown-Jackson
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form): Campfire Radio Theater: “Woods Ferry,” by John Ballentine
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form): Uncanny County, by Todd Faulkner, Alison Crane, & Nicole Greevy
• Best Speculative Fiction Video Story: The Uncle Interloper Show, by Grant Baciocco
• Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast: The Theatre of Tomorrow, by Travis McMaster & Mark Whitten
• Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team: MarsCorp, by Definitely Human
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific):Aggressive Negotiations: A Star Wars Podcast, by John Mills & Matt Rushing
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General): The Faculty of Horror, by Andrea Subissati & Alexandra West
• Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation:Calliope Writing Coach Podcast, by Angie Fenimore & Michael Sheen
• Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast: Talk Nerdy, by Cara Santa Maria
• Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast: Star Wars Best in Galaxy Season 3, by Mark Restuccia & Patch Hyde

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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 during a podcast in November 2017.

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form)

• The Lift: “The Lost Library,” by K. B. Goddard
• Seminar: “True Horror,” by Jeffrey Bridges
• The Junto Presents: “The Jack Of Lanterns,” by David Parkin
• The Wicked Library: “Shadows,” by K. B. Goddard
• The Junto Presents: “The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve: Tiny Tim,” by David Parkin

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella Form)

• Six Stories, Told at Night, by KT Bryski
• The Gray Area, by Edward Champion
• The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian, by Typedrawer Media

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form)

• The Black: Outbreak, by Paul Elard Cooley
• The Adventures of Elizabeth Crowne: “The Woman in the Sky,” by Robert Isenberg
• The Raven and the Writing Desk: “Things Unseen,” by Chris Lester
• Sable, by Lane Lloyd
• The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian, by Jonathan Messinger

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form)

• Return Home: “Hooves in the Dirt,” by Jeff Heimbuch
• Return Home: “Genie,” by Maia Brown-Jackson
• The Voice of Free Planet X: “A Good Guy With A Magic Sword,” by Jared Axelrod
• Suspense: “The Black Madonna,” by John C. Alsedek & Dana Perry-Hayes, from the short story by Harold Lawlor
• Suspense: “Jinx of the Jellicoe Jasper,” by John C. Alsedek & Dana Perry-Hayes

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

• Punch It: Writing in Pop Culture: “The Last Will Be First,” by Tristan Riddell and The Girl
• The Theater in Your Mind: “Anything Helps,” by Jon Holland
• The Junto Presents: “Driver For The Dead,” by David Parkin
• Campfire Radio Theater: “Abduction at Willow Woods,” by John Ballentine
• Campfire Radio Theater: “Woods Ferry,” by John Ballentine

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

• The Byron Chronicles, by Eric L. Busby
• MarsCorp, by Definitely Human
• Radio Icebox Season 02: Rise of the Sirens, by Jeffrey Adams
• We’re Alive: Lockdown, by Wayland Productions
• Uncanny County, by Todd Faulkner, Alison Crane, & Nicole Greevy
• Our Fair City, by Clayton Feits

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story

• Grant’s Advent Calendar, by Grant Baciocco
• The Uncle Interloper Show, by Grant Baciocco
• Country Bear Collector Show, by Grant Baciocco

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

• Seminar, by Pendant Productions
• The Theatre of Tomorrow, by Travis McMaster & Mark Whitten
• Escape Pod, by Escape Artists
• Brick Moon Fiction, published by Jason T. Reed
• The Wicked Library, by Daniel Foytik & Nelson W. Pyles

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

• Beyond Westworld, by Aaron Peterson and Troy Heinritz
• MarsCorp, by Definitely Human
• Synesthesia Theatre, by Burning Brigid Media
• Lesser Gods, by Colleen Scriven
• Aural Traditions: Crosswired, by Straight Talk Entertainment

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

• Trek Geeks: A Star Trek Podcast, by Dan Davidson & Bill Smith
• Back to the Future Minute, by Scott Carelli & Nick Jimenez
• Beyond Westworld, by Aaron Peterson & Troy Heinritz
• Aggressive Negotiations: A Star Wars Podcast, by John Mills & Matt Rushing
• Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, by John Champion & Ken Ray

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

• Nutty Bites, by Nuchtchas
• Piper’s Picks TV, by Piper Reese & Adam Feinsilver
• The 602 Club, by Matthew Rushing
• The Faculty of Horror, by Andrea Subissati & Alexandra West
• MegaPodTastic, by Krazy Joe

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

• Two Gay Geeks, by Keith Lane & Ben Ragunton
• Lightning Dogs: The Official Paw’dcast, by The Nerdy Show Network
• Audio Drama Production Podcast, by Fiona Thraille & Sarah Golding
• Stage Nine, by Mike Schindler & John Mills
• Calliope Writing Coach Podcast, by Angie Fenimore & Michael Sheen

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

• Universe Today’s Guide to Space, by Fraser Cain
• Planetary Radio, by Mat Kaplan, The Planetary Society
• Meta Treks: A Star Trek Philosophy Podcast, by Zachary Fruhling & Mike Morrison
• Talk Nerdy, by Cara Santa Maria
• decipherSciFi, by Christopher Peterson & Lee Colbert

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

• Kakos Industries, by Conrad Miszuk
• Are You Scared of These Stories?, by Robert Hibbs, Robbie Owens, & Josh Jenkins
• Wynabego Warrior The Tale of John Waynnabe, by Audioblivious Productions
• Nerdy Show: Nerdcasting the Multiverse: Thanksgiving Special, by The Nerdy Show Network
• GnomeMatter: Cadavorue & Macoy in 2016, by Susan C. Tolly & Cary Michael Ayers
• Star Wars Best in Galaxy Season 3, by Mark Restuccia & Patch Hyde

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Parsec Awards to Go Streaming

Following an on-line poll and much discussion, the Parsec Award organizers have announced the decision to present the awards during a live-streamed virtual ceremony rather than at Dragon*Con as has been done in the past. The awards will be presented at some time in November and the change allows the organizers more flexibility in finding judges and doesn’t place the awards in the middle of a time when so many awards are given out that they get lost.
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Parsec Award May Leave Dragon*Con

The Parsec Awards were founded in 2006 to recognize excellence in podcasting and have always been presented at Dragon*Con. The Parsec Board is now considering presenting the winners via a virtual on-line ceremony rather than at a convention. The board is taking a poll to help determine the future of the awards.
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Parsec Award Winners

The winners of the Parsec Awards for Podcasts were presented at Dragoncon on September 4.

• Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast: Improvised Star Trek: “The Voyages of the USS Sisyphus,” by Christopher Rathjen and the USS Sisyphus Cast & Crew (Improvised)
• Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation: The Journeyman Writer, by Alastair Stephens
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific): Verity Podcast, by Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, Tansy Rayner Roberts
• Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast: The Uncanny Magazine Podcast, by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Erika Ensign, & Steven Schapansky
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General): The Incomparable, by Jason Snell
• Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast: Universe Today’s Guide to Space, hosted by Fraser Cain
• Best Speculative Fiction Video Story: The Ultimate Nerd-ament, by Grant Baciocco & Russ Walko
• Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team: Uncanny County, by Todd Faulkner & Alison Crane
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form): Uncanny County, by Todd Faulkner & Alison Crane
• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Long Form): Reading Out Loud: “Property Damage Claim #1-1403986,” by Ryan P. Duke
• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form): After the Plague, by Mike Bennett
• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form): Tales to Terrify: “Graves,” by Justin Cawthorne
• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form): The Voice of Free Planet X: “Oddfellows Local,” by Jared Axelrod
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form): The Galaxy Quest Restoration Project: “Balance of Darkness,” by David A. Mackenzie

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Parsec Award Winners

The winners of the Parsec Awards for Podcasts were presented at Dragoncon on September 6.

• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form): “O’Malley’s Media Storm,” by V.C. Morrison
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form): “Aaron’s World,” by Mike Meraz & Aaron Meraz
• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form): “Last Contact,” by Rish Outfield and Bigg Anklevich
• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella & Long Form): “The Black,” by Paul E. Cooley
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form): “The Sinister Secret of StarNasty” OR “A Mike in the Mechanics,” by Michael McQuilkin and Richard Wentworth
• Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team: PleasureTown
• Best Speculative Fiction Video Story: Mario Warfare
• Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast: Universe Today’s Guide to Space, by Fraser Cain
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General): The Incomparable
• Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast: Seminar: An Original Anthology Show
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific): The Scot and the Sassenach, by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens
• Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation: The Journeyman Writer
• Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast: [1] New Message, by Jamie Gower

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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: Small Cast (Short Form)

• “The Greater Good,” by Edwin Crowe
• “A Story to Scare My Son,” by R. D. Ovenfriend
• “Madness Above the Clouds,” by Michael Marks
• “Shimmer,” by Amanda Davis
• “Singing with All my Skin and Bone,” by Sunny Moraine

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form)

• The Secret World Chronicles
• The Black
• “Eater of Bone,” by Robert Reed
• Bear Spirit
• The Ghost Train of New Orleans

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form)

• “Last Contact,” by Rish Outfield and Bigg Anklevich
• “Monster!” by V. C. Morrison
• “Super-Baby-Moms Group Saves the Day,” by Tina Connolly
• “The Screwfly Solution,” by James Tiptree, Jr.
• “Red Legacy,” by Eneasz Brodski
• “Say UNcle,” by Rish Outfield

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

• “The Philadelphia Xperiment,” by John Ballentine
• “Ghosts of Flannan Lighthouse,” by John Ballentine
• “A Prophet’s Guide,” by Matthew J. Boudreau
• “Space Casey Season 2,” by Christiana Ellis
• “Aaron’s World,” by Mike Meraz and Aaron Meraz
• “Alba Salix, Royal Physician,” by Eli McIlveen

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

• The Once and Future Nerd
• Star Trek: Outpost
• Balancing Act, by Mike Murphy
• The Sinister Secret of StarNasty, or, A Mike in the Mechanics, by Michael McQuilkin and Richard Wentworth
• Transference, by Sydney Leigh

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story

• Mario Warfare
• Princess Scientist’s Advent Calendar
• The Ultimate Nerd-ament with Stanley & JAX
• Grant’s Advent Calendar Video Podcast

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

• Cast of Wonders
• Pseudopod
• Seminar: An Original Anthology Show
• The Uncanny Podcast
• The NoSleep Podcast

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

• PleasureTown
• Audtio Drama Production Podcast
• Women at Warp – A Star Trek Podcast
• Lost in Williamsburg
• The Ultimate Nerd-ament with Stanley and JAX

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

• The Ready Room
• Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast
• Arrow Squad
• Dusted: A Buffy Podcast
• Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men
• The Scot and the Sassenach

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

• The Incomperable
• Anomaly Podcast
• The 602 Club
• The Scifi Diner Podcast
• Geek Radio Daily

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

• Literary Treks
• Axanar: The Official Podcast
• Continuing Mission
• The Journeyman Writer
• The Roundtable Podcast

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

• Blurry Photos
• Faculty of Horror
• Weird Things
• Hubblecast
• Universe Today’s Guide to Space

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

• Blastropodcast
• Comedy4Cast
• [1] New Message
• Rude Alchemy
• I Remembered It…Better

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Call for Parsec 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 May 31.

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Parsec Winners

The winners for this year’s Parsec Awards, presented for excellence in science fiction podcasting, were announced at DragonCon in Atlanta in August 31.

• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form): “Growth Spurt,” by Growth Spurt
• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella Form): “Blood and Smoke,” by Mike Bennett
• Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form): “Dirty Hands,” by Niall Kitson
• Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form): Fire on the Mound, by William J. Meyer
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form): “Tallington,” by Jon Thrower
• Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form): We’re Alive: A Story of Survival, by Kc Wayland
• Best Speculative Fiction Video Story: Once Upon a Time in the 1970′s, by Chris & Anne Lukeman
• Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast: The NoSleep Podcast, by David Cummings
• Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team: Hadron Gospel Hour, by Richard Wentworth, Michael McQuilkin, Lisa McQuilkin, and Michael Atkinson
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific): Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast, hosted by John S. Drew and Paul K. Bisson
• Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General): Sword & Laser, hosted by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
• Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation: StoryWonk Sunday, by Lani Diane Rich and Alistair Stephens
• Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast: Guide to Space, hosted by Fraser Cain
• Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast: Dragon*ConTV, by Brian Richardson

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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 in Atlanta.

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form)

• “A Christmas Feast,” by Michael Whitehouse
• “Growth Spurt,” by Growth Spurt
• “How the Moon Got Its Cousin,” by Lee Hallison
• “Just Another Night,” by Andrew MacDougall
• “Why the Sea is Boiling Hot,” by Michael Spence

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella Form)

• “Blood and Smoke,” by Mike Bennett
• “The Merchant Adventurer,” by Patrick E. McLean
• “Paris Pas De Deux,” by Andrew Wheeler

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form)

• “Dirty Hands,” by Niall Kitson
• “Fear of Thought,” by Veronica Giguere
• “Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality,” by Eliezer Yudkowsky
• “Night Waking,” by Benjamin Rosenbaum
• “Under Oak Island,” by K.T. Bryski

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)

• Broken, by Cedric Johnson and Veronica Giguere
• Cast of Wonders, by Chris Lewis Carter
• Fire on the Mound, by William J. Meyer
• The Guild of the Cowry Catchers, Book 5: Shores beyond the World, by Abigail Hilton
• Secret World Chronicle, by Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee, Cody Martin, Larry Dixon, and Veronica Giguere
• Tales of the Left Hand, Book 3, by John Meagher

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

• “Dreaming of a Dead Christmas,” by John Ballentine
• “The Incomparable Radio Theater of the Air: Christmas Spectacular,” by David J. Loehr
• “The Pen is Mightier,” by Mike Murphy
• “Tallington,” by Jon Thrower
• “The War of the Worlds,” by H. G. Wells

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

• Edict Zero – FIS (Season Three), by Jack Kincaid
• Our Fair City, created by Clayton Faits and produced by Jeffrey Gardner
• Star Trek: Outpost, by Daniel McIntosh and Tony Raymond
• Tales of the Extraordinary, by Michael T. Coleman
• We’re Alive: A Story of Survival, by Kc Wayland

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story

• Grant’s Advent Calendar Video Podcast, by Grant Baciocco
• Once Upon a Time in the 1970′s, by Chris & Anne Lukeman
• Pilgrim of the Sky Live, by Natania Barron

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

• Cast of Wonders, edited by Marguerite Kenner
• The NoSleep Podcast, by David Cummings
• Pseudopod, edited by Shawn M. Garrett
• Seminar: An Original Anthology Show, edited by Pendant Productions
• Toasted Cake, edited by Tina Connolly

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

• Standard Orbit, by Drew Stewart and Mike Schindler
• MythWits, by Peter Bryant, Mike Kafes, Brian Olvera, Allegra, Adrian Perez, and Jay Libby
• Catching Up, by Ralff, Kim, and Johnny
• Hadron Gospel Hour, by Richard Wentworth, Michael McQuilkin, Lisa McQuilkin, and Michael Atkinson
• Society of Arozea, by William Chappell, Mike Mudd, Samantha Gee, and Madame Galiana

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

• Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast, hosted by John S. Drew and Paul K. Bisson
• Greetings from Storybrooke: A Once Upon a Time Podcast, hosted by Bill Meeks and Anne Marie DeSimone
• Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast, hosted by Ken Ray and John Champion
• PodCulture: TARDIS Interruptus, hosted by Brad, Glenn, Christina, and Adam
• SpecFicMedia.com Presents: Beyond the Wall – A Game of Thrones Podcast, hosted by P.G. Holyfield, Nuchtchas, Chooch, and Vivid Muse

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

• Geek Radio Daily, hosted by Billy Flynn, The Flynstress, and The Bruce
• Generations Geek, hosted by Scott Pearson and Daughter
• PodCulture: Equal Opportunity Geekness, by Brad, Glenn, Christina, and Adam
• SpecFicMedia.com Presents: Consumption, hosted by P.G. Holyfield, Christiana Ellis, Chooch, and Vivid Muse
• Sword & Laser, hosted by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

• The Baen Free Radio Hour, hosted by Tony Daniel
• Commentary: Trek Stars, hosted by Mike Schindler and Max Hegel
• Get Published, by Michell Plested
• The Shared Desk, hosted by Tee Morris and Pip Ballentine
• StoryWonk Sunday, by Lani Diane Rich and Alistair Stephens

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

• Blurry Photos, by David Flora & Dave Stecco
• Daily Tech News Show, hosted by Tom Merritt
• Guide to Space, hosted by Fraser Cain
• Skeptoid, hosted by Brian Dunning
• The Titanium Physicists Podcast, by Ben Tippett, David Tsang, Jocelyn Read, et al.

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

• Blastropodcast, by Mark Soloff
• Comedy4Cast, by Clinton Alvord
• Dragon*ConTV, by Brian Richardson
• FSL Tonight, hosted by Justin Robert Young and Tom Merritt
• Society of Arozea, hosted by William Chappell, Mike Mudd, Samantha Gee, and Madame Galiana

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