2013 Parsec Awards Winners

Winners for the 2013 Parsec Awards, honoring excellence in speculative fiction podcasting, were announced at Dragon*Con in Atlanta on September 1st, 2013:

Best Small Cast Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)

  • “Now Cydonia”, Rick Kennett (Cast of Wonders)
  • “Royal Offworld Navy”, Alexa Chipman (Imagination Lane)
  • “Fiends: Mimes”, Paul Elard Cooley (Shadow Publications)
  • “Fires in the Snow”, Starla Huchton (The Gearhart)
  • “Silence: A Fable”, Edgar Allan Poe (Our Fair City)
  • “Final Girl Theory”, A.C. Wise (Pseudopod)

Best Small Cast Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)

  • “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”, H.P. Lovecraft (Produced by Mike Bennett)
  • “Garaaga’s Children: Scrolls”, Paul Elard Cooley
  • “Tainted Roses”, Mark Kilfoil (Every Photo Tells…)
  • “The Beauty of Our Weapons”, M. Darusha Wehm
  • “Stolen Hearts: The Invitation (A Gallifreyan Love Story)”, Edward WinterRose

Best Small Cast Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)

  • Underwood and Flinch, Mike Bennett
  • Secret World Chronicles, Season 5: Waiting On, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Dennis Lee, Cody Martin & Veronica Giguere
  • Interference, Eric Luke
  • The Diary of Jill Woodbine, Jay Smith & Veronica Giguere (HG World)
  • Strigoaie: The Romanian Witch, Mark Vale

Best Large Cast Speculative Fiction Story

  • “The Road to Utopia Plain”, Rick Kennett (The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine)
  • “A Janitor’s Territory”, Birke Duncan
  • “Alek and Elizabeth and the End of the World”, Michael Grey (Journey Into…)
  • “Harlan’s Wake”, John Mierau (The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine)
  • “Boat in Shadows, Crossing”, Tori Truslow (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

  • The Minister of Chance”, Radio Static
  • “Ancient Evil”, Aural Stage Studios (Dialed In)
  • “Keeg’s Quest: A Skyrim Adventure”, Rich Matheson
  • “Aaron’s World”, Mike Meraz & Aaron
  • “The Pendant Shakespeare”, Pendant Productions

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

  • Star Trek: Outpost, Tony Raymond & Daniel McIntosh
  • The Guild of The Cowry Catchers: Book 4: Out of the Ashes, Abigail Hilton
  • The Leviathan Chronicles, Christof Laptuka
  • Hothouse Bruiser, Joel Metzger
  • We’re AliveK.C. Wayland

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

  • Tales from the Archives, Volume 2, Tee Morris & Pip Ballentine
  • Every Photo Tells…, Katharina & Mick Bordet
  • Toasted Cake, Tina Connolly
  • The NoSleep Podcast, David Cummings
  • The Drabblecast, Norm Sherman

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

  • The NoSleep Podcast, David Cummings
  • Reader/Writer Podcast, Ben Delano & Mary Ellen Warren
  • Nights at the Round Table, Ash Farbrother
  • Doctor Who: Verity!, Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, & Tansy Rayner Roberts

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

  • RebelForce Radio, Jimmy Mac & Jason Swank
  • Doctor Who: Radio Free Skaro, Warren Frey, Steven Schapansky, Chris Burgess
  • Commentary: Trek Stars, Mike Schindler, Max Hegel
  • Doctor Who: Verity!, Deborah Stanish, Ericka Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, & Tansy Rayner Roberts
  • Two-Minute Time Lord, Chip Sudderth

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

  • Nights at the Round Table, Ash Farbrother
  • PodCulture: Equal Opportunity Geekness, Brad, Glenn, Christina, & Adam
  • Geek Radio Daily, Billy Flynn, The Flynstress, & The Bruce
  • The Incomparable, Jason Snell
  • The Ratchet RetroCast, John Strangeway, CD Ske, Patrick Freeman, & Q

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

  • StoryForward, J.C. Hutchins & Steve Peters
  • Adventures in SciFi Publishing, Shaun Farrell
  • Get Published, Michell Plested
  • StoryWonk Sunday, Lani Diane Rich & Alistair Stephens
  • Writing Excuses, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

  • Hubblecast, Oli Usher & Joe Liske
  • Bacteriofiles, Jesse Noar
  • Blurry Photos, David Flora
  • The Titanium Physicists Podcast, Ben Tippett
  • Token Skeptic, K. Sturgess

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

  • Blastropodcast, Mark Soloff
  • Comedy4Cast, Clinton Alvord
  • My Script is MUD, Birke Duncan
  • The Chapter Titles Were So Good, The Peter, Regular Tom, and Mr. Tom
  • Dragon*ConTV, Brian Richardson

Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast

  • The Funny Music Project, Devo Spice
  • Pros and Cons, Jonah Knight & Mikey Mason
  • Radio Free Hipster, Z

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story

  • “I Have Your Heart”, Molly Crabapple, Kim Boekbinder & Jim Batt
  • “Dr. Talon’s ‘Letter to the Editor'”, David D. Levine
  • “The Silent City”, Rubidium Wu