Parsec Awards 2010 Finalists

Finalists for the 2010 Parsec Awards, honoring excellence in speculative fiction podcasting, have been announced:

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)

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

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)

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

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)

• Underwood & Flinch, Mike Bennett
• 7th Son: Descent (2009 production), J.C. Hutchins
• Secret World Chronicle, Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee, Steve Libbey, & Cody Martin, read by Veronica Giguere
• Captain’s Share, Nathan Lowell
• Infected, Scott Sigler

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

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

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

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

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story

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

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

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

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

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

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

• 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
• 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

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

• Galactic Watercooler, featuring Audra, Chuck, & Sean
• Geek Radio Daily, featuring Billy Flynn, The Flynstress, & The Bruce
• PodCulture, featuring Brad, Glenn, Christina, & Adam
• Television Zombies, featuring Tina, Chris, Jeff, & Chuck
• 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
• The Henson.com Podcast, featuring The Jim Henson Company, Grant Baciocco, Producer
• I Should Be Writing, featuring Mur Lafferty
• Unleashed, featuring James Melzer
• Writing Excuses, featuring Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Eric James Stone, Howard Tayler, & Stacy Whitman

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

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

Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast

• The FuMP, featuring Devo Spice, Possible Oscar, Raymond and Scum, Rob Balder, Robert Lund and Spaff.com, the great Luke Ski, Tom Smith, & Worm Quartet
• Radio Free Hipster, featuring Z.
• Wander Radio, featuring Jack Hosley
• Wandering Geek Podcast, featuring Curt Ardent & Scott Langsten