2012 Parsec Awards Winners

Winners for the 2012 Parsec Awards, honoring excellence in speculative fiction podcasting, were announced at Dragon*Con in Atlanta on September 1st, 2012:

Best Small Cast Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)

• “The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Precarious Child”, Pip Ballantine

• “The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: A Ruby in Rain”, Grant Stone
• “The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Darkest Before Darkwater”, Tee Morris
• “The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Night’s Plutonian Shore”, Jack Mangan
• “The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Sins of the Father”, Tee Morris

Best Small Cast Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)

• Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Novel, Mike Bennett

• All Roads Lead to Blue Lake: Teacher of the Year, Marc Vale
• The Last Sorcerer, J.A. Areces
• Secret World Chronicles, Season 5: Waiting On, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Dennis Lee, Cody Martin & Veronica Giguere
• Eternity, Casey S. Townsend

Best Large Cast Speculative Fiction Story

• “The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: The Seven”, P.C. Haring

• Guild of The Cowry Catchers, Book 3: Ashes, Abigail Hilton
• “Dream Engine”, Tim Pratt (Journey Into…)
• “The Ever Dreaming Verdict of Plagues”, Jason Sanford (The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine)
• “The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: From Paris With Regret”, Starla Huchton

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

• “Keeg’s Quest: A Skyrim Adventure”, Rich Matheson

• “Maudelayne”, Alexa Chapman
• “Genesis Avalon”, Pendent Productions
• “Intensive Care”, James Comtois (Aural Stage Studios & FinalRune Productions)
• “The Cleansed”, Fred Greenhalgh

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

• The Mask of Inanna, Alicia Goranson

• Star Trek: Outpost, Tony Raymond & Dan Mclintosh
• We’re Alive – A Story of Survival, K.C. Wayland
• Second Shift: Season 2 , Brandon Crose, John Tanzer & Myssi Cerebi, created by Andrea Shubert
• Decoder Ring Theatre, Gregg Taylor

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

• The Drabblecast

• Tales from the Archives (Volume 1)
• The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine
• Toasted Cake
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

• Toasted Cake

• Supervillain Corner
• Treknologic
• Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
• Tales to Terrify

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

• The Signal

• PodCulture: TARDIS Interruptus
• News from Pnakotus
• Beyond the Wall
• The ScapeCast

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

• The Incomparable

• Scifi Diner
• WhatTheCast?
• PodCulture: Equal Opportunity Geekness
• The Weekly Podioplex

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

• Writing Excuses

• The Dead Robots Society
• Pendragon Variety Podcast
• The Roundtable Podcast
• The Shared Desk

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

• MonsterTalk

• The Weird Show
• Astronomy Cast
• Law of the Geek
• 365 Days of Astronomy

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

• Supervillain Corner

• Dragon*ConTV
• comedy4cast
• Disasterpiece Theatre
• Geologic Podcast

Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast

• Radio Free Hipster

• Renaissance Festival Podcast
• Gamewave Podcast
• The Real Congregation

Best Youth Driven Speculative Fiction Podcast 

• Olivia’s Advent Calendar
• Aaron’s World