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 Alive, K.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