2014 Parsec Awards Finalists

Finalists for the 2014 Parsec Awards, honoring excellence in speculative fiction podcasting, have been announced. Winners will be announced at Dragon*Con, August 29 –September 1, 2014, in Atlanta GA.

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form)

• “A Christmas Feast”, Michael Whitehouse (The NoSleep Podcast)
• “Growth Spurt”, Growth Spurt (Pseudopod)
• “How the Moon Got Its Cousin”, Lee Hallison (Toasted Cake)
• “Just Another Night”, Andrew MacDougall (The NoSleep Podcast)
• “Why the Sea is Boiling Hot”, Michael Spence (Tales from the Archives Vol. III)

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella Form)

• Blood and Smoke, Mike Bennett (Underwood and Flinch)
• The Merchant Adventurer, Patrick E. McLean
• Paris Pas De Deux, Andrew Wheeler (Valentin and the Widow)

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form)

• “Dirty Hands”, Niall Kitson (Seminar: An Original Anthology Show)
• “Fear of Thought”, Veronica Giguere (Outer Colonies)
• “Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality”, Eliezer Yudkowsky
• “Night Waking”, Benjamin Rosenbaum (Journey Into…)
• “Under Oak Island”, K.T. Bryski (Tales from the Archives Vol. III)

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Long Form

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

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

• “Dreaming of a Dead Christmas”, John Ballentine (Campfire Radio Theater)
• “The Incomparable Radio Theater of the Air: Christmas Spectacular”, David J. Loehr
• “The Pen is Mightier”, Mike Murphy (Misfits Audio)
• “Tallington”, Jon Thrower (We Are Not Alone)
• “The War of the Worlds”, H. G. Wells (Campfire Radio Theater)

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

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

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story

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

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

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

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

• Standard Orbit
• MythWits
• Catching Up
• Hadron Gospel Hour
• Society of Arozea

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

• Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast
• Greetings from Storybrooke: A Once Upon a Time Podcast
• Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
• PodCulture: TARDIS Interruptus
• SpecFicMedia.com Presents: Beyond the Wall – A Game of Thrones Podcast

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

• Geek Radio Daily
• Generations Geek
• PodCulture: Equal Opportunity Geekness
• SpecFicMedia.com Presents: Consumption
• Sword & Laser

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

• The Baen Free Radio Hour
• Commentary: Trek Stars
• Get Published
• The Shared Desk
• StoryWonk Sunday

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

• Blurry Photos
• Daily Tech News Show
• Guide to Space
• Skeptoid
• The Titanium Physics Podcast

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

• Blastropodcast
• Comedy4cast
• DragonConTV
• FSL Tonight
• Society of Arozea