2015 Parsec Awards Finalists
Finalists for the 2015 Parsec Awards, honoring excellence in speculative fiction podcasting, have been announced. Winners will be announced at Dragon*Con, September 4 –September 7, 2015, in Atlanta GA.
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)
- The Once and Future Nerd
- Star Trek: Outpost
- “Balancing Act”, Mike Murphy (Strange Stories)
- “The Sinister Secret of StarNasty” or “A Mike in the Mechanics”, Michael McQuilkin & Richard Wentworth (Hadron Gospel Hour)
- “Transference”, Sydney Leigh (The Wicked Library)
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)
- “The Philadelphia Xperiment”, John Ballentine, (Campfire Radio Theater)
- “Ghosts of Flannan Lighthouse”, John Ballentine, (Campfire Radio Theater)
- “A Prophets Guide”, Matthew J Boudreau
- Space Casey Season 2 , Christiana Ellis
- Aaron’s World, Mike Meraz (parent) and Aaron Meraz (child)
- Alba Salix, Royal Physician, Eli McIlveen
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation
- Literary Treks
- Axanar: The Official Podcast
- Continuing Mission
- The Journeyman Writer
- The Roundtable Podcast
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast
- [1] New Message
- Blastropodcast
- Comedy4cast
- Rude Alchemy
- I Remembered It…Better
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast
- Blurry Photos
- Faculty of Horror
- Weird Things
- Hubblecast
- Universe Today’s Guide to Space
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)
- The Incomparable
- Anomaly Podcast
- The 602 Club
- The Scifi Diner Podcast
- Geek Radio Daily
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)
- The Ready Room
- Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast
- Arrow Squad
- Dusted: A Buffy Podcast
- Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men
- The Scot and the Sassenach
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form)
- “Last Contact”, Rish Outfield & Bigg Anklevich (The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine)
- “Monster!”, V. C. Morrison (Seminar)
- “Super-Baby-Moms Group Saves the Day”, Tina Connolly (Podcastle)
- “The Screwfly Solution”, James Tiptree, Jr. (PseudoPod)
- “Red Legacy”, Eneasz Brodski (Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality)
- “Say Uncle”, Rish Outfield (The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine)
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast
- Cast of Wonders
- PseudoPod
- Seminar
- The Uncanny Magazine Podcast
- The NoSleep Podcast
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team
- PleasureTown
- Audio Drama Production Podcast
- Women at Warp – A Star Trek Podcast
- Lost in Williamsburg
- The Ultimate Nerd-ament with Stanley & JAX
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella & Long Form) (Combined due to limited nominees)
- The Black, Paul E. Cooley
- The Ghost Train to New Orleans, Mur Lafferty
- The Secret World Chronicles, Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee, Cody Martin, Larry Dixon, & Veronica Giguere
- “Eater of Bone”, Robert Reed (Escape Pod)
- Bear Spirit, D.C. Wood
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form)
- “The Greater Good”, Edwin Crowe (The NoSleep Podcast)
- “A Story to Scare My Son”, R.D. Ovenfriend (The NoSleep Podcast)
- “Madness Above the Clouds”, Michael Marks (The NoSleep Podcast)
- “Shimmer”, Amanda Davis (Cast of Wonders)
- “Singing with All my Skin and Bone”, Sunny Moraine (Nightmare)
Best Speculative Fiction Video Story
- Mario Warfare
- Princess Scientist’s Advent Calendar
- The Ultimate Nerd-ament with Stanley & JAX
- Grant’s Advent Calendar Video Podcast
