2017 Parsec Awards Winners
Winners for the 2017 Parsec Awards, honoring excellence in speculative fiction podcasting, have been announced:
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast
- WINNER: Star Wars Best in Galaxy Season 3
- Are You Scared of These Stories?
- GnomeMatter: Cadavorue & Macoy in 2016
- Kakos Industries
- Nerdy Show: Nerdcasting the Multiverse: Thanksgiving Special
- Wynabego Warrior The Tale of John Waynnabe
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation
- WINNER: Calliope Writing Coach Podcast
- Audio Drama Production Podcast
- Lightning Dogs: The Official Paw’dcast
- Two Gay Geeks
- Stage Nine
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)
- WINNER: Aggressive Negotiations: A Star Wars Podcast
- Back to the Future Minute
- Beyond Westworld
- Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
- Trek Geeks: A Star Trek Podcast
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast
- WINNER: The Theatre of Tomorrow
- Brick Moon Fiction
- Escape Pod
- Seminar
- The Wicked Library
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)
- WINNER: The Faculty of Horror
- The 602 Club
- MegaPodTastic
- Nutty Bites
- Piper’s Picks TV
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast
- WINNER: Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria
- decipherSciFi
- Meta Treks: A Star Trek Philosophy Podcast
- Universe Today’s Guide to Space
- Planetary Radio
Best Speculative Fiction Video Story
- WINNER: The Uncle Interloper Show
- Country Bear Collector Show
- Grant’s Advent Calendar
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team
- WINNER: MarsCorp
- Aural Traditions: Crosswired
- Beyond Westworld
- Lesser Gods
- Synesthesia Theatre
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)
- WINNER: Uncanny County, Alison Crane, Todd Faulkner, William Franke, & Nicole Greevy
- Radio Icebox Season 02: Rise of the Sirens, Jeffrey Adams
- Our Fair City, Ansel Burch, Clayton Feits, Jim McDoniel, David Rheinstrom, Frank Sjodin, Mark Soloff, Stephanie Spence
- The Byron Chronicles, Eric L. Busby
- MarsCorp, Tom Dalling, David Knight, David Price
- We’re Alive: Lockdown, Kc Wayland
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form)
- WINNER: “Genie”, Maia Brown-Jackson (Return Home)
- “The Black Madonna”, John C. Alsedek & Dana Perry-Hayes (Suspense)
- “Jinx of the Jellicoe Jasper”, John C. Alsedek & Dana Perry-Hayes (Suspense)
- “A Good Guy With A Magic Sword”, Jared Axelrod (The Voice of Free Planet X)
- “Hooves in the Dirt”, Jeff Heimbuch (Return Home)
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form)
- WINNER: “Things Unseen”, Chris Lester (The Raven and the Writing Desk)
- The Black: Outbreak, Paul E Cooley
- “The Woman in the Sky”, Robert Isenberg (The Adventures of Elizabeth Crowne)
- Sable, Lane Lloyd
- The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian, Jonathan Messinger
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form)
- WINNER: “Shadows”, K. B. Goddard (The Wicked Library)
- “True Horror”, Jeffrey Bridges (Seminar)
- “The Lost Library”, K. B. Goddard (The Lift)
- “The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve: Tiny Tim”, David Parkin (The Junto Presents)
- “The Jack Of Lanterns”, David Parkin (The Junto Presents)
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella Form)
- WINNER: Six Stories, Told at Night, KT Bryski
- The Gray Area, Edward Champion
- The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian, Jonathan Messinger
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)
- WINNER: “Woods Ferry”, John Ballentine (Campfire Radio Theater)
- “Abduction at Willow Woods”, John Ballentine (Campfire Radio Theater)
- “Anything Helps”, Jon Holland (The Theater in Your Mind)
- “The Last Will Be First”, Tristan Riddell & The Girl (Punch It: Writing in Pop Culture)
- “Driver For The Dead”, David Parkin (The Junto Presents)
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