The Parsec Awards were a set of annual awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts and podcast novels. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty,[1] Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media. They were first presented in 2006 at DragonCon.[2][3][4][5] In 2009 the awards were described as "one of the most recognizable honors in science and fiction podcasting".[6] The awards were given from 2006 to 2018.

Nominations were accepted from the listening public annually in each of the categories. The list was vetted for eligibility by the steering committee before producers were invited to submit samples of work for consideration by a panel of judges. The panel reduced the list of nominees to five finalists in each category. The finalists' work was submitted for judging and the winner was selected by that panel of authors, podcasters, and others knowledgeable in the field of speculative fiction, podcasting, and/or publishing.[7] Past finalist judges have included Catherine Asaro, Charles de Lint, Cory Doctorow, and Evo Terra.[8]

The awards were last presented in 2018.

Winners

2018
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form) Uncanny County Todd Faulkner, Alison Crane, William Franke, Nicole Greevy, and Jessica Walker [9][10]
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form) The Axe and Crown Eli McIlveen and Sean Howard
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form) "Buddies for Hire", The Gray Area Edward Champion
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form) Derelict: Tomb Paul E. Cooley (Shadow Publications)
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form) "Six Jobs", PodCastle Tim Pratt
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast Escape Pod
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast Astronomy Cast
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General) Kalanadi
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific) To the Journey!
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation Under the Puppet
Best Speculative Fiction Video Story Active Radioactive Radio
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster or Team The Phenomenon
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast Robotz of the Company
2017
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast Star Wars Best in Galaxy (Season 3) Mark Restuccia and Patch Hyde [11][12]
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation Calliope Writing Coach Podcast Angie Fenimore and Michael Sheen (Dandelion Productions)
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific) Aggressive Negotiations: A Star Wars Podcast John Mills and Matt Rushing
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast The Theatre of Tomorrow Travis McMaster and Mark Whitten
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General) The Faculty of Horror Andrea Subissati and Alexandra West
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria Cara Santa Maria
Best Speculative Fiction Video Story The Uncle Interloper Show Grant Baciocco
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster or Team MarsCorp Definitely Human
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form) Uncanny County Todd Faulkner, Alison Crane, and Nicole Greevy
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form) "Genie", Return Home Maia Brown-Jackson
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form) "Things Unseen", The Raven and the Writing Desk Chris Lester
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form) "Shadows", The Wicked Library K. B. Goddard
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella Form) Six Stories, Told at Night K. T. Bryski
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form) "Woods Ferry", Campfire Radio Theater John Ballentine
2016
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast "The Voyages of the USS Sisyphus", Improvised Star Trek Christopher Rathjen [13][14]
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation The Journeyman Writer Alastair Stephens
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific) Verity! Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L. M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast The Uncanny Magazine Podcast Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Erika Ensign, and Steven Schapansky
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General) The Incomparable Jason Snell
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast Universe Today's Guide to Space Fraser Cain
Best Speculative Fiction Video Story The Ultimate Nerd-ament Grant Baciocco and Russ Walko
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster or Team Uncanny County Todd Faulkner and Alison Crane
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form) Uncanny County Todd Faulkner and Alison Crane
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Long Form) "Property Damage Claim #1-1403986", Reading Out Loud Ryan P. Duke
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form) After the Plague Mike Bennett
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form) "Graves", Tales to Terrify Justin Cawthorne
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form) "Balance of Darkness", The Galaxy Quest Restoration Project David A. Mackenzie
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form) "Oddfellows Local", The Voice of Free Planet X  Jared Axelrod
2015
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form) "The Sinister Secret of StarNasty" or "A Mike in the Mechanics", Hadron Gospel Hour Michael McQuilkin and Richard Wentworth [15][16]
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form) Aaron's World Mike Meraz and Aaron Meraz
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation The Journeyman Writer
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast [1] New Message
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast Universe Today's Guide to Space
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General) The Incomparable
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific) The Scot and the Sassenach
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form) "Last Contact", The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine Rish Outfield and Bigg Anklevich
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast Seminar
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster or Team PleasureTown
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella and Long Form) The Black
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form) "O'Malley’s Media Storm", Seminar V. C. Morrison
Best Speculative Fiction Video Story Mario Warfare
2014
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form) "Growth Spurt", Pseudopod Paul Lorello [17][18]
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella Form) "Blood and Smoke", Underwood and Flinch Mike Bennett
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form) "Dirty Hands", Seminar: An Original Anthology Show Niall Kitson
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Long Form Fire on the Mound William J. Meyer
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form) "Tallington", We Are Not Alone Jon Thrower
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form) We're Alive: A Story of Survival Kc Wayland
Best Speculative Fiction Video Story Once Upon a Time in the 1970s Chris and Anne Lukeman
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast The NoSleep Podcast David Cummings
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster or Team Hadron Gospel Hour Richard Wentworth, Michael McQuilkin, Lisa McQuilkin, and Michael Atkinson
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific) Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast John S. Drew and Paul K. Bisson
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General) Sword & Laser Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation StoryWonk Sunday Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast Universe Today's Guide to Space Fraser Cain
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast DragonConTV Brian Richardson, Stephen Granade, Alex White, Chris Lloyd, Tommy Byrd, Patrick Freeman, and Rachel Pendergrass
2013
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form) "Now Cydonia", Cast of Wonders Rick Kennett [19][20]
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Novella Form) The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft Mike Bennett
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form) Underwood and Flinch Mike Bennett
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast "The Road To Utopia Plain", The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine Rick Kennett
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form) The Minister of Chance Radio Static
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form) Star Trek: Outpost Tony Raymond and Daniel McIntosh
Best Speculative Fiction Video Story I Have Your Heart Molly Crabapple, Kim Boekbinder, and Jim Batt
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast Tales from the Archives, Volume 2 Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster or Team The NoSleep Podcast David Cummings
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific) RebelForce Radio Jimmy Mac and Jason Swank
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General) Nights at the Round Table Ash Farbrother
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation StoryForward J. C. Hutchins and Steve Peters
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast Hubblecast Oli Usher and Joe Liske
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast Blastropodcast Mark Soloff
Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast The Funny Music Project Devo Spice
2012
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form) "Precarious Child", The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Pip Ballantine [21][22]
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form) Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Novel Mike Bennett
Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast "The Seven", The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences P. C. Haring
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form) Keeg's Quest: A Skyrim Adventure Rich Matheson
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form) The Mask of Inanna Alicia Goranson
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast Drabblecast
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster or Team Toasted Cake Tina Connolly
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific) The Signal
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General) The Incomparable
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation Writing Excuses Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Eric James Stone, Howard Tayler, and Stacy Whitman
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast MonsterTalk
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast Supervillain Corner
Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast Radio Free Hipster
2011
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form) Saying the Names Maggie Clark [23][24]
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form) Kissyman & the Gentleman Scott Sigler
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form) Owner's Share Nathan Lowell
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form) The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd Grant Baciocco and Doug Price
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form) HG World Jay Smith
Best Speculative Fiction Video Story Grant's Advent Calendar Video Podcast
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast Drabblecast
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster or Team Cobalt City Adventures Unlimited
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific) PodCulture: TARDIS Interruptus
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General) WhatTheCast
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation Fullcast Podcast
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast Planetary Radio
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast Technorama
Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast Renaissance Festival Podcast
Best Youth-Driven Speculative Fiction Podcast Aaron's World
2010
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form) The Tank Scott Sigler [25][26]
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form) Personal Effects: Sword of Blood J. C. Hutchins
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form) Captain's Share Nathan Lowell
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form) "Whispers in the Wood", The Metamor City Podcast Chris Lester
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form) Decoder Ring Theatre Gregg Taylor
Best Speculative Fiction Video Story GOLD (Season 1) David Nett and Andrew R. Deutsch
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast The Drabblecast Norm Sherman
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster or Team In The Gloaming Nathaniel Tapley
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific) The Signal Kari Haley, Kevin Bachelder, Kara Helgren, Les Howard, Jutta Jordans, Dave Tomasic, Andy King, Nick Edwards, Miranda Thomas, Helen Eaton, Anna Snyder, James Parkinson, and Jill Arroway
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General) Galactic Watercooler Audra, Chuck, and Sean
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation Writing Excuses Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Eric James Stone, Howard Tayler, and Stacy Whitman
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast Skeptoid Brian Dunning
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast Teknikal Diffikulties Cayenne Chris Conroy
Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast Radio Free Hipster Z.
2009
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form) "Under The Bed", Variant Frequencies Michael Natale [27]
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form) "7th Son: Obsidion", Eusocial Networking Scott Sigler
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form / Novel) FETIDUS: The Foundation for the Ethical Treatment of the Innocently Damned, Undead and Supernatural James Durham
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form including Independents) The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd Grant Baciocco and Doug Price
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form including Independents) "Making the Cut", The Metamor City Podcast Chris Lester
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast Pseudopod Ben Phillips and Alasdair Stuart
Best Speculative Fiction Video Podcast Stranger Things Earl Newton, David Kanter, and Cody P. Christian
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast Bell's in the Batfry John Bell
Best Speculative Fiction Writing-related Podcast Writing Excuses Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler, and Dan Wells
Best Speculative Fiction Fan Podcast The ScapeCast Brent Barrett, Chris Polansky, Hank Shiffman, Kevin Bachelder, Kimberly Thompson, Lindy Rae, Michael Falkner, Sammy Mohr, and Wendy Hembrock
Best Speculative Fiction News Podcast (Cool) Shite on the Tube Bruce Moyle, Chris Rattray, David Quinn, Dion Brooks, and Tiarne Double
Best Gaming Podcast Brilliant Gameologists Josh, Meg, Zeke, and Tom
Best Speculative Fiction Infotainment Podcast 365 Days of Astronomy International Year of Astronomy
Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast The FuMP Devo Spice, Possible Oscar, Raymond and Scum, Rob Balder, Robert Lund, and Spaff.com, the great Luke Ski, Tom Smith, and Worm Quartet
Best Anime Podcast Anime World Order
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team FETIDUS James Durham
2008
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form) Red Man Scott Sigler [28]
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form) "Wasteland", Heaven (Season Four) Mur Lafferty
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form) Playing for Keeps Mur Lafferty
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form including Independents) Space Casey Christiana Ellis
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form including Independents) Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword Tee Morris
Best Speculative Fiction Video Podcast Stranger Things
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast Variant Frequencies
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast Short Cummings Audio
Best Speculative Fiction Fan Podcast Galactica Quorum
Best Speculative Fiction News Podcast Slice of SciFi
Best Writing-related Podcast Adventures in Scifi Publishing
Best "Infotainment" Cast The Weird Show
Best Gaming Podcast The Game Kennel
2007
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form) "No World for Warriors", Variant Frequencies Matt Wallace [29]
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form) The Arwen Timothy P. Callahan
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novel Form) The Immortals Tracy Hickman
Best Audio Drama (Short Form including Independents) The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd Grant Baciocco and Doug Price
Best Audio Drama (Long Form including Independents) Prometheus Radio Theatre Steven H. Wilson and Scott D. Farquhar
Best Audio Production The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd Grant Baciocco and Doug Price
Best Video Production Missing Pages Jerome Olivier
Best Video Podcast Missing Pages Jerome Olivier
Best Non-Speculative Fiction Number One with a Bullet Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff
Best Fan Podcast The Signal Jill Arroway, Les Howard, and Kari Haley
Best Speculative Fiction News Podcast Skepticality Derek Colanduno and Robynn McCarthy
Best Anime Podcast GeekNights Wednesdays: Anime Manga Comics Rym and Scott
Best Gaming Podcast Pulp Gamer: Inside Track
Best Graphic Literature Podcast Comics Radar J. M. Campbell and Matt Melnyk
Best "Infotainment" Cast Pulp Gamer: Out of Character
Best Reality Podcast Tag in the Seam Leann
Best Tech Podcast The Command Line Thomas Gideon
Best Writing Related Podcast I Should Be Writing Mur Lafferty
2006
Category Winner Creator Ref.
Best Fiction (Short) "Absolution Insured", Variant Frequencies Matt Wallace [30]
Best Fiction (Long) "How to Succeed in Evil", The Seanachai Patrick McLean
Best Audio Production Virgin Falls Jeff Folchinsky
Best Writing Podcast The Secrets Michael A. Stackpole
Best Audio Drama (Long) "The Stargate Café", Planet Retcon
Best Audio Drama (Short) The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd Grant Baciocco
Best Fiction (Non-speculative) "Death of A Dish Washer", The Seanachai Patrick McLean
Best Fan Podcast The Scapecast Kevin Bachelder and Lindy Rae
Best News Podcast The Future And You Stephen Euin Cobb

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