2008 Parsec Awards Winners & Finalists
Congratulations to this year’s Winners & Finalists!
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)
“Red Man” by Scott Sigler
Finalists:
“Metamor City: Huntress“
“error3 reconstruct :|::|:” by Scott Sigler
“Kissyman” by Scott Sigler
“Delve” (Variant Frequencies) by Matt Wallace
Category Description: Short stories containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror; Word counts under 20K
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Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)
Heaven – Season Four: Wasteland by Mur Lafferty
Finalists:
The Arwen, Season 2: Ulliam by Tim Callahan
Beautiful Red by M. Darusha Wehm
How to Succeed in Evil by Patrick McLean
Passenger by Scott Sigler
Snipe Hunt by Scott Sigler
Category Description: Intermediate length stories containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror; Word counts between 20K and 70K
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Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)
Playing for Keeps” by Mur Lafferty
Finalists:
Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword by Tee Morris
J.C. Hutchins’ 7th Son: Destruction by J. C. Hutchins
Full Share by Nathan Lowell
South Coast by Nathan Lowell
Category Description: Novel length stories containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror; Word counts greater than 70K
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Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form including Independents)
Space Casey by Christiana Ellis
Finalists:
Decoder Ring Theatre
Maudelayne – BrokenSea
Outlaw‚ The Thriller Miniseries
Star Trek: Unity
Category Description: Short audio presentations containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror; Total Season’s complete running time for dramatic content only (excluding host commentary, listener e-mail, behind-the-scenes editions, etc.) under 15 hours
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Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form including Independents)
Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword by Tee Morris
Finalists:
Once Upon a Time in Vegas (Pendant Productions)
The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd
Ulysses Galactic Guides and Bounties Inc (BrokenSea)
Wormwood: A Serialized Mystery
Category Description: Long audio presentations containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror; Total Season’s complete running time for dramatic content only (excluding host commentary, listener e-mail, behind-the-scenes editions, etc.) 15 hours or longer
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Best Speculative Fiction Video Podcast
Stranger Things
Finalists:
Calls for Cthulhu
“Moron Life: The Vaudcast” (Sound Stages)
“Space Adventure“
Category Description: Video podcasts that include elements of speculative fiction
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Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast
Variant Frequencies
Finalists:
“Decoder Ring Theatre
“Hall of Mirrors: Tales of Horror and the Grotesque“
“The Metamor City Podcast” by The Seanachai, Patrick McLean
Well Told Tales
Category Description: These podcasts return week after week with great short stories.
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Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast
Short Cummings Audio
Finalists:
A Different Point of View
Calls for Cthulhu
Geek Survival Guide
Space Casey
Category Description: Whether they make fun of bad movies or or poke fun at our own geekdom, these podcasts keep us laughing.
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Best Speculative Fiction Fan Podcast
Galactica Quorum
Finalists:
A Different Point of View
Doctor Who: Tin Dog Podcast: Torchwood
The GeekSpin
The Signal
Category Description: Podcasts created by and for the fans of a given type, style or genre of literary or entertainment work or series of works that have elements speculative fiction
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Best Speculative Fiction News Podcast
Slice of SciFi
Finalists:
Geek Radio Daily
PodCulture
Skepticality – Science and Revolutionary Ideas
Television Zombies
Category Description: Podcasts that focus on providing news of speculative fiction in its myriad forms
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Best Writing-related Podcast
Adventures in Scifi Publishing
Finalists:
I Should Be Writing
The Survival Guide to Writing Fantasy
Tale Chasing
Category Description: Podcasts that focus on the process, challenges and rewards of writing and publishing written works
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Best “Infotainment” Cast
The Weird Show
Finalists:
The GeekSpin
Geologic Podcast
Podculture
The Signal
Category Description: Podcasts that have content of an educational nature, presented in an entertaining format
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Best Gaming Podcast
The Game Kennel
Finalists:
Brilliant Gameologists
CoH Podcast
Family Night
Out of Character
WoW Radio : Octale and Hordak vs The World
Category Description: Podcasts that focus on one or more styles of gaming (video, role playing, tabletop and board games, non-traditional card games, etc.)