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It is of interest that the shortlist nominees for the 2010 Parsec Awards were released today:
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)
- Clarkesworld Magazine – “The Things” by Peter Watts [subscribe]
- Podcastle – “Restless in my Hand by Tim Pratt [subscribe]
- Tales of the Children – “Swimming Lessons” by Gabrielle Harbowy [subscribe]
- “The Tank” by Scott Sigler
- The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine – “A Princess Of Earth” by Mike Resnick [subscribe]
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)
- Tattoo by Paul Elard Cooley [subscribe]
- 7th Son: 7 Days by J.C. Hutchins [subscribe]
- Heaven – Season Five: War by Mur Lafferty [subscribe]
- Personal Effects: Sword of Blood by J.C. Hutchins [subscribe]
- Title Fight by Scott Sigler & Matt Wallace [subscribe]
Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)
- 7th Son: Descent (2009 production) by J.C. Hutchins [subscribe]
- Captain’s Share by Nathan Lowell [subscribe]
- Infected by Scott Sigler [subscribe]
- Underwood and Flinch by Mike Bennett [subscribe]
- Secret World Chronicle by Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee, Steve Libbey, and Cody Martin, with the reading done by Veronica Giguere [subscribe]
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)
- The Metamor City Podcast – “Whispers in the Wood” by Chris Lester [subscribe]
- In The Gloaming by Nathaniel Tapley [subscribe]
- Batman: The Ace of Detectives by Pendant Productions [subscribe]
- Sea of Stars: A Voyage of the Space Cruiser Argo by Devin Cox [subscribe]
- The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd by Grant Baciocco & Doug Price [subscribe]
Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)
- Star Trek: Outpost by Daniel McIntosh & Tony Raymond [subscribe]
- Twilight Theatre – “Sides” by Mike Murphy [subscribe]
- We’re Alive by KC Wayland, Shane Salk, & Greyson Stone [subscribe]
- The Byron Chronicles by Eric Busby [subscribe]
- Decoder Ring Theatre by Gregg Taylor [subscribe]
Best Speculative Fiction Video Story
- Calls for Cthulhuby Brand Gamblin [subscribe]
- GOLD: Season 1 by David Nett & Andrew Deutsch [subscribe]
- Grant’s Advent Calendar by Grant Baciocco [subscribe]
- The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd by Grant Baciocco & Doug Price [subscribe]
Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast
- The Drabblecast edited by Norm Sherman [subscribe]
- Erotica à la Carte edited by P. J. Ballantine [subscribe]
- The Crypt edited by Scott Sigler [subscribe]
- Escape Pod edited by Mur Lafferty [subscribe]
- Variant Frequencies edited by Rick Stringer [subscribe]
Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team
- Brass Needles hosted by Miss Kalendar [subscribe]
- The Dreamer’s Thread by Starla Huchton [subscribe]
- The Gearheart by Alexander White [subscribe]
- In The Gloaming by Nathaniel Tapley [subscribe]
- ShadowCast Audio Anthology by Jason Warden [subscribe]
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)
- The ScapeCast featuring Brent Barrett, Chris Polansky, Hank Shiffman, Kevin Bachelder, Kimberly Thompson, Lindy Rae, Michael Falkner, Sammy Mohr, & Wendy Hembrock [subscribe]
- The Signal featuring Kari Haley, Kevin Bachelder, Kara Helgren, Les Howard, Jutta Jordans, Dave Tomasic, Andy King, Nick Edwards, Miranda Thomas, Helen Eaton, Anna Snyder, James Parkinson, & Jill Arroway [subscribe]
- The Babylon Podcast featuring Tim Callender, Summer Brooks, & Jeffrey Willerth [subscribe]
- The ForceCast featuring Jason Swank & Jimmy “Mac” McInerney [subscribe]
- The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast featuring Chris Lackey & Chad Fifer [subscribe]
Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)
- Television Zombies featuring Tina, Chris, Jeff, & Chuck [subscribe]
- PodCulture featuring Brad, Glenn, Christina, & Adam [subscribe]
- Galactic Watercooler featuring Audra, Chuck, & Sean [subscribe]
- Geek Radio Daily featuring Billy Flynn, The Flynstress, & The Bruce [subscribe]
- WhatTheCast featuring Brian, Stephen, Crispy, & Patrick [subscribe]
Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation
- The Dead Robots’ Society featuring Justin Macumber, Ryan Stevenson, Terry Mixon, & P.G. Holyfield [subscribe]
- Writing Excuses featuring Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Eric James Stone, Howard Tayler, & Stacy Whitman [subscribe]
- The Henson.com Podcast featuring [subscribe]
- I Should Be Writing featuring Mur Lafferty [subscribe]
- Unleashed featuring James Melzer [subscribe]
Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast
- The 365 Days of Astronomy featuring the Astrosphere New Media Association [subscribe]
- The Command Line Podcast featuring Thomas Gideon [subscribe]
- Skepticality featuring Derek Colanduno & Robynn “Swoopy” McCarthy [subscribe]
- The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe featuring Steven Novella, Robert Novella, Rebecca Watson, Evan Bernstein, Jay Novella, & Perry DeAngelis [subscribe]
- Skeptoid featuring Brian Dunning [subscribe]
Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast
- Dragon*ConTV featuring Brian Richardson & crew [subscribe]
- Bell’s In The Batfry featuring John Bell [subscribe]
- Teknikal Diffikulties featuring Cayenne Chris Conroy [subscribe]
- Comedy4Cast featuring Clinton Alvord [subscribe]
- Frequency of Fear featuring Zombie Astronaut [subscribe]
Hearty congratulations to all the nominees, and much luck! While my jaunt to Worldcon means I’ll be unable to reprise my emcee duties from years previous, I have it on good authority that things will be in good hands. And I’ll be watching… oh, yes, I shall.
