Parsec Awards

Parsec Awards

The Parsec Awards are a set of awards created to recognize excellence in science fiction podcasts. The awards were created by Mur Lafferty, Tracy Hickman and Michael R. Mennenga and awarded by FarPoint Media. They were first presented in 2006 at DragonCon. The 2007 awards are set to be presented again at DragonCon, with the number of award doubled from the previous year.

2006 Awards

Best Fiction (Short)

Best Writing Podcast

Best Fiction (Non-speculative)

2007 Finalists

Best "Infotainment" Cast

*Pulp Gamer: Out of Character (winner)
*The Naked Scientists Naked Science Radio Show Podcast - Stripping Down Science
*Astronomy Cast
*Speaking of Beer
*Geologic Podcast

Best (Speculative Fiction) News Podcast

*Skepticality: The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine (winner)
*Pulp Gamer: Inside Track
*The Dragon Page Cover to Cover
*Slice of Scifi
*The 10th Wonder Podcast - NBC Heroes

Best Anime Podcast

*GeekNights Wednesdays (winner)
*Weekly Anime Review
*Anime Pulse
*
*Anime World Order

Best Audio Drama (Long Form including Independents)

*Prometheus Radio Theatre (winner)
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*The Failed Cities Monologues ---running lengths
*Dismay

Best Audio Drama (Short Form including Independents)

*The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd (winner)
*Pendant Productions - Indiana Jones and the Well of Life
*Amazing Pulp Adventures Starring Mister Adventure
*Old Wounds
*Pendant Productions - Batman: The Ace of Detectives

Best Audio Production

*The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd (winner)
*Geologic Podcast
*
*The Failed Cities Monologues ---running lengths
*The ScapeCast

Best Fan Podcast

*The Signal (winner)
*Firefly Talk, A Firefly Podcast
*The ScapeCast
*The 10th Wonder Podcast - NBC Heroes
*Galacticast

Best Gaming Podcast

*Pulp Gamer: Inside Track (winner)
*Pulp Gamer: Out of Character
*The Vintage Gamer
*Sons of Kryos
*Have Games, Will Travel

Best Graphic Literature Podcast

*Comics Radar (winner)
*Fanboy Radio Podcast - The Voice of Comics

Best Non-Speculative Fiction

*Number One with a Bullet (winner)
*
*Jack Wakes Up
*A Long Way Disney

Best Reality Podcast

*Tag in the Seam (winner)
*Skepticality: The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine
*Technorama
*Better Late Than Never
*PodCulture

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novel Form)

*The Immortals (winner)
*Scott Sigler Audio Novels: THE ROOKIE
*7th Son Podcast Novel Trilogy
*Shadow Falls drama?
*Singularity

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)

*The Arwen [http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-arwen/] (winner)
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*Heaven - Season One

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)

* (winner)
*Pseudopod 27: My Caroline
*Escape Pod 061: I Look Forward To Remembering You
*Escape Pod 103: The Watching People
*

Best Tech Podcast

*The Command Line (winner)
*Astronomy Cast
*Technorama
*Geek News Central
*Typical Mac User

Best Video Podcast

*Missing Pages (amended version) (winner)
*Stranger Things
*Galacticast
*Good Commitment
*Space Adventure (brainlog)

Best Video Production

*Missing Pages (amended version) (winner)
*Stranger Things
*Good Commitment
*Galacticast
*Space Adventure (brainlog)

Best Writing-related Podcast

*I Should Be Writing (winner)
*The NanoMonkeys
*DragonHearth
*The Secrets Podcast for Writers
*Whispers at the Edge

External links

* [http://www.parsecawards.com/ Parsec Awards Homepage]


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