Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)
Brief Description: Short stories containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror
• “The Astonishing Amulet of Amenartas” by Nathan Lowell (from Tales from the Archives)
• “Loyalty” written by Renee Jordan; edited and performed by Arioch Morningstar (from Tuesday Terror)
• “Neighbors” by Eddy Jones, read by Arioch Morningstar (from Tuesday Terror)
• “Saying the Names” by Maggie Clark (from Lightspeed Magazine)
• “The Taste of Starlight” by John R. Fultz (from Lightspeed Magazine)

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)
Brief Description: Intermediate length stories containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror
• Act of Will by M. Darusha Wehm
• FRANK – Vol.01: Boiling Point by Neil Colquhoun
• The Hidden Institute by Brand Gamblin
• Kissyman & the Gentleman by Scott Sigler
• Marco and the Red Granny by Mur Lafferty

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)
Brief Description: Novel-length stories containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror
• Ancestor (2010 edit) by Scott Sigler
• Owner’s Share by Nathan Lowell
• The Prince of Hazel and Oak by John Lenahan
• Secret World Chronicle by Veronica Giguere
• Valhai by Gillian Andrews

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)
Brief Description: Short audio presentations containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror
• BrokenSea Doctor Who by Paul Mannering, Mark Kalita, & Stevie K. Farnaby
• The Dixie Stenberg and Brassy Battalion Adventure Theater by Pendant Productions
• “A Place So Foreign” by Cory Doctorow (from Dunesteef)
• The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd by Grant Baciocco & Doug Price
• “This Must Be The Place” by Elliot Bangs (from Dunesteef)

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)
Brief Description: Long audio presentations containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror
• The Account by Cayenne Chris Conroy (Teknikal Diffikulties)
• Decoder Ring Theatre by Gregg Taylor
• The GearHeart by Alex White
• HG World by Jay Smith (3015 North Studios)
• We’re Alive by Kc Wayland & Shane Salk (Modern Myth Productions)

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story
Brief Description: Video podcasts tell a speculative fiction story
• Grant’s Advent Calendar Video Podcast

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast
Brief Description: Podcasts that regularly present short stories from different authors containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror
• Dark Fiction Magazine
• Drabblecast
• The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine
• Escape Pod
• Flash Pulp

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team
Brief Description: This person or team is new to podcasting in the past Parsec eligibility year, becoming a significant voice that has contributed to the community as a whole.
• The Ballad of Iron Percy
• Cobalt City Adventures Unlimited
• The Doctor Who Podcast
• Redline Theatre
• Tuesday Terror

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)
Brief Description: News and commentary podcasts created by and for the fans of a given type of literary or entertainment work or series of works that have elements of speculative fiction (e.g. podcasts focused on H. P. Lovecraft, Buffy The Vampire Slayer or the World of Time).
• The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast
• Pendant Backstage
• PodCulture: TARDIS Interruptus
• This Week in Pendant
• Tuning in to SciFi TV

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)
Brief Description: News and commentary podcasts created by and for the fans of speculative fiction. (e.g. Anime, Gaming, General Spec Fic)
• Geek Out With Mainframe
• PodCulture
• Scifi Diner
• StarShipSofa
• WhatTheCast

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation
Brief Description: Podcasts about the creative process and/or the technical aspects of speculative fiction podcast creation.
• Adventures in Scifi Publishing
• Fullcast Podcast
• Get Published
• I Should Be Writing
• Podcast Teardown

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast
Brief Description: Podcasts that explore the facts that influence the fictions – the science, history, culture, and mythology that inspire these stories.
• Astronomy Cast
• Planetary Radio
• Skepticality
• The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe
• Skeptoid

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast
Brief Description: Whether they make fun of bad movies or or poke fun at our own geekdom, these podcasts keep us laughing.
• comedy4cast
• Dragon*ConTV
• Geologic Podcast
• Requiem of the Outcast
• Technorama

Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast
Brief Description: Podcasts discussing and sampling music about, set in, inspired by or spoofing speculative fiction. (e.g. Filk, Rock, RenFair, Rap, Techno)
• The Funny Music Podcast
• The GeekSpin
• Radio Free Hipster
• Renaissance Festival Podcast

Best Youth Driven Speculative Fiction Podcast (Trial Category for 2011)
Brief Description: Podcasts produced and performed by youth
• Aaron’s World
• Princess Scientist’s Book Club

The 2011 Parsec Awards ceremony will be held on September 3rd at DragonCon.

or download the episode.

INTERVIEWS

Guardians

by A. S. Frye

Bio: I’m 63 years old. I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I have worked on this book off and on for about 20 years.  

Website: www.ufotale.com
Email: asfrye1@gmail.com

The Secrets of the Italian Language 2 – I Segreti della Lingua Italiana per Stranieri 2

Antonio Libertino is a very widely experienced teacher who has also learned English and German. In fact he loves language and cultures, both Italian and foreign, and for this reason he took the prestigious Ditals certificate. Now, he teaches Italian to foreigners and runs his bed and breakfast near Tropea, his beloved home town.

He can be reached at:
Websites: http://www.speakitalianmagically.com or http://www.italianoinitalia.com
Email: info@italianoinitalia.com

NEWS & CONTESTS

Television Show for Personal Effects:Dark Art

Podioracket sends big congratulation to Jordan Weissman and J.C. Hutchins. Personal Effects:Dark Art just may be a new television series. The project is said to be in pre-production. We hope to see it soon. Congrats Jordan and J.C.

Horror Contests

Wicked Women Writers and Masters of Macabre contests have been announced. Join in creating some horror-ful podcast entries. They will air on horroraddicts.net and be voted on by listeners.

Wicked Women Writers link: http://wickedwomenwriters.wordpress.com/ (Update: 17 authors are in this competition. We will keep let our listeners know when the voting begins.)

Masters of Macabre link: http://mastersofmacabre.wordpress.com/ (Update: Taking entrants until April 10th, 2011)

Podioracket Presents-Glimpses is Open for Submissions

Glimpses (Volume Two of Podioracket Presents) is OPEN for submissions. We are accepting submissions from Podiobooks.com authors who wish to have a short story that takes place in (one of) their book’s world included in the Podioracket Presents-Glimpses anthology. Submit text to prp@podioracket.com. See our PRP Submission Guide for information on how to submit. Submission period ends Monday April 4, 2010.

Contest

Basil Sands give away ends March 31st 2011. Buy 65 Below and/or Faithful Warrior and be entered to win a new Kindle WiFi reader! There are lots of ways to win go to his website www.Basilsands.com.

Affilate Offer

Wizzard Media / Libsyn has an offer open for the first 6 months of 2011, if you are interested in working with them to help bring your advertisers to other podcasts please contact feedback@libsyn.com for all the details of this special offer.

NEW & COMPLETE RELEASES

New Release

Hey man, I’ve heard you sold your dreamsby Benjamin G. Dubel Poetry
Coming Together: Out Loud, Volume 1by Nobilis Reed Erotica ADULT: Adult oriented themes, language and situations. Content not suitable for minors.

Now Complete

Wiener Blutby Katharina Maimer Fantasy
The Guild of the Cowry Catchers, Book 2 Flames by Abigail Hilton Fantasy
The Sins of the Fathersby William Tennant Fiction

The Secret World Chronicle, Book Four: World Divided by Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee, and Cody Martin, with Larry Dixon and Veronica Giguere Science Fiction
Eugenics and Other Evils by Gilbert Keith Chesterton Essays

PRP-Visionaries

Teel McClanahan’s story, Last Christmas, follows Santa Claus as he prepares for and makes deliveries on a dark, post-apocalyptic Christmas Eve. At first Santa doesn’t know precisely what has been going on all year, but slowly the pieces begin to come together to form a picture of what remains of the world. Listen to the end to find out whether a little Christmas magic will be enough to bring holiday cheer to a world on its last legs.

If you haven’t heard it already, check out the short story anthology Podioracket Presents-Visionaries on Podiobooks.com.

The Secret World Chronicle team on Blog Talk Radio LIVE

The Secret World Chronicle authors Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee and the voice talent of Veronica Giguere join Blog Talk Radio-Podioracket on April 8, at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern. Set a reminder.

Currently The Secret World Chronicle has 3 books on Podiobooks.com. Let’s find out how they collaborate to produce:

The Secret World Chronicle, Book One: Invasion

The Secret World Chronicle, Book Two: The Hunt

The Secret World Chronicle, Book Three: World Well Lost

Email: info@secretworldchronicle.com.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2361960740

Website: http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/

or download Episode 25.

Interviews

Mercedes Lackey & Veronica Giguere

The Secret World Chronicle, Book One: Invasion

The Secret World Chronicle, Book Two: The Hunt 

The Secret World Chronicle, Book Three: World Well Lost

by Mercedes Lackey and Steve Libbey Performed by Veronica Giguere

Email: info@secretworldchronicle.com. 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2361960740

Website: http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/ 

 Jeff Offringa & PJ Vanderkooij

A Dance With Demons by Jeff Offringa

Performed and produced by PJ Vanderkooij.

Website: http://www.aromathus.com/

Blog: http://aromathus.wordpress.com/

News

Seth Harwood is being published again. Young Junius has been picked up by Tyrus books. Join the prelaunch party on Blog Talk Radio-Podioracket May 5th at 6pm PST.

J.P Moore’s zombie novel Toothless has been picked by Dragon Moon Press. Congratulations J.P! 

Diana Orgain’s, the author of Bundle of Trouble, releases her second book in print on Amazon on March 2nd remember to get your copy of Motherhood is Murder. 

Podioracket Presents- Visionaries

Ron Vitale and E.G. Talbot are the latest authors to contribute to Podioracket Presents-Visionaries. They join J.C. Hutchins, Brian Holtz, Patrick McLean, Paul E. Cooley, and Seth Harwood as contibutors to this anthology of Podiobooks.com authors. 

In the sci-fi story Toynbee’s Gate, the first of the Jovian Gate Chronicles, Ron Vitale asks ‘What happens when humans cross paths with intelligent aliens that claim to be prophets from God?’ Get more sci-fi from Ron Vitale in The Jovian Gate Chronicles.

E.G. Talbot’s short story, “In the Details” is an irreverent and humorous look at how heaven isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.  

New Release

Closet Treats by Paul Elard Cooley Horror/Dark Fantasy

Deadly Codes by JP O’Donnell Mystery

Completed works

Wrath of the White Tigress by David Alastair Hayden Fantasy

Quilt, Book and Bard by Bryna Chalmer Fantasy

Released Complete

Heart Of Diamonds by Dave Donelson Thriller