The Parsec Awards honor SF and fantasy within the new frontiers of Portable Media. Podcast shows are nominated by fans, and finalists are chosen by a yearly steering committee. Those finalists are then voted on by an independent panel of judges.

Awards are given in several categories ranging from content to audio quality and presented at Dragon*Con, hosted by the Podcast track.

The Dragon*Con Independent Short Film Festival awards ceremony took place on Monday, September 7st. Clips were shown from each of three finalists in 14 categories (Animated Comedy, Animated Fantasy, Animated Science Fiction, Animated Short-Short, Action, Comedy, Dark Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Horror, Horror Comedy, Magic Realism, Science Fiction, Thrillers.

Best Animated Short was chosen from the 1st place winners in the four animated categories. Best Short Film was chosen from the 1st place winners …

Best Overall Costume
Chris Lee as “Apparition Abolishers”

Best Journeyman Costume
Harrison Krix, Mandie Reese, and Emily Keith as “Bioshock’s Big Daddy and Little Sister with Splicer”

Best Novice Costume
April Hall and Erin Johnson as “Undead Saloon Dancers”

Best Master Costume
Brian Burke as “The Dragon Rider”

Best Animation Costume
Alan and Jo Gratz as “Samurai Jack and Aku”

Children

Honorable Mention Child
Alex Clark  (#4)
Annie Ayers (#15)
Maggie Ainsworth Darnell (#20)
Holly Padgett (#24)
Nina Emick (#67)
Genevieve Dislets (#71)
Wendi Gratz & Jo Gratz (#221)
Michael John (#226)
Leon Rimondi (#227)
Ashleigh Murphy & Spy (#229)
Corbin Duncan (#233)
Taylor Kiss (#300)
Dean Washington (#315)
Mckenzie Chappell (#335)
Joshua Boscher (#406)
K.D. Boscher (#408)
Lawson Wellborn (#457)
Connor Welborn (#460)

And the winner is…Warrior Ariam (Lucy Maria Boydston), of Hixson, TN.  [The Daily Dragon staff appreciates very much the subtle reminder received from Miss Klingon Empire 2008, Nej Vestai Le'nIvnav (Sonya Desilets), that the winner is really what the contest is all about.  Torture by 'oy'naQ painstick will not be necessary.]  The Daily Dragon staff cowered behind red-shirts hired for added protection while Warrior Ariam …

Tad Beaty and Skip Faulkner shared a victory after over four hours of grueling play. Congratulations to Tad and Skip!

Best Youth Design
Genna Desilets & Tara Tucker
“MewMews: Ichigo & Minto”

Best Novice Design
Amanda Ayer
“Garthim”

Best Journeyman Design
Ruth Suehle
“Red Queen”

In 1998, Dragon*Con established the Julie Award presented annually in tribute to the legendary Julie Schwartz. The Julie Award is bestowed for universal achievement spanning multiple genres, selected each year for our esteemed panel of industry professionals.

First Place

#57: Carlye Carroll

Second Place

#58: Regina Smith

Third Place

#63: Yaya Han

Special Awards

Jeff Carlisle                         Best Alien                               “Alien Painting”
Paul Vincenti                     Best Amazon                         “Athena”
Bill Weiger                          Best Dragon                           “You have her attention”
Peter Mohrbacher          Best Horror                            “Uriel”
Stephanie Law                  Best Fairy                                “Page of Wands”
Roy Mauritsen                 Best Spacescene                    “Taking the Space”
Lindsay Archer               Best Warrior                            “Thane’s Broken Dream”
Mark Helwig                     Most Humorous                     “Evilution”

Artist Choice Award

Tom Fleming                     Artist Choice                           “Reverie”

Charity Pigs

Tiffany Crosby  3rd Place Charity Pig    “USS Penny Bottom of the Royal Piggy Air Fleet”
Brenda Lyons    2nd Place Charity Pig   “I wanna be a …