Founded in 2006, The Parsec Awards celebrate speculative fiction podcasting. Podcast shows are nominated by fans, finalists chosen by a yearly steering committee, and finalists voted on by an independent panel of judges from outside of podcasting. The 2015 Parsec Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, September 6, at 5:30PM in Regency V (Hyatt).

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)
The Once and Future Nerd
Star Trek: Outpost
“Balancing Act” by Mike Murphy, Strange Stories
“The Sinister Secret of StarNasty” OR “A Mike in the Mechanics” by Michael McQuilkin and Richard Wentworth, Hadron Gospel Hour
Edict Zero—FIS, Season 3
Wolf 359

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)
“The Philadelphia Xperiment” by John Ballentine, Campfire Radio Theater
“Ghosts of Flannan Lighthouse” by John Ballentine, Campfire Radio Theater
A Prophets Guide by Matthew J Boudreau
Space Casey Season 2 by Christiana Ellis
Aaron’s World by Mike Meraz (parent) and Aaron Meraz (child)
Alba Salix, Royal Physician by Eli McIlveen

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation
Literary Treks
Axanar: The Official Podcast
Continuing Mission
The Journeyman Writer
The Roundtable Podcast

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast
Blastropodcast
Comedy4cast
[1] New Message
Rude Alchemy
I Remembered It…Better

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast
Blurry Photos
Faculty of Horror
Weird Things
Hubblecast
Universe Today’s Guide to Space

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)
The Incomparable
Anomaly Podcast
The 602 Club
The Scifi Diner Podcast
Geek Radio Daily

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)
The Ready Room
Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast
Arrow Squad
Dusted: A Buffy Podcast
Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men
The Scot and the Sassenach

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form)
“Last Contact” by Rish Outfield and Bigg Anklevich, The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine
“Monster!” by V. C. Morrison, Seminar
“Super-Baby-Moms Group Saves the Day” by Tina Connolly, Podcastle
“The Screwfly Solution” by James Tiptree, Jr., PseudoPod
“Red Legacy” by Eneasz Brodski, Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality
“Say Uncle” by Rish Outfield, The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast
Cast of Wonders
PseudoPod
Seminar
The Uncanny Magazine Podcast
The NoSleep Podcast

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team
PleasureTown
Audio Drama Production Podcast
Women at Warp—A Star Trek Podcast
Lost in Williamsburg
The Ultimate Nerd-ament with Stanley & JAX

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form)
The Secret World Chronicles
The Black
“Eater of Bone” by Robert Reed, Escape Pod
Bear Spirit
The Ghost Train to New Orleans

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form)
“A Story to Scare My Son” by R.D. Ovenfriend, The NoSleep Podcast
“O’Malley’s Media Storm” by V.C. Morrison, Seminar
SKALD by Aubrey Sitterson
“The Mummer Man” by Stan Studdens; Peter Joseph Lewis, narrator, The NoSleep Podcast
“No Sweeter Art” by Tony Pi, Beneath Ceaseless Skies

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story
Mario Warfare
Princess Scientist’s Advent Calendar
The Ultimate Nerd-ament with Stanley & JAX
Grant’s Advent Calendar Video Podcast