The Awards Committee and Advisors of the Parsec Awards for excellence in speculative fiction podcasting are pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 awards. These awards were presented at Dragon*Con on September 1st, at the annual Parsec Awards Ceremony. This year the ceremony was hosted by Veronica Belmont and Scott Sigler featuring presenters from literature, media, music, and science. The Parsecs are a juried award with open nominations and two rounds of judging by volunteers in and around the podcasting community.

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster or Team
Winner: Toasted Cake
Finalists:

• Supervillain Corner
• Treknologic
• Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
• Tales to Terrify

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)
Winner: The Signal
Finalists:

• PodCulture: TARDIS Interruptus
• News from Pnakotus
• Beyond the Wall
• The ScapeCast

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)
Winner: The Incomparable
Finalists:

• Scifi Diner
• WhatTheCast?
• PodCulture: Equal Opportunity Geekness
• The Weekly Podioplex

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast
Winner: Supervillain Corner
Finalists:

• Dragon*ConTV
• comedy4cast
• Disasterpiece Theatre
• Geologic Podcast

Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast
Winner: Radio Free Hipster
Finalists:

• Renaissance Festival Podcast
• Gamewave Podcast
• The Real Congregation

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation
Winner: Writing Excuses
Finalists:

• The Dead Robots Society
• Pendragon Variety Podcast
• The Roundtable Podcast
• The Shared Desk

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast
Winner: MonsterTalk
Finalists:

• The Weird Show
• Astronomy Cast
• Law of the Geek
• 365 Days of Astronomy

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast
Winner: The Drabblecast
Finalists:

• Tales from the Archives, volume 1
• The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine
• Toasted Cake
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)
Winner: Keeg’s Quest: A Skyrim Adventure by Rich Matheson
Finalists:

• Maudelayne by Alexa Chapman
• Genesis Avalon by Pendent Productions
• Intensive Care by James Comtois (Aural Stage Studios & FinalRune Productions)
• The Cleansed by Fred Greenhalgh

Best Small Cast Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)
Winner: The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Precarious Child by Pip Ballantine
Finalists:

• The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: A Ruby in Rain by Grant Stone
• The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Darkest Before Darkwater by Tee Morris
• The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Night’s Plutonian Shore by Jack Mangan
• The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Sins of the Father by Tee Morris

Best Large Cast Speculative Fiction Story
Winner: The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: The Seven by P.C. Haring
Finalists:

• Guild of The Cowry Catchers, Book 3 : Ashes by Abigail Hilton
• Journey Into: Dream Engine by Tim Pratt
• The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine: The Ever Dreaming Verdict of Plagues by Jason
• Sanford
• The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: From Paris With Regret by Starla Huchton

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)
Winner: The Mask of Inanna by Alicia Goranson
Finalists:

• Star Trek: Outpost by Tony Raymond & Dan Mclintosh
• We’re Alive – A Story of Survival by K.C. Wayland
• Second Shift: Season 2 by Brandon Crose, John Tanzer & Myssi Cerebi, created by
• Andrea Shubert
• Decoder Ring Theatre by Gregg Taylor

Best Small Cast Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)
Winner: Underwood and Flinch: A Vampire Novel by Mike Bennett
Finalists:

• All Roads Lead to Blue Lake: Teacher of the Year by Marc Vale
• The Last Sorcerer by J.A. Areces
• Secret World Chronicles, Season 5: Waiting On by Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon,
• Dennis Lee, Cody Martin and Veronica Giguere
• Eternity by Casey S. Townsend

Recognition for Achievement in Youth Driven Speculative Fiction Podcasting
Olivia’s Advent Calendar
Aaron’s World