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 winners of the 2009 Parsec Awards:

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form / Novel)
FETIDUS
The Foundation for the Ethical Treatment of the Innocently Damned, Undead and Supernatural
by James Durham

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)
“Eusocial Networking” by Scott Sigler

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)
“Under The Bed by Michael Natale”: Variant Frequencies

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)
The Radio Adventures of Doctor Floyd

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)
Metamor City: Making the Cut

Best Speculative Fiction Infotainment Podcast
The 365 Days of Astronomy, the daily podcast of the International Year of Astronomy 2009

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast
Bell’s in the Batfry

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast
Pseudopod

Best Anime Podcast
Anime World Order

Best Speculative Fiction Fan Podcast
The ScapeCast

Best Speculative Fiction Video Podcast
Stranger Things

Best Gaming Podcast
Brilliant Gameologists

Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast
The FuMP

Best writing related Podcast
Writing Excuses

Best Speculative Fiction News Podcast
(Cool) Shite on the Tube

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team
FETIDUS
The Foundation for the Ethical Treatment of the Innocently Damned, Undead and Supernatural