Awards: 2010 Parsec Finalists

Finalists for the 2010 Parsec Awards, which honor speculative fiction podcasters, have been announced.

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)

• Clarkesworld Magazine - "The Things" by Peter Watts
• Podcastle - "Restless in my Hand by Tim Pratt
• Tales of the Children - "Swimming Lessons" by Gabrielle Harbowy
• "The Tank" by Scott Sigler
• Dunesteef Fiction Magazine - "A Princess Of Earth" by Mike Resnick

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)

• Tattoo by Paul Elard Cooley
• 7th Son: 7 Days by J.C. Hutchins
• Heaven - Season Five: War by Mur Lafferty
• Personal Effects: Sword of Blood by J.C. Hutchins 
• Title Fight by Scott Sigler & Matt Wallace

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)

• 7th Son: Descent (2009 production) by J.C. Hutchins
• Captain's Share by Nathan Lowell 
• Infected by Scott Sigler
• Underwood and Flinch by Mike Bennett
• Secret World Chronicle by Mercedes Lackey, Dennis Lee, Steve Libbey, and Cody Martin, with the reading done by Veronica Giguere

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

• The Metamor City Podcast - "Whispers in the Wood" by Chris Lester
• In The Gloaming by Nathaniel Tapley
• Batman: The Ace of Detectives by Pendant Productions
• Sea of Stars: A Voyage of the Space Cruiser Argo by Devin Cox
• The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd by Grant Baciocco & Doug Price

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

• Star Trek: Outpost by Daniel McIntosh & Tony Raymond
• Twilight Theatre - "Sides" by Mike Murphy
• We're Alive by KC Wayland, Shane Salk, & Greyson Stone
• The Byron Chronicles by Eric Busby
• Decoder Ring Theatre by Gregg Taylor

Best Speculative Fiction Video Story

• Calls for Cthulhuby Brand Gamblin
• GOLD: Season 1 by David Nett & Andrew Deutsch
• Grant's Advent Calendar by Grant Baciocco
• The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd by Grant Baciocco & Doug Price

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

• The Drabblecast edited by Norm Sherman
• Erotica à la Carte edited by P. J. Ballantine
• The Crypt edited by Scott Sigler
• Escape Pod edited by Mur Lafferty
• Variant Frequencies edited by Rick Stringer

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

• Brass Needles hosted by Miss Kalendar
• The Dreamer's Thread by Starla Huchton
• The Gearheart by Alexander White
• In The Gloaming by Nathaniel Tapley
• ShadowCast Audio Anthology by Jason Warden

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (Specific)

• The ScapeCast featuring Brent Barrett, Chris Polansky, Hank Shiffman, Kevin Bachelder, Kimberly Thompson, Lindy Rae, Michael Falkner, Sammy Mohr, & Wendy Hembrock
• The Signal featuring Kari Haley, Kevin Bachelder, Kara Helgren, Les Howard, Jutta Jordans, Dave Tomasic, Andy King, Nick Edwards, Miranda Thomas, Helen Eaton, Anna Snyder, James Parkinson, & Jill Arroway
• The Babylon Podcast featuring Tim Callender, Summer Brooks, & Jeffrey Willerth
• The ForceCast featuring Jason Swank & Jimmy "Mac" McInerney
• The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast featuring Chris Lackey & Chad Fifer

Best Speculative Fiction Fan or News Podcast (General)

• Television Zombies featuring Tina, Chris, Jeff, & Chuck
• PodCulture featuring Brad, Glenn, Christina, & Adam
• Galactic Watercooler featuring Audra, Chuck, & Sean
• Geek Radio Daily featuring Billy Flynn, The Flynstress, & The Bruce
• WhatTheCast featuring Brian, Stephen, Crispy, & Patrick

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

• The Dead Robots' Society featuring Justin Macumber, Ryan Stevenson, Terry Mixon, & P.G. Holyfield
• Writing Excuses featuring Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Eric James Stone, Howard Tayler, & Stacy Whitman
• The Henson.com Podcast featuring The Jim Henson Company, Grant Baciocco, Producer
• I Should Be Writing featuring Mur Lafferty
• Unleashed featuring James Melzer

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

• The 365 Days of Astronomy featuring the Astrosphere New Media Association
• The Command Line Podcast featuring Thomas Gideon
• Skepticality featuring Derek Colanduno & Robynn "Swoopy" McCarthy
• The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe featuring Steven Novella, Robert Novella, Rebecca Watson, Evan Bernstein, Jay Novella, & Perry DeAngelis
• Skeptoid featuring Brian Dunning

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

• Dragon*ConTV featuring Brian Richardson & crew
• Bell's In The Batfry featuring John Bell 
• Teknikal Diffikulties featuring Cayenne Chris Conroy
• Comedy4Cast featuring Clinton Alvord
• Frequency of Fear featuring Zombie Astronaut

Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast

• The FuMP featuring Devo Spice, Possible Oscar, Raymond and Scum, Rob Balder, Robert Lund and Spaff.com, the great Luke Ski, Tom Smith, & Worm Quartet
• Radio Free Hipster featuring Z.
• Wander Radio featuring Jack Hosley
• Wandering Geek Podcast featuring Curt Ardent & Scott Langsten