Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)

• Metamor City: Huntress
• Scott Sigler: error3 reconstruct :|::|:
• Scott Sigler: Red Man
• Scott Sigler: Kissyman
• Variant Frequencies: Delve

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novella Form)

• The Arwen, Season 2: Ulliam
• Beautiful Red
• Heaven - Season Four: Wasteland
• How to Succeed in Evil
• Scott Sigler: Passenger
• Scott Sigler: Snipe Hunt

Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)

There is a glitch in the "submissions" email address used in the award notification letters. In the meantime, use parsecawards@gmail.com for all questions regarding sample submission and for submitting audio samples.

We have received further feedback that some nomination letters were not received or were incomplete. Here is the draft of what you should have received-

Dear Parsec Award Nominee,

Congratulations! You have been nominated for Parsec Award for the shows and categories listed below. Your listeners think your hard work over the last year should be recognized and you now have the opportunity to shine.

As of yesterday (July 13th) letters to nominees were sent by email. If your submission page on the site does not have a notation regarding it being disqualified you should have received it. We've had one case so far, in which a nominee hadn't received notification. Therefore, if your submission page lacks any notes and you've not received a message regarding your nomination please contact us through the "Contact Us" above and we will get everything straightened out.

Within the next day or two nominees will be receiving messages informing them of the podcasts and categories for which they have been nominated. All nominated podcasts will receive this message, unless the podcast in question has been disqualified. Disqualifications are rare, but there are a few nominees whose podcasts do not fit within a category this year, and a few others which do not have sufficient and/or recent episodes to qualify. From the date that this email is sent, podcasters will have no less than two weeks to submit their samples for review.

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As the Parsec Awards enter their third year, we have found that a few updates and changes to the rules and the categories were necessary. The greatest change is to the categories to be awarded. This year we have tried to re-focus on those podcasts that relate to speculative fiction. A number of categories were therefore removed and two new categories were added.

The categories that were removed:
• Audio Production and Video Production- Audio and Video Production were removed because “production quality” is an essential element that we judge for all nominees, and was therefore found to be redundant.
• Non-speculative Fiction- Non-speculative Fiction was removed. As the name indicates, it did not fall within the realm of speculative fiction, and in refocusing on speculative fiction, it was obvious that this category simply did not fit.
• Anime, Graphic Literature, Reality and Tech- While many of us are fans of anime and comics, and most of us rely heavily on technology for both our work and leisure these categories do not necessarily incorporate speculative fiction. Likewise, Reality did not always incorporate speculative fiction. It was also a difficult category to define and we found it became a catchall for podcasts that failed to fit neatly within other categories.
New categories:
• Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast- Last year we found an increasing number of podcasts that offer short stories. We believe that not only those short stories but the podcasts that strive to deliver them should be recognized. These podcasts most resemble a magazine or anthology, and therefore the name of this new category.
• Speculative Fiction Comedy or Parody Podcast- From the chaos of the Reality category, we found a common thread. Those podcasts often presented the humorous side of geekdom and the Comedy or Parody category attempts to preserve these nominees.

Please visit the Awards Page and Category Definitions for complete details on the current rules and categories.

Nominations for the 2008 Parsec Awards, to be held again at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, are now open! Please submit your favorite Speculative Function podcasts now!