The shortlist for the 2015 Parsec Awards has been released. The award is given for excellence in science fiction podcasting. The winners will be announced at Dragon Con.

So far as I can tell, none of the Hugo nominated fancasts made the Parsec Award shortlist.

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form)

• “The Greater Good,” by Edwin Crowe
• “A Story to Scare My Son,” by R. D. Ovenfriend
• “Madness Above the Clouds,” by Michael Marks
• “Shimmer,” by Amanda Davis
• “Singing with All my Skin and Bone,” by Sunny Moraine

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Long Form)

• The Secret World Chronicles
• The Black
• “Eater of Bone,” by Robert Reed
• Bear Spirit
• The Ghost Train of New Orleans

Best Speculative Fiction Story: Large Cast (Short Form)

• “Last Contact,” by Rish Outfield and Bigg Anklevich
• “Monster!” by V. C. Morrison
• “Super-Baby-Moms Group Saves the Day,” by Tina Connolly
• “The Screwfly Solution,” by James Tiptree, Jr.
• “Red Legacy,” by Eneasz Brodski
• “Say UNcle,” by Rish Outfield

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Short Form)

• “The Philadelphia Xperiment,” by John Ballentine
• “Ghosts of Flannan Lighthouse,” by John Ballentine
• “A Prophet’s Guide,” by Matthew J. Boudreau
• “Space Casey Season 2,” by Christiana Ellis
• “Aaron’s World,” by Mike Meraz and Aaron Meraz
• “Alba Salix, Royal Physician,” by Eli McIlveen

Best Speculative Fiction Audio Drama (Long Form)

• The Once and Future Nerd
• Star Trek: Outpost
• Balancing Act, by Mike Murphy
• The Sinister Secret of StarNasty, or, A Mike in the Mechanics, by Michael McQuilkin and Richard Wentworth
• Transference, by Sydney Leigh

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

Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast

• Cast of Wonders
• Pseudopod
• Seminar: An Original Anthology Show
• The Uncanny Podcast
• The NoSleep Podcast

Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team

• PleasureTown
• Audtio Drama Production Podcast
• Women at Warp – A Star Trek Podcast
• Lost in Williamsburg
• The Ultimate Nerd-ament with Stanley and JAX

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 Fan or News Podcast (General)

• The Incomperable
• Anomaly Podcast
• The 602 Club
• The Scifi Diner Podcast
• Geek Radio Daily

Best Podcast about Speculative Fiction Content Creation

• Literary Treks
• Axanar: The Official Podcast
• Continuing Mission
• The Journeyman Writer
• The Roundtable Podcast

Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast

• Blurry Photos
• Faculty of Horror
• Weird Things
• Hubblecast
• Universe Today’s Guide to Space

Best Speculative Fiction Comedy/Parody Podcast

• Blastropodcast
• Comedy4Cast
• [1] New Message
• Rude Alchemy
• I Remembered It…Better

[Via SF Site News.]