Mark Time/Ogle Winners 2008

It's always a pleasure listening to all the great audio drama submissions... here are this year's winners!

Here are the winners of this year’s Mark Time Awards for Science Fiction Audio and the Ogle Awards for Fantasy/Horror Audio Productions. They will officially be presented on Thursday, July 2 at Convergence 2009 in Bloomington, MN.
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MARK TIME AWARDS

GOLD

The Outpost
Written & Produced by Julie Hoverson
19 Nocturne Boulevard

SILVER

The Return of the Bogman Mummy
Written & Produced by Roger Gregg
Gaiety School of Acting, Dublin, Ireland

OGLE AWARDS

GOLD

Waiting For a Window
Written by Fred Greenhalgh
Finalrune Productions

SILVER

The Halloween Tree
(based on the novel by Ray Bradbury)
Produced by Chris Snyder
Exec. Producer: Mark Vanderberg
Colonial Radio Theatre

[Thanks Jerry!]

The Mark Time/Ogle Awards Approaches Again!

Time flies when you're.. well... living! Email received for this year's Mark Time Awards!

Producers:

The deadline for entering the Mark Time Awards and Ogle Awards competition is approaching: March 1, 2009 is the date for a postmark.

The Mark Time Awards are given each year for the best Science Fiction audio theater production of the year, and the Ogle Awards are for the best Fantasy and Horror audio theater production of the year. This will be the 12th Annual awards, announced at Convergence 2009, July 2 in Bloomington, MN.

Named for the character created by the Firesign Theatre, the awards are a celebration of the most popular genres in audio theater these days. The Ogle awards are named after Charles Ogle, who played the creation of Baron von Frankenstein in Thomas Edison's 1910 silent film of that name. The winners will receive a plaque, a t-shirt, a letter from David Ossman (Mark Time himself) and the right to shamelessly promote their work holding the award out in front.

Convergence, an annual convention sponsored by MISFITS, the Minnesota Society for Interest in Science Fiction and Fantasy, is pleased to host the awards ceremony, and MISFITS is honored to be a supporter. Winners are invited to attend the convention to accept the award in person as part of the Opening Ceremonies. The convention also hosts a venue for playback of winners for convention attendees.

Five judges will listen, rank the entries, and come to a concensus of the winners by Mid-May. Recent judges have included Philip Proctor (of the Firesign Theatre), Tom Lopez (of ZBS) and Dani Cutler (of SFFaudio and the Society of Audio Addicts). Judging is based on the quality of the writing, performance, sound production, and originality of the whole package. Remember, this is SF & F we're dealing with, so originality counts. Recreations and adaptations are considered, and judged both on the above criteria and considering the original source material. Audiobooks are NOT what we are looking for, but full cast audio theater.

To enter, go to the Mark Time website, http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/MarkTime/MarkTime.html, and print out the online form. Send the form, a $25 entry fee, and FIVE copies of your entry (usually an audio or MP3 CD these days) to the address listed there. Postmark must be on or before March 1, 2009. Past winners, and the Mark Time SF Audio Hall of Fame are there as well.

Don't miss the deadline. Enter now.


Jerry Stearns
Coordinator: Mark Time Awards
http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/MarkTime/MarkTime.html

Podcast Award Nominees Chosen

Voting for the 4th annual Podcast Awards is underway, and I have to admit it's quite an eclectic mix of podcasters this year! I'm happy to see several of my friends in the nominations:

Buffy Between The Lines
Comedy 4 Cast
Grammar Girl
Extra Points
...and many others!

Somehow even my little political podcast made it through the nomination process! Head over to the site and check out all the categories and nominees!

Voting goes through November 6th, and you can vote once a day, every day until then!

~Dani

Mark Time/ Ogle Winners!

Yay I can finally spill the beans! (Who said I couldn't keep a secret?) Congratulations to winners of this year's Mark Time Award for Science Fiction Audio, and Ogle Award for Fantasy/Horror Audio productions!

The Mark Time Awards are sponsored by MISFITS, and will be presented at
Convergence on July 3, 2008 in Bloomington, MN.
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MARK TIME AWARDS

GOLD
Space Casey
Written & Produced by Christiana Ellis
www.spacecasey.com

SILVER
Androids and You
By Bill Stuart
Adapted & Produced by
David Hinde Chapman
Rattenfanger Radio
members.shaw.ca/ratten

HONORABLE MENTION
Mission Control
By Cynthia McGean
Produced by Sam A. Mowry
Willamette Radio Workshop
www.radiowork.com

OGLE AWARDS

GOLD
The Stuff of Myth
Produced/Written by Roger Gregg
Crazy Dog Audio Theatre
www.crazydogaudiotheatre.com

SILVER
The Dead Girl
Written & Directed by Kyle Hatley
Produced by Robert Arnold
Chatterbox Audio Theater
www.chatterboxtheater.org

and

Something Wicked This Way Comes
Produced by Chris Snyder, Mark Vanderberg, Jerry Robbins
Colonial Radio Theatre
Written by Ray Bradbury
www.colonialradio.com

HONORABLE MENTION
Afterhell, Volume 3: Bloodbath at the Giallo Hotel
Ollin Productions
Produced by Joseph Medina
and Jamie Lawson
www.afterhell.com

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Mark Time Awards - http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/MarkTime/MarkTime.html
MISFITS - http://www.misfit.org/
Convergence - http://www.convergence-con.org/

Congrats to everyone, and thanks everyone who sent in entries. You gave me some awesome audio cinema to listen to!

~Dani

Parsec Award Nominations Now Open

Times flies when you're podcasting! It's that time of year again, the 3rd annual Parsec Award nominations are now open.

Oh... all right. They've been open since FEBRUARY. That makes me as big of a loser as this guy. ;-)

A couple of great promos though- spread 'em far and wide! (that's what she said.)

*Scott Sigler/JC Hutchins (totally not safe in any way.)
http://parsecawards.com/node/430

*The more, um, appropriate one!
http://parsecawards.com/node/392


It's always great to browse around the submissions, I always seem to find one or two or ten new things I want to check out!

~Dani

New Award For Audio Cinema Excellence

If you are a listener of The Sonic Society, you know they bring a wide range of audio cinema to your ears each week. They have now jumped on the award wagon and are holding nominations for the best of the season, called (what else?) The Unis!

So very much to choose from! Here are the rules:

-review the list they provide at the link of all the audio cinema they've podcast this season.
-under the list you make your nominations (you can choose three)
-click submit!

It's so easy, a Unicorn can do it! Nominations close May 20th, so head over and choose what you think are the best shows SS has put out this season!

Broken Sea Audio Fans, Grab Your Icepick!

Time flies when you're making audio drama! Broken Sea Audio productions has just passed their one-year anniversary! Rather than celebrating with dinner, roses, and candlelight, they have created The Ice Pick Awards.

Click the subject link above and head over to vote for your favorite Broken Sea production, as well as voice actors, and other awesomeness that this group has brought us the last year.

If you've never heard a production from Broken Sea before, well, no time like the present! Voting is open until the end of March, so there is plenty of time to listen AND vote!

Congratulations to everyone at Broken Sea for a wonderful year! Keep bringing us addicts the awesome audio cinema!

It's that time again- Mark Time/Ogle Awards '08!

UPDATE!!! The deadline to get entries in has been extended to Tuesday, March 4th for the postmark deadline!

Producers:
If you have been worried that you wouldn't be able to make the deadline
for entry in the Mark Time Awards for science fiction audio theater, or Ogle
Awards for fantasy audio, here's the latest from David Ossman - Mark Time
himself.
"It's been a hard month. Plenty of weather and everybody has the
damn flu. And the deadline [March 1] comes on a weekend. Let's give 'em all
till Tuesday, the 4th for the postmark deadline."

Just bumping this back to the top so no one forgets to get their entries mailed!

I also found out that if you have a fan audio drama (you know, something like a Dr. Who or Batman audio drama), you can enter those too! So what are you waiting for! Mail those entries IN!

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Attention all audio cinema writers/producers/etc.! It is time to look over all the great work you've done over the past year, and submit your entries for this year's Mark Time/Ogle Awards!
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The deadline for entry in the annual Mark Time Awards / Ogle Awards for science fiction and fantasy audio theater is coming up on March 1, 2008.

The Mark Time/Ogle Awards are the only awards given solely for audio
theater. This is their 12th year, and the entries are getting better
every year.So, if you've produced science fiction or fantasy audio theater that
you're proud of in 2007, make it a point to enter.

You will find an entry form at:
http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/MarkTime/MT_Form.html.

Just fill it out, add a $25 entry fee, and send it in with 5 copies
of your entry.
You can find out more at
http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/MarkTime/MarkTime.html,
including past winners, the Mark Time SF Audio Hall of Fame, and
judging criteria.

The postmark deadline is March 1. The judges will notify winners by
Mid-May. The awards will be presented at CONvergence, July 3, 2008. Winners will be given
registration to the convention, a plaque and a t-shirt. It's a real treat to meet with other producers and spend a weekend talking shop, in the company of others who love science fiction. We will perform a new original radio show at the beginning of the convention. And during the long weekend there will be time for an audio panel, and an autographing party, so bring your products with you.

Podcast Peer Award Final Voting Thru March 15

The next round of the Podcast Peer Awards has finished the nomination process, and is in the final voting stages! Many great podcasters are up for the award this time around, in many eclectic categories! A few of the categories are:

*Technology
*Parenting
*"Old School"
*Couplecast
*Fan Cast
*Audio Drama
*Exceptional Podcaster

To join in the fun, you must first off be a podcaster, been podcasting at least three months, and have 6 shows under your belt. Then you need to join the forum, and become validated. Get all the details right here:

http://www.podcastpeers.org/podcasters.html

If you are all ready registered- head over and see the finalists and vote today! Voting ends March 15th! There are some very good shows/podcasters in the running, it made it very difficult to vote on a couple of them! I've also noticed the amount of votes has increased considerably from the last round- this is a wonderful thing! As a past recipient of a Podcast Peer, I have to say it's a great feeling to be acknowledged by your peers for all the hard work we put into our shows.

2007 Parsec Award Winners

Great group of shows- great award! I heard Dragon*Con was awesome, as it usually is. :-)
So.... go and check out the winners!

Best Speculative Fiction Story Short Form: No World for Warriors

Best Speculative Fiction Novella Form: The Arwen

Best Speculative Fiction Novel Form: The Immortals

Best Audio Drama (Short Form): Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd

Best Audio Drama (Long Form): Prometheus Radio Theatre

Best Audio Production: The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd

Best Video Production: Missing Pages

Best Video: Missing Pages

Best Non-Speculative Fiction: Number One with a Bullet

Best Fan Podcast: The Signal

Best Speculative Fiction News: Skepticality

Best Anime: Geek Nights Anime

Best Gaming: Pulp Gamer - Inside Track

Best Graphic Literature Podcast: Comics Radar

Best Infotainment Cast: Pulp Gamer - Out of Character

Best Reality Podcast: Tag in the Seam

Best Tech Podcast: Command Line

Best Writing Related Podcast: I Should Be Writing

2007 Podcast Award Nominations Open

Another "it's that time of year again" post- the Podcast Award nominations open today. These are the awards given out at the yearly Podcast and New Media Expo.

They are only accepting one show nomination per category per person- so choose wisely!

UPDATE: The voting has ended and the nominees have been chosen! I'm actually quite please this year. Last year I hardly recognized any shows. This could mean two things: either I've expanded my podcast-listening, or so have others! Hey- maybe both! I was very happy to see Comedy4Cast, Bucket and Escape Pod receive nominations. AND, once again those awesome Canucks Decoder Ring Theatre also are nominated in the Cultural/Arts category.

They really need to add two more categories: Pod-novels and Audio Cinema! There really has been a break out of audio cinema in the past year that is available as a podcast. Definitely worthy of it's own category.

Voting begins at 12:01 on Saturday the 28th. Hit the link to get the details, and see all the nominees!

Podcasters, what are your favorite shows?

The finalists in the third round of Podcast Peer Awards have been announced.

What? You've never heard of the PPA's? Well, allow me to tell you, via their website:

"There are over 50,000 audio and video podcasts available. Most of them are lousy. How can you find the ones worth listening to?

Top Ten or Top Twenty-five lists are little more than popularity contests. You'll find some great shows there, shows that deserve their popularity. But you'll also find quite a few that are, well, let's just say that more people listen to Brittany Spears than Miles Davis. If you rely on popularity based lists and awards you'll be missing some of the best shows out there."

• The Podcast Peer Awards are given out twice a year. Each category is only awarded once per year.


• Award categories are selected by PPA members.


• Members and non-members of the PPA are eligible to receive awards.


• After categories are selected, members nominate podcasts. Any member may nominate any show for any category.


• Members vote for or against nominated shows. A show's score is the number of yes votes minus the number of no votes. A score of +5 is necessary for a show to qualify as a finalist.


• At the end of the nomination period the top five qualifying shows in each category will become finalists. Categories that do not have at least three qualifying shows will be retired for the current round.


• PPA members vote for the winner!

It's a rather neat idea, considering podcasters really are in it together. I'm a big fan of supporting those underdog shows that do tend to be overshadowed by the popular ones. You don't have to have thousands of listeners to have a great show! You can, however, have thousands of listeners and have a not-so-great show. ;-)

So head over to the link and see all the finalists! If you are a podcaster, you just need to do a quick registration process to the forum in order to vote for your favorite shows!

Mark Time/ Ogle Award Winners Announced!

Presented by The American Society For Science Fiction Audio
(ASFSFA)


The winners of the Mark Time/Ogle Awards have been officially announced! Boy it was difficult keeping my mouth shut for so long!

Mark Time Awards / Ogle Awards
Winners - 2007
Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Audio Production
http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/MarkTime/MarkTime.html

Mark Time Award
SILVER

Through the Turnstiles
Produced by Sam A. Mowry
Written by Carole Dane
Willamette Radio Workshop
www.radiowork.com

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Canadia: 2056
Produced by Joe Mahoney
Written by Matt Watts
CBC Radio A & E
www.assortednonsense.com

Tears of the Tin God
Produced by Richard Sellers
Story by T. Ray Gordon
www.apexaudiotheatre.com

Ogle Award
GOLD

God of the Razor
Produced by Scott Hickey
Story by Joe R. Lansdale
The Grist Mill
www.amfmtheater.com
and
Dandelion Wine
Produced by Jerry Robbins, & Mark Vander Berg
Script by Ray Bradbury
The Colonial Radio Theatre On the Air
www.colonialradio.com

SILVER

HURF
Produced by Sam A. Mowry
Written by Craig Kenworthy
Willamette Radio Workshop
www.radiowork.com

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
In Science Fiction Audio

* Norman Corwin
* Ray Bradbury

A Gold and a Silver Mark Time Award, and a Gold and a Silver Ogle Award, will be awarded at CONvergence,, July 6-7-8 of 2007.

2007 Parsec Award Rules Posted

It's that time of year again- the rules for the 2007 Parsecs are up!


2007 RULES FOR THE PARSEC AWARDS
The Second Annual Parsec Awards will be presented at the Dragoncon Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. The rules for this award for this year are established as follows. Participants understand that these rules may be subject to clarification and change without prior notice.

THE PRIZE:
One winner will be determined in each category to recieve the Parsec Award trophy and the right to claim the title of Parsec Award winner in their category for that year.

NOMINATION CATEGORIES:
We are going to nominate 5 podcasts in nine categories that exemplify podcasting excellence.

• Best Speculative Fiction Story (Short Form)
• Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form)
• Best Audio Drama (Short Form including Independents)
• Best Audio Drama (Long Form including Independents)
• Best Audio Production
• Best Non-Speculative Fiction
• Best Writing-related Podcast
• Best Fan Podcast (Ahem!)
• Best Speculative Fiction News Podcast

More at the link!

Deadline for Mark Time Awards Fast Approaching

You only have only two weeks left to get your entries in for the Mark Time and Ogle Awards- the deadline is March 1st. As you all know, the Mark Time is presented every year to acknowledge the best sci-fi audio in the universe, and the Ogle is presented for best fantasy audio. Last year's winners included Colonial Radio's awesome production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Check out all of last year's winners, and get your entries in today! All the details on how to enter at the link below.