Announcements Archives - PodCastle https://podcastle.org/category/announcements/ The Fantasy Fiction Podcast Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:14:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://podcastle.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-PC-Chip2-32x32.png Announcements Archives - PodCastle https://podcastle.org/category/announcements/ 32 32 Announcement: PodCastle Is Trialling a Six Month Submissions Window https://podcastle.org/2025/10/17/announcement-podcastle-is-trialling-a-six-month-submissions-window/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:14:51 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=13103 Greetings, writers of fantasy fiction! We at PodCastle are due to open back up to general submissions in November. When we do, instead of our usual one month open period, we plan to open for six months, closing at the end of April. This is a big change from our usual way of doing things. […]

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]]> Disability Pride & Magic Month https://podcastle.org/2025/06/30/disability-pride-magic-month/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 16:54:25 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=12759 This July 2025, PodCastle is very proud to join in celebrating Disability Pride Month with Disability Pride & Magic: a month of fantastic stories centering disabled characters and experiences. We have five wonderful stories for you: “This Mentor Lives” by J. R. Dawson & John Wiswell, narrated by John Bell “Broken All My Boughs and […]

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]]> Special Call: Disability Pride & Magic https://podcastle.org/2025/01/06/special-call-disability-pride-magic/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:35:51 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=12290 PodCastle is delighted to announce a special call for stories for our upcoming event for Disability Pride Month, Disability Pride & Magic, guest edited by long-time Castle denizen and current Audio Producer, Devin Martin. We want to celebrate disabled authors, characters, and themes for this event. We’re using a broad definition of disability here, including […]

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]]> Palestinian Voices Month https://podcastle.org/2024/10/29/palestinian-voices-month/ Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:26:29 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=12001 PodCastle is extremely proud to present Palestinian Voices, our special month of stories by Palestinian authors. We will be publishing one of these fabulous stories every week during November 2024, and we’re so excited to get to elevate these authors and to share their talent, creativity, and voice with the world at a time of […]

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]]> Ignyte Awards and British Fantasy Awards Nominations! https://podcastle.org/2024/08/22/ignyte-awards-and-british-fantasy-awards-nominations/ Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:29:26 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=11833 The finalists for the Ignyte Awards have been announced, and PodCastle has been nominated for this prestigious accolade! PodCastle is a finalist in the Best Fiction Podcast category, as is our sister podcast Cast of Wonders! Additionally, our co-editor Shingai Njeri Kagunda’s Voodoonauts Summer Fellowship is nominated for THE COMMUNITY AWARD for Outstanding Efforts in […]

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]]> Special Submissions Call: Palestinian Voices https://podcastle.org/2024/03/08/special-submissions-call-palestinian-voices/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:36:17 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=11263 It is in deep solidarity, and continual demand for a ceasefire, that PodCastle would like to announce our special call for fantasy stories by Palestinian writers. As Nina Simone once said: “An artist’s duty… is to reflect the times.” We recognize our position as a publication offers a unique opportunity to insist on art that […]

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]]> We Need to Talk About the Hugos… https://podcastle.org/2023/08/15/we-need-to-talk-about-the-hugos/ Tue, 15 Aug 2023 19:39:50 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=8899 We need to talk about the Hugos, actually. The Hugo Award is the highest accolade in our field–it is our Oscar, our Grammy, the biggest event. Even being nominated is an enormous honour, the sort of moment you carry for the rest of your life. This year, though, that feeling is more complicated. Worldcon 2023–where […]

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]]> PodCastle’s 15th ANNIVERSARY – LISTENER’S RECOMMENDATIONS https://podcastle.org/2023/04/09/podcastles-15th-anniversary-listeners-recommendations/ Sun, 09 Apr 2023 07:29:22 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=8686 As part of our 15th anniversary celebrations, we want to gather recommendations from you, our listeners, for favourite stories from our archive. We’ll read selected recommendations out at the end of our shows through the end of 2023; you just need to complete this short form, anonymously if you prefer, and we’ll take it into […]

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]]> January 2023 Metacast https://podcastle.org/2023/01/31/january-2023-metacast/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:40:52 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=8630 Presenters: Marguerite Kenner and Alasdair Stuart Hey folks, welcome to an Escape Artists metacast. I’m Marguerite Kenner. And I’m Alasdair Stuart. For those of you who have never heard a metacast before, think of this like a mini State of the Union address, a way for us to update you about what’s been happening at EA. The […]

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]]> EA Audience Survey! https://podcastle.org/2022/11/15/ea-audience-survey/ Tue, 15 Nov 2022 13:21:28 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=8528 Hello everyone! Escape Artists is excited to announce that we are launching our first-ever audience survey between November 15th and 30th! We are interested in learning more about you, our audience, including how you engage with our shows, your access needs, what content you enjoy and want to see more of, and how you think […]

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]]> Indigenous Magic Month https://podcastle.org/2022/11/01/indigenous-magic-month/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 08:00:56 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=8481   PodCastle is very proud to present Indigenous Magic, our special month of stories featuring Indigenous themes by Indigenous authors. Every week during November 2022, we will be bringing you a new Indigenous Magic story, and we can’t wait to share them all! We have five fabulous stories coming up: “Anu and the Vetala” by […]

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]]> Hugo Award 2022 Finalist! https://podcastle.org/2022/04/08/hugo-award-2022-finalist/ Fri, 08 Apr 2022 14:23:00 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=8129 We’re over the moon to announce that PodCastle has been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine for the second year running. We’re once again honoured to share this nomination with our spacefaring sister, Escape Pod, and we’re humbled and delighted at this recognition of our hard work over the past year. We’re amongst […]

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]]> Special Submissions Call: Indigenous Magic https://podcastle.org/2022/04/04/special-submissions-call-indigenous-magic/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:51:19 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=8112 PodCastle is incredibly excited to announce our call for Indigenous Magic stories of Global homegrown mythologies and legends. We want stories that center Black, Brown, and Indigenous cultures, histories, belief systems, philosophies, and perspectives. These are the stories of fireside tellings that are tied to the land on which they are written, the stories that reflect our cultural and […]

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]]> For Your Consideration: PodCastle Award Eligibility 2021 https://podcastle.org/2022/01/25/for-your-consideration-podcastle-award-eligibility-2021/ Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:28:58 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=7954 2021 was quite the year here at the Flying Castle. We published fifteen original stories and thirty-one new reprints; we were nominated for Hugo, British Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora awards; and we bid farewell to former Co-Editors Jen R. Albert and Cherae Clark, as well as to Assistant Editor and Host Summer Fletcher at the […]

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]]> British Fantasy Award Nominations https://podcastle.org/2021/07/29/british-fantasy-award-nominations/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 16:49:54 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=7668 The 2021 British Fantasy Award shortlist has been announced, and we’re honoured to have been nominated once again in the Best Audio category! Our tentacled sister, PseudoPod, has also been nominated again in this category, so we’re in the very best company. As if that wasn’t enough lovely news, one of our stories has also […]

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]]> One Last Time https://podcastle.org/2021/06/01/one-last-time/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:00:19 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=7534 Hello, readers and listeners, lovely visitors to the castle! We have some bittersweet news to announce. After an enjoyable tenure, Jen Albert and Cherae Clark are leaving their positions as co-editors of PodCastle. There are, simply put, not enough hours in the day, and they both need to focus on their rapidly expanding careers. Jen […]

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]]> 2021 Award Voters Packet https://podcastle.org/2021/04/13/2020-hugo-award-voters-packet/ Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:28:22 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=7464 Here’s where you can find our offering for 2021 award consideration in one convenient download (to come!), or check it out episode by episode.   Aurora Awards: The Aurora awards are voted on by the members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA), a national registered non-profit society.  Membership is open to all […]

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]]> 2021 Hugo Award Finalist! https://podcastle.org/2021/04/13/2020-hugo-award-finalist/ Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:56:54 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=7462 Here at the castle, we couldn’t be more pleased to announce that PodCastle joins EscapePod as a finalist for the 2021 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine! For thirteen years, across multiple teams, we’ve been doing our best to bring you great original and reprinted fantasy stories to listen to every week, and we’re so grateful […]

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]]> PodCastle Has Won the British Fantasy Award! https://podcastle.org/2021/02/26/podcastle-has-won-the-british-fantasy-award/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:37:48 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=7355 We’re thrilled to announce that PodCastle has won the 2020 British Fantasy Award in the Best Audio category! We were so proud to have been nominated alongside other wonderful podcasts: Breaking the Glass Slipper, Speculative Spaces, and our sister podcast at Escape Artists, PseudoPod. We’re grateful to the British Fantasy Society for this honor and […]

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]]> PodCastle Flash Fiction Contest VI https://podcastle.org/2021/02/16/podcastle-flash-fiction-contest-vi/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 13:49:56 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=7345 The Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest is back again, and it’s PodCastle’s turn! The contest will be taking submissions beginning March 1, 2021, and ending on March 31, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. EST. PodCastle Associate editor Craig Jackson, or Ocicat on the forums, will be our Guest Editor for the contest! Each author may submit […]

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]]> PodCastle Has Been Nominated for the British Fantasy Award! https://podcastle.org/2020/10/29/podcastle-has-been-nominated-for-the-british-fantasy-award/ Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:53:45 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=7191 The finalists for the 2020 British Fantasy Award have been announced, and PodCastle has been nominated in the Best Audio category! The nominee list is bursting with incredible talent in every category, including our sister podcast PseudoPod, also in the Audio category, and Escape Artists owner and host extraordinaire Alasdair Stuart, who is nominated in […]

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]]> PodCastle Has Been Nominated for the Ignyte Award! https://podcastle.org/2020/08/22/podcastle-has-been-nominated-for-the-ignyte-award/ Sat, 22 Aug 2020 17:07:03 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=7095 The finalists for the inaugural Ignyte Awards have been announced, and PodCastle has been nominated for this prestigious accolade! Co-editors Cherae Clark and Jen R. Albert, former co-editor and special editions editor Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali, host & assistant editor Setsu Uzumé, and audio producer Peter Adrian Behravesh are finalists in the Best Fiction Podcast category for […]

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]]> British Fantasy Award Shortlist! https://podcastle.org/2019/07/24/british-fantasy-award-shortlist/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 19:52:22 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=6531 The dragon is getting stuffed on celebratory cake this week! The British Fantasy Society shortlist has been announced and PodCastle and PseudoPod have both been nominated under the Best Audio category! Also, Alasdair’s weekly pop culture newsletter, The Full Lid, has gotten a nonfiction nomination, so there’s even more cake. Please join us in congratulating […]

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]]> Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest V https://podcastle.org/2019/03/01/escape-artists-flash-fiction-contest-v/ Fri, 01 Mar 2019 17:50:14 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=6337 The Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest is back for a fifth time, and it’s PodCastle’s turn! The contest will be taking submissions beginning April 15, 2019, and ending on April 30, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Each author may submit one original fantasy story of 500 words or less. Stories will then be sorted into […]

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]]> For Your Consideration: PodCastle Award Eligibility 2018 https://podcastle.org/2018/12/31/for-your-consideration-podcastle-award-eligibility-2018/ Mon, 31 Dec 2018 21:29:10 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=6184 It’s that time again: awards season has begun! If you’re looking for some awesome fantasy fiction to nominate, here’s a convenient list of PodCastle‘s original, award-eligible short stories from 2018: “Words Never Lost” by DaVaun Sanders “Scar Clan” by Carrow Narby “We Head for the Horizon and Return with Bloodshot Eyes” by Eleanna Castroianni “My Heart […]

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]]> PodCastle has won, and is declining, the Parsec Award https://podcastle.org/2018/12/20/podcastle-has-won-and-is-declining-the-parsec-award/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 21:58:01 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=6228 PodCastle has had an extraordinary year. We’ve published some amazing stories. We ran our fourth Artemis Rising. We were nominated for a World Fantasy Award. And just this week, we learned that we won our first Parsec Award — Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short Form) for our story “Six Jobs” by Tim Pratt, […]

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]]> PodCastle Has Been Nominated for a Parsec Award! https://podcastle.org/2018/10/11/podcastle-has-been-nominated-for-a-parsec-award/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:36:00 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=6146 The finalists for the Parsec Award have been announced and PodCastle is twice-nominated! Both “A Non-Hero’s Guide to the Road of Monsters” by A. T. Greenblatt, narrated by Mike Flinchum, and “Six Jobs” by Tim Pratt, narrated by Stephanie Malia Morris, made it to the finals in the Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast (Short […]

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]]> On Inclusion and Artemis Rising: An Apology https://podcastle.org/2018/09/07/on-inclusion-and-artemis-rising-an-apology/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 22:30:44 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=6075 It has come to our attention, through multiple channels, that the current incarnation of Artemis Rising 5 has caused harm to members of our community. Thanks to Bogi Takács’s eloquent explanation of how to bring more voices to the table, we are examining the best way to repair the trust we’ve broken. We appreciate the […]

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]]> ARTEMIS RISING 5: Call for Submissions https://podcastle.org/2018/08/16/artemis-rising-5-call-for-submissions/ Thu, 16 Aug 2018 14:29:02 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=6040 In March 2019, Escape Artists will bring you ARTEMIS RISING for a fifth year. This special month-long event across all four Escape Artists podcasts is a celebration of stories written by women, in the broadest definition of the word. This year, PodCastle’s ARTEMIS RISING guest editors will be Krystal Claxton and Elora Gatts! ARTEMIS RISING […]

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]]> The Best of PodCastle: Vote for Your Favorite Episodes! https://podcastle.org/2018/02/17/best-podcastle-vote-favorite-episodes/ Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:12:25 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=4457 Nominations are closed, and the final ballot is revealed! We’re now asking fans and frequent listeners of the podcast to vote for their favorite episodes from the ballot in the link below. The top five PodCastle episodes, as voted by fans, will be featured in a special later this year! You can find the survey […]

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]]> For Your Consideration: PodCastle Award Eligibility 2017 https://podcastle.org/2018/01/29/consideration-podcastle-award-eligibility-2018/ Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:19:27 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=4409 PodCastle wants to thank all of our listeners and fans for a wonderful 2017. We’re so proud of everything we accomplished throughout the year, from the astounding amount of original fiction we put forth to the addition of some fabulous new staff to our first nomination and win of a major podcasting award. Below is […]

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]]> PodCastle Submissions Are Reopening for November https://podcastle.org/2017/10/26/podcastle-submissions-reopening-november/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:21:18 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=3448 The PodCastle engines are low on fuel, so we’re coming in for a landing next month to fill up on fiction! Our submissions portal will open again on November 1 and will remain open for the entire month. Please take a look at our guidelines then visit our submissions portal to submit. We accept original […]

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]]> ARTEMIS RISING Is Open for Submissions! https://podcastle.org/2017/09/08/artemis-rising-is-open-for-submissions/ Fri, 08 Sep 2017 16:34:53 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=3324 September is here, and we are open for submissions for ARTEMIS RISING, our fourth annual month-long event across the Escape Artists podcasts featuring stories by women and nonbinary authors in genre fiction. As your guest-editor, here’s what I’d like to see… I know tough older women. Firefighters for the national forestry service. Mechanics. Veterans. Founders […]

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]]> PodCastle Has Won Best Fictional Podcast! https://podcastle.org/2017/08/30/podcastle-has-won-best-fictional-podcast/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:36:16 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=3304 We’re very excited to announce that PodCastle was nominated for and has won the award for Best Podcast—Fictional at the Academy of Podcasters awards this past week! We were shocked and delighted to have won. We’d like to congratulate our fellow nominees: Alice Isn’t Dead, Hello from the Magic Tavern, Homecoming, LifeAfter, Terms, The Black […]

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]]> PodCastle Is Seeking A Story for Halloween! https://podcastle.org/2017/08/15/podcastle-is-seeking-a-story-for-halloween/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:51:48 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=3276 This week, PodCastle invites you to scare us! We are looking for a Halloween story for 2017. If you’re a writer with a short story (original or reprint) that you’d like us to run this Halloween, visit our submittable portal now. Scary or funny, ghosts, ghouls, or goblins—haunted stories of all kinds are welcome. The jaws […]

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]]> Announcements https://podcastle.org/2017/08/02/announcements/ Wed, 02 Aug 2017 14:56:07 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=3263 Greetings good people, It is only August and we can definitively say that PodCastle has had a fantastic year in more ways than one. We ran our third Artemis Rising in March, and showcased some of the best stories by women and non-binary authors. We had our first Eid Special with a fantastic story by […]

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]]> Artemis Rising 4 https://podcastle.org/2017/06/30/artemis-rising-4/ Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:00:34 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=3170 During the month of September, PodCastle will be looking for submissions to celebrate ARTEMIS RISING, a special month-long event across the Escape Artists podcasts featuring stories by women and nonbinary authors in genre fiction. Stepping in as guest editor for our fourth annual ARTEMIS RISING event is PodCastle assistant editor Setsu Uzume! Summary Payment at $0.06 […]

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]]> Submissions Open for the Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest https://podcastle.org/2017/06/01/submissions-open-for-the-escape-artists-flash-fiction-contest/ Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:09:42 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=3124 Throughout the month of June, PodCastle will be accepting entries for this year’s Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest! Every author may submit one original fantasy piece of 500 words or less for consideration, so get your story ready to submit! The three winning stories will be purchased and run as an episode of PodCastle. Stories will be […]

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]]> Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest IV https://podcastle.org/2017/05/20/escape-artists-flash-fiction-contest-iv/ Sat, 20 May 2017 19:59:34 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=3095 The next wave of the fourth incarnation of the Escape Artists Flash Fiction Contest is coming, and it’s PodCastle’s turn! The contest will be taking submissions beginning June 1st, 2017 and will be open for one month, closing on June 30th. Every author may submit one original story of 500 words or less for consideration, […]

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]]> General Submissions Update https://podcastle.org/2017/05/03/general-submissions-update-4/ Thu, 04 May 2017 00:33:22 +0000 https://podcastle.org/?p=3067 Many thanks to everyone who sent us their work so far in 2017—we’ve received a record number of submissions this year, and we’re truly impressed with the quality of the stories we’ve seen. In order to give proper attention to the stories in the queue, and to give the castle staff a much needed mid-year rest, […]

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