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News, Roundups, and Announcements
The Golden Lobes are back! (see Opportunities for entry info).
Do unpaid casting calls belong in the Fiction Podcast Weekly? Lately, paid casting calls are hard to find. I read through casting notices to make sure they aren’t exploitative before including them, and many notices are unpaid. What do you think? Take the one-question poll to shape the future of this newsletter.
Live audio drama explores identity and bias in Aurora show, by the Colorado Sentinel. The series traces its origins to journalist and activist Richard Durham, who created the original “Destination Freedom” radio program from 1948 to 1950.
Highlights of the Essex Podcast Festival programme, from the Essex Chronicle
Mercury Network Adds New Shows & An Award by Frank Racioppi
Congratulations to Arielle Nissenblatt and Emma Turner on their induction to the Mercury Heroes of Indie Podcasting!
Mercury Partners with Amplifi to Launch Production Arm. “This collaboration aims to connect brands with freelance talent, create paid opportunities, and innovate new podcast formats, enhancing access and support for independent audio professionals.” YEAH.
The Ambies have included an independent podcast in their Fiction Podcasts category! Congratulations to Two Thousand and Late, produced by Atypical Artists.
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Creator Resources
Alex Kemp Audio Director interview (The Seneschal, Batman Unburied), Alex Kemp of Wolf at the Door studios interviewed by Jake Gets Reel.
The University of York’s Audio Skills Guide is recently updated.
If You Are Mixing In Immersive Formats, You Need To Read This: Part 2, by Russ Hughes for Production Expert
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Opportunities
Writers: Broken Arts Entertainment has opened anthology script submissions for The Loved Ones. Deadline: 28 February.
The Golden Lobes, the podcast awards celebrating the funnier side of podcasting, are open for entry. “They’re affordable (£25 all-in), accessible (5 mins max), and designed to be fun, not faff.” Deadline: Wednesday, March 4th 23:59 UK time.
Casting is now open for the first season of How I Died: Med School. Audition deadline: Friday 13th February 2025 More info and discussion in r/audiodrama: 'How i Died' is casting for its first spinoff series!
Actors & Writers Needed: Wonderlust Productions is producing Season 3 of Hidden Herald, about the hidden stories of people and places in St. Paul, MN. Deadline: 15 February.
The Vermont Humanities Project Grants are up to $5000 for community and curriculum development projects that expand the humanities in Vermont. Deadline: 18th of February.
The RSA Residencies for Scotland are 1-month residencies for artists based in Scotland. Residents will be offered housing, unique community resources (gardens/libraries/community hub and kitchen), to realise one public event sharing their work. Deadline: 18th of January.
Writers: CFP 12.1 – The Art of Podcasting: experimenting with a new medium, by David Lipson and Ella Waldmann. This is a call for proposals (300 words or fewer) for academic papers for the French Journal of Media Studies: the researchers “wish to respond to the call for a ‘critical theory of podcasting.” Deadline: 15th of April. Go get ‘em, Tiger.
Launches and Milestones
Somnarium. Alex digs through recovered recordings and case notes from Dr. Susan Renwyck, a psychiatrist specializing in sleep disorders, after he finds a hard drive that was never meant to exist.
Anoraks. Hywel and Rhian are regulars on a forgotten rural train platform. They bring tea, biscuits, and an agreement never to interfere. Whatever happens, they watch. Over time, ordinary waiting gives way to something deeply wrong.
Journey. In a city built on honor, where death is taboo, a man returns to kill the one he used to call friend.
Science Fiction Fiction Podcasts is a new collection of bingeable shows curated by Evo Terra for The End.
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