Podnews reports that The Third Coast International Audio Festival has confirmed its competition will take place in 2026, despite becoming a volunteer-led organization due to financial pressure. You can, of course, support them.

Happy Public Domain Day to All Who Celebrate! by Ellen Wexler for Smithsonian Magazine I look forward to the zillions of versions of The Maltese Falcon y’all will come up with.

Staying Afloat in the Rising Sea of AI Content, by Stephen Hallgren, CTO at Bumper and former CTO at Simplecast. “Human curation isn’t a nostalgic return to the past; it is critical to the future of discovery.” Promote your favorites when you find them.

Do You Believe In Magic? Speaking of curation, Evo Terra’s got a new collection of magic-themed completed podcasts for you in The End. And you might have a Lovin’ Spoonful song stuck in your head now.

Crowdfunding: Thoramagog! The Weirdo-God in the Darkness. The Ancient God of Insects has finally awoken. It's a shame that he's not sure what he's doing. This campaign has fewer than 12 days left, so get in while you can.

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The Audio Drama Lab Manual is “a fairly barebones guideline that anyone can use to have a form of structure they can use as they build their audio drama.”

WGA Audio Alliance: About Us For “writers of scripted podcasts who are organizing with the Writers Guild of America, East.” Guidance about contracts and other agreements.

Learn Audio Fiction with Fred A free video lecture series created by audio dramatist Fred Greenhalgh.

Atypical Artists’ Resources Pay-what-you-can resources to learn audio drama and fiction podcast production, development, and scripting.

ADWIT’S Audio Fiction Quick Resource Guide is a list of basic resources no audio dramatist should be without.

Writing for Audio Fiction - Audio Drama Podcasting with K. A. Statz of Fool & Scholar

Sarah Rhea Werner has a treasure trove of resources for writers.

IndieAF is Sarah Golding’s long-running chat show interviewing creators about how they make their magic. It’s all hard work, and Sarah makes it feel fun.

Multitude Productions’ Resources cover all aspects of podcast production.

Gabriel Urbina’s Resources for Audio Drama Writers include advice for beginners and tools for story structure and character development.

Being In Voice: The Warm Up App Flloyd Kennedy’s vocal warmup app is like having a friend in your pocket to help you get ready to record.

Packaging Your Fiction Podcast To Maximize Your Listeners’ Experience by Evo Terra: All the publishing details that everyone forgets at launch, but that make a giant difference in helping audiences discover your podcast.

The Women Podcasters Awards are open for nominations through March 31.

The NYC Podcast Awards are honoring international excellence in podcasting and audio storytelling. Deadline: 10 January.

The What Can We Do? Artist Grant provides funding for New York City-based Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists who address community care in creative ways. Deadline: 8th January.

The Kresge Artist Fellowships are a 1-year fellowship for Detroit emerging and established artists within a wide range of creative disciplines, including sound art, storytelling, and interdisciplinary work. Deadline: 15th of January.

Yorkshire Sound Women Network Rewired are (is? are?) funds for women (cis or trans) and gender diverse artists, including sound artists, in Yorkshire and the Humber. Deadline: 11th January.

After five years, four seasons, and 32 episodes, Dirt - An Audio Drama has finally wrapped up its story arc with an emotional and satisfying ending. The series finale is available on all podcast platforms. Congratulations!

As The Chips Fall. Welcome to Las Vegas... Ohio and the secrets, lies, and stories of the people who work and run the McClintock Hotel, Casino, and Sloth Sanctuary. 

Buckaroos of the Weird West. It’s gay cowboys fighting monsters. WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED? Good game, everybody! We can all go home now.

Lady in Waiting. A lady-in-waiting flees the cyngdón in a flash folk-horror told through prayers.

The Lost Submarine. When TJ gets invited to the launch of his dad’s privately owned submarine, he decides to sneak out of the house and take the submarine for a little joyride. With the help of his best friend Ethan, he breaks into the Submarine and gets ready for an epic adventure.