The Audio Verse Awards Nominee Showcase Podcast

"This is Bob Raymonda, one of the writers behind Forgive Me!, which follows Father Ben, a young try-hard Catholic priest, as he tries to give good advice to the eccentric parishioners in his Upstate New York church, St. Patrick’s. Today you’ll be hearing our third season premiere. You don’t need to have listened to the first two seasons to enjoy this episode, as it kicks off our first ever serialized story.

Thank you so much f...

This is Brad Williams, the creator of “Once Upon a Wasteland.” Our show is a post-apocalyptic science-fiction romance that follows the story of Elizabeth Kirby and Odessa Valdez. They work together to save the civilization that’s just beginning to grow in what used to be West Virginia, and fall in love along the way.

This is our Season Two Bonus Episode, a prequel to that season titled “Survey the Dark.” We drew our titles from Chu...

This is Sean Williams, the writer and producer of Almelem, which is a re-imagining of the very beginnings of a new Religious and political movement that became Christianity. This is Episode number 4, titled "The Mother." In the first three episodes, we met a group of behind-the-scenes political operatives, including Mary Magdalene and Salome, who had been rallying the Jewish people behind John, dubbed "John The Bapti...

"This is Victoria Dickman-Burnett, Showrunner on Lavender Evening Fog, which is about an architectural historian who moves into a haunted elementary school building and uncovers answers in the school’s history. This is Season 3, Episode 3: The Music Room, in which Anna-Georgina hosts a housewarming party, and things go sideways.

Thank you for listening."

cw: Death, moderate injury (broken limb, happens off stage), hauntin...

Hey everyone, this is Jamie Petronis, the creator and lead of The Cellar Letters, A found audio horror podcast about a young man that moves to Maine with his trusty dog Bella to search for his missing girlfriend. This is episode 60, Connection Part 2. Just remember, there's no such thing as a coincidence.

cw: Swearing.

Transcript can be found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F-UMfAlzpCknwOEbHfk-5rbDWTLFFQ_a/view?usp=sharing

MODES OF THOUGHT IN ANTERRAN LITERATURE: INTRO FROM ALEX AND WINNIE

KEMP OF WOLF AT THE DOOR STUDIOS

Alex: Hi, everybody. I’m Alex Kemp.

Winnie: And I’m Winnie Kemp and together we run Wolf at the Door Studios.

Alex: And we’re the creators of the show Modes of Thought in Anterran Literature.

Winnie: Modes of Thought is a spy thriller and paranormal horror show wrapped in the guide of history lectures.

Alex: I play the professor, a ...

"Hello wanderers! My name is Pine Gonzalez, I'm the creator and narrator of Tales From the Fringes of Reality. Tales From the Fringes of Reality follows The Keeper, whose job is to put those who fall out of place in reality back where they belong. With contact to the Council becoming more and more limited and many systems of their AI companion Minerva falling apart, the Keeper must try their best to get their work done whi...

"Welcome to Old Cove, a place where secrets wash ashore like the relentless tide, and the lives of its residents ebb and flow with the ever-changing currents of fate. In this sleepy coastal town, the drama unfolds with every crashing wave.

I’m Rick Clifton, director, and co-producer of Old Cove. I am submitting the first episode of the series, titled “Homecoming,” as this episode sets up the characters really well and int...

Hello! My name is Arthur DeHart. I am the owner and lead writer of Dreadwood Press Radio. Dreadwood Press Radio is a show about a crime-ridden town high up in the mountains. It starts off as an anthology where you hear about a gothic cowboy and a mysterious pawnshop on the edge of town where not everything in the forest is quite as it seems. Today, we have Episode 24 - Bright, Night, Fright.

cw: gore, violence

Transcript can be fou...

Hello. This is Paul, the co-writer and narrator of Dear Bastard! '

Dear Bastard!' is a scripted, comedy fiction podcast, set in a house that's been subdivided into apartments. All seems well from the outside – but within, the six residents are trapped in a never-ending group email thread that brings out the worst in everyone.

As they try unsuccessfully to navigate their differences, minor problems like overfull trash ca...

 Hi, I'm Ian Faison, creator and executive producer of Murder in HR, a podcast produced by Caspian Studios.

Murder in HR is a murder mystery podcast starring Kate Mara and Brett Gelman. It's Jemma’s first day as an employee experience manager at Peace of Ship, an AI-powered tech startup. When her colleague Larry is electrocuted during the company all-hands, she uncovers a terrible secret. It was murder!

Now, Jemma and her ...

Hi, this is Bobby Aherne. I’m the writer and producer of ‘Nero’s Class’. ‘Nero’s Class’ is almost like a satire of the “inspiring teacher” genre of old movies like ‘Conrack’ and ‘Ciao Professore!’ and movies like that… ‘Up the Down Staircase’. While also being a children’s adventure series in the vein of ‘Gravity Falls’, ‘Around the Twist’, and ‘The Three Investigators’, ‘Over the Garden Wall, ‘Eerie, Indiana’… things like that. Th...

This is Rex New. I’m the showrunner of The Hacker Chronicles, a podcast from Tenable and Caspian Studios that stars Michael C. Hall and Chloe Taylor. The Hacker Chronicles is about Alice, a barista who turns to hacking in order to pay off her debts. At the end of Season 1, Alice pulls off a devastating hack on one of the world’s biggest food conglomerates, bringing its East Coast operations to a halt for a few days.

Alice almost ge...

This is Cam Collins, co-creator of Old Gods of Appalachia, a horror fiction podcast set in an alternate Appalachia, a world where these mountains were never meant to be inhabited. The episode you are about to hear is “School Spirit,” our winter holiday special. It’s a standalone episode, so you should be able to enjoy the story with no prior knowledge of our regular season storyline. Thank you for listening.

CW: Loud / percussive n...

This is Joanne Phillips, writer, director and producer of Everyone’s Happy, which is a near-future, dystopian, coming of age story about a young woman, called Parker, who lives in a world where everyone is medicated by the government – medicated through their food to be happy and calm and controlled. There are some people, though, who are immune to the drugs, and for those people the consequences are horrific. So, Parker is left a ...

This is Zachary Burrell, and I am the creator and producer of Warlock. Warlock is a D&D audio drama with an anime twist, focusing on the story of Nova Ravenwood, a young woman who dreams of becoming a sorcerer but does not have any magical ability. That all changes one day when she meets a mysterious woman who promises her power. But at what cost? This is episode 17, our midseason finale for season two called Pillar of Strength...

Re: Dracula is a bite sized audio adaptation of the horror classic. This show takes the famous horror tale, breaks it up chronologically (every entry of this epistolary novel has a date), and sends the story directly to your podcatcher as it happens.You're listening to episode 3, The Dead Travel Fast. Find out more about the show at redracula.live.

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Hello! This is Paul Camper, host and Dungeon Master of Death Saving Bros, a fifth edition actual play Dungeons & Dragons podcast. The second season of our show is about a group of student adventurers studying at a magical college called the Arcshine in a period of time when magic is no longer reliable because the gods have disappeared.

Our main characters are in their final year of study, and they have been assigned to each oth...