Hugo Awards – Escape Pod

The deadline for the Nebula nominations is bearing down on us (March 1) and the Hugo nomination deadline is soon after (March 9). If you’re looking for short fiction to nominate, please consid...

https://escapepod.org/2024/02/28/awards-eligibility-post-for-2023-works/

Author : Aliette de Bodard Narrator : Amy Robinson Hosts : Norm Sherman and Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Mat Weller and Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Immersion was originally published in ...

https://escapepod.org/2020/08/13/escape-pod-745-immersion-summer-flashback/

Author : Peter Watts Narrator : Kate Baker Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Summer Brooks Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine (Thanks to Kate and Clarkesworld fo...

https://escapepod.org/2019/07/25/escape-pod-690-the-things-flashback-friday/

Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Matthew Wayne Selznick Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Impossible Dreams first appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 20...

https://escapepod.org/2018/10/25/escape-pod-651-impossible-dreams-flashback-friday/

Authors : Mur Lafferty, S.B. Divya, Norm Sherman and Benjamin C. Kinney Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : S.B. Divya We’re pleased to bring you a recording of Escape Pod’s live panel at...

https://escapepod.org/2018/10/03/escape-pod-live-from-worldcon-2018/

Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Tim Pratt’s Patreon, June 2017 Some cursing. Suggestions of violence and death. A...

https://escapepod.org/2018/04/05/escape-pod-622-anna-and-marisol-in-time-and-space/

Author : Naomi Kritzer Narrator : Miriam Krause Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Clarkesworld, January 2015 Mentions existence of sex and pornography. Contains i...

https://escapepod.org/2018/02/01/escape-pod-613-cat-pictures-please/

Author : Connie Willis Narrator : Veronica Giguere Host : S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums First published in Asimov’s Science Fiction in 1992. Winner of the Hugo and N...

https://escapepod.org/2017/12/28/escape-pod-608-even-queen/

Author : Connie Willis Narrator : Mur Lafferty Hosts : Mur Lafferty and S.B. Divya Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums Originally published in Omni, October 1989. “At the Rialto”...

https://escapepod.org/2017/11/02/escape-pod-600-rialto/

Author : Carrie Vaughn Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Adam Pracht Discuss on Forums That Game We Played During the War originally appeared on Tor.com in March 20...

https://escapepod.org/2017/06/22/ep581-that-game-we-played-during-the-war/

A look back at 2016 and what’s in store for Escape Artists — and for you — in 2017. Also, a full list of 2016 award-eligible 2016 Escape Pod first publications follows, along with links to ...

https://escapepod.org/2017/01/26/ea-metacast-january-2017/

Author : Aliette de Bodard Narrator : Amy Robinson Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally published in Clarkesworld Magazine, #69 June 2012. Escape Artists w...

https://escapepod.org/2016/08/25/ep408a-eugie-award-re-post-of-immersion/

It’s a new year!  Celebrations and congratulations all around, as we have successfully survived, both as a species and as individuals (presuming you are reading this text from a computer and n...

https://escapepod.org/2015/01/12/season/

You’ve been listening to Hugo stories through August as it’s our tradition to feature nominees. Now that the episodes have all run, we thought you might like to see the results.   2014 Hugo...

https://escapepod.org/2014/09/18/now-hugo-month-results/

Author : Thomas Olde Heuvelt Narrator : Mat Weller Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story has been previously published by Tor. Contains some sexual conte...

https://escapepod.org/2014/09/02/ep460-ink-readers-doi-saket/

Kameron Hurley is the author of the novels God’s War, Infidel, and Rapture a science-fantasy noir series which earned her the Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer and the Kitschy Award for ...

https://escapepod.org/2014/08/22/tea-bodies-business-remaking-hero-archetype-kameron-hurley/

Author : John Chu Narrator : John Chu Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story was previously published by Tor in 2013. This story has been nominated for a ...

https://escapepod.org/2014/08/21/ep459-water-falls-nowhere/

Author : Rachel Swirsky Narrator : Christina Lebonville Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story has been previously published in Apex Magazine. If You Wer...

https://escapepod.org/2014/08/14/ep458-dinosaur-love/

Author : Clifford D. Simak Narrator : Norm Sherman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums This story was first published in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Apri...

https://escapepod.org/2014/07/07/ep453-grotto-dancing-deer/

Author : Lawrence Watt-Evans Narrator : Jonathon Hawkins Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, July ...

https://escapepod.org/2013/09/14/ep413-why-i-left-harrys-all-night-hamburgers/

Author : Kij Johnson Narrator : Heather Bowman-Tomlinson Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally published in Clarkesworld Magazine, #71 August 2012. Mantis W...

https://escapepod.org/2013/08/16/ep409-mantis-wives/

Author : Aliette de Bodard Narrator : Amy Robinson Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally published in Clarkesworld Magazine, #69 June 2012. Immersion by Ali...

https://escapepod.org/2013/08/10/ep408-immersion/

Author : Ken Liu Narrator : John Chu Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally published in The Future is Japanese, 2012, edited by Nick Mamatas and Masumi Wa...

https://escapepod.org/2013/08/06/ep407-mono-no-aware/

Author : Michael Swanwick Narrator : Amy Robinson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mat Weller Discuss on Forums Originally in Asimovs Science Fiction 52. Folge Vulgar language. Special tha...

https://escapepod.org/2013/02/28/ep385-the-very-pulse-of-the-machine/

Author : Nancy Fulda Narrator : Marguerite Kenner Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Bill Peters Discuss on Forums First appeared in Asimov’s, March 2011 Rated 10 and up If you listened to th...

https://escapepod.org/2012/05/15/ep314-movement-hugo-repost/

For years now, we have done our best here at Escape Pod to bring you audio renditions of the Hugo-nominated short stories. Our original reason was to allow the Worldcon voters to have access to a...

https://escapepod.org/2012/05/02/its-hugo-month/

First the list, from the Hugo blog (Congrats to all the winners): BEST NOVEL Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra) BEST NOVELLA The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang ...

https://escapepod.org/2011/08/21/the-2011-hugo-winners/

Science fiction inspires the world around us. It inspires our future. To discover these influences, we look to the future of science, to Science Future. The Science Future series presents the bl...

https://escapepod.org/2011/07/19/science-future-harking-hugos/

We didn’t have the rights to Ponies, by Kij Johnson, but we wanted you to have a chance to experience it, so we’re linking to the Tor.com story and reading of it. Ponies is about, well, ponie...

https://escapepod.org/2011/07/18/one-more-hugo-post-ponies/

Author : James Patrick Kelly Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Norm Sherman Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally appeared in Asimov’s Rated appropriate for older teens an...

https://escapepod.org/2011/06/30/plus_or_minus/

Author : Mary Robinette Kowal Narrator : Mur Lafferty Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally appearing in Asimov’s Rated appropriate for teens and up for...

https://escapepod.org/2011/06/29/ep296-for-want-of-a-nail/

The 2011 awards season is well and truly upon us – it’s an exciting time of year, with all but one of the big awards having released their shortlists, and the SF community engaging in discuss...

https://escapepod.org/2011/03/08/2011-award-season-the-british-contingent/

Laura Burns, aka @moonrangerlaura or @scifilaura, is a NASA Contractor and a science fiction and podcasting fan. She participates in the science tracks at many East Coast cons. She has attended s...

https://escapepod.org/2011/01/29/hugo-past-present-and-yet-to-come/

Author : Mike Resnick Narrator : Julie Davis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Mur Lafferty Discuss on Forums Originally published in: Asimov’s — Download and read the text Rated PG: fo...

https://escapepod.org/2010/06/24/ep246-bride-of-frankenstein/