The Audio Verse Awards Nominee Showcase Podcast

Hey, this is Dexter, I’m the showrunner of October Jones & Fish with Legs. The show is about an optimistic fish with legs, named Fish with Legs, and her misguided, but clever best friend October Jones. The two of them are trying to stop an evil two-headed snake, named Simon and Sarfunkel, from ending the world. But… none of those characters are in this episode. This is Sleepless in Warm Puddle...

Hello, I’m Julie Burstein, the Creator and Show Runner of Live From Mount Olympus. We created Live from Mount Olympus for tweens – and their grownups – because ancient Greek myths continue to have such power today, and are such exciting stories to tell. We’re incredibly fortunate to have fantastic actors from the Brooklyn Based theater company The TEAM who become the gods and heroes of the ancient...

Hi! This is Clinton Festa, creator of The Malone Family in the Enchanted Forest, a seven episode fantasy adventure about a single dad and his daughters' journey from Colonial Salem, Massachusetts to the Enchanted Forest, where they encounter all sorts of creatures from trolls, goblins, and elves, to unicorns, dragons, druids, and even a few dodo birds. This episode is called Poachers and Unicorns....

Hello hello hello! My name is Abigail Eliza, and I am the showrunner for Back Again, Back Again, a narrative portal fantasy about a girl named Ilyaas, who, on the night of her seventeenth birthday, got portal-magicked away to a world called Rhysea – where she was told she was supposedly part of a prophecy to save the country. After spending six years away and then dying in Rhysea, Ilyaas wakes up...

Hey there! This is Brett Hund, the producer, writer, and performer on “The Hell Spawn’s guide to success” which is a horror/dark comedy that takes place in a world turned hellscape, but instead of following the protagonist of the story, we follow Jeff, a low-level accountant turned low-level pawn in this new army of darkness. Confused and upset about his new position, he goes out searching for ans...

Hi, this is Audrey Martin, creator of The Heart Pyre, an interactive fantasy audio-drama which follows sixteen-year-old Rena and her companions on their quest to find out what happened to Rena’s hometown that was destroyed by fire, discovering along the way that more towns have suffered the same fate in the past. After each episode listeners can vote for how they want the story to continue, and th...

This is Alexandra, the creator of the Deittman Files: a Paranormal Mystery, which is a thirteen episode audio drama that follows a team of Paranormal investigators as they set out on cases. . This is episode one titled “Case 13-1: a Night at Maelstrom Mansion,” which is about a gathering of Paranormal enthusiasts at the home of the eccentric researcher, Mr. Montgomery. This project has been a wond...

This is cuppycup, producer and Keeper of Arcane Lore on Ain’t Slayed Nobody, which is an edited actual play podcast that blends tabletop role-playing and immersive sound design. Thank you for listening. Transcript can be found at: https://www.aintslayednobody.com/s/Ep1BleekerTrails-FirstAct.txt https://www.aintslayednobody.com Twitter: @aintslayed

WILLIAM: Hi, this is William J. Meyer. I wrote and produced The Transposition of Chloë Brontë. I call this audio drama a low-fi sci-fi (sorta) rom-com. MAX: I don’t know. Those clouds— CHLOË: It’s not going ta— MAX: Over there! Under the bridge! CHLOË (Laughing) MAX: (Laughing) CHLOË: Whoo! MAX: (Laughing) CHLOË: (Laughing) WILLIAM: It’s about Chloë and Max, a young college couple whose relationsh...

“Hello friends, this is Dain Miller, Executive Producer, writer and Game Master on No Quest for the Wicked, a sci-fi space opera actual play podcast currently using Paizo’s Starfinder system. We are a homebrewed adventure using a completely original campaign setting. This is Episode 5 from our first campaign, The crew of the Maverick have crashed landed on a dense forest planet known as Goa after...

This is Ini, Executive Producer of Bonnie Screws Up. A story about a young actress who breaks her NDA by spilling the beans on the finale of her popular mystery webseries to her bartender crush. The situation escalates, jeopardizing her career and Bonnie does all she can to fix it. But will it be enough? This is Episode 2, Bonnie and the Show Business, the day after a disastrous date and her text...

I’m Brad Beideman, one of the creators of Barjory Buffet: The Cruise Detective, which is about Agatha Christie-style murder mysteries, but exclusively on cruise ships and stupid. This episode is titled Wide Berth for a Water Birth, and all you need to know going in is that her acquaintance Neil Greg who thinks he’s her sidekick his not and is bad at everything. Also that her former mentor harborma...

Hi there! My name is Jonathan Winstead. I'm the producer, director, and sound designer of Savage Waking: Obliteration - A Zombie Audio Drama. When the tranquility of the small town of Monroville is suddenly shattered one morning by a mysterious earthquake, Sheriff Buckley and Deputy Fish head out to investigate. What they discover lurking among the ruins will soon threaten not only the lives of al...

Hi. This is Alex, GM of the Inspired Incompetence Podcast, where we're playing through Tyrant's Grasp, a survival horror campaign by Paizo for Pathfinder 1st Edition. This is Episode #78, Briefed By An Angel, where we kick off season 4 of our campaign. Still recovering from the worst tragedy they've ever faced, the heroes finally get a moment to rest and reflect on the horrors they've endured as t...

Hi there, my name is Jules Siege. I'm the writer, producer, director and one half of the sound design team here at Twisted Tangent. Today we're going to be nominating our first show which is Calamity and it follows the fictionalized adventures of Calamity Jane as she guides a theatre troupe across hostile lands while fleeing the ghosts of her past. Episode 2 is what we're presenting today and it p...

This is Ini, Executive Producer of Up A River, which is about Lisa Cathcartt who believes in big, beautiful, ecstatic love. Correction: she believes in the kind of love that is big, beautiful, and fart-free. Her husband died when they were young, so she only got the very best of him. After his death, besides taking care of her kids, she relied on romance novels, specifically ones by lauded and baw...

Hi, this is Bjorn Munson with Jabberwocky Audio Theater. I was the producer for the season premiere you’re about to hear of Quorum. What’s Quorum? Imagine that every conspiracy theory you’ve heard is true and world events are being slowly, painstakingly crafted by a cabal of power brokers behind the scense as they move their willing and unwitting pawns across a global board. Into this game comes f...

Hey! How’s it going? My name is Paul Goodman – I play Jump Fundenden on Quest Fantastic, a D&D podcast about 4 heroes who have to come out of retirement to save an old friend. I’m also the editor and do all the crazy sound fx. Thank you so much for checking us out! This is Episode 17: One Jump and His Darrell, where our group of heroes known as the Justyce Loving Friends have just found a war-...

Hi this is Samy, creator of Desperado which is about a world almost like ours if myth and witchcraft were alive and thriving. This story is told by three characters, each chosen by the god of death in their respective culture, Haitian, Mexican, and Japanese, as their powers awaken.  Transcript can be found at: https://hughouse.productions/2022/06/06/desperado-season-1-episode-1-something-olde...

Hey! This is Chloe Peterson, I’m one of the Producers on The Unnamed  Anthology Podcast which is about creating stories by queer people for  queer people in our attempt to increase LGBTQIA+ representation in  media. This is Episode Six of our first season of the pod: The Burning  of Elizabeth Weaver, written by Morgan Greensmith. Thank you for  listening. Transcript can be...

This is Claire Cole, the voice of Sputnik on In Transit. In Transit is a science fiction mystery audio drama about politics and the struggle for power aboard the generation ships Eurus and Notos. What you’re about to hear is a cut of Episode 2.15, ‘Love Dive’, featuring the voices of Ellie Pearson and Dan Sinclair. Please be aware that the following audio contains strong language and loud noises.&...

Hello! This is Alex Abrahams, Producer of Tranthologies, a trans anthology podcast created for pride month 2022. (If applicable:) This is Episode 2: to fly to starry skies, in which two trans kids swap names and become the best of friends, and send a letter to their favorite astronaut, the first non-binary person on a moon mission. This episode was written by Morgan Champine, and if you ever wante...

Hello! This is Mick Wheaton, voice of Nilus Wheeler and member of the Once Upon a Monster of the Week production team. Our show is a guided improv audio drama featuring a cast of fourteen, currently using the Monster of the Week gaming system and set in Reddington, New Hampshire; a quiet college community by the coast. Due to a recent rash of weird incidents, the esoteric Town Council has... reque...

Hello everyone! This is Derry, the host of Dice Will Roll, the Queerest Pathfinder Podcast on the Planet, where we ask the Hard Questions like... is it morally acceptable to kiss a goblin? Dice Will Roll is an actual play Pathfinder 2nd Edition Podcast, and this is an episode from our newest campaign: FISTS OF THE RUBY PHOENIX, a high level martial arts extravaganza. It includes our heroes, The Ra...

Hi, this is Jacquelyn Landgraf, writer, director, and producer of It Makes A Sound, a fiction podcast with music. The show, to me, is a tribute to the caretakers among us and within us, and it’s about how to transcend solitude and loss with a jolt of whimsy, faith, and rock and roll. Season one followed Deirdre Gardner’s incredible discovery of a lost cassette tape from 1992 in a dusty attic, and...