Jerry Stearns writes in to remind us that the Mark Time Awards submission deadline is fast approaching.
I ask that you post that the deadline for the Mark Time Awards for Science Fiction Audio and the Ogle Awards for Fantasy/Horror Audio is coming up fast. March 1 is the postmark deadline for entry into the 14th Annual Mark Time Awards competition.
Awards are judged on the script (good dialogue and good science fiction), the performances of the actors, and the production quality. The judges have decades of experience behind them in all these areas, and know a good thing when they hear it.
There are other awards that have an audio theater category, but the Mark Times are the only awards given exclusively for Audio Theater. We are looking for full cast scripts and performances, not a single or multiple voice reading of prose. We are especially looking at originality in the story and the production. Recreations of Old Time Radio are accepted, but remember that we will have heard the previous productions of that script.
Announcement of the Awards will occur in mid-June, 2011, and presentations are at Convergence, the science fiction convention in Bloomington, MN on June 30, 2011. Winners are invited to attend, and we will make every effort to get free registrations for the convention and a hotel reservation (in a hotel that is already fully booked).
See the website for further information, past winners, and the Entry Form. (http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/MarkTime/MarkTime.html)
Posted by Jesse Willis