2015 List of Finalists - The Audio Verse Awards

This is the List of Finalists for the 2015 Award Season, as decided by 539 verified voters through our Semi-finals voting form. The top 5 nominees (or 6, where there was a tie) in each category from our List of Nominees have become our finalists. Congratulations!

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1 Best Original Composition in an Original, Short-Form Production

2 Best Original Composition in an Original, Long-Form Production

3 Best Original Composition in an Fan/Adaptation Production

4 Best Audio Engineering for a Standalone Production

5 Best Audio Engineering for an Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

6 Best Audio Engineering for an Original, Long-Form, Serial Production

7 Best Audio Engineering for a Fan/Adaptation Production

8 Best Writing of an Original, Short-Form, Standalone Production

9 Best Writing of an Original, Long-Form, Standalone Production

10 Best Writing of an Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

11 Best Writing of an Original, Long-Form, Serial Production

12 Best Writing of a Fan/Adaptation Production

13 Best Actress in an Original Standalone Production

14 Best Actress with an Ensemble Role in an Original Serial Production

15 Best Actress with a Supporting Role in an Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

16 Best Actress with a Supporting Role in an Original, Long-Form, Serial Production

17 Best Actress with a Leading Role in an Original Serial Production

18 Best Actress in a Fan/Adaptation Production

19 Best Actor in an Original, Short-Form, Standalone Production

20 Best Actor in an Original, Long-Form, Standalone Production

21 Best Actor with an Ensemble Role in an Original Serial Production

22 Best Actor with a Minor Role in an Original Serial Production

23 Best Actor with a Supporting Role in an Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

24 Best Actor with a Supporting Role in an Original, Long-Form, Serial Production

25 Best Actor with a Leading Role in an Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

26 Best Actor with a Leading Role in an Original, Long-Form, Serial Production

27 Best Actor in a Fan/Adaptation Standalone Production

28 Best Actor in a Fan/Adaptation Serial Production

29 Best New Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

30 Best New Original, Long-Form, Serial Production

31 Best Ensemble Cast in an Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

32 Best Original Anthology/Variety Show

33 Best Fan/Adaptation Anthology/Variety Show

34 Best Original Standalone Comedy

35 Best Original Short-Form, Serial Comedy

36 Best Original Long-Form, Serial Comedy

37 Best Fan/Adaptation Comedy

38 Best Original, Short-Form, Standalone Drama

39 Best Original, Long-Form, Standalone Drama

40 Best Original, Short-Form, Serial Drama

41 Best Original, Long-Form, Serial Drama

42 Best Fan/Adaptation Drama

43 Best Original, Short-Form, Standalone Production

44 Best Original, Long-Form, Standalone Production

45 Best Original, Short-Form, Small Cast, Serial Production

46 Best Original, Short-Form, Large Cast, Serial Production

47 Best Original, Long-Form, Small Cast, Serial Production

48 Best Original, Long-Form, Large Cast, Serial Production

49 Best Fan/Adaptation Standalone Production

50 Best Fan/Adaptation Serial Production

Best Original Composition in an Original, Short-Form Production

‘The Grayscale Theme‘ by Sammy Pisano for The Grayscale
‘The Once And Future Nerd BOUNCE‘ by Tom Lee for The Once And Future Nerd
‘Sweet Isabelle‘ by Phillip Merritt for Lost in Williamsburg Episode Episode 13
‘Theme from Powder Burns‘ by Benjamin James for Powder Burns
‘Theme Music from The Meat Blockade‘ by Mike Hennessy for The Meat Blockade

Best Original Composition in an Original, Long-Form Production

‘Hera Alone‘ by Alan Rodi for Wolf 359, “Am I Alone Now”
‘Night Warrior‘ by Joona Latti for Night Warrior
‘Or Krampus Will Know‘ by Claire Hart and Arne Parrott for The Rogers Sisters
‘Welcome to Wolf 359‘ by Alan Rodi for Wolf 359
‘You Can Do It‘ by Sir Richard Wentworth for Hadron Gospel Hour

Best Original Composition in an Fan/Adaptation Production

‘Battle for the Quatermass‘ by Tony Diana for Doctor Who: The Audio Adventure Series
‘Buyer in the Library Theme‘ by The Great Contention for The Buyer in the Library
‘Smother’d In Errors‘ by Landon Beall for Comedy of Errors
‘The Sting of the Dark Tower Theme‘ by Leon Gruenbaum for The Sting of the Dark Tower
‘We Were Ambitious‘ by Landon Beall for Julius Caesar

Best Audio Engineering for a Standalone Production

DJ Catnip for Record/Record
Bannister Chaava for Space Junkies
Craig Good for 911
Alex Lawsford for Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator
Ella Gray Thomas for The Received

Best Audio Engineering for an Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

Noah DeBiase for Powder Burns
Brian Forbes & Sam Palumbo and Christian Madera & Josh Perault & Sandra Ramirez for The Once And Future Nerd
Conrad Miszuk for Kakos Industries
Chelsea Rugg for The Grayscale
Ryan Schile, David Rheinstrom, and DJ Catnip for Our Fair City

Best Audio Engineering for an Original, Long-Form, Serial Production

Anna Rodriguez for Tabula Rasa
Jordan J. Scavone for Night Warrior
Natalie Van Sistine for The Elysium Project
Richard Wentworth and Michael McQuilkin for Hadron Gospel Hour
Dan Williams for A Beginner’s Guide to Interplanetary Destruction

Best Audio Engineering for a Fan/Adaptation Production

Landon Beall for The Pendant Shakespeare
David Nagel for Doctor Who: The Audio Adventure Series
Chris Rathjen, Nick Wagner, Eric Scull, Hannah Parsons, and Roger Payton for Improvised Star Trek
Tony Raymond and Dan MacIntosh for Star Trek: Outpost
Jim Smagata, Mathieu Blondin, Shane Davidson, James Heaney, Mike Hennessy, Bob Hopwood, Antony Schaffer, and Andy Thompson for Star Trek: Excelsior

Best Writing of an Original, Short-Form, Standalone Production

Bannister Chaava for Space Junkies
Andrew Terrance Kaberline for Jess Dempsey, First Woman on Mars
Andrew Terrance Kaberline for Now, Back to Your Scheduled Programming
Dave Morgan for The Devil’s in the Details
Kelly Strauch for I Thirst

Best Writing of an Original, Long-Form, Standalone Production

Mike Murphy for This Guy Walks Into a Bar
Claire Reddaway for Reputation
Matthew Schott for Cracks in the Pavement
Casey Wolfe for Over Halloween
Casey Wolfe for This Monstrous Life

Best Writing of an Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

Clayton Faits, David Rheinstrom, Mark Soloff, Stephanie Spence, and Jim McDoniel for Our Fair City
Zach Glass & Christian Madera for The Once And Future Nerd
David Gregory for Powder Burns
Steve W. Long for The Hawk Chronicles
Pete Lutz for Pulp-Pourri Theatre – Special Features and Fictitious Commercials
Conrad Miszuk for Kakos Industries

Best Writing of an Original, Long-Form, Serial Production

Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor for Welcome to Night Vale
Andrew Huttel for Generic Hospital
Michael McQuilkin and Richard Wentworth for Hadron Gospel Hour
Gabriel Urbina and Sarah Shachat for Wolf 359
Natalie Van Sistine for The Elysium Project

Best Writing of a Fan/Adaptation Production

Matthew Chambers and David Nagel & Michael Maher for Doctor Who: The Audio Adventure Series
Pete Lutz for The Pin-Up Murder Mystery
Pete Lutz for The Shadow’s Legacy
Tony Raymond and Dan McIntosh for Star Trek: Outpost
Aron Toman for Doctor Who: The Angel of Blinding Light

Best Actress in an Original Standalone Production

Julia Anrather as Penelope in Penelope Loves You
Madeline Calandrillo as Cindy in The Best Version of Myself
Carly Erickson as Rosey Klugman in Now, Back to Your Scheduled Programming
Kristin Macomber as Jess Dempsey in Jess Dempsey, First Woman on Mars
Natalie Stanfield Thomas as Milly Foster in Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator

Best Actress with an Ensemble Role in an Original Serial Production

Rhiannon Angell as Nia in The Once And Future Nerd
Lily Drexler as Gwen and Ry’y lo-Th’yyt in The Once And Future Nerd
Anya Gibian as Aerona Regan and Arlene Redmoor in The Once And Future Nerd
Colleen Kennedy as Hexabeth Blackhard in Lost in Williamsburg
Julie Reed as Jen in The Once And Future Nerd

Best Actress with a Supporting Role in an Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

Kat Evans as Loamy in Our Fair City
Florencia Lozano as Francesca in Powder Burns
Emma Sherr-Ziarko as Commander Minkowski in Wolf 359
Michaela Swee as Hera in Wolf 359
Leah Vianna as Marshall Broderick in The Intermine Legacy: I am the Darkness Arc I – Lost and Found

Best Actress with a Supporting Role in an Original, Long-Form, Serial Production

Kim Aiello as The Introductions, which is a supporting role in Kakos Industries
Hanna Jones as Hailey Solomonari, which is a supporting role in Kakos Industries
Lisa McQuilkin as A.S.H. LE, which is a supporting role in Hadron Gospel Hour
Rebecca Ryan as Melantha Murther, which is a supporting role in Kakos Industries
Natalie Van Sistine as Kate, which is a supporting role in The Elysium Project

Best Actress with a Leading Role in an Original Serial Production

Susan Bridges as Jayne in Tabula Rasa
Amber Lee Connors as Emma Grayson in The Elysium Project
Clarissa Der Nederlanden as Flying Squirrel in Red Panda Adventures
Tanja Milojevic as Viranda Vinsbergh in Night Warrior
Kirsten Strohmer as Kate Hawk in The Hawk Chronicles

Best Actress in a Fan/Adaptation Production

Tia Camilleri as Samantha Blackburn in Mass Effect: The Last Stand
Geri Elliff as Receptionist in The Pin-Up Murder Mystery
Leanne King as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth
Kathryn Pryde as Adriana in Comedy of Errors
Olivia Steele as Portia in Julius Caesar

Best Actor in an Original, Short-Form, Standalone Production

Jordan Goldston as Eddie Scoopenelli in The Last Word on Tragedy
Patrick Mahaney as XY9.5 in Now, Back to Your Scheduled Programming
Jim McCaffree as Cooper in Super Bad Day
Jordan J. Scavone as The Cast of Captain Marvelous in Captain Marvelous Christmas Special
Mark Zaricor as Grayson in The Girl on the Horizon

Best Actor in an Original, Long-Form, Standalone Production

Gene Godwin as The President in The 2038 State of the Union
Glenn Hascall as Woody in Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator
Matt Hill as Ira Slash in This Monstrous Life
Matthew Schott as Elgin Lumpkin / Elle Lumpkin in The Best Version of Myself
Nicholas Thurkettle as Cthulhu, Jr. in This Monstrous Life

Best Actor with an Ensemble Role in an Original Serial Production

Garrett Armyn as Brennen in The Once And Future Nerd
Nate Betancourt as The Voice Inside Your Head in The Grayscale
Dan Dobransky as General Traft and Ardel Redmoor in The Once And Future Nerd
Ian Harkins as The Narrator in The Once And Future Nerd
Frank Queris as Billy in The Once And Future Nerd

Best Actor with a Minor Role in an Original Serial Production

Ian Belknap as Bartender in PleasureTown
Matt Locker as Preacher in Powder Burns
Ian McGowan as Baron Von Wasteland in A Beginner’s Guide to Interplanetary Destruction
Jackson Publick as Hiram McDaniels in Welcome to Night Vale
Lance Roberts as Walt in Powder Burns

Best Actor with a Supporting Role in an Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

Jason Babinsky as Monty Hoag in Powder Burns
Phil Carroll as Captain Michael Lee in Powder Burns
David Gregory as Deputy Prentice Bell in Powder Burns
Ryan Schile as Dr. Herbert West in Our Fair City
Robert Vaughn as Tate in Powder Burns

Best Actor with a Supporting Role in an Original, Long-Form, Serial Production

Michael Atkinson as Googar Zoozar in Hadron Gospel Hour
Kevin R. Free as Kevin in Welcome to Night Vale
Dylan Marron as Carlos in Welcome to Night Vale
Xander Mobus as Mirage in The Elysium Project
Anwar Newton as Dirk Cornelious Sexplosion in Kakos Industries

Best Actor with a Leading Role in an Original, Short-Form, Serial Production

David Ault as Byron in The Byron Chronicles
James Herd as William McKinley in The Intermine Legacy: I am the Darkness Arc I – Lost and Found
Sean Hennessy as Karl Berenger in The Meat Blockade
Steve Long as Detective Jim Barnes in The Hawk Chronicles
John Wesley Shipp as Sheriff Emmett Burns in Powder Burns

Best Actor with a Leading Role in an Original, Long-Form, Serial Production

Cecil Baldwin as Cecil Gershwin Palmer in Welcome to Night Vale
Michael McQuilkin as Mike Wilkinson in Hadron Gospel Hour
Conrad Miszuk as Corin Deeth III in Kakos Industries
Zach Valenti as Dr. Alexander Hilbert in Wolf 359
Zach Valenti as Douglas Eiffel in Wolf 359

Best Actor in a Fan/Adaptation Standalone Production

Alan Clower as Holly Martins in The Narada Radio Company Presents: “The Third Man”
Scott Fortney as Santa Claus in Christmas With the Trolls
Dana Gonsalves as Leeds Berry in The Pin-Up Murder Mystery
Pete Lutz as Harry Lime in The Narada Radio Company Presents: “The Third Man”
Nick Wommack as Baron Kurtz in The Narada Radio Company Presents: “The Third Man”

Best Actor in a Fan/Adaptation Serial Production

Matthew Chambers as Doctor Who in Doctor Who: The Audio Adventure Series
Colin Kelly as Brutus in Julius Caesar
David Nagel as Doctor Who in Doctor Who: The Audio Adventure Series
Aron Toman as Doctor Who in Doctor Who – The Crossover Adventures
Jason R. Wallace as Caesar in Julius Caesar