Issue #252 of The Fiction Podcast Weekly is brought to you by Leah's Gals.

Greed, lust, drugs, and Capodimonte combust in this low-rent, Southern-fried twist on a literary classic. Leah’s Gals, loosely based on Shakespeare’s epic tragedy King Lear, takes place in the present-day American South, where a family’s long-held grievances and newfound wealth lead to familial treachery, violence, and death.

News, Roundups, and Announcements

• ​Rates rises for ITV and BBC audio drama writers, from the Writers' Guild of Great Britain
• ​A fight for freedom in New York: “How Emeline Got Free” is a 30-minute audio drama produced by the Historical Society of the New York Courts that tells the story of the landmark Lemmon Slave Case from the perspective of Emeline Thompson, the eldest of the eight enslaved women and children whose freedom was at stake at this 1852 trial. Visit the society’s website to register for this free event.
• ​Is it Bandcamp Friday yet? The day when Bandcamp waives its revenue share is nigh. Look for your favorite indie podcast concern on Bandcamp and find out if they're selling their melons there, along with Tin Can Audio, Long Cat Media, and many more.
• ​Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals, a full-cast comedy anthology in which classic horror authors tell stories around the campfire, is crowdfunding for its second season through May 31.
• ​Fiction Podcast Meet Cute To Adapt Manta Comic ‘I’ve Become A True Villainess’ by Sarah Merican for Deadline

Creator Resources

• ​YouTube is Not The Podcast Savior You're Looking For, by Matt Medeiros for The Podcast Setup, which includes a love letter to RSS.
• ​Storytelling Insights from The Moth, by Doug Fraser for The Noise Gate
• ​Translating Movie Trailers to Podcast Trailers, by Wil Williams for Podcast Marketing Magic
• Did you know that behind-the-scenes videos for Camlann's sound design are on Tin Can Audio's Twitch channel? Find out how to make the sound of wood splitting and much more.
• Why are creator resources becoming harder to find? Send your favorite creative resources to The Fiction Podcast Weekly so we can all produce audio drama and fiction podcasts that stagger the imagination.
• If you can send in a reasonable resource (written step-by-step tutorial with screenshots or screen-capture video with closed captioning) about how to edit remotely recorded audio so that it sounds like more than one remotely recorded voice track is in the same room, your podcast gets a free Classified ad. And by "reasonable," I mean, "Lindsay, who has extremely limited sound design experience, can understand it and make it work." Send it to Lindsay@thepodcasthost.com. Offer expires June 1.

Opportunities

• Speaking of history and podcasts, If I were interested in NJ’s revolutionary war history, and I were good at making budgets, I’d be on this like sand on a beach: Podcast Executive Producer, New Jersey Historical Commission / RevolutionNJ - Trenton NJ, USA
• ​The Independent Podcast Awards are open for entry. Deadline: 31 May.
• Transom has published the new All Hear for May! Opportunities include the aforementioned Circuit 3 Pet Sounds opportunity (deadline 15 May), and many journalism opps, but check through and see what floats your boat.
• ​AIR's New Voices Program is open for entry. Deadline: 17 May.
• ​New Writing North's Sounds Good program for audio storytelling is led by Mark Nixon of Shadows at the Door, and applications are open now through 20 May.

Milestones & Debuts

• Coming Soon: The Count of Monte Cristo. For the first time in its 150-year history, Alexandre Dumas’ epic tale of revenge is retold as a fiction podcast focusing on its one-percenters, scheming social climbers, and the power of hope. Trailer available at the link.
• ​Cold Tapes is part podcast, part murder mystery game; an audio whodunnit competition where you can play detective. "Those who want to guess the killer can do so via our website and if you're in Great Britain, you can enter the competition to win £10,000 and be crowned Super Sleuth of the Year at CrimeCon London in September."
• What if your podcast had a companion app, so the audience could communicate with the characters? That's what all-ages fiction podcast A2Z is doing, and Tom Crowley will rule the fiction podcasting world if he's not careful.
• ​Divorce Ranch. June 1949. Heiress Mitzi Ballantyne has gone missing during her "Reno-vation" at the Sidewinder Resort. Meanwhile, Detective Francis O'Connell, a Bible-toting bloodhound, would rather be at his Ma's sickbed. Instead, he steps off the train and into a den of liberated ex-wives who test his every nerve.

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