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Fiction Podcast Weekly 272: Apollo's Hidden Gems, reversing the algorithm, paid writing opportunity, and Marie Laveau's story
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Issue #272 of The Fiction Podcast Weekly is brought to you by Back Fires.
In 1946, a crew of California convicts fights wildfires in exchange for their freedom. Thirty years later, while researching the history of American prison labor, a British journalist uncovers evidence suggesting a wide-ranging cover-up of inmate deaths. Listen to Back Fires - a new full-cast historical fiction podcast.
๐ The nominees and winners of the T.O. Webfest, especially Candy Claus, Private Eye, Hovering, Table Read, Tempo and The Invicta Collective for Best Fiction Podcast
โReversing โthe Algorithm for Women in Podcasting Tom Webster discusses the gender imbalance in podcasting and how to re-calibrate the scales. "Proactive curation โ taking a stand on something new and unfamiliar โ is the only way to stop the flywheel. It means male hosts actively promoting shows hosted by women. I canโt emphasize that enough."
"The podcast industry is still being built, brick by brick, and like any structure, if you neglect a crucial part, the entire foundation can collapse," wrote Talib Jasir, founder of Afros & Audio, in An Open Letter to The Podcast, Tech, and Media Industries on LinkedIn.
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Paid Writing Opportunity for Historical Fiction Podcast. Details about the job expectations and how to apply are in the Agnodice Writer Pitch Deck, at the end. Offers $500 for six episodes. Deadline: 30 Sept.
โThe Early Deadline to enter the Webby Awards is 25 October. The Scripted (Fiction) category is in the Shows section, but Individual Episode or Limited Series & Specials don't have a fiction award option. Fees range in price from $85 for students to $665 for Ad Campaigns. If you're an independent, non-student creator, it may cost $395 to $465.
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Milestones & Debuts
โClawmoor Heights A Truefolk Historian Risks Professional Ruin When Drawn into the Turbulent Affairs of a Dying Baron and his Idle Children as he Attempts to Preserve his Familyโs Legacy.
โAll At Sea February is the captain and lone sailor of the Zenith, a longliner traversing the Pacific Ocean. But time is wrong, the sea is empty, and the world is quiet.
โBond Beyond Blood Evelyn Green, a hard-hitting journalist, and Thomas Wright, a detective-in-training, become unlikely partners as they investigate the peculiar deaths of ex-detectives.
โDS Billings Mysteries Detective Sergeant John Billings has risen swiftly through the ranks to become one of Scotland Yard's youngest detectives: privately, he struggles with the demons of loneliness and morphine addiction.
โSNPR: Supernatural Public Radio A local radio station, WKUG99, and its newest reporter, Salem Woods, who has to cover the occult and the uncanny for newbies (like himself).
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