Issue #249 of The Fiction Podcast Weekly is brought to you by The Podcast Host's How Listeners Want to Engage With Your Podcast.

We surveyed podcast listeners to learn what would make them engage more with shows. Check out the results of the podcast listener survey here: Survey Reveals How Listeners Want to Engage With Your Podcast, by Katie Paterson

News, Roundups, and Announcements

• The Cambridge Geek has compiled and shared the Top Audio Fiction Poll: Results! 2024 on Reddit.
• ​reVolver Podcasts and Cisneros Media Distribution Join Forces to Bring Iconic Titles to Global Audiences in a New Podcast Format. "The inaugural lineup of podcasts, featuring four top-rated telenovelas... promises to captivate listeners with rich storytelling and diverse themes. From romance and drama to intrigue and insightful conversations, audiences are in for an immersive audio experience."
• In podcasting newsletter news: HotPod is going on hiatus for the forseeable future. James Cridland of PodNews pointed out, "The publication’s writers, Ariel Shapiro, Ashley Carman, and Nick Quah, have been a vital part of the industry since 2014."
• Ella Watts will teach a special workshop on The Art of Audio Drama Writing for Closing Credits in May. Get your tickets now!
• ​Residents of Proserpina Park is fundraising for their Season 4 and 5 Launch. Learn about creatures you've never heard of and follow this crazy gang and their pet dog alien to solve the park's mystery. Have you ever wanted to be an Executive Producer? Of course you have.
• ​The Deca Tapes is crowdfunding for season 2. The elderly Mr. Worcher has disappeared. The only clues he left are a short handwritten note and a white cassette tape. Can Amanda, a Deca Group Private Eye, dissect the clues and find him?

Creator Resources

• Podcast Discovery shares Does Your Podcast Need Video Trailers? (Yes, It Does) This included some info about algorithms I hadn't considered.
• ​How to Embigify Podcasting​, by Tom Webster for Sounds Profitable
• ​Shure MV7+: The best USB podcast mic gets better, according to Brian Heater for TechCrunch. It's got USB-C.
• Kristina Bartold-Sorgota of The Social Snippet shares Promote Your Podcast on X/Twitter With These 4 Strategies.
• ​What Nonfiction Podcasts Can Learn from Audio Dramas, by Wil Williams for Podcast Marketing Magic

Opportunities

• HUBRIS: a 24-hour podcast project, takes place on April 27/28. The rules of Hubris are here and the Discord server for Hubris is here. Audio editors are especially wanted!
• ​The Independent Podcast Awards are back and the Podcasting, Seriously fund can help cover fees for those who qualify. Deadline: Friday, May 31st.
• Casting Call: Seven Days. Listing expires 17 May.
• Casting Call: TAIM Media. Listing expires 17 April.
• Casting Call: Metropolis. Listing expires 24 May.
• ​Minnesota Webfest: The regular deadline for fiction podcast submissions is 30 April.
• ​T.O. Webfest: the regular deadline for fiction podcast submissions is 15 May.

Milestones & Debuts

• ​Give Me Away Season 2 launched this week. The producers asked some of the show's fans to recap season 1, to get us all caught up.
• ​Deep Dark. Dante, a poet, is going to a job interview. He gets the job but then goes to Hell.
• ​Cypress Creek. Joan's home was devastated by a flood after a hurricane. She and her neighbors on the lower ridge are struggling to survive. If Joan can win the HOA election, she can make sure the neighborhood funds go to the people who need them most. Standing in her way? Katie.

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