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Ogle Awards 2004 WRW Wins Twice!

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Well it’s that time of year again.

The Workshop has scored two Ogle Awards at this years CONvergence Convention. Last year we won an Honorable mention for A Murder of Crows. This year we won the Gold for Heather Breeden’s Next Year’s Girl and a Special Award for best Adaptation for Cynthia McGean’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, recorded live at McMenamins Kennedy School last Halloween.

We are busting our buttons to receive this honor and to be in the company of such wonderful audio producers is a great compliment. The full list of awards follows and the judges are listed at the end. Congratulations to Heather and Cindy especially for their wonderful scripts. I can’t wait to see what comes out of this years Writer’s on the Air Workshop.

MARK TIME AND OGLE AWARDS FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION AUDIO AWARDS

The Ninth Annual Mark Time Awards for the Best Audio Science Fiction of the Year were presented at the CONvergence Science Fiction Convention at the Sheraton Hotel South in Bloomington, MN on July 1st, 2005.

The Mark Time Award is named after the character created by the Firesign Theatre in the 1970s. The Ogle Award is named for Charles Ogle, who played the Frankenstein monster in Thomas Edison’s 1910 film of the Mary Shelley novel. The Mark Time/Ogle Awards are the only awards given in this country that are solely for audio theater.

The winners of the Ogle Fantasy Audio Awards and Mark Time Science Fiction Audio Awards for the production year 2004:

GOLD OGLE AWARD

Next Years Girl By Heather Breeden

Willamette Radio Workshop, Portland, OR. Sam A. Mowry and Cynthia McGean, producers.

SILVER OGLE AWARD

No Award given

SPECIAL AWARD – BEST ADAPTATION

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein By Cynthia McGean

Willamette Radio Workshop, Portland, OR. Sam A. Mowry and Cynthia McGean, producers.

HONORABLE MENTION

“Three Skeleton Key”

One Act Players, San Mateo, CA. Glenn Carlson, producer.

GOLD MARK TIME AWARD

No Award given

SILVER MARK TIME AWARD (Tie)

“Paradox”

Strange Interludes, Fort Worth, TX. Stephen Couch , writer/producer.

“Snowbank”

Icebox Radio Theater, International Falls, MN. Jeffrey Adams, writer/producer.

HONORABLE MENTION

“Rod Renegade: Chaos for Hire”

Texas Radio Theatre, Arlington, TX. Shannan and Rich Frohlich, producers

SPECIAL AWARD – BEST ADAPTATION

The Menace From Earth

Atlanta Radio Theater Company, Atlanta, GA. William Alan Ritch, producer. Story by Robert Heinlein.

David Ossman described the genre at the first Mark Time Awards ceremony this way: “The best special effects are the ones inside your head. The best aliens are the ones that only you can see, and you only see them in your own mind. Science fiction is one of the largest genres in the whole world of audio publishing anyway, mostly because people love to listen to it. It’s movies in your mind.”

You can find more information about the CONvergence convention on-line at http://www.convergence-con.org/.

CONvergence is a project of MISFITS, the Minnesota Society For Interest in Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Judges for the 2004 Mark Time and Ogle Awards were:

  • Simon Jones – “Arthur Dent” in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  • Kris Markman – National Audio Theatre Festivals
  • Brian Price – Great Northern Audio Theatre
  • Philip Proctor – The Firesign Theatre
  • Jerry Stearns – Great Northern Audio Theatre

The Ogle Awards 2003

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WRW’s Murder of Crows Wins Honorable Mention at Ogle Awards

A Murder of Crows featured the original scripts of Cynthia McGean, Bill Gregory and Mary Robinette Kowal and was produced by Sam A. Mowry, Robert Kowal and Marty Gallagher.

Willamette Radio Workshop Cast:

Alyson Ayn Osborn, Janet Penner, Yani Berkshire-Cruse, Tim McKennie, Chris Porter, Mary Robinette Kowal, Carole Dane, Linda Norton, Cynthia McGean and Sam A. Mowry.

Sound Design and Live Foley:

John Martin Gallagher, Atticus Mowry and Rob Kowal.

The Ogle Award is given each year to honor the Best Fantasy Audio Production of the Year. The award is named for Charles Ogle who played the first Frankenstein’s creation in Edison’s silent 1910 film of the famous science fiction horror novel. Fantasy includes magical “high” fantasy, sword and sorcery, horror, modern urban fantasy, and other things that don’t fall under the criteria of Science Fiction. The Mark Time Award, and the Ogle Award, were awarded at CONvergence, July 2-3-4 of 2004.

The Mark Time Awards are the companion award to the Ogle and are given each year to honor the Best Science Fiction Audio Production on the Planet. This year Marc Rose and Jerrel McQuen also received an Honorable Mention for their series Dry Smoke and Whispers — The Shadow Man, also produced in Portland. Several members of both companies traveled to Minnesota to receive the awards, presented by David Ossman of the legendary Firesign Theater. The highlight of the opening ceremonies is an original audio theater piece written by Jerry Sterns and Brian Price called Martian Trombone. Due to an illness in the cast, Sam A. Mowry, WRW Artistic Director, was asked to step in at the last minute and performed with David Ossman and the CONvergence troupe.

The Mark Time Award is given each year to honor the Best Science Fiction Audio Production on the Planet and the Ogle Award for Best Fantasy Audio Production of the Year. Presented by The American Society For Science Fiction Audio (ASFSFA).

Judges for the 2004 Awards are listed below.

  • Henry Howard – Atlanta Radio Theatre Company
  • Kris Markman – National Audio Theatre Festivals
  • Brian Price – Great Northern Audio Theatre
  • Philip Proctor – Firesign Theatre
  • Jerry Stearns – Great Northern Audio Theatre

The Mark Time Awards are sponsored by MISFITS, the Minnesota Society for Interest in Science Fiction and Fantasy. A complete list of winners can be found at:

http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/MarkTime/MTwinners.html