Ditmar Award results

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The Ditmar Award is Australia's oldest and best-known science fiction, fantasy and horror award, presented annually at the Australian "NatCon" since 1969. The historical nominations and results (listed in boldface) of the Award follow.

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[edit] 1969: Melbourne

[edit] Best Australian Science Fiction of any length, or collection

[edit] Best International Science Fiction of any length, or collection

[edit] Best Contemporary Writer of Science Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Amateur Science Fiction Publication or Fanzine

  • Australian Science Fiction Review, John Bangsund
  • The Mentor, Ronald L Clarke
  • Rataplan, Leigh Edmonds

[edit] 1970: Melbourne

[edit] Best Australian Science Fiction

[edit] Best International Publication

  • Amazing Stories
  • Vision of Tomorrow

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
  • The Journal of Omphalistic Epistemology, John Foyster

[edit] 1971: Melbourne

[edit] Best Australian SF

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
  • The Somerset Gazette, Noel Kerr
  • The New Forerunner, Gary Mason

[edit] Special Awards

  • SF in the Cinema, John Baxter
  • Visions of Tomorrow, Ron Graham

[edit] 1972: Melbourne

[edit] Best Australian Fiction

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Scythrop, John Bangsund
  • The Mentor, Ron L. Clarke
  • The Fanarchist, David Grigg
  • Chao, John Alderson
  • S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie

[edit] 1973: Adelaide

[edit] Best Australian Fiction

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Dramatic Presentation

  • Aussiefan
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Slaughterhouse Five
  • Tales From The Crypt

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Chao, John Alderson
  • Gegenschein, Eric Lindsay
  • Rataplan, Leigh Edmonds
  • S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie

[edit] 1974: Melbourne

[edit] Special Award

  • Robin Johnson

[edit] 1975: Melbourne

[edit] Best Australian SF

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Osiris, Del & Dennis Stocks
  • Forerunner, Sue Clarke
  • Fanew Sletter, Leigh Edmonds
  • Chao, John Alderson
  • Gegenschein, Eric Lindsay

[edit] 1976: Melbourne

[edit] Best Australian Fiction

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Chao, John Alderson
  • Fanew Sletter, ed Leigh Edmonds
  • Mad Dan's Review, Marc Ortlieb
  • Osiris, Del & Dennis Stocks
  • Interstellar Ramjet Scoop, Bill Wright

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

[edit] 1977: Adelaide

[edit] Best Australian Science Fiction

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
  • Mad Dan's Review, Marc Ortlieb
  • Enigma, Van Ikin
  • South of Harad, East of Rhun, Jon Noble

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

[edit] Special committee award

  • "The Ins and Outs of the Hadhya City State", Phillipa Maddern

[edit] 1978: Melbourne

[edit] Australian Science Fiction, Best Novel

[edit] Australian Science Fiction, Best Short Fiction

  • Albert's Bellyful, Francis Payne, (Yggdrasil, Feb '77)
  • Ignorant of Magic, Phillipa C. Maddern, (View From The Edge)
  • The Two Body Problem, Bruce Barnes, (View From The Edge)
  • The Long Fall, A. Bertram Chandler, (Amazing, July '77)

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Amateur Australian Publication (Fanzine)

  • Yggdrasil, Dennis Callegari & Alan Wilson
  • Enigma, Van Ikin
  • Minardor, Marc Ortlieb
  • Fanew Sletter, Leigh Edmonds
  • Epsilon Eridani Express, Neville J. Angove

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • George Turner, The Martial Art of SF Criticism, Yggdrasil, Feb, May & August 1977
  • Andrew Whitmore, The Novels of D.G. Compton, SF Commentary, (No 52.)
  • Robert Scholes & Eric S. Rabkin - Science Fiction: History Science Vision, O.U.P
  • George Turner, The Silverberg Phenomenon, SF Commentary, No 51
  • Van Ikin, Review of 'Going'

[edit] 1979: Melbourne

[edit] Best Australian Fiction

  • To Keep The Ship, A. Bertram Chandler, DAW
  • Beloved Son, George Turner, Faber
  • Play Little Victims, Kenneth Cook, Pergamon Press
  • Pie Row Joe, Kevin McKay
  • The Rooms of Paradise, Quartet

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Forerunner, Jack R. Herman
  • Yggdrasil, Denis Callegari & Alan Wilson
  • Scytale, Peter Toluzzi
  • The Epsilon Eridani Express, Neville J. Angove
  • Chunder!, John Foyster

[edit] Best Australian Fanwriter

  • Leanne Frahm
  • John Bangsund
  • Marc Ortlieb
  • Anthony Peacy
  • Eric Lindsay
  • John Foyster

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Susan Wood, Women and Science Fiction, Algol, 33, 1978
  • John Bangsund, Parergon Papers 10, ANZAPA, Oct 1978
  • John McPharlin, On The Ebb Tide of the New Wave, Auto Delerium, March 1978
  • Lloyd Biggle Jr, The Morasses of Academe Revisited, Analog, Sept 1978

[edit] 1980: Swancon 5, Perth

[edit] Australian Fiction

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Bionic Rabbit, Damian Brennan
  • The Wasffan, Roy Ferguson
  • Chunder, John Foyster
  • S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
  • Forerunner, Jack Herman

[edit] Best Australian Fanwriter

  • Damian Brennan
  • Roy Ferguson
  • Leanne Frahm
  • Jack R. Herman
  • Marc Ortlieb

[edit] Australian Fantasy/SF Artist

  • Bevan Casey
  • Chris Johnston
  • Rob McGough
  • John Packer
  • Marilyn Pride
  • Jane Taubman

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Terry Dowling, The Art of Xenography, Science Fiction 3
  • Bruce Gillespie, The Man Who filled the void & By our fruits, S.F Commentary 55/56
  • Jack R. Herman, Paradox as Paradigm: A Review of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Forerunner, May
  • George Turner, Delany: A Victim of the Great Applause, Yggdrasil 3/79

[edit] 1981: Adelaide

[edit] Best Australian Novel

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

  • Deus Ex Corporus, Leanne Frahm
  • The Pastseer, Phillipa Maddern
  • Passage to Earth, Leanne Frahm
  • Horg, Jay Hoffman

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Australian Science Fiction News, Mervyn R. Binns
  • Q36, Marc Ortlieb
  • Chunder, John Foyster
  • S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie

[edit] Best Australian Fanwriter

  • Leigh Edmonds
  • Leanne Frahm
  • David Grigg
  • Marc Ortlieb

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • John Packer
  • Marilyn Pride
  • Jane Taubman
  • Julie Vaux

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

[edit] 1982: Melbourne

[edit] Best Long Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy

[edit] Best Short Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy

  • Armstrong, Jack Wodhams
  • Tales of Mirric, Elizabeth Travers
  • Where Silence Rules, Keith Taylor

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Australian SF News, Mervyn R. Binns
  • Q36, Marc Ortlieb
  • S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
  • Thyme, Andrew Brown and Irwin Hirsh
  • Weberwoman's Wrevenge, Jean Weber

[edit] Best Australian Fanwriter

  • Leigh Edmonds
  • Judith Hanna
  • Eric B. Lindsay
  • Marc Ortlieb

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • Steph Campbell
  • Chris Johnston
  • John Packer
  • Marilyn Pride

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Damien Broderick, The Lately Great Alfred Bester, S.F. Commentary 62/66
  • Thomas Disch, The Labor Day Group F&SF, Feb 1981
  • Bruce Gillespie, Sing a Song of Daniel

[edit] 1983: Sydney

[edit] Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy

  • The Ones Who Walk Away Behind the Eyes, Terry Dowling, Omega, May 1982
  • The Lances of Nengesdul, Keith Taylor
  • Vaneglory, George Turner

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Ornithopter, Leigh Edmonds
  • Q36, Marc Ortlieb
  • Science Fiction, Van Ikin
  • Thyme, Andrew Brown, Irwin Hirsh, Roger Weddall
  • Weberwoman's Wrevenge, Jean Weber

[edit] Best Australian Fanwriter

  • Terry Dowling
  • Leigh Edmonds
  • Marc Ortlieb

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Chris Johnston
  • Marilyn Pride
  • Nick Stathopoulos

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist

  • Terry Frost
  • Michael McGann
  • John Packer
  • Jane Taubman
  • Julie Vaux

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor

  • Neville Angove
  • Mervyn Binns
  • Ron L. Clarke
  • Paul Collins
  • Van Ikin
  • Norstrilia Press Rob Gerrand, Bruce Gillespie & Carey Handfield

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Terry Dowling, Kirth Gersen: The Other Demon Prince, Science Fiction 11
  • Terry Dowling, The Lever of Life: Winning and Losing in the Fiction of Cordwainer Smith, Science Fiction 10
  • Bruce Gillespie, S.F. Commentary, The First Year

[edit] Special Award

  • Robin Johnson, Contribution to Fandom

[edit] 1984: Melbourne

[edit] Best Australian Long Science Fiction or Fantasy

[edit] Best Australian Short Science Fiction or Fantasy

  • Crystal Soldier, Russell Blackford
  • Life the Solitude, Kevin McKay
  • Land Deal, Gerald Murnane
  • Above Atlas His Shoulders, Andrew Whitmore

[edit] Best International Fiction

  • The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica, John Calvin Bachelor, (Dial Press.)
  • The Tempting of the Witchking, Russell Blackford, (Cory and Collins.)
  • Dr Who, (BBC)
  • Pilgerman, Russell Hoban, (Jonathan Cape.)
  • Yesterday's Men, George Turner,(Faber.)
  • Thor's Hammer, Wynne Whiteford, (Cory & Collins.)
  • No Award

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Australian Science Fiction News, Mervyn R. Binns
  • Rataplan/Ornithopter, Leigh Edmonds
  • Science Fiction, Van Ikin
  • Thyme, Roger Weddall
  • Wahf-full, Jack Herman

[edit] Best Australian Fanwriter

  • Leigh Edmonds
  • Terry Frost
  • Jack Herman
  • Seth Lockwood

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • Neville Bain
  • Steph Campbell
  • Michael Dutkiewicz
  • Chris Johnston
  • Nick Stathopoulos

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist

  • Bill Flowers
  • Terry Frost
  • Craig Hilton
  • Michael McGann
  • John Packer
  • Clint Strickland

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor

  • Paul Collins
  • Van Ikin
  • David King
  • Norstrilia Press Rob Gerrand, Bruce Gillespie & Carey Handfield

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • No Award

[edit] 1985: Adelaide

[edit] Best Australian Novel

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Australian SF News, Merv Binns
  • The Mentor, Ron L. Clarke
  • Rataplan, Leigh Edmonds
  • Science Fiction, Van Ikin

[edit] Best Australian Fanwriter

  • Leigh Edmonds
  • David Grigg
  • Leanne Frahm
  • Yvonne Rousseau

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist, Cartoonist or Illustrator

  • Nick Stathopoulos
  • Craig Hilton
  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Peter Reading

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor

  • Paul Collins
  • Van Ikin
  • Philip Gore
  • Bruce Gillespie

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Dramatic Presentation

  • Boiling Frog, Stage play with productions in Adelaide & Sydney
  • Beach Blanket Tempest, Rock Fantasy stage musical Half Moon Production
  • Iceman, Fred Schepisi Director
  • Iceman, Bruce Smeaton Musical score
  • Thief of Sydney, Animated feature 15 minutes
  • Kindred Spirits, ABC Telemovie

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

[edit] 1986: Swancon 11, Perth

[edit] Best Australian Science Fiction Novel

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

  • The Twist of Fate, David Grigg, Urban Fantasies
  • Glass Reptile Breakout, Russell Blackford, Strange Attractors
  • Montage, Lucy Sussex, Urban Fantasies
  • The Fittest, George Turner, Urban Fantasies
  • Lipton Village Society, Lucy Sussex, Strange Attractors
  • The Bullet That Grows in the Gun, Terry Dowling, Urban Fantasies

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • The Notional, Leigh Edmonds
  • The Metaphysical Review, Bruce Gillespie
  • Thyme, Roger Weddall & Peter Burns
  • Tigger, Marc Ortlieb
  • Sikander, Irwin Hirsh

[edit] Best Australian Fanwriter

  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Damien Broderick
  • Leigh Edmonds
  • Yvonne Rousseau
  • Marc Ortlieb

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • Lewis Morley
  • John Packer
  • Betty deGabrielle
  • Nick Stathopoulos
  • Marilyn Pride
  • Craig Hilton

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Norman Talbot
  • Russell Blackford
  • George Turner, "Neuromancer" et al
  • Yvonne Rousseau

[edit] 1987: Canberra

[edit] Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel

  • Bard III: The Wild Sea, Keith Taylor, (Ace.)
  • Oasis, Patrick Urth, Aphelion 1-4
  • Taronga, Victor Kelleher, Viking Kestrel
  • The Black Grail, Damien Broderick, Avon
  • Adventures Of Christian Rosy Cross, David Foster, Penguin

[edit] Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy Short Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • The Space Wastrel, Mark Loney, Michelle Muijsert, Julian Warner
  • Motional, Anonymous
  • Larrikin, Irwin Hirsh & Perry Middlemiss
  • Metaphysical Review, Bruce Gillespie
  • Thyme, Roger Weddall and Peter Burns

[edit] Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • Craig Hilton
  • Nick Stathopoulos
  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Betty deGabriele
  • John Packer

[edit] Outstanding Contribution to Australian Fandom

  • Carey Handfield, T.R.O. (The Real Official.)

[edit] William Atheling Award

  • Russell Blackford, Debased and Lascivious
  • Dave Luckett
  • Margaret Winch, Frank's Tank
  • Michael J Tolley

[edit] 1988: Sydney

[edit] Best Australian Long Fiction

  • For as Long as You Burn, Terry Dowling, Aphelion 5
  • The Makers, Victor Kelleher, Viking, Kestrel
  • Bard IV: Raven's Gathering, Keith Taylor, Ace
  • The Sea And The Summer, George Turner, Faber
  • The Hyades Contact, Wynne Whiteford, Ace

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

  • The Dirty Little Unicorn, Stephen Dedman
  • The Last Elephant, Terry Dowling, Australian Short Stories #20
  • Marmordesse, Terry Dowling, Omega, January 1987
  • The Supramarket, Leanne Frahm, Doom City
  • The Celestial Intervention Agency, Karen Herkes, Time Loop #70

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Australian Science Fiction Review, Melbourne Collective eds
  • Larrikin, Irwin Hirsh, Perry Middlemiss
  • Science Fiction, Van Ikin
  • The Space Wastrel, Mark Loney, Michelle Muijsert, Julian Warner

[edit] Best Australian Fan Writer

  • Karen Herkes
  • Jack R. Herman
  • Irwin Hirsh
  • Van Ikin
  • Perry Middlemiss

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Donna Angus
  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Craig Hilton
  • David Kenyon
  • Stephen McArthur
  • Lewis Morley

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Russell Blackford, Deconstructing the Demon: John Calvin Bachelor's Novels ASFR #11
  • Richard Erlich & Peter Hall, A Prefilmic, Post-Poststructurialist Prostruction of Alien/Alien3, ASFR #11
  • John Foyster, Review of Trillion Year Spree, ASFR #7
  • Van Ikin, Mirror Reversals and the Tolkien Writing Game, Science Fiction #25
  • Susan Margaret, Structural Analysis of SF. Why? The Space Wastrel
  • Janeen Webb, I Know Who I am, But What is my Brand Name?

[edit] 1989: Swancon 14, Perth

[edit] Best Australian Long Fiction

  • Striped Holes, Damien Broderick, Avon
  • West Of The Moon, David Lake, Hyland
  • Huaco Of The Golden God, Carolyn Logan, A&R
  • Beyond The Labyrinth, Gillian Rubinstein, Hyland

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

  • A Tale of Nine Cats, Katherine Cummings, Conviction Programme
  • Scatter My Ashes, Greg Egan, Interzone #23
  • Things Fall Apart, Philippa Maddern, Matilda at the Speed of Light
  • The Colors of the Masters, Sean McMullen, F&SF March 1988
  • My Lady Tongue, Lucy Sussex, Matilda at the Speed of Light

[edit] Best International Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • SFR, SF Collective
  • Get Stuffed, Jacob Blake
  • Larrikin, Perry Middlemiss & Irwin Hirsh
  • Science Fiction, Van Ikin

[edit] Best Australian Fanwriter

  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Jack Herman
  • Van Ikin
  • Perry Middlemiss

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Ian Gunn
  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Craig Hilton
  • Mike McGann
  • Kiera McKenzie
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Russell Blackford, ASFR Articles
  • Martin Bridgestock, Sea & Summer, ASFR, Counter Earth/Counter Humanity, Metaphysical Review
  • Janeen Webb, ASFR Articles
  • Arthur Webster, Speaker for the Dead, Get Stuffed

[edit] 1990: Melbourne

The William Atheling Jr Award was withdrawn for insufficient nominations

[edit] Best Australian Long Fiction

  • Victor Kelleher, The Red King, Viking Kestrel
  • Keith Taylor, The Sorcerer's Sacred Isle, Ace
  • Wynne Whiteford, Lake Of The Sun, Ace

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

  • Terry Dowling, The Quiet Redemption of Andy the House, Australian Short Stories #26, June 1989.)
  • Rosaleen Love, If You Go Down to the Park Today, Total Devotion Machine
  • Rosaleen Love, Total Devotion Machine, Total Devotion Machine
  • Petrina Smith, Over the Edge, Mirrors:Redress Novellas

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

[edit] Best Australian Fanwriter

  • Terry Frost
  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Ian Gunn
  • Jack R. Herman
  • Yvonne Hintz
  • Alan Stewart

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Ian Gunn
  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Craig Hilton
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

[edit] 1991: Suncon, Brisbane

[edit] Best Fannish Cat

  • Constantinople, human: Phil Wlodarczyk
  • Emma Peel, human: Terry Frost
  • Godzilla, humans: Ian Gunn & Karen Pender-Gunn
  • Honey, humans: Gerald [Smith] & Womble
  • Satan, human: Phil Wlodarczyk
  • Truffle, humans Mark Loney & Michelle Muijsert
  • Typo, human: Roger Weddall

[edit] Best Fanzine

  • Australian Science Fiction Review, (Second series) Edited by the Science Fiction Collective
  • Doxa!, Roman Orszanski
  • Doxy, John Foyster
  • Ethel the Aardvark, Alan Stewart
  • Pink , Karen Pender-Gunn
  • StunGunn, Ian Gunn

[edit] Best Australian Novel or Anthology

  • A Pursuit of Miracles, George Turner, Aphelion
  • Fortress of Eternity, Andrew Whitmore, Avon
  • My Lady Tongue and Other Tales, Lucy Sussex, William Heinemann
  • Rynosseros, Terry Dowling, Aphelion
  • The Specialist, Wynne Whitford, Ace

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

  • Generation Gap, George Turner, A Pursuit of Miracles, Aphelion
  • God and Her Black Sense of Humour, Lucy Sussex, My Lady Tongue and Other Tales
  • Red Ochre, Lucy Sussex, My Lady Tongue and Other Tales, William Heinemann
  • The Caress, Greg Egan, Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine January 1990
  • Turtle Soup, Rosaleen Love, Eidolon December 1990
  • While the Gate is Open, Sean McMullen, F&SF March 1990

[edit] Best Australian Fan Artist

  • Ian Gunn
  • Craig Hilton
  • Marion Plumridge
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

[edit] Best Australian Fan Writer

  • Terry Frost
  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Ian Gunn
  • Marc Ortlieb
  • Alan Stewart

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Russell Blackford, Analogues of Anomie: Lee Harding's Novels in Science Fiction 30 & Australian Science Fiction Review (Second Series
  • Bruce Gillespie, The Non-SF Novels of Philip K. Dick presented at the Nova Mob and published in ANZAPA
  • Peter Nicholls, Fantastic World reviews in the Melbourne Sunday Herald
  • Alan Stewart, Reviews in Ethel the Aardvark and SF Commentary

[edit] 1992: Syncon, Sydney

[edit] Best Novel or Collection

[edit] Best Short Fiction

[edit] Best Fanzine

  • Eidolon, Jeremy Byrne
  • Ethel the Aardvark, Alan Stewart
  • Inconsequential Parallax, Tim Richards & Narelle Harris
  • Thyme, LynC & Clive Newall
  • Thyme, Greg Hills & Mark Loney

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • James Allen
  • Terry Frost
  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Greg Hills
  • Alan Stewart

[edit] Best SF or Fantasy Artist

  • Ian Gunn
  • Craig Hilton
  • Nick Stathopoulos
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Jonathan Carroll, Storyteller, Bruce Gillespie
  • Going Commercial, Sean McMullen
  • Review of The Fantastic Civil War, Blair Ramage

[edit] Special Award for Services to Fandom

  • Susan Batho
  • Ron Clarke
  • Jack Herman

[edit] 1993: Swancon 18, Perth

[edit] Best Long Fiction

[edit] Best Short Fiction

[edit] Best Periodical

  • Slow Glass Books Catalog, Justin Ackroyd
  • Eidolon, Jeremy Byrne
  • Ethel the Aardvark, Alan Stewart
  • Thyme, Alan Stewart
  • Aurealis, Dirk Strasser & Stephen Higgins

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • Paul Ewings
  • Terry Frost
  • Robin Pen
  • Karen Pender-Gunn
  • Alan Stewart
  • Roger Weddall

[edit] Best Artwork

  • Fanimals, Ian Gunn
  • Space Time Buckaneers, Ian Gunn
  • 1992 Ditmar Award, Lewis Morley
  • Cover art for Blue Tyson, Nick Stathopoulos
  • Relics, Shaun Tan
  • Snowman, Leisl Yvette

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Five Go Camping with 12-01 Club, Paul Ewings
  • James Morrow and the Erni, Bruce Gillespie
  • Australian SF Art Turns 50, Sean McMullen
  • From Fantasy to Gallileo, Sean McMullen
  • Reviews in Ethel the Aardvark Karen Pender-Gunn

[edit] 1994: Melbourne

[edit] Best Long Fiction or Collection

[edit] Best Short Fiction

  • Catalyst, Leanne Frahm, Terror Australis
  • Starbaby, Rosaleen Love, Overland, Dec 93
  • The Lottery, Lucy Sussex, Overland Dec 93
  • Ghosts of the Fall, Sean Williams, Writers of the Future IX

[edit] Best Professional Art Work

  • Galaxy Bookshop Dragon, Lewis Morley
  • Twilight Beach Cover, Nick Stathopoulos

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • Paul Ewins
  • Terry Frost
  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Jan MacNally

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Ian Gunn
  • Craig Hilton
  • Pamela Rendall
  • Steve Scholz
  • Kerry Valkova
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

[edit] Best Fanzine

  • Black Light
  • Ethel the Aardvark
  • Get Stuffed
  • SF Commentary
  • The Mentor
  • Thyme

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Five Bikers Of The Apocalypse, Leigh Edmonds, Eidolon #12
  • SF Sucks, James Allen, Get Stuffed #6
  • Silverberg Not Moving, Damien Broderick, SF Commentary 73/74/75

[edit] 1995: Thylacon, Hobart

[edit] Best Australian Long Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

  • Cocoon, Greg Egan, Asimov's SF, May 94
  • Jinx Ship, Leanne Frahm, The Patternmaker
  • Land's End, Leanne Frahm, Alien Shores
  • Our Lady of Chernobyl, Greg Egan, Interzone 83, May 1994
  • The Patternmaker, Dave Luckett, The Patternmaker

[edit] Best Professional Artwork

  • Shaun Tan, for artwork in Aurealis Magazine and Eidolon Publications

[edit] Best Fanzine

  • Gegenschein, Eric Lindsay
  • The Mentor, Ron Clarke
  • Sirius, Garry Wyatt
  • Thyme, Alan Stewart

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • Terry Frost
  • Ian Gunn
  • Graham Stone

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Ian Gunn
  • Kerri Valkova

[edit] Special Committee Award

  • Peter Nicholls

[edit] 1996: Swancon 21, Perth

[edit] Best Long Fiction

[edit] Best Short Fiction

  • Entropy, Leanne Frahm, She's Fantastical, Sybylla
  • Schrödinger's Fridge, Ian Gunn, Aurealis #15
  • A Sky Full of Ravens, Sue Isle, She's Fantastical, Sybylla
  • Angel Thing, Petrina Smith, She's Fantastical, Sybylla
  • A Map of the Mines of Barnath, Sean Williams, Eidolon #16
  • The Perfect Gun, Sean Williams, Eidolon #17/18

[edit] Best Publication/Fanzine/Periodical

  • Eidolon, J. Byrne, R Scriven & J Strahan
  • Ethel the Aardvark, Paul Ewins
  • The Metaphysical Review, Bruce Gillespie
  • Pinkette, Karen Pender-Gunn
  • Thyme, Alan Stewart

[edit] Best Artwork

  • Thyme 106 (Cover), Ian Gunn
  • An Intimate Knowledge of the Night (Cover), Nick Stathopoulos
  • Eidolon 19 (Cover), Shaun Tan

[edit] Best Non-Professional/Fan Writer

  • Terry Frost, Ian Gunn, Cheryl Morgan, Alan Stewart

[edit] Best Non-Professional/Fan Artist

  • Ian Gunn, Steve Scholz, Kerri Valkova

[edit] William Atheling Jnr Award

  • Reading by Starlight, Damien Broderick, Rutledge
  • The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction, Bill Congreve, Sean McMullen & Steven Paulsen, The Scream Factory #16

[edit] 1997: Spawncon I, Melbourne

[edit] Best Australian Long Fiction

  • Dreamweavers, Paul Collins (ed), Penguin Books
  • The Memory Cathedral, Jack Dann, Bantam
  • Scarlet Rider, Lucy Sussex, Tor/Forge
  • Metal Fatigue, Sean Williams, Harper Collins

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

  • The Sword of God, Russell Blackford
  • Dreamweavers, Paul Collins (ed), Penguin Books
  • The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse, Terry Dowling, Interzone #106
  • Borderline, Leanne Frahm, Borderline, Mirrordanse Books
  • The Stray Cat, Steven Paulsen, Lothian

[edit] Best Fanzine

  • The Communicator, Derek Screen
  • Emerald City, Cheryl Morgan
  • Oscillation Overthruster, Sue Ann Barber
  • Pinkette, Karen Pender-Gunn
  • Science Fiction, Van Ikin
  • Thyme, Alan Stewart

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • Terry Frost
  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Ian Gunn
  • Cheryl Morgan
  • Karen Pender-Gunn

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Ian Gunn
  • Steve Scholz
  • Kerri Valkova
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

[edit] Best Professional Artwork

  • Trudi Canavan for art in Aurealis #17, and Eidolon #22/23
  • Norm & Margaret Hetherington for Mr Squiggle, ABC TV
  • Elizabeth Kyle Cover of Dreamweavers
  • Shaun Tan for artwork in Eidolon and the cover of The Stray Cat
  • Jason Towers for Valdo Over Evora cover, Australian Realms #28

[edit] William Atheling Jr. Award

  • Russell Blackford, for The Tiger in the Prison House, Science Fiction #37, Reviews of Distress in Science Fiction and NYRSF, and Jewels in Junk City in Review of Contemporary Fiction
  • Alan Stewart, for reviews in Thyme
  • Janeen Webb, for Post human SF: Lost In Cyberspace, The Festival of Imagination Programme Book

[edit] 1998: Thylacon II, Hobart

[edit] Best Long Fiction

[edit] Best Short Fiction

  • Niagara Falling, Janeen Webb & Jack Dann, Black Mist
  • Lucent Carbon Russell Blackford, Eidolon 25/26
  • The Willcroft Inheritance, Rick Kennett and Paul Collins, Gothic Ghosts
  • Reasons to be Cheerful, Greg Egan, Interzone #118, [Withdrawn.]
  • Grievous Music, Carole Nomarhas, Eidolon 24

[edit] Best Dramatic Presentation

  • Spellbinder 2, Nine Network
  • Degree Absolute Bedlam Theatre Company
  • Multiverse Ceremonies Video

[edit] Best Artwork/Artist

  • Kerri Valkova
  • Mack McBride, Shivers Series
  • Nick Stathopoulos
  • Robert Jan
  • R & D Studios, Eidolon Cover
  • Shaun Tan, The Viewer

[edit] Best Fanzine

  • Eidolon
  • Frontier
  • Thyme
  • Captain's Log
  • Oscillation Overthruster

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • George Ivanoff
  • Terry Frost
  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Leanne Frahm
  • Karen Johnson
  • Cathy Cupitt

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Katharine and Darren Maxwell, for X-files episode reviews in Frontier #59;
  • Sean McMullen and Steven Paulsen, Australian Contemporary Fantasy, Encyclopedia of Fantasy #173, Orbit

[edit] 1999: Spawncon II, Melbourne

Presented as part of Aussiecon III

[edit] Best Australian Long Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

  • The Marsh Runners, Paul Brandon, Dreaming Down Under
  • The Evil Within, Sara Douglass, Dreaming Down Under
  • Dream Until God Burns, Andrew Enstice, Dreaming Down Under
  • The Truth About Weena, David Lake, Dreaming Down Under
  • Queen of Soulmates, Sean McMullen, Dreaming Down Under
  • To Avalon, Jane Routley, Dreaming Down Under

[edit] Best Australian Magazine or Anthology

  • Altair, Rob Stephenson
  • Aurealis, Paul Higgins & Dirk Strasser
  • Dreaming Down-Under, Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, Harper Collins
  • Eidolon, Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy Byrne
  • Fantastic Worlds, Paul Collins, Harper Collins
  • MUP Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction, Paul Collins, M.U.P

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • The Captain's Log, Rose Mitchell
  • Ethel the Aardvark, Ian Gunn
  • Interstellar Ramjet Scoop, Bill Wright
  • Metaphysical Review, Bruce Gillespie
  • Out of the Kaje, Karen Johnson
  • Thyme, Alan Stewart

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Ian Gunn
  • Robert Jan
  • Dick Jenssen
  • Marco Nero
  • Kerri Valkova

[edit] Best Professional Artwork

  • Emma Barber, Cover Cannibals of the Fine Light Cover, A View Before Dying
  • Mark McBride, Cover Fantastic Worlds
  • Marilyn Pride, Peregrine Besset/A3 PRs
  • Nick Stathopoulos, Cover The Man Who Melted, Cover Dreaming Down Under
  • Shaun Tan, The Rabbits

[edit] William Atheling Jr. Award

  • Damien Broderick Reviews, The New York Review of Science Fiction
  • Paul Collins, MUP Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction
  • Stephen Paulsen, Contributions to MUP Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction
  • Jonathan Strahan, Reviews in Locus
  • Janeen Webb and Andrew Enstice, Aliens & Savages, Harper Collins
  • Sean Williams & Simon Brown, No Axis No Boundary, Altair 1

[edit] 2000: Swancon 25, Perth

Original Nominations

[edit] Best Written Work (Professional)

  • Paul Collins & Jack Wodhams, Generation X, Cicada Nov/Dec 1999
  • Stephen Dedman, The Lady of Situations, Ticonderoga Publications
  • Dave Luckett, A Dark Journey, Omnibus
  • Paul Collins, The Nabakov Affair, Australian Short Stories #63
  • Rory Barnes & Damien Broderick, The Book of Revelation, Harper Collins

[edit] Best Written Work (Unpaid or Fan)

  • Colin Sharpe & Kate Langford, Magical Cream Puff Destiny, JAMWAF Magazine
  • Kyla Ward, Night Cars, Abaddon #2
  • Robin Pen Eidolist 1999 Reviews, Eidolist
  • Bill Wright, Interstellar Ramjet Scoop
  • Alan Stewart, Thyme

[edit] Best Professional Production In Any Medium

  • Sarah Endacott (ed), Orb 0
  • Russell B. Farr (ed), The Lady of Situations, Ticonderoga Publications
  • Roadshow and Warner Brothers, The Matrix
  • Paul Collins & Meredith Costain (ed), Spinouts, Pearson Education
  • MP Books , Antique Futures: The Best of Terry Dowling, MP Books

[edit] Best Non-Professional Production In Any Medium

  • Jonathan Strahan & Steve Paulsen, The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction
  • Team, Twenty3, Swancon 2000 Launch Video
  • Cathy Cupitt, The Rhyzome Factor
  • Danny Heap, The Opening Ceremony Video at Aussiecon Three
  • Ion Newcombe, The Antipodean SF website

[edit] Best Artwork (Professional.)

  • Nick Stathopoulos, The Cover of Antique Futures
  • Graeme Bliss, The Cover of Clementine
  • Marc McBride, The Cover of Spinouts
  • Shaun Tan, The Cover of Orb 0
  • Nick Stathopoulos, The Cover of The Aussiecon Three Souvenir Book

[edit] Best Artwork (Unpaid or Fan)

  • Jeremy Nelson, The Cover of The Rhyzome Factor #4
  • Colin Sharpe, Illustrations for The Magical Cream Puff Destiny
  • Dick Jenssen, Body of Work
  • Phil Wlodarczyk, Cover to Ethel the Aardvark

[edit] William Atheling Award for Criticism or Review

  • Van Ikin, Russell Blackford & Sean McMullen, Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction, Greenwood
  • Judith Buckrich, George Turner: A Life 1916-1997, M.U.P
  • Robert Hood, Articles in i.am ezine
  • Janeen Webb & Andrew Enstice, The Fantastic Self, Eidolon Press
  • Jonathan Strahan & Steve Paulsen, The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction
Second Round Nominations and Winners

[edit] Best Novel

[edit] Best Short Fiction

  • Paul Collins, The Habokov Affair, Australian Short Stories 63
  • Robert Hood, Ground Underfoot, Aurealis 23
  • Paul Collins and Jack Wodhams, Generation X, Cicada Nov/Dec 99
  • Robert Hood, Primal Etiquette, Orb 0
  • Chris Lawson, Written In Blood, Asimov's, June 1999

[edit] Best Collected Work

[edit] Best Artwork

  • Shaun Tan, Cover to The Coode St Review Of Science Fiction
  • Nick Stathopoulos, Cover to Aussiecon 3 Programme Book
  • Nick Stathopoulos, Cover to Dreaming Down Under Volume 2, (Ineligible, withdrawn.)
  • Marc McBride, Covers to Spinouts

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Alan Stewart
  • Karen Johnson
  • Robin Pen
  • Merv Binns

[edit] Best Fan Artist

Brad Foster withdrawn as ineligible (non-Australian)
  • Dick Jenssen
  • Catriona Sparks

[edit] Best Fan Production

  • Jonathan Strahan and Stephen Paulsen, The Coode St Review Of Science Fiction
  • Alan Stewart, Thyme
  • Cathy Cupitt, The Rhizome Factor
  • Danny Heap, Nick Stathopoulos, Aussiecon 3 Masquerade Ceremony
  • Danny Heap, Aussiecon 3 Opening Ceremony Video
  • Bill Wright, Interstellar Ramjet Scoop
  • Ethel The Aardvark

[edit] William Atheling Jr. Award

  • Robert Hood, Writings in i.am website
  • Tess Williams and Helen Merrick, Women Of Other Worlds
  • Jonathan Strahan, Reviews in Locus
  • Russell Blackford, Van Ikin and Sean McMullen, Strange Constellations: A History Of Australian Science Fiction
  • Jonathan Strahan and Stephen Paulsen, The Coode St Review of Science Fiction

[edit] 2001: Swancon 26, Perth

[edit] Best Novel

  • Cyberskin, Paul Collins, Hybrid Publishers
  • The Miocene Arrow, Sean McMullen, Tor Books
  • Sea as Mirror, Tess Williams, HarperCollins Australia
  • Evergence 2: The Dying Light, Sean Williams and Shane Dix, Ace Books

[edit] Best Short Fiction

Included Best Novella or Novelette eligible nominees
  • That Old Black Graffiti, Robert Hood, Tales from the Wasteland, ed. Paul Collins, Hodder Headline
  • The Devotee, Stephen Dedman, Eidolon 29/30
  • The First and Final Game, Deborah Biancotti, Altair #6/7
  • The King with Three Daughters, Russell Blackford, Black Heart, Ivory Bones, Avon, eds. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
  • The Saltimbanques, Terry Dowling, Blackwater Days, Eidolon Publications
  • Basic Black, Terry Dowling, Blackwater Days, Eidolon Publications

[edit] Best Collected Work

  • Tales from the Wasteland, ed. Paul Collins, Hodder Headline
  • Blackwater Days, Terry Dowling, Eidolon Publications
  • White Time, Margo Lanagan, Allen and Unwin, Australia

[edit] Best Artwork

  • Shaun Tan, The Lost Thing, Lothian Books
  • Otto Schmidinger, Space, Stamp Issue, Australia Post
  • Marc McBride, Cover to Tales from the Wasteland, Hodder Headline

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • Grant Watson
  • Robin Pen
  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Alan Stewart

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Grant Watson
  • Jade Todd
  • Dick (Ditmar)Jenssen

[edit] Best Fan Production

  • The Rhizome Factor, ed. Cathy Cupitt
  • First Sight, dir. Chris Dickinson
  • Angriest Video Store Clerk in the World, Grant Watson
  • SwanCon 2001 Launch Video
  • The Unrelenting Gaze: SF Commentary # 76, ed. Bruce Gillespie
  • Mitch? Short Stories for Short Attention Spans, ed. Mitch?

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism and Review

  • Waking Henson: A Jim Henson Retrospective, Grant Watson and Simon Oxwell
  • The Unrelenting Gaze: SF Commentary # 76, ed. Bruce Gillespie
  • Reviews in Locus: The Newspaper of the Science Fiction Field, Jonathan Strahan
  • Transrealist Fiction, Damien Broderick, Greenwood
  • Time Travel, Time Scapes and Timescape, Russell Blackford, The New York Review of SF #150

[edit] Best New Talent

  • Deborah Biancotti

[edit] Best Professional Achievement

‘’Two items ruled ineligible; category withdrawn’’

  • Farscape, Channel 9/Henson Productions
  • Spinouts Bronze, eds. Paul Collins & Meredith Costain, Pearson Educational
  • The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan, Lothian Books

[edit] 2002: Convergence, Melbourne

Best Novella/Novelette category left off the nomination form
Best Australian Artwork and William Atheling Jr. removed for insufficient nominees

[edit] Best Australian Novel

  • Eyes of the Calculor, Sean McMullen, Tor
  • Lirael, Garth Nix, Allen and Unwin
  • The Year of the Intelligent Tigers, Kate Orman, (BBC.)

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

Included Best Novella or Novelette eligible nominees
  • Absolute Uncertainty, Lucy Sussex,F&SF, April 2001
  • The Boneyard, Kyla Ward, Gothic.Net, September 2001
  • The Diamond Pit, Jack Dann, Jubilee, Harper Collins
  • Rotten Times, Robert Hood, Aurealis 27/28
  • Tower of Wings, Sean McMullen, Analog, December 2001
  • Whispers, Rick Kennett & Paul Collins, Stalking Midnight, Cosmos Books

[edit] Best Australian Collected Work

  • Earth is But a Star, Damien Broderick, UWA Press
  • Jubilee, Jack Dann, Harper Collins
  • Orb #2, Sarah Endacott
  • Stalking Midnight, Paul Collins, Cosmos Books

[edit] Best Fan Writer

Adrian Gaetano withdrew nomination
  • Geoff Allshorn
  • Deb Biancotti
  • Bill Wright
  • Bruce Gillespie

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Miriam English
  • Dick Jenssen
  • Cat Sparks

[edit] Best Australian Fan Production, Fanzine

  • Diverse Universe, Geoff & Miriam
  • Fables and Reflections, Lily Chrywenstrom
  • Interstellar Ram Jet Scoop, Bill Wright
  • SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
  • Solar Spectrum, Geoff & Miriam

[edit] Best Australian Fan Production, Other

Included Best Australian Fan Achievement eligible nominee
  • Consensual, Stephen Dedman et al
  • JB Resurrection, Garth Thomas
  • Mitch? 2, Tarts of the New Millennium, Anthony Mitchell
  • Spaced Out Website
  • Tabula-Rasa, David Carroll & Kyla Ward

[edit] Best Australian Professional Achievement

  • Meredith Costain and Paul Collins, Editing
  • Robert Hood for the Young Adult Series, Shades, Hodder Headline
  • Dirk Strasser & Stephen Higgins, for editing and production of Aurealis over so many years

[edit] Best New Talent

  • Cat Sparks

[edit] 2003: Swancon 28, Perth

[edit] Best Australian Novel

[edit] Best Australian Short Fiction

  • Father Muerte and the Thief, Lee Battersby, Aurealis 29
  • Stealing Alice, Claire McKenna, Agog! Fantastic Fiction
  • Scratches in the Sky , Ben Peek, Agog! Fantastic Fiction
  • Cigarettes and Roses, Ben Peek, Passing Strange
  • King of All and The Metal Sentinel, Deborah Biancotti, Agog! Fantastic Fiction

[edit] Best Australian Collected Work

  • Machinations, ed. Chris Andrews, CSFG Publishing
  • Agog! Fantastic Fiction, ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press
  • Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, ed. ASIM Collective
  • AustrAlien Absurdities, ed. Chuck McKenzie & Tansy Rayner Roberts, Agog! Press
  • Passing Strange, ed. Bill Congreve, Mirrordanse

[edit] Best Australian Artwork

  • Passing Strange Cover, Cat Sparks
  • Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Cover Issue #3, Les Peterson
  • AustrAlien Absurdities Cover, Dion Hamill
  • Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Cover Issue #1, Les Peterson
  • Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Cover Issue #4, Les Peterson
  • Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Cover Issue #2, Les Peterson

[edit] Best Australian Fan Writer

  • Edwina Harvey
  • Chris Lawson
  • Robin Pen
  • Dave Cake
  • Jonathan Strahan
  • Grant Watson
  • Bill Wright

[edit] Best Australian Fan Artist

  • Miriam English
  • Les Peterson
  • Sarah Xu
  • Dick Jenssen
  • Colin Sharpe
  • Cat Sparks

[edit] Best New Talent

  • Lily Chrywenstrom
  • Chris Mowbray
  • Brendan Duffy
  • Lee Battersby

[edit] Best Australian Fanzine

  • Interstellar Ramjet Scoop, ed. Bill Wright
  • Fables & Reflections, ed. Lily Chrywenstrom
  • Australian SF Bullsheet, ed. Edwina Harvey and Ted Scribner
  • Visions, ed. Stephen Thompson
  • Antipodean SF, ed. Antipodean Computer Services

[edit] Best Australian Production

  • Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Launch
  • Spaced Out Website
  • The View From Mt. Pootmootoo
  • Eidolon Website

[edit] Best Australian Professional Achievement

  • Lee Battersby
  • Trent Jamieson
  • Jonathan Strahan

[edit] Best Australian Fan Achievement

  • Borderlands: That which scares us, ed. Simon Oxwell, Grant Watson and Anna Hepworth
  • Robin Pen
  • Spaced Out Website, ed. Miriam and Geoff

[edit] The William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

  • Tama Leaver
  • Jonathan Strahan
  • Robin Pen
  • Bill Congreve
  • Justine Larbalestier

[edit] 2004: Conflux, Canberra

[edit] Best Novel

[edit] Best Novella or Novelette

  • La Sentinelle, Lucy Sussex, Southern Blood, New Australian Tales of the Supernatural
  • Alien Space Nazis Must Die, Chuck McKenzie, Elsewhere
  • Louder Echo, Brendan Duffy, Agog! Terrific Tales
  • Rynemonn, Terry Dowling, Forever Shores
  • Sigmund Freud & the Feral Freeway, Martin Livings, Agog! Terrific Tales
  • Uncharted, Leigh Blackmore, Agog! Terrific Tales

[edit] Best Short Story

  • Room for Improvement, Trudi Canavan, Forever Shores
  • Frozen Charlottes, Lucy Sussex, Forever Shores
  • Kijin Tea, Kyla Ward, Agog! Terrific Tales
  • The Mark of His Hands, Chuck McKenzie, Orb #5 Apr 2003
  • The Singular Life of Eddy Dovewater, Deborah Biancotti, Agog! Terrific Tales
  • The Truth About Pug Roberts, Kirstyn McDermott, Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural

[edit] Best Collected Work

  • Agog! Terrific Tales - Cat Sparks ed. Agog! Press
  • Forever Shores - Peter McNamara & Margaret Winch eds. Wakefield Press
  • Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine - ASIM Publishing Cooperative
  • Elsewhere - Michael Barry ed. CSFG Publishing
  • Southern Blood - New Australian Tales of the Supernatural, Bill Congreve ed. Sandglass Enterprises

[edit] Best Fan Production

  • CSFG - for Elsewhere Book Launch
  • Aaron Jacks & Mitch - for The Mega Panel, Continuum 2003
  • Ian Mond - for Mondys's Perfect Match, Continuum 2003
  • Swancon 2003 Committee - for Swancon 2003 Opening Ceremony & Video
  • Spaced Out - Geoff & Miriam

[edit] Best Fanzine

  • The Australian SF Bullsheet - Edwina Harvey & Edwin Scribner (ed.)
  • Dark Animus - James Cain
  • Fables & Reflections - Lily Chrywenstrom
  • Fandom is my life - Danny Oz
  • No Award - Russell B. Farr
  • Three-Eyed Frog - Paul Ewins & Sue Ann Barber

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Paul Ewins
  • Edwina Harvey
  • Danny Oz
  • Grant Watson

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Les Petersen - for Battle Elf (Conflux) poster
  • Miriam English - for Diverse Universe
  • Dick Jenssen - for extensive body of work
  • Phil Wlodarczyk - for cartoons in Ethel the Aardvark

[edit] Best Artwork

  • Cat Sparks - Cover of Agog! Terrific Tales by Cat Sparks (ed.)
  • Trudi Canavan - Cover of Fables & Reflections
  • Greg Bridges - Cover of Axis Trilogy by Sara Douglass/i>
  • Les Petersen - Cover of Elsewhere by Michael Barry (ed.)
  • Les Petersen - Cover of The High Lord by Trudi Canavan

[edit] Best New Talent

  • K. J. Bishop
  • Monica Carroll
  • Brendan Duffy
  • Glenda Larke
  • Ben Peek
  • Anna Tambour

[edit] William Atheling Jr. Award

  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Lee Battersby
  • Jason Nahrung
  • Jonathan Strahan
  • Grant Watson

[edit] 2005: Thylacon III, Hobart

[edit] Best Novel

  • The Black Crusade, Richard Harland
  • Less than Human, Maxine McArthur
  • The Crooked Letter, Sean Williams

[edit] Best Collected Work

  • Agog! Smashing Stories: Cat Sparks (ed.)
  • Black Juice: - Margo Lanagan
  • Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine: Lyn Triffitt, Edwina Harvey, Andrew Finch, Robbie Matthews & Tehani Croft (ed.)
  • Orb 6: Sarah Endacott (ed.)
  • Encounters: Donna Hanson and Maxine McArthur (ed.)

[edit] Best Novella or Novelette

  • Simon Brown: Water Babies, Agog! Smashing Stories, April
  • Stephen Dedman: The Whole of the Law, ASIM 13
  • Paul Haines: - The Last Days of Kali Yuga, NFG Magazine, Volume 2 Issue 4, August 2004
  • Richard Harland: Catabolic Magic, Aurealis #32
  • Cat Sparks: Home By The Sea, Orb #6, July

[edit] Best Short Story

  • Deborah Biancotti: Number 3 Raw Place, Agog! Smashing Stories, April
  • Rjurik Davidson: The Interminable Suffering of Mysterious Mr Wu, Aurealis #33
  • Margo Lanagan: - Singing My Sister Down, Black Juice
  • Ben Peek: R, Agog! Smashing Stories, ed by Cat Sparks

[edit] Best Professional Artwork

  • Les Petersen: cover of ASIM 12
  • Kerri Valkova: - Cover of The Black Crusade, Chimaera Publications
  • Cat Sparks: Agog! Smashing Stories cover
  • Les Petersen: Encounters Book Cover
  • Les Petersen: cover and internal ASIM 16

[edit] Best Professional Achievement

  • The Clarion South Team (Fantastic Queensland; Convenors Robert Hoge, Kate Eltham, Robert Dobson & Heather Gent): negotiating with the US Clarion people, then promoting and establishing Clarion South which gives emerging writer the chance to work with the best in the business.
  • Cat Sparks: editing and writing including winning third place in the writers of the future award
  • Margo Lanagan: for Black Juice
  • Geoff Maloney: for Tales of the Crypto-System, his short story publications
  • Sean Williams for The Crooked Letter and efforts in teaching
  • Jonathan Strahan for work over the year in internationally published reviews and in editing anthologies

[edit] Best Fan Achievement

  • Super Happy Robot Hour
  • Conflux convention committee
  • Continuum 2 convention committee

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Sarah Xu

[edit] Best Fanzine/website

  • Antipodean SF: Ion Newcombe (ed.)
  • Bullsheet: - ed Edwina Harvey & Ted Scribner
  • Gynaezine: Emma Hawkes and Gina Goddard (ed.)

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • Edwina Harvey
  • Bruce Gillespie

[edit] Best New Talent

  • Chris Barnes
  • Stuart Barrow
  • Grace Duggan
  • Paul Haines
  • Barbara Robson
  • Brian Smith

[edit] William Atheling Jr. Award

  • Robert Hood: - review of Weight of Water at HoodReviews, asking "is this film a ghost story?"
  • Jason Nahrung: - Why are publishers afraid of horror, BEM, Courier Mail, 20 March 2004
  • Ben Peek: review of Haruki Murakami's work in the Urban Sprawl Project

[edit] 2006: Conjure, Brisbane

[edit] Best Novel

[edit] Best Collected Work

  • Shadowed Realms - Angela Challis & Shane Jiraiya Cummings
  • Years Best Australian SF & Fantasy - Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt, MirrorDanse
  • Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales - Robert Hood & Robin Pen, Agog! Press
  • A Tour Guide in Utopia - Lucy Sussex, MirrorDanse Books
  • The Grinding House - Kaaron Warren, CSFG Publishing

[edit] Best Novella or Novelette

  • Passing of the Minotaurs - Rjurik Davidson, SciFiction, April 2005
  • The Red Priest's Homecoming - Dirk Flinhart, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #17
  • Countless Screaming Argonauts - Chris Lawson, Realms of Fantasy
  • The Memory of Breathing - Lynn Triffitt (Battersby), Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #17
  • The Grinding House - Kaaron Warren, The Grinding House

[edit] Best Short Story

  • Summa Seltzer Missive - Deborah Biancotti, Ticonderoga Online #6
  • Leviathan - Simon Brown, Eidolon SF: Online
  • Once Giants Roamed the Earth - Rosaleen Love, Daikaju!
  • Matricide - Lucy Sussex, SciFiction
  • Fresh Young Widow - Kaaron Warren, The Grinding House

[edit] Best Professional Artwork

  • The Blood Debt (cover) - Greg Bridges, HarperCollins Australia
  • The Grinding House (cover) - Robin Evans, CSFG
  • Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview (cover) - Nick Stathopoulos, Australian Speculative Fiction Project
  • Fell #3 - Ben Templesmith, Image Comics

[edit] Best Professional Achievement

  • Damien Broderick, Wilson da Silva and Kylie Ahern - Cosmos (magazine)
  • Robert Dobson, Robert Hoge, Kate Eltham, Heather Gammage - Clarion South 2005, Clarion South Workshop
  • Donna Maree Hanson - Australian Speculative Fiction: a genre overview, Australian Speculative Fiction Project
  • Michael Rymer - Screenwriting and directing, Battlestar Galactica Season 2.0, Sci-Fi Channel
  • Jonathan Strahan - for co-editing Best Short Novels: 2005 (SFBC), Science Fiction: Best of 2004 (ibooks), and Fantasy: Best of 2004 (ibooks)

[edit] Best Fan Production

  • Edwina Harvey - The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet, website and newsletter
  • Alisa Krasnostein - ASif!: Australian Specfic In Focus, website
  • Tony Plank - Inkspillers website
  • Conflux Committee - Conflux 2, convention
  • Continuum Committee - Continuum 3, convention

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Dick Jenssen - Artwork in eI20 and eI23, efanzines.com
  • Elaine Kemp - ConSensual a Trois interior artwork, ConSensual a Trois
  • Shane Parker - Conflux Poster Art, Conflux

[edit] Best Fanzine/website

  • Horrorscope - Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al.
  • Ticonderoga Online - Russell B Farr, et al.
  • Interstellar Ramjet Scoop - Bill Wright (ed), Interstellar Ramjet Scoop

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • Shane Jiraiya Cummings - Writer/reviewer, Horror Scope
  • Bruce Gillespie - Writer/reviewer, Steam Engine Time and Science Fiction Commentary , *brg*, Earl Kemp's ezines
  • Stephanie Gunn - Writer/reviewer, Horror Scope
  • Martin Livings - Skeletor_Hordak, LiveJournal web comic
  • Bill Wright - Interstellar Ramjet Scoop, Published by Bill Wright

[edit] Best New Talent

  • Lyn Battersby/Triffit
  • Rjurik Davidson
  • Karen Miller

[edit] William Atheling Jr. Award

  • Ferocious Minds: Polymathy and the New Enlightenment - Damien Broderick, Wildside Press
  • Divided Kingdom: King Kong vs Godzilla - Robert Hood, King Kong is Back, Benbella Books
  • Body Parts - Chris Lawson, Borderlands
  • PK Dick: The Exhilaration and the Terror - Rosaleen Love, Borderlands
  • The 2005 Snapshot Australian Speculative Fiction writers, editors, publishers - Ben Peek, website

[edit] 2007: Convergence 2, Melbourne

[edit] Best Novel

  • Carnies, Martin Livings, Lothian
  • Prismatic, Edwina Grey, Lothian
  • The Mother, Brett McBean, Lothian
  • The Pilo Family Circus Will Elliot, ABC Books
  • The Silver Road, Grace Dugan, Penguin

[edit] Best Novella/Novelette

  • Aftermath, David Conyers, Agog! Ripping Reads, Agog! Press
  • The Dead of Winter, Stephen Dedman, Weird Tales, #339
  • The Devil in Mr Pussy (Or how I found God inside my wife), Paul Haines, C0ck, Couer de Lion Publishing
  • The Souls of Dead Soldiers are for Blackbirds, Not Little Boys, Ben Peek, Agog! Ripping Reads, Agog! Press
  • Under the Red Sun, Ben Peek, Fantasy Magazine #4, Prime Books
  • World's Whackiest Upper Atmosphere Re-Entry Disasters Dating Game, Brendan Duffy, Agog! Ripping Reads, Agog! Press

[edit] Best Short Story

  • Burning from the Inside, Paul Haines, Doorways for the Dispossessed, Prime Books
  • Cold, Kirstyn McDermott, Shadowed Realms #9
  • Honeymoon, Adam Browne and John Dixon, C0ck, Couer de Lion Publishing
  • Surrender 1: Rope Artist, Deborah Biancotti, Shadowed Realms #9
  • The Bat's Boudoir, Kyla Ward, Shadowed Realms #9
  • The Fear of White, Rjurik Davidson, Borderlands #7

[edit] Best Collected Work

  • Agog! Ripping Reads, Cat Sparks (ed.), Agog! Press
  • C0ck, Keith Stevenson & Andrew Macrae (eds.)
  • Doorways for the Dispossessed, Paul Haines and Geoffrey Maloney (eds.), Prime Books
  • The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Vol.2, Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt (eds.), Mirrordanse Books
  • Eidolon I, Jonathan Strahan and Jeremy Byrne (eds.), Eidolon Books

[edit] Best Artwork/Artist

  • 26Lies/1Truth, cover art by Andrew MacRae, Wheatland Press
  • Agog! Ripping Reads, cover art by Cat Sparks, Agog! Press
  • Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century cover art by Cat Sparks, Wesleyan University Press
  • The Devoured Earth, cover art by Greg Bridges, HarperCollins Press
  • The Arrival, cover art by Shaun Tan, Lothian

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • Stephanie Gunn
  • Shane Jiraiya Cummings
  • Danny Oz
  • Miranda Siemienowicz
  • Mark Smith-Briggs
  • Matthew Tait

[edit] Best Fan Artist

  • Christopher Johnstone
  • Jon Swabey

[edit] Best Fan Production

  • ASif website, Alisa Krasnostein – Executive Editor
  • Inkspillers website, Tony Plank
  • Outland, Directed by John Richards
  • Tabula Rasa website, David Carroll
  • The Bullsheet website & ezine, Edwina Harvey & Ted Scribner

[edit] Best Fanzine

  • AntipodeanSF, editor Ion Newcombe
  • ASIF – Australian Specfic in Focus, editor Alisa Krasnostein
  • The Captain's Log, Austrek clubzine. Edited by Clare McDonald
  • Ethel the Aardvark, MSFC clubzine
  • HorrorScope, editor Shane Jiraiya Cummings

[edit] Best Professional Achievement

  • Angelia Challis for establishing Brimstone Press as a mass market publisher
  • Bill Congreve for Mirrordanse Press and 2 issues of the Australian Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Russell B Farr for Ticonderoga Publications
  • Gary Kemble for work on ABC's Articulate and promoting the genre through radio and other mediums
  • Alisa Krasnostein for providing new paying markets for readers and writers of both fiction/ non fiction, art as well as forums for reviews/interviews within the speculative fiction genre, enhancing the profile of Australian speculative fiction.
  • Justine Larbalestier, for editing Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century

[edit] Best Fan Achievement

  • Marty Young for his work establishing and promoting the Australian Horror Writers Association
  • Alisa Krasnostein for establishing ASIf
  • Tony Plank for establishing and maintaining the Inkspillers website

[edit] Best New Talent

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Miranda Siemienowicz for her review of Paraspheres appearing in Horrorscope
  • Justine Larbalestier for Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century
  • Robert Hood for Man and Super-Monster: A History of Daikaiju Eiga and its Metaphorical Undercurrents. Borderlands #7
  • Grant Watson for Bad Film Diaries - Sink or Swim: The Truth Behind Waterworld. Borderlands #8
  • Kathryn Linge for her review Through Soft Air, ASif


[edit] 2008: Swancon, Perth

[edit] Best Novel

[edit] Best Novella/Novelette

  • Yamabushi Kaidan and the Smoke Dragon, Shane Jiraiya-Cummings Fantastic Wonder Stories edited by Russell B. Farr
  • Where is Brisbane and How Many Times Do I Get There?, Paul Haines Fantastical Journeys to Brisbane edited by Geoffrey Maloney, Trent Jamieson and Zoran Zivkovic
  • The Bluebell Vengence, Tansy Rayner Roberts "Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine" #28 edited by Zara Baxter
  • Lady of Adestan, Cat Sparks "Orb" #7 edited by Sarah Endacott
  • Cenotaxis", Sean Williams MonkeyBrain Books
  • Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go To War Again, Garth Nix Jim Baen's Universe

[edit] Best Short Story

  • The Dark and What It Said, Rick Kennett "Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine" #28 edited by Zara Baxter
  • Domine, Rjurik Davidson "Aurealis" #37 edited by Stephen Higgins and Stuart Mayne
  • A Scar for Leida, Deb Biancotti Fantastic Wonder Stories edited by Russell B. Farr
  • Bad Luck, Trouble, Death and Vampire Sex, Garth Nix Eclipse One edited by Jonathan Strahan
  • The Sun People, Sue Isle "Shiny" #2 edited by Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne and Tansy Rayner Roberts
  • His Lipstick Minx, Kaaron Warren The Workers' Paradise edited by Russell B. Farr and Nick Evans

[edit] Best Collected Work

  • Orb #7, Sarah Endacott (ed.) Orb Publications
  • The Workers' Paradise, Russell B. Farr and Nick Evans (eds.) Ticonderoga Publications
  • New Ceres, Alisa Krasnstein (ed.) Twelth Planet Press
  • The New Space Opera, Jonathan Strahan (ed.) HarperCollins Australia
  • Fantastic Wonder Stories, Russell B. Farr (ed.) Ticonderoga Publications

[edit] Best Artwork/Artist

  • Daryl Lindquist for the "ASIM" #28 cover
  • Nick Stathopolous for the "Daikaju" #3 cover
  • Eleanor Clark for "ASIM" #31 internal art
  • Amanda Rainey for The Workers' Paradise cover
  • Nick Stathopolous for the Rhinemonn cover
  • Eleanor Clark for "ASIM" #30 internal art

[edit] Best Fan Writer

  • Alexandra Pierce for "Last Short Story on Earth" and for ASiF! reviews
  • Shane Jiraiya-Cummings for "Horrorscope"
  • Grant Watson for the 'angriest' Livejournal
  • Rob Hood for film reviews on his website

[edit] Best Fan Art

  • 'Exterminate!' Dalek Postcards - Katherine Linge
  • 'Nights Edge' Convention Poster Art - John Parker

[edit] Best Fan Production

  • 2007 Snap Shot Project - interviews with influential members of the Australian speculative fiction scene conducted by Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Kathering Linge, Kaaron Warren and Rosie Clark
  • Inkspillers Website - Tony Plank
  • 'The Liminal' short film - directed by Clair McKenna
  • Daikaju Limerick Competition - Robert Hood on his website
  • Talking Squid Website - Chris Lawson

[edit] Best Fanzine

  • "The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet", Ted Scribner and Edwina Harvey (eds.)
  • "Not If You Were the Last Short Story on Earth", Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (eds.)
  • "Steam Engine Time" edited by Bruce Gillespie (ed.)
  • "Horrorscope", Shane Jiraiya-Cummings (ed.)

[edit] Best Professional Achievement

  • Gary Kemble for his continued coverage of speculative fiction on Articulate and ABC news online
  • Russell B. Farr for Ticonderoga Publications; in 2007, Russell produced an issue of "Ticonderoga Online", The Workers' Paradise and Fantastic Wonder Stories, which produced five Aurealis Award nominees
  • Jonathan Strahan for a prolific body of work editing The Jack Vance Treasury, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Best Short Novels of 2007, The New Space Opera, Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling and Eclipse One: New Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-Operative Ltd for five issues in 2007, including three electronic Best Of anthologies
  • Jonathan Strahan, Garth Nix, Deb Biancotti and Trevor Stafford for compiling and promoting the new Australian Fantasy and SF catalogue in the United States to increase awareness and appreciation of forthcoming Australian SF and to expand creative and professional opportunities for writers

[edit] Best Fan Achievement

  • Alisa Krasnostein for "ASiF! Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus"
  • Marty Young for his work as President of the Australian Horror Writers Association
  • John Parker, Sarah Parker and Sarah Xu for Night's Edge Convention
  • Sarah Xu for the CyPEC Cyber-feminist Conference held as part of Night's Edge convention

[edit] Best New Talent

[edit] William Atheling Jr Award

  • Ian Nichols for "Seriatem, Seriatum, omnia Seriatem" (Published by "Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine" #30, edited by Robbie Matthews)
  • Tansy Rayner Roberts and Alexandra Pierce for review of Elizabeth Bear's New Amsterdam (Published as Podcast #2 on ASiF!)
  • Jonathan Strahan for editorial for The New Space Opera (Published in The New Space Opera by HarperCollins Australia)
  • Grant Watson for "The Bad Film Diaries" (Published in "Borderlands" #9)
  • Ben Peek for the Aurealis Awards Shortlist Feature Article (Published on ASiF!)
  • Shane Jiraiya-Cummings for review of David Conyers' and John Sunseri's The Spiraling Worm (Published on Horrorscope)
  • Ian Nichols for "The Shadow Thief" (Published by "The West Australian" Weekend Magazine on 22/09/2007)