Bill Congreve

Bill Congreve
Bill Congreve at the 2007 Aurealis Awards.
Pen name	Jacci Olson
Nationality	Australian
Period	1987-present
Genres	Speculative fiction

Bill Congreve is an Australian writer, editor and reviewer of speculative fiction.

1 Biography
2 Awards and nominations
3 Bibliography
4 References
5 External links

Biography

Congreve's first work was published in 1987 with his short story "Collector" which was featured in the Summer 1986/1987 edition of Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine.^[1] In 1992 Congreve's first edited anthology was released by Five Islands Press, featuring a short story and introduction by Congreve as well as 10 other stories by different authors.^[1] In 1994 Congreve founded his publishing company MirrorDanse Books which specialises in science fiction and horror.^[2]^[3] Congreve won his first award in 1996, winning the William Atheling Jr. Award for his essay "The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction" which he co-authored with Sean McMullen and Steven Paulsen.^[4] At the 2007 Ditmar Awards Congreve won the professional achievement award for his work in MirrorDanse Books and his two issue of Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy which he edited with Michelle Marquardt and the award for Best collected work for The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume Two.^[5] Congreve is based in Sydney and has a BA in Communications from Macquarie University.^[6]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result
1996	Ditmar Award	The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction (with Sean McMullen & Steven Paulsen)	William Atheling Jr. Award	Won^[4]
1997	Aurealis Award	"The Mullet That Screwed John West"	Best horror short story	Nomination^[7]
2003	Ditmar Award	—	William Atheling Jr. Award	Nomination^[8]
2003	Ditmar Award	Passing Strange	Best Australian collected work	Nomination^[8]
2004	Aurealis Award	"The Shooter at Heartrock Waterhole"	Best young adult short story	Nomination^[9]
	Bram Stoker Award	Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural	Best anthology	Nomination^[10]
	Ditmar Award	Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural	Best collected work	Nomination^[11]
	International Horror Guild Award	Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural	Best anthology	Nomination^[12]
2006	Ditmar Award	The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume One (with Michelle Marquardt)	Best collected work	Nomination^[13]
2007	Ditmar Award	—	Professional achievement	Won^[5]
2007	Ditmar Award	The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume Two (with Michelle Marquardt)	Best collected work	Won^[5]
2008	Aurealis Award	The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Volume (with Michelle Marquardt)	Best anthology	Nomination^[14]

Bibliography

Short fiction

"Collector" (1987) in Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine Summer 1986/1987 (ed. Peter McNamara)
"Interview" (1991) in EOD #3 (ed. Chris A. Masters)
"Dream" (1992) in Intimate Armageddons (ed. Bill Congreve)
"The Milkman Comes" (1991) in EOD #5 (ed. Chris A. Masters)
"In Search of Clean Air" (1992) in EOD #8 (ed. Chris A. Masters)
"Totally Gratuitous Horror Story: Part 3: ...and then You Pay Taxes" (1992) in EOD #8 (ed. Chris A. Masters)
"Red Ambrosia" (1993) in Terror Australis: Best Australian Horror (ed. Leigh Blackmore)
"I Am My Father's Daughter" (1993) in Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst (ed. Bill Congreve)
"Sit on My Grave and Tell Me That You Love Me" (1994) in Aurealis #13 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
"Mind the Gap" (1994) in Bloodsongs #2 (ed. Chris A. Masters, Steve Proposch)
"The Corpse" (1995) in Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995 (ed. Bill Congreve, Robert Hood)
"Souls Along the Meridian" (1995, as Jacci Olson) in Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995 (ed. Bill Congreve, Robert Hood)
"Fade to Black" (1996) in Aurealis #17, (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
"The Mullet That Screwed John West" (1997) in Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst (ed. Bill Congreve)
"Boy" (1998) in Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst (ed. Bill Congreve)
"Turing Test" (1998) in Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst (ed. Bill Congreve)
"The Death of Heroes" (1998) in Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst (ed. Bill Congreve)
"The Desertion of Corporal Perkins" (2002) in Passing Strange (ed. Bill Congreve)
"Legacy" (2003) in Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural (ed. Bill Congreve)
"The Shooter at the Heartrock Waterhole" (2004) in The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm (ed. Terri Windling, Ellen Datlow)
"The Traps of Tumut" (2010) in Aurealis #43, (ed. Stuart Mayne)

Anthologies

Intimate Armageddons (1992)
Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995 (1996) with Robert Hood
Passing Strange (2002)
Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural (2003)
The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume One (2005, with Michelle Marquardt)
The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume Two (2006, with Michelle Marquardt)
The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy: Third Annual Volume (2007, with Michelle Marquardt)
The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy: Fourth Annual Volume (2008, with Michelle Marquardt)

Collections

Epiphanies of Blood: Tales of Desperation and Thirst (1998)

Essays

"The Rise of Australian Fantasy" (1993) in Aurealis #12 (ed. Stephen Higgins, Dirk Strasser)
"Out of the Comfort Zone" (1994) in Bloodsongs #1 (ed. Chris A. Masters, Steve Proposch)
"Out of the Comfort Zone" (1994) in Bloodsongs #2 (ed. Chris A. Masters, Steve Proposch)
"Out of the Comfort Zone" (1994) in Bloodsongs #3 (ed. Chris A. Masters, Steve Proposch)
"The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction" (1995, with Sean McMullen and Steven Paulsen) in Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995 (ed. Bill Congreve, Robert Hood)
"Australian Horror: 1995" (1996, with Robert Hood) in Bonescribes: Year's Best Australian Horror: 1995 (ed. Bill Congreve, Robert Hood)

References

^ ^a ^b "Bill Congreve - Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?11059. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ "MirrorDanse Books". MirrorDanse Books. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. http://www.tabula-rasa.info/MirrorDanse/. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ Baxter, Alan. "NSW Society Of Editors talk with Bill Congreve". Alanbaxteronline.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. http://www.alanbaxteronline.com/2010/04/28/nsw-society-editors-talk-bill-congreve.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ ^a ^b "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1996 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar1996.html#atheling. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2007.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ "Bill Congreve". Infinitas Bookshop. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. http://www.infinitas.com.au/ProductsByAuthor.php?autid=20920. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1998 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis1998.html#hs. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ ^a ^b "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2003 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2003.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2005 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2005.html#ys. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 Bram Stoker Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Stoker2004.html#anth. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2004.html#cln. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2004 International Horror Guild Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ihg2004.html#anth. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2006 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2006.html#cln. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2009.html#null. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

External links

MirrorDanse Books

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