Ditmar Award results

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.

1969: Melbourne

Best Australian Science Fiction of any length, or collection

Pacific Book Of Australian SF, John Baxter
False Fatherland, A. Bertram Chandler
Final Flower, Stephen Cook

Best International Science Fiction of any length, or collection

Best Contemporary Writer of Science Fiction

Best Australian Amateur Science Fiction Publication or Fanzine

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

1970: Melbourne

Best Australian Science Fiction

Dancing Gerontius, Lee Harding
Anchor Man, Jack Wodhams
Split Personality, Jack Wodhams
Kinsolving Planet's Irregulars, A. Bertram Chandler

Best International Publication

Amazing Stories
Vision of Tomorrow

Best International Fiction

Best Australian Fanzine

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

1971: Melbourne

Best Australian SF

After Ragnarok, Robert Bowden
The Bitter Pill, A. Bertram Chandler
Squat, David Rome

Best International Fiction

Time And The Hunter, Italo Calvino
The Region Between, Harlan Ellison
Towers Of Glass, Robert Silverberg
No Award

Best Australian Fanzine

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

Special Awards

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

1972: Melbourne

Best Australian Fiction

What You Know, A. Bertram Chandler
Fallen Spaceman, Lee Harding
The Immortal, Olaf Ruhen
Man Of Slow Feeling, Michael Wilding
The Authentic Touch, Jack Wodhams

Best International Fiction

To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer
Continued On Next Rock, R.A. Lafferty
The Lathe Of Heaven, Ursula K. LeGuin
Ringworld, Larry Niven
Time Of Changes, Robert Silverberg

Best Australian Fanzine

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

1973: Adelaide

Best Australian Fiction

The Hard Way Up, A. Bertram Chandler
"Let it Ring", John Ossian (John Foyster)
Gone Fishing, David Rome
Budnip, Jack Wodhams

Best International Fiction

The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov
The Gorgon Festival, John Boyd
The IQ Merchant, John Boyd
Dying Inside, Robert Silverberg

Best Dramatic Presentation

Aussiefan
A Clockwork Orange
Slaughterhouse Five
Tales From The Crypt

Best Australian Fanzine

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

1974: Melbourne

Special Award

Robin Johnson

1975: Melbourne

Best Australian SF

The Bitter Pill, A. Bertram Chandler
The Soft Kill, Colin Free
The Ark of James Carlyle, Cherry Wilder

Best International Fiction

Protector, Larry Niven
The Dispossessed, Ursula K. LeGuin
Frankenstein Unbound, Brian Aldiss

Best Australian Fanzine

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

1976: Melbourne

Best Australian Fiction

The Big Black Mark, A. Bertram Chandler
Way Out West, Cherry Wilder
The Frozen Sky, Lee Harding (Ruled as ineligible, published in 1976)

Best International Fiction

The Indian Giver, Alfred Bester
The Shockwave Rider, John Brunner
The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
Inferno, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Down to a Sunless Sea, Cordwainer Smith

Best Australian Fanzine

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

William Atheling Jr Award

Algis Budrys, Foundation & Asimov
James Gunn, Alternative Worlds
David Ketterer, New Worlds For Old
George Turner, Paradigm and Pattern; Form and Meaning in "The Dispossessed"
George Turner, Philip Dick by 1975

1977: Adelaide

Best Australian Science Fiction

"The Ins and Outs of the Hadhya City State", Phillipa Maddern
Kelly Country, A. Bertram Chandler
Future Sanctuary, Lee Harding
Walkers on the Sky, David Lake

Best International Fiction

A World Out of Time, Larry Niven
The Space Machine, Chris Priest
The Hand of Oberon, Roger Zelazny
Piper At the Gates of Dawn, Richard Cowper

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

William Atheling Jr Award

George Turner, "Theme as an Element of Fiction"
George Turner, "The Jonah Kit"
George Turner & Peter Nichols, "Plumbers of the Cosmos"

Special committee award

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

1978: Melbourne

Australian Science Fiction, Best Novel

The Right Hand of Dextra, David Lake
The Wildings of Westron, David Lake
The Weeping Sky, Lee Harding
The Luck of Brins Five, Cherry Wilder

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)

Best International Fiction

In the Hall Of the Martian Kings, John Varley, F&SF, Feb '77
The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien, (Allen & Unwin)
Our Lady Of Darkness, (aka The Pale Brown Thing) Fritz Leiber, (Berkeley Putnam/F&SF, Jan Feb 77)
A Dream of Wessex, Chris Priest, (Faber)
"The House of Compassionate Sharers", Michael Bishop, (Cosmos No 1)
The Silver in the Tree, Susan Cooper, (Chatto & Windus)
Gateway, Frederik Pohl, (Gollancz or Ballantine)

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

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'"

1979: Melbourne

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

Best International Fiction
The Far Call, Gordon R. Dickson, Quantum

Dreamsnake, Vonda McIntyre, Houghton & Mifflin

Stardance II, Spider and Jeanne Robinson, Analog, Sept to Nov 1978

"The Persistence of Vision", John Varley, F&SF, March 1978

The White Dragon, Anne McCaffrey
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
Best Australian Fanwriter
Leanne Frahm

John Bangsund

Marc Ortlieb

Anthony Peacy

Eric Lindsay

John Foyster
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
1980: Swancon 5, Perth
Australian Fiction
Moon in the Ground, Keith Antill

Displaced Person, Lee Harding

Australian Gnomes, Robert Ingpen

One Clay Foot, Jack Wodhams
Best International Fiction
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams

Castle Roogna, Piers Anthony

The Flight of Dragons, Peter Dickinson

Dragondrums, Anne McCaffrey

Titan, John Varley
Best Australian Fanzine
Bionic Rabbit, Damian Brennan

The Wasffan, Roy Ferguson

Chunder, John Foyster

S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie

Forerunner, Jack Herman
Best Australian Fanwriter
Damian Brennan

Roy Ferguson

Leanne Frahm

Jack R. Herman

Marc Ortlieb
Australian Fantasy/SF Artist
Bevan Casey

Chris Johnston

Rob McGough

John Packer

Marilyn Pride

Jane Taubman
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
1981: Adelaide
Best Australian Novel
The Dreaming Dragons, Damien Broderick

Breathing Space Only, Wynne Whiteford

Looking for Blucher, Jack Wodhams

The Fourth Hemisphere, David Lake
Best Australian Short Fiction

Deus Ex Corporus, Leanne Frahm

The Pastseer, Phillipa Maddern

Passage to Earth, Leanne Frahm
Horg, Jay Hoffman

Best International Fiction

Mockingbird, Walter Tevis
The Snow Queen, Joan D. Vinge
Timescape, Gregory Benford
The Wounded Land, Stephen Donaldson

Best Australian Fanzine

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

Best Australian Fanwriter

Leigh Edmonds
Leanne Frahm
David Grigg
Marc Ortlieb

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

John Packer
Marilyn Pride
Jane Taubman
Julie Vaux

William Atheling Jr Award

Algis Budrys, Charting Paradise
Christopher Priest, Outside the Whale
John Sladek, Four Reasons for Reading Thomas M. Disch
George Turner, Frederik Pohl as a Creator of Future Societies, and Samuel Delany: Victim of great Applause

1982: Melbourne

Best Long Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy

The Anarch Lords, A. Bertram Chandler
Bard, Keith Taylor
Behind the Wind, Patricia Wrightson
City of Women, David Ireland
The Man Who Loved Morlocks, David Lake

Best Short Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy

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

Best International Fiction

The Affirmation, Chris Priest
The Claw of the Conciliator, Gene Wolfe
Radix, A.A. Attanasio
The Sirian Experiments, Doris Lessing

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

Best Australian Fanwriter

Leigh Edmonds
Judith Hanna
Eric B. Lindsay
Marc Ortlieb

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

Steph Campbell
Chris Johnston
John Packer
Marilyn Pride

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

1983: Sydney

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

Best International Fiction

No Enemy But Time, Michael Bishop
The One Tree, Stephen Donaldson
Ridley Walker, Russell Hoban
Roderick, John Sladek

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

Best Australian Fanwriter

Terry Dowling
Leigh Edmonds
Marc Ortlieb

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

Kerrie Hanlon
Chris Johnston
Marilyn Pride
Nick Stathopoulos

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist

Terry Frost
Michael McGann
John Packer
Jane Taubman
Julie Vaux

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

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

Special Award

Robin Johnson, Contribution to Fandom

1984: Melbourne

Best Australian Long Science Fiction or Fantasy

The Tempting of the Witchking, Russell Blackford, (Cory & Collins.)
The Judas Mandala, Damien Broderick, (Timescape.)
Valencies, Damien Broderick & Rory Barnes, (UQP.)
Kelly Country, A. Bertram Chandler, (Penguin.)
Yesterday's Men, George Turner, (Faber.)
Thor's Hammer, Wynne Whiteford, (Cory & Collins.)

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

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

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

Best Australian Fanwriter

Leigh Edmonds
Terry Frost
Jack Herman
Seth Lockwood

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

Neville Bain
Steph Campbell
Michael Dutkiewicz
Chris Johnston
Nick Stathopoulos

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist

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

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor

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

William Atheling Jr Award

No Award

1985: Adelaide

Best Australian Novel

Beast of Heaven, Victor Kelleher
The Last Amazon, A. Bertram Chandler
The Wild Ones, A. Bertram Chandler
Suburbs of Hell, Randolph Stow

Best Australian Short Fiction

Terrarium, Terry Dowling, Omega, May/June 1984
The Maze Man, Terry Dowling, Men's Journal, Summer 1984
Resurrection, Damien Broderick, IASFM, August 1984
Three Star Trek, Ron Ferguson, Omega, Sept/Oct 1984

Best International Fiction

Neuromancer, William Gibson, Ace
The Final Encyclopedia, Gordon R. Dickson, Tor
Native Tongues, Suzette Haden Elgin, DAW
Damiano's Lute, R.A. MacAvoy, Bantam

Best Australian Fanzine

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

Best Australian Fanwriter

Leigh Edmonds
David Grigg
Leanne Frahm
Yvonne Rousseau

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist, Cartoonist or Illustrator

Nick Stathopoulos
Craig Hilton
Kerrie Hanlon
Peter Reading

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor

Paul Collins
Van Ikin
Philip Gore
Bruce Gillespie

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

William Atheling Jr Award

George Turner, In The Heart or in the Head
John Foyster, Article on George Turner, "ASFN" 1984
Damien Broderick, SF Reviews, "The Age", 1984
John Baxter, SF Reviews, "The Australian", 1984

1986: Swancon 11, Perth

Best Australian Science Fiction Novel

Landscape With Landscapes, Gerald Murnane, Norstrilia
Illywacker, Peter Carey, UQP
Changelings of Cha'an, David Lake, Hyland House
Transing Syndrome, Kurt von Trojan, Rigby

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

Best International Fiction

Devil in a Forest, Gene Wolfe, Granada
Tik-Tok, John Sladek, Corgi
Free Live Free, Gene Wolfe, Gollancz
Peace, Gene Wolfe, Chatto
Compass Rose, Ursula K. LeGuin, Bantam, also Underwood & Miller, and Harper and Row
Elleander Morning, Jerry Yulsman, Orbit/Futura

Best Australian Fanzine

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

Best Australian Fanwriter

Bruce Gillespie
Damien Broderick
Leigh Edmonds
Yvonne Rousseau
Marc Ortlieb

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

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

William Atheling Jr Award

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

1987: Canberra

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

Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy Short Fiction

Shut the Door When You Go Out, George Turner, Aphelion 4
The Man Who Lost Red, Terry Dowling
Time of the Star, Terry Dowling, Aphelion 3
A Dragon Between His Fingers, Terry Dowling, Omega, May/June
For the Man Who Has Everything, Chris Simmons, Aphelion 1

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

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

Craig Hilton
Nick Stathopoulos
Kerrie Hanlon
Betty deGabriele
John Packer

Outstanding Contribution to Australian Fandom

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

William Atheling Award

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

1988: Sydney

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

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

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

Best Australian Fan Writer

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

Best Fan Artist

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

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?

1989: Swancon 14, Perth

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

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

Best International Fiction

Dawn, Octavia Butler, Gollancz
Seventh Son, Orson Scott Card, Legend
Aegypt, John Crowley, Gollancz
Mona Lisa Overdrive, William Gibson, Gollancz
On Stranger Tides, Tim Powers, Grafton
Life During Wartime, Lucius Shepard, Grafton
Islands In The Net, Bruce Sterling, Century

Best Australian Fanzine

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

Best Australian Fanwriter

Bruce Gillespie
Jack Herman
Van Ikin
Perry Middlemiss

Best Fan Artist

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

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

1990: Melbourne

The William Atheling Jr Award was withdrawn for insufficient nominations

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

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

Best Australian Fanzine

SF Collective, ASFR
Melbourne Science Fiction Club, Ethel The Aardvark
Jacob Blake, Get Stuffed
Jack Herman, Sweetness and Light

Best Australian Fanwriter

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

Best Fan Artist

Ian Gunn
Kerrie Hanlon
Craig Hilton
Phil Wlodarczyk

1991: Suncon, Brisbane

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

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

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

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

Best Australian Fan Artist

Ian Gunn
Craig Hilton
Marion Plumridge
Phil Wlodarczyk

Best Australian Fan Writer

Terry Frost
Bruce Gillespie
Ian Gunn
Marc Ortlieb
Alan Stewart

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

1992: Syncon, Sydney

Best Novel or Collection

From Sea to Shining Star, A. Bertram Chandler
Wormwood, Terry Dowling
Brother Night, Victor Kelleher
Del Del, Victor Kelleher
Brainchild, George Turner

Best Short Fiction

Vanities, Terry Dowling
Nobody's Fool, Terry Dowling
A Deadly Edge Their Red Beaks Pass Along, Terry Dowling
Olive Truffles, Leanne Frahm
The Dominant Style, Sean McMullen
Alone in his Chariot, Sean McMullen

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

Best Fan Writer

James Allen
Terry Frost
Bruce Gillespie
Greg Hills
Alan Stewart

Best SF or Fantasy Artist

Ian Gunn
Craig Hilton
Nick Stathopoulos
Phil Wlodarczyk

William Atheling Jr Award

Jonathan Carroll, Storyteller, Bruce Gillespie
Going Commercial, Sean McMullen

Review of The Fantastic Civil War, Blair Ramage

Special Award for Services to Fandom

Susan Batho
Ron Clarke
Jack Herman

1993: Swancon 18, Perth

Best Long Fiction

Blue Tyson, Terry Dowling
Quarantine, Greg Egan
Back Door Man, Ian M. Hails
Call to the Edge, Sean McMullen
Brainchild, George Turner
And Disregards the Rest, Paul Voermans

Best Short Fiction

Privateer's Moon, Terry Dowling
Ship's Eye, Terry Dowling
Closer, Greg Egan
Worthless, Greg Egan
The Seas of Castle Hill Road, Rick Kennett
It's All In The Way You Look At It, Michael Pryor

Best Periodical

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

Best Fan Writer

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

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

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

1994: Melbourne

Best Long Fiction or Collection

The Destiny Makers, George Turner
Graffiti, Dirk Strasser
Twilight Beach, Terry Dowling
The Weird Colonial Boy, Paul Voermans

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

Best Professional Art Work

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

Best Fan Writer

Paul Ewins
Terry Frost
Bruce Gillespie
Jan MacNally

Best Fan Artist

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

Best Fanzine

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

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

1995: Thylacon, Hobart

Best Australian Long Fiction

Deersnake, Lucy Sussex, Hodder
Genetic Soldier, George Turner, William Morrow
Permutation City, Greg Egan, Millennium
Voices in the Light, Sean McMullen, Aphelion

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

Best Professional Artwork

Shaun Tan, for artwork in Aurealis and Eidolon Publications

Best Fanzine

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

Best Fan Writer

Terry Frost
Ian Gunn
Graham Stone

Best Fan Artist

Ian Gunn
Kerri Valkova

Special Committee Award

Peter Nicholls

1996: Swancon 21, Perth

Best Long Fiction

An Intimate Knowledge of the Night, Terry Dowling, Aphelion
Mirrorsun Rising, Sean McMullen, Aphelion
Sabriel, Garth Nix, Moonstone/Harper Collins
She's Fantastical, Lucy Sussex & Judith Buckrich, Sybylla
The Unknown Soldier, Sean Williams & Shane Dix, Aphelion

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

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

Best Artwork

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

Best Non-Professional/Fan Writer

Terry Frost, Ian Gunn, Cheryl Morgan, Alan Stewart

Best Non-Professional/Fan Artist

Ian Gunn, Steve Scholz, Kerri Valkova

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

1997: Spawncon I, Melbourne

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

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

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

Best Fan Writer

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

Best Fan Artist

Ian Gunn
Steve Scholz
Kerri Valkova
Phil Wlodarczyk

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

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

1998: Thylacon II, Hobart

Best Long Fiction

The White Abacus, Damien Broderick, Avon Books
Winter, Simon Brown, Harper Collins
Darkfall, Isobelle Carmody, Penguin
Old Bones, Paul Collins
Sinner, Sara Douglass, Harper Collins

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

Best Dramatic Presentation

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

Best Artwork/Artist

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

Best Fanzine

Eidolon
Frontier
Thyme
Captain's Log
Oscillation Overthruster

Best Fan Writer

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

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

1999: Spawncon II, Melbourne

Presented as part of Aussiecon III

Best Australian Long Fiction

Pilgrim, Sara Douglass, Harper Collins
Feral, Kerry Greenwood, Hodder and Stoughton
The Centurion's Empire, Sean McMullen, Tor
The Tilecutter's Penny, Caseal Mor, Random House
The Resurrected Man, Sean Williams, Harper Collins

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

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

Best Australian Fanzine

The Captain's Log, Rose Mitchell
Ethel the Aardvark, Ian Gunn
Interstellar Ramjet Scoop, Bill Wright
Metaphysical Review, [[Bruce Gillespie<]]/i>

Out of the Kaje, Karen Johnson

Thyme, Alan Stewart

Best Fan Artist
Ian Gunn

Robert Jan

Dick Jenssen

Marco Nero

Kerri Valkova
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
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
2000: Swancon 25, Perth
Original Nominations
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Best Novel
Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes, The Book of Revelation

Greg Egan, Teranesia (Award declined.)

Richard Harland, Hidden From View

Dave Luckett, A Dark Victory

Stephen Dedman, Foreign Bodies

Jane Routley, Aramaya

Sean McMullen, Souls In The Great Machine
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
Best Collected Work
Sean Williams, New Adventures in Sci-Fi

Damien Broderick and David Hartwell, Centaurus

Terry Dowling, Antique Futures

Paul Collins and Meredith Costain, Spinouts

Stephen Dedman, The Lady Of Situations
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
Best Fan Writer
Bruce Gillespie

Alan Stewart

Karen Johnson

Robin Pen

Merv Binns
Best Fan Artist
Brad Foster withdrawn as ineligible (non-Australian)
Dick Jenssen

Catriona Sparks
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
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
2001: Swancon 26, Perth
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
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
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
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
Best Fan Writer
Grant Watson

Robin Pen

Bruce Gillespie

Alan Stewart
Best Fan Artist
Grant Watson

Jade Todd

Dick (Ditmar)Jenssen
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?
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
Best New Talent
Deborah Biancotti
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
2002: Convergence, Melbourne
Best Novella/Novelette category left off the nomination form

Best Australian Artwork and William Atheling Jr. removed for insufficient nominees
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.)
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
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
Best Fan Writer
Adrian Gaetano withdrew nomination
Geoff Allshorn

Deb Biancotti

Bill Wright

Bruce Gillespie
Best Fan Artist
Miriam English

Dick Jenssen

Cat Sparks
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
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
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

Best New Talent

Cat Sparks

2003: Swancon 28, Perth

Best Australian Novel

Transcension, Damien Broderick
Echoes of Earth, Sean Williams & Shane Dix
Sovereign, Simon Brown
The Storm Weaver and the Sand, Sean Williams
Blue Silence, Michelle Marquardt
The Sky Warden and the Sun, Sean Williams
Time Past, Maxine McArthur

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

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

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

Best Australian Fan Writer

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

Best Australian Fan Artist

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

Best New Talent

Lily Chrywenstrom
Chris Mowbray
Brendan Duffy
Lee Battersby

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

Best Australian Production

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

Best Australian Professional Achievement

Lee Battersby
Trent Jamieson
Jonathan Strahan

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

The William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

Tama Leaver
Jonathan Strahan
Robin Pen
Bill Congreve
Justine Larbalestier

2004: Conflux, Canberra

Best Novel

The Etched City, K. J. Bishop, Prime Books
Abhorsen, Garth Nix, Allen & Unwin
Fallen Gods, Jonathan Blum & Kate Orman, Telos Publishing
The High Lord, Trudi Canavan, HarperCollins
Orphans of Earth, Sean Williams & Shane Dix, HarperCollins

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

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

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

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

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

Best Fan Writer

Bruce Gillespie
Paul Ewins
Edwina Harvey
Danny Oz
Grant Watson

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

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

Best New Talent
K. J. Bishop

Monica Carroll

Brendan Duffy

Glenda Larke

Ben Peek

Anna Tambour
William Atheling Jr. Award
Bruce Gillespie

Lee Battersby

Jason Nahrung

Jonathan Strahan

Grant Watson
2005: Thylacon III, Hobart
Best Novel
The Black Crusade, Richard Harland

Less than Human, Maxine McArthur

The Crooked Letter, Sean Williams
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.)
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
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

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

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

Best Fan Achievement

Super Happy Robot Hour
Conflux convention committee
Continuum 2 convention committee

Best Fan Artist

Sarah Xu

Best Fanzine/website

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

Best Fan Writer

Edwina Harvey
Bruce Gillespie

Best New Talent

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

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

2006: Conjure, Brisbane

Best Novel

Magic or Madness - Justine Larbalestier, Razorbill
Drowned Wednesday - Garth Nix, Harper Collins
Midnight 2: Touching Darkness - Scott Westerfeld, Eos
Peeps - Scott Westerfeld, Razorbill
Uglies - Scott Westerfeld, Simon Pulse
Geodesica: Ascent - Sean Williams & Shane Dix, Ace

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

Best New Talent

Lyn Battersby/Triffit
Rjurik Davidson
Karen Miller

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

2007: Convergence 2, Melbourne

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

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

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

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

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

Best Fan Writer

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

Best Fan Artist

Christopher Johnstone
Jon Swabey

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

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

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

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

Best New Talent

Stephanie Campisi
David Conyers
Shane Jiraiya Cummings
Alisa Krasnostein
Brett McBean

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

2008: Swancon, Perth

Best Novel

The Company of the Dead, David Kowalski PanMacmillan
Extras, Scott Westerfeld Simon & Schuster
Dark Space, Marianne de Pierres Orbit
Saturn Returns, Sean Williams Orbit
Magic's Child, Justine Larbelestier Penguin
The Darkness Within, Jason Nahrung Hachette Livre

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

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

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.) Twelfth Planet Press
The New Space Opera, Jonathan Strahan (ed.) HarperCollins Australia
Fantastic Wonder Stories, Russell B. Farr (ed.) Ticonderoga Publications

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

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

Best Fan Art

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

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

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
"Horrorscope", Shane Jiraiya-Cummings (ed.)

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

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

Best New Talent

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)