The Ditmar Award is Australia's oldest
and best-known
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
,
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
and
horror award, presented annually since 1969, usually at the
Australian "Natcon". The historical nominations and results (listed in boldface) of the Award follow.
1969: Eighth Australian Science Fiction Convention, 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
* ''An Age
''An Age'' (published in the United States as ''Cryptozoic!'') is a 1967 science fiction novel by English writer Brian Aldiss. The book, set principally in 2093, combines the popular science fiction themes of time travel, totalitarian dystopi ...
'', Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist, and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for ...
[
* '']Camp Concentration
''Camp Concentration'' is a 1968 science fiction novel by American author Thomas M. Disch. After being serialized in '' New Worlds'' in 1967, it was published by Hart-Davis in the UK in 1968 and by Doubleday in the US in 1969. Translations have ...
'', Thomas M. Disch
Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nomination ...
[
* ''The Ring of Ritornel'', Charles Harness][
]
Best Contemporary Writer of Science Fiction
* Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist, and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for ...
[
* R.A. Lafferty][
* ]Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. "Chip" Delany (, ) (born April 1, 1942), is an American author and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays (on science fiction, literature, sexuality, and society). His ...
[
* ]Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...
[
]
Best Australian Amateur Science Fiction Publication or Fanzine
* ''Australian Science Fiction Review'', John Bangsund[
* ''The Mentor'', Ronald L Clarke][
* ''Rataplan'', Leigh Edmonds][
]
1970: Ninth Australian Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne
Best Australian Science Fiction
* "Dancing Gerontius", Lee Harding
Lee Harding (born 8 June 1983) is an Australian singer from Frankston, Victoria. He is best known for placing third in the third season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2005.
Career Bedrock
Prior to competing in ''Australian Idol'', Harding was a me ...
[
* "Anchor Man", Jack Wodhams][
* "Split Personality", Jack Wodhams][
* "The Kinsolving's Planet Irregulars", A. Bertram Chandler][
]
Best International Publication
* ''Amazing Stories''[
* ''Vision of Tomorrow''][
]
Best International Fiction
* ''The Left Hand of Darkness
''The Left Hand of Darkness'' is a science fiction novel by U.S. writer Ursula K. Le Guin. Published in 1969, it became immensely popular, and established Le Guin's status as a major author of science fiction. The novel is set in the fictiona ...
'', Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...
[
* '']Cosmicomics
''Cosmicomics'' ( it, Le cosmicomiche) is a collection of twelve short stories by Italo Calvino first published in Italian in 1965 and in English in 1968. The stories were originally published between 1964 and 1965 in the Italian periodicals ''I ...
'', Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino (, also , ;. RAI (circa 1970), retrieved 25 October 2012. 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the ''Our Ancestors'' trilogy (1952–1959), the '' Cosmicomi ...
[
]
Best Australian Fanzine
* ''S.F. Commentary'', Bruce Gillespie
Bruce Gillespie (born 1947) is a prominent Australian science fiction fan best known for his long-running sf fanzine ''SF Commentary''. Along with Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand, he was a founding editor of Norstrilia Press, which published G ...
[
* ''The Journal of Omphalistic Epistemology'', John Foyster][
]
1971: Tenth Australian Science Fiction Convention, 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
Italo Calvino (, also , ;. RAI (circa 1970), retrieved 25 October 2012. 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the ''Our Ancestors'' trilogy (1952–1959), the '' Cosmicomi ...
[
* "The Region Between", ]Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'' ...
[
* ''Tower Of Glass'', ]Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand ...
[
* No Award][
]
Best Australian Fanzine
* ''S.F. Commentary'', Bruce Gillespie
Bruce Gillespie (born 1947) is a prominent Australian science fiction fan best known for his long-running sf fanzine ''SF Commentary''. Along with Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand, he was a founding editor of Norstrilia Press, which published G ...
[
* ''The Somerset Gazette'', Noel Kerr][
* ''The New Forerunner'', Gary Mason][
]
Special Awards
* ''SF in the Cinema'', John Baxter[
* ''Vision of Tomorrow'',][ Ron Graham][
]
1972: Syncon 2, Sydney
Best Australian Fiction
* "What You Know", A. Bertram Chandler[
* "Fallen Spaceman", ]Lee Harding
Lee Harding (born 8 June 1983) is an Australian singer from Frankston, Victoria. He is best known for placing third in the third season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2005.
Career Bedrock
Prior to competing in ''Australian Idol'', Harding was a me ...
[
* "The Immortal", Olaf Ruhen][
* "The Man Of Slow Feeling", ]Michael Wilding
Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding (23 July 1912 – 8 July 1979) was an English stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with Anna Neagle; he also made two films with Alfred Hitchcock, ''Under Caprico ...
[
* ''The Authentic Touch'', Jack Wodhams][
]
Best International Fiction
* '' To Your Scattered Bodies Go'', Philip Jose Farmer
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...
[
* "Continued On Next Rock", R.A. Lafferty][
* '']The Lathe of Heaven
''The Lathe of Heaven'' is a 1971 science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin. The plot concerns a character whose dreams alter past and present reality. The story was serialized in the American science fiction magazine ''Amazing ...
'', Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...
[
* '']Ringworld
''Ringworld'' is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature. ''Ringworld'' tells the story of Louis Wu and his companions on a mission to the Ringworld, a ...
'', Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are ''Ringworld'' (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, ''The Mote in God's Eye'' ...
[
* '' A Time of Changes'', ]Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand ...
[
]
Best Australian Fanzine
* ''Scythrop'', John Bangsund[
* ''The Mentor'', Ron L. Clarke][
* ''The Fanarchist'', David Grigg][
* ''Chao'', John Alderson][
* ''S.F. Commentary'', ]Bruce Gillespie
Bruce Gillespie (born 1947) is a prominent Australian science fiction fan best known for his long-running sf fanzine ''SF Commentary''. Along with Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand, he was a founding editor of Norstrilia Press, which published G ...
[
]
1973: Advention 2, 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
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[
* ''The Gorgon Festival'', John Boyd][
* ''The IQ Merchant'', John Boyd][
* ''Dying Inside'', ]Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand ...
[
]
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
Bruce Gillespie (born 1947) is a prominent Australian science fiction fan best known for his long-running sf fanzine ''SF Commentary''. Along with Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand, he was a founding editor of Norstrilia Press, which published G ...
[
]
1974: Ozcon, Melbourne
(The programme book for the 1990 Natcon, Danse Macabre, records that no Ditmar Awards were presented in 1974.)
No Ditmar Awards
1975: Syncon '75, Sydney
Best Australian SF
* ''The Bitter Pill'', A. Bertram Chandler[
* ''The Soft Kill'', Colin Free][
* "The Ark of James Carlyle", ]Cherry Wilder
Cherry Barbara Grimm (née Lockett, 3 September 1930 – 14 March 2002), better known by the pseudonym Cherry Wilder, was a New Zealand science fiction and fantasy writer.
Biography
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Lockett attended Nelson Colleg ...
[
]
Best International Fiction
* ''Protector'', Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are ''Ringworld'' (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, ''The Mote in God's Eye'' ...
[
* '']The Dispossessed
''The Dispossessed'' (in later printings titled ''The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia'') is a 1974 anarchist utopian science fiction novel by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, one of her seven Hainish Cycle novels. It is one of a small number o ...
'', Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...
[
* ''Frankenstein Unbound'', ]Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist, and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for ...
[
]
Best Australian Fanzine
* ''Osiris'', Del & Dennis Stocks[
* ''Forerunner'', Sue Clarke][
* ''Fanew Sletter'', Leigh Edmonds][
* ''Chao'', John Alderson][
* ''Gegenschein'', Eric Lindsay][
]
1976: Bofcon, Melbourne
Best Australian Fiction
* ''The Big Black Mark'', A. Bertram Chandler[
* "Way Out West", ]Cherry Wilder
Cherry Barbara Grimm (née Lockett, 3 September 1930 – 14 March 2002), better known by the pseudonym Cherry Wilder, was a New Zealand science fiction and fantasy writer.
Biography
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Lockett attended Nelson Colleg ...
[
* ''The Frozen Sky'', ]Lee Harding
Lee Harding (born 8 June 1983) is an Australian singer from Frankston, Victoria. He is best known for placing third in the third season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2005.
Career Bedrock
Prior to competing in ''Australian Idol'', Harding was a me ...
(ruled ineligible, because published in 1976)[
]
Best International Fiction
* ''The Indian Giver'', Alfred Bester
Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987) was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books. He is best remembered for his science fiction, inclu ...
[
* ''The Shockwave Rider'', John Brunner][
* ''The Forever War'', ]Joe Haldeman
Joe William Haldeman (born June 9, 1943) is an American science fiction author. He is best known for his novel ''The Forever War'' (1974). That novel and other works, including ''The Hemingway Hoax'' (1991) and '' Forever Peace'' (1997), have wo ...
[
* ''Inferno'', ]Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are ''Ringworld'' (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, ''The Mote in God's Eye'' ...
& Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Eugene Pournelle (; August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. In the 1960s ...
[
* "Down to a Sunless Sea", ]Cordwainer Smith
Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913 – August 6, 1966), better known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author known for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a US Army officer, a noted East Asia scholar, and a ...
[
]
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
Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome (in collaboration with Jerome Bixby), John ...
, "Foundation & Asimov"[
* ]James Gunn
James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker and executive. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with ''Tromeo and Juliet'' (1997). He then began working as a director ...
, ''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: A-Con 7, 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
Lee Harding (born 8 June 1983) is an Australian singer from Frankston, Victoria. He is best known for placing third in the third season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2005.
Career Bedrock
Prior to competing in ''Australian Idol'', Harding was a me ...
[
* ''Walkers on the Sky'', David Lake][
]
Best International Fiction
* ''A World Out of Time'', Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His best-known works are ''Ringworld'' (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards, and, with Jerry Pournelle, ''The Mote in God's Eye'' ...
[
* ''The Space Machine'', Christopher Priest][
* ''The Hand of Oberon'', ]Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for ''The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nomin ...
[
* "Piper at the Gates of Dawn", ]Richard Cowper
John Middleton Murry Jr. (9 May 1926 – 31 March 2002) was an English writer who used the names Colin Murry and Richard Cowper.
Early life
Murry was the son of the writer John Middleton Murry and his second wife, Violet Le Maistre. His mother c ...
[
]
Best Australian Fanzine
* ''S.F. Commentary'', Bruce Gillespie
Bruce Gillespie (born 1947) is a prominent Australian science fiction fan best known for his long-running sf fanzine ''SF Commentary''. Along with Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand, he was a founding editor of Norstrilia Press, which published G ...
[
* ''Mad Dan's Review'', Marc Ortlieb][
* ''Enigma'', ]Van Ikin
Van Ikin (born 25 November 1951) is an academic and science fiction writer and editor. A professor in English at the University of Western Australia, he retired from teaching in 2015 and is now a senior honorary research fellow. He has acted as ...
[
* ''South of Harad, East of Rhun'', Jon Noble][
]
William Atheling Award
* George Turner, "Theme as an Element of Fiction"[
* George Turner, "The Jonah Kit"][
* George Turner & Peter Nicholls, "Plumbers of the Cosmos"][
]
Special committee award
* "The Ins and Outs of the Hadhya City State", Phillipa Maddern[
]
1978: Unicon IV, Melbourne
Australian Science Fiction, Best Novel
* ''The Right Hand of Dextra'', David Lake[
* ''The Wildings of Westron'', David Lake][
* ''The Weeping Sky'', ]Lee Harding
Lee Harding (born 8 June 1983) is an Australian singer from Frankston, Victoria. He is best known for placing third in the third season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2005.
Career Bedrock
Prior to competing in ''Australian Idol'', Harding was a me ...
[
* ''The Luck of Brin's Five'', ]Cherry Wilder
Cherry Barbara Grimm (née Lockett, 3 September 1930 – 14 March 2002), better known by the pseudonym Cherry Wilder, was a New Zealand science fiction and fantasy writer.
Biography
Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Lockett attended Nelson Colleg ...
[
]
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
''The Silmarillion'' () is a collection of myths and stories in varying styles by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien. It was edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien in 1977, assisted by the fantasy author Guy Gavriel ...
'', J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philology, philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was ...
(Allen & Unwin)[
* ''Our Lady Of Darkness'', (aka ''The Pale Brown Thing'') ]Fritz Leiber
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright, and chess expert. With writers such as Robert ...
, (Berkeley Putnam/''F&SF'', Jan February 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
Susan Mary Cooper (born 23 May 1935) is an English author of children's books. She is best known for '' The Dark Is Rising'', a contemporary fantasy series set in England and Wales, which incorporates British mythology such as the Arthurian le ...
(Chatto & Windus)[
* ''Gateway'', ]Frederik Pohl
Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...
(Gollancz or Ballantine)[
]
Best Amateur Australian Publication (Fanzine)
* ''Yggdrasil'', Dennis Callegari & Alan Wilson[
* ''Enigma'', ]Van Ikin
Van Ikin (born 25 November 1951) is an academic and science fiction writer and editor. A professor in English at the University of Western Australia, he retired from teaching in 2015 and is now a senior honorary research fellow. He has acted as ...
[
* ''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
Van Ikin (born 25 November 1951) is an academic and science fiction writer and editor. A professor in English at the University of Western Australia, he retired from teaching in 2015 and is now a senior honorary research fellow. He has acted as ...
, Review of 'Going'[
]
1979: Syncon '79, Sydney
Best Australian Fiction
* ''To Keep The Ship'', A. Bertram Chandler (DAW)[
* ''Beloved Son'', George Turner (Faber)][
* ''Play Little Victims'', ]Kenneth Cook
Kenneth Bernard Cook (5 May 1929 – 18 April 1987) was an Australian journalist, television documentary maker, and novelist best known for his works ''Wake in Fright (novel), Wake in Fright'', which is still in print five decades after its first ...
(Pergamon Press)[
* "Pie Row Joe", Kevin McKay,][ ''Rooms of Paradise'' (Quartet)
]
Best International Fiction
* ''The Far Call'', Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon Rupert Dickson (November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001) was a Canadian-American science fiction writer. He was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2000.
Biography
Dickson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, ...
(Quantum)[
* '']Dreamsnake
''Dreamsnake'' is a 1978 science fiction novel by American writer Vonda N. McIntyre. It is an expansion of her 1973 novelette " Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand", for which she won her first Nebula Award. The story is set on Earth after a nuclear h ...
'', Vonda McIntyre
Vonda Neel McIntyre () was an American science fiction writer and biologist.
Early life and education
Vonda N. McIntyre was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of H. Neel and Vonda B. Keith McIntyre, who were born in Poland, Ohio. She ...
(Houghton & Mifflin)[
* ''Stardance II'', ]Spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
and Jeanne Robinson
Jeanne Robinson (March 30, 1948 – May 30, 2010) was an American-born Canadian choreographer who co-wrote three science fiction novels, ''The Stardance Saga'', with her husband Spider Robinson. ''Stardance'' won the Hugo Award for Best Novell ...
, ''Analog'', Sept to November 1978[
* "The Persistence of Vision", John Varley, ''F&SF'', March 1978][
* '' The White Dragon'', ]Anne McCaffrey
Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-Irish writer known for the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, ''Weyr Search'', 19 ...
[
]
Best Australian Fanzine
* ''Forerunner'', Jack R. Herman[
* ''Yggdrasil'', Dennis Callegari & Alan Wilson][
* ''Scytale'', Peter Toluzzi][
* ''The Epsilon Eridani Express'', Neville J. Angove][
* ''Chunder!'', John Foyster][
]
Best Australian Fanwriter
* Leanne Frahm
Leanne Frahm is an Australian writer of Speculative fiction, speculative short fiction.
Biography
Frahm was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1946. She received her first nomination for her work in 1978 when she was a finalist for the ...
[
* 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, October 1978][
* John McPharlin, "On The Ebb Tide of the New Wave", ''Auto Delerium'', March 1978][
* Lloyd Biggle Jr, "The Morasses of Academe Revisited", ''Analog'', September 1978][
]
1980: Swancon 5, Perth
Australian Fiction
* ''Moon in the Ground'', Keith Antill[
* ''Displaced Person'', ]Lee Harding
Lee Harding (born 8 June 1983) is an Australian singer from Frankston, Victoria. He is best known for placing third in the third season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2005.
Career Bedrock
Prior to competing in ''Australian Idol'', Harding was a me ...
[
* ''Australian Gnomes'', ]Robert Ingpen
Robert Roger Ingpen Order of Australia, AM, Royal Society of Arts, FRSA (born 13 October 1936) is an Australians, Australian graphic designer, illustrator, and writer. For his "lasting contribution" as a children's illustrator he received the b ...
[
* "One Clay Foot", Jack Wodhams][
]
Best International Fiction
* ''The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author and screenwriter, best known for ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Originally a 1978 BBC radio comedy, ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' developed into a " ...
[
* ''Castle Roogna'', ]Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born 6 August 1934) is an American author in the science fiction and Fantasy (genre), fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is best known for his :Xanth books, long-running novel series set in ...
[
* ''The Flight of Dragons'', ]Peter Dickinson
Peter Malcolm de Brissac Dickinson OBE FRSL (16 December 1927 – 16 December 2015) was an English author and poet, best known for children's books and detective stories.
Dickinson won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association ...
[
* ''Dragondrums'', ]Anne McCaffrey
Anne Inez McCaffrey (1 April 1926 – 21 November 2011) was an American-Irish writer known for the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction (Best Novella, ''Weyr Search'', 19 ...
[
* ''Titan'', John Varley][
]
Best Australian Fanzine
* ''Bionic Rabbit'', Damian Brennan[
* ''The Wasffan'', Roy Ferguson][
* ''Chunder'', John Foyster][
* ''S.F. Commentary'', ]Bruce Gillespie
Bruce Gillespie (born 1947) is a prominent Australian science fiction fan best known for his long-running sf fanzine ''SF Commentary''. Along with Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand, he was a founding editor of Norstrilia Press, which published G ...
[
* ''Forerunner'', Jack Herman][
]
Best Australian Fan Writer
* Damian Brennan[
* Roy Ferguson][
* ]Leanne Frahm
Leanne Frahm is an Australian writer of Speculative fiction, speculative short fiction.
Biography
Frahm was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1946. She received her first nomination for her work in 1978 when she was a finalist for the ...
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* Jack R. Herman][
* Marc Ortlieb][
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Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist
* Bevan Casey[
* Chris Johnston][
* Rob McGough][
* John Packer][
* Marilyn Pride][
* Jane Taubman][
]
William Atheling Award for Criticism in SF or Fantasy
* Terry Dowling
Terence William (Terry) Dowling (born 21 March 1947), is an Australian writer and journalist. He writes primarily speculative fiction though he considers himself an "imagier" – one who imagines, a term which liberates his writing from the cons ...
, "The Art of Xenography", ''Science Fiction 3''[
* ]Bruce Gillespie
Bruce Gillespie (born 1947) is a prominent Australian science fiction fan best known for his long-running sf fanzine ''SF Commentary''. Along with Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand, he was a founding editor of Norstrilia Press, which published G ...
, "The Man Who Filled the Void" & "By Our Fruits", ''S.F. Commentary'' 55/56[
* Jack R. Herman,][ "Paradox as a Paradigm: A Review of ''Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever'' by Stephen Donaldson", ''Forerunner'', May 1979][
* George Turner, "Delany: A Victim of the Great Applause", ''Yggdrasil'' 3/79][
]
1981: Advention '81, Adelaide
Best Australian Novel
* ''The Dreaming Dragons'', Damien Broderick
Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. His science fiction novel ''The Dreaming Dragons'' (1980) introduced the trope of the generation time machine ...
[
* ''Breathing Space Only'', ]Wynne Whiteford
Wynne is a surname of Welsh origin. This is a list of notable people with the surname, sorted by profession:
Art, literature, and music
*Bill Wynne (1922–2021), American photographer and writer
* David Wynne (composer) (1900–83), Welsh ...
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* ''Looking for Blucher'', Jack Wodhams][
* ''The Fourth Hemisphere'', David Lake][
]
Best Australian Short Fiction
* "Deus Ex Corporus", Leanne Frahm
Leanne Frahm is an Australian writer of Speculative fiction, speculative short fiction.
Biography
Frahm was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1946. She received her first nomination for her work in 1978 when she was a finalist for the ...
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* "The Pastseer", Phillipa Maddern][
* "Passage to Earth", ]Leanne Frahm
Leanne Frahm is an Australian writer of Speculative fiction, speculative short fiction.
Biography
Frahm was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1946. She received her first nomination for her work in 1978 when she was a finalist for the ...
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* "Horg", Jay Hoffman][
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Best International Fiction
* ''Mockingbird'', Walter Tevis
Walter Stone Tevis (February 28, 1928 – August 9, 1984) was an American novelist and short story writer. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: '' The Hustler'', '' The Color of Money'' and '' The Man Who Fell to Earth''. A four ...
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* ''The Snow Queen'', ]Joan D. Vinge
Joan D. Vinge (; born April 2, 1948 as Joan Carol Dennison) is an American science fiction author. She is known for such works as her Hugo Award–winning novel ''The Snow Queen'' and its sequels, her series about the telepath named Cat, and ...
[
* ''Timescape'', ]Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reason ...
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* ''The Wounded Land'', Stephen R. Donaldson][
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Best Australian Fanzine
* ''Australian Science Fiction News'', Mervyn R. Binns[
* ''Q36'', Marc Ortlieb][
* ''Chunder'', John Foyster][
* ''S.F. Commentary'', ]Bruce Gillespie
Bruce Gillespie (born 1947) is a prominent Australian science fiction fan best known for his long-running sf fanzine ''SF Commentary''. Along with Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand, he was a founding editor of Norstrilia Press, which published G ...
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Best Australian Fanwriter
* Leigh Edmonds[
* ]Leanne Frahm
Leanne Frahm is an Australian writer of Speculative fiction, speculative short fiction.
Biography
Frahm was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1946. She received her first nomination for her work in 1978 when she was a finalist for the ...
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* David Grigg][
* Marc Ortlieb][
]
Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist
* John Packer[
* Marilyn Pride][
* Jane Taubman][
* Julie Vaux][
]
William Atheling Jr Award
* Algis Budrys
Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome (in collaboration with Jerome Bixby), John ...
, "Charting Paradise"[
* Christopher Priest, "Outside the Whale"][
* ]John Sladek
John Thomas Sladek (December 15, 1937 – March 10, 2000) was an American science fiction author, known for his satirical and surreal novels.
Life and work
Born in Waverly, Iowa, in 1937, Sladek was in England in the 1960s for the New Wave ...
, "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: Tschaicon, Melbourne
(The Australian newszine ''Thyme'' records that Tschaicon was the "First Australasian Science Fiction Convention", the relevant constitution having had "Australian" replaced with "Australasian" throughout; that the award categories used "Australasian" rather than "Australian"; and that the constitution was modified, at Tschaicon, to have "Australasian" changed back to "Australian".)
There was an award from the committee, in the form of a miniature Ditmar Award, to Marc Ortlieb for Best Toastmastering.
Best Long Australasian Science Fiction or Fantasy
* ''The Anarch Lords'', A. Bertram Chandler
* ''Bard'', Keith Taylor[
* ''Behind the Wind'', ]Patricia Wrightson
Patricia Wrightson OBE (19 June 1921 – 15 March 2010) was an Australian writer of several highly regarded and influential children's books. Employing a 'magic realism' style, her books, including the award-winning ''The Nargun and the Stars' ...
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* ''City of Women'', David Ireland][
* ''The Man Who Loved Morlocks'', David Lake][
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Best Short Australasian 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'', ]