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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'',
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'', Thomas M. Disch * ''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 fic ...
*
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 nom ...


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 * "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 fiction ...
'',
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 * ''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 * ''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 * "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 ''To Your Scattered Bodies Go'' (1971) is a science fiction novel by American writer Philip José Farmer, the first book in the Riverworld series. It won a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1972 at the 30th Worldcon. The title is derived from the 7th ...
'',
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 ...
* '' 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


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 Isaac Asimov ( ; 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and ...
* ''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


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


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 ...
* ''
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 ...
'',
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 * ''The Frozen Sky'', Lee Harding (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 authors, science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books. He is best remembered for h ...
* ''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), hav ...
* ''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 ...
&
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 1960 ...
* "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 ...


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 direct ...
, ''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 * ''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 ...
* ''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 nom ...
* "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 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 * ''The Luck of Brin's Five'', Cherry Wilder


Australian Science Fiction, Best Short Fiction

* "Albert's Bellyful",
Francis Payne Francis Payne was one of the men responsible for drafting the rules for the London League and became London League members Thames Ironworks F.C.'s club secretary in 1897, succeeding Ted Harsent in the post. The rules of the London League allow ...
(''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 Gavri ...
'', J. R. R. Tolkien (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 ...
(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 Satellite ...
(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: 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'', which is still in print five decades after its first publication, and the hu ...
(Pergamon Press) * "Pie Row Joe", Kevin McKay, ''Rooms of Paradise'' (Quartet)


Best International Fiction

* ''The Far Call'', Gordon R. Dickson (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 (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 d ...
and Jeanne Robinson, ''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'', 1 ...


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 * 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 * ''Australian Gnomes'', Robert Ingpen * "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 genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. He is best known for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xant ...
* ''The Flight of Dragons'', Peter Dickinson * ''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'', 1 ...
* ''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 Fan Writer

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


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 con ...
, "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 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 * ''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 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 ...
* ''The Wounded Land'', Stephen R. 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 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' ...
* ''City of Women'', David Ireland * ''The Man Who Loved Morlocks'', David Lake


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'',
Gene Wolfe Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and ...
* ''Radix'', A.A. Attanasio * ''The Sirian Experiments'', Doris Lessing


Best Australasian Fanzine

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


Best Australasian Fan Writer

* Leigh Edmonds * Judith Hanna * Eric Lindsay * Marc Ortlieb


Best Australasian SF or Fantasy Artist

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


William Atheling Award

*
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 ...
, "The Lately Great Alfred Bester", ''S.F. Commentary'' 6266 *
Thomas 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 Labor Day Group" ''F&SF'', February 1981 * Bruce Gillespie, "Sing a Song of Daniel", ''S.F. Commentary'' 6266


1983: Syncon '83, Sydney


Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy

* "The Man Who Walks Away Behind the Eyes",
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 con ...
, ''Omega'', May 1982 * ''The Lances of Nengesdul'', Keith Taylor * ''Vaneglory'', George Turner


Best International Science Fiction or Fantasy

* ''No Enemy But Time'', Michael Bishop * ''The One Tree'', Stephen R. Donaldson * ''Ridley Walker'',
Russell Hoban Russell Conwell Hoban (February 4, 1925 – December 13, 2011) was an American expatriate writer. His works span many genres, including fantasy, science fiction, mainstream fiction, magical realism, poetry, and children's books. He lived i ...
* ''Roderick'',
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 ...


Best Australian Fanzine

* ''Ornithopter'', Leigh Edmonds * ''Q36'', Marc Ortlieb * ''Science Fiction'', Van Ikin * ''Thyme'', eds. Andrew Brown & Irwin Hirsh; ed. Roger Weddall * ''Weberwoman's Wrevenge'', Jean Weber


Best Australian Fanwriter

*
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 con ...
* 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


William Atheling Award (for critical writings)

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


Special Award

* Robin Johnson, Contribution to Fandom


1984: Eureka!con, Melbourne

''There were insufficient nominations for the William Atheling Jr Award.''


Best Australian Long Science Fiction or Fantasy

* ''The Tempting of the Witch King'',
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
(Cory & Collins) * ''The Judas Mandala'',
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 ...
(Timescape) * ''Valencies'',
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 ...
& Rory Barnes (University of Queensland Press) * ''Kelly Country'', 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 Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
(''Dreamworks'', ed. David King, Norstrilia Press) * "Life the Solitude", Kevin McKay (''Dreamworks'', ed. David King, Norstrilia Press) * "Land Deal",
Gerald Murnane Gerald Murnane (born 25 February 1939) is an Australian writer, perhaps best known for his novel ''The Plains'' (1982). ''The New York Times'', in a big feature published on 27 March 2018, called him "the greatest living English-language writer ...
(''Dreamworks'', ed. David King, Norstrilia Press) * "Above Atlas His Shoulders", Andrew Whitmore (''Dreamworks'', ed. David King, Norstrilia Press)


Best International Fiction

* ''The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica'', John Calvin Batchelor (Dial Press) * ''The Tempting of the Witch King'',
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
(Cory and Collins) * ''Dr Who'' (BBC) * ''Pilgerman'',
Russell Hoban Russell Conwell Hoban (February 4, 1925 – December 13, 2011) was an American expatriate writer. His works span many genres, including fantasy, science fiction, mainstream fiction, magical realism, poetry, and children's books. He lived i ...
(Jonathan Cape) * ''Yesterday's Men'', George Turner (Faber) * ''Thor's Hammer'', Wynne Whiteford (Cory & Collins) * No Award


Best Australian Fanzine

* ''Australian Science Fiction News'', Merv 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 * Mike Dutkiewicz * Chris Johnston * Nick Stathopoulos


Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist

* Bill Flowers * Terry Frost * Craig Hilton * Mike McGann * John Packer * Clint Strickland


Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor

* Paul Collins * Van Ikin * David King * Norstrilia Press - Bruce Gillespie, Carey Handfield and
Rob Gerrand Rob Gerrand (born 16 October 1946) is an Australian writer of science fiction. Works Books * ''Transmutations'' (Editor, Outback Press), * ''Fortress'' (novel, Bookman Publishing 1993) * ''Rewrite Your Life!'' (self-help, co-written with E ...


1985: Advention '85, Adelaide

The awards ceremony included presentation of the A. Bertram Chandler Award to Lee Harding, and another three special awards to Damien Broderick, for ''Transmitters''; John Foyster, for past work in fandom; and the Nova Mob, for going on for a long time.(The A. Bertram Chandler Award is a separate award.)


Best Australian Novel

* ''The 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 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 con ...
, ''Omega'', May/June 1984 * "The Maze Man",
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 con ...
, ''Men's Journal'', Summer 1984 * "Resurrection",
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 ...
, ''IASFM'', August 1984 * "Three Star Trek", Ron Ferguson, ''Omega'', Sept/October 1984


Best International Fiction

* ''Neuromancer'',
William Gibson William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as ''cyberpunk''. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, hi ...
(Ace) * ''The Final Encyclopedia'', Gordon R. Dickson (Tor) * ''Native Tongues'', Suzette Haden Elgin, (DAW) * '' Damiano's Lute'',
R.A. MacAvoy Roberta Ann MacAvoy (born December 13, 1949) is an American fantasy and science fiction author. Several of her books draw on Celtic or Zen themes. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1984. Biography R. A. MacAvoy was bo ...
(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 ''Beach Blanket Tempest'' is an Australian musical with book and lyrics by Dennis Watkins and music by Chris Harriott, loosely based on Shakespeare's '' The Tempest''. Development The musical was commissioned by the North Queensland-based New Mo ...
'', Rock Fantasy stage musical (Half Moon Production) * '' Iceman'',
Fred Schepisi Frederic Alan Schepisi ( ;Pauline Kael, Kael, Pauline (1984). ''Taking It All In''. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 55. born 26 December 1939) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. His credits include ''The Chan ...
Director * '' Iceman'',
Bruce Smeaton Bruce Smeaton (born 5 March 1938) is an Australian composer who is well known for a variety of Australian film and television scores in all genres, including features, shorts, television, documentaries and advertisements. His scores include '' ...
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 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 ...
, SF Reviews, ''The Age'', 1984 * John Baxter, SF Reviews, ''The Australian'', 1984


1986: Swancon XI, Perth


Best Australian Science Fiction Novel

* ''Landscape With Landscapes'',
Gerald Murnane Gerald Murnane (born 25 February 1939) is an Australian writer, perhaps best known for his novel ''The Plains'' (1982). ''The New York Times'', in a big feature published on 27 March 2018, called him "the greatest living English-language writer ...
(Norstrilia) * ''Illywacker'', Peter Carey (UQP) * ''The Changelings of Chaan'', David Lake (Hyland House) * ''The Transing Syndrome'', Kurt von Trojan (Rigby)


Best Australian Short Fiction

* "The Twist of Fate", David Grigg, ''Urban Fantasies'' * "Glass Reptile Breakout",
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
, ''Strange Attractors''/''Omega'' * "Montage",
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
, ''Urban Fantasies'' * "The Fittest", George Turner, ''Urban Fantasies'' * "The Lipton Village Society",
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
, ''Strange Attractors'' * "The Bullet That Grows in the Gun",
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 con ...
, ''Urban Fantasies''


Best International Fiction

* ''Devil in a Forest'',
Gene Wolfe Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and ...
(Granada) * ''Tik Tok'',
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 ...
(Corgi) * ''Free Live Free'',
Gene Wolfe Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and ...
(Gollancz) * ''Peace'',
Gene Wolfe Gene Rodman Wolfe (May 7, 1931 – April 14, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and ...
(Chatto) * ''The Compass Rose'',
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 ...
(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 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 ...
* Leigh Edmonds * Yvonne Rousseau * Marc Ortlieb


Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

* Lewis Morley * John Packer * Betty de Gabrielle * Nick Stathopoulos * Marilyn Pride * Craig Hilton


William Atheling Jr Award

* Norman Talbot *
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
* George Turner, "''Neuromancer'' et al." * Yvonne Rousseau


1987: Capcon, 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 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 ...
(Avon) * ''Adventures Of Christian Rosy Cross'',
David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans mor ...
(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 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 con ...
* "Time of the Star",
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 con ...
, ''Aphelion'' 3 * "A Dragon Between His Fingers",
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 con ...
, ''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.) * Jessica Aldridge * Peter McNamara * Michelle Muijsert * John Foyster


William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

*
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
, "Debased and Lascivious" * Dave Luckett * Margaret Winch, "Frank's Tank" * Michael J Tolley


1988: Conviction, Sydney


Best Australian Long Fiction

* ''For As Long As You Burn'',
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 con ...
, ''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 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 con ...
, ''Australian Short Stories'' #20 * "Marmordesse",
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 con ...
, ''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 for Criticism or Review

*
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
, "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 ''Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction'', commonly referred to as ''Trillion Year Spree,'' is a book by Brian W. Aldiss and David Wingrove published in 1986. The book is an expanded version of Aldiss's 1973 ''Billion Year Spree: The ...
'', ''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 Janeen Webb (''née'' Pemberton) is an Australian writer, critic and editor, working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Biography The daughter of a Second World War Australian Army commando and salesman, Webb was brought up in ...
, "I Know Who I am, But What is my Brand Name?"


1989: Swancon 14, Perth


Best Australian Long Fiction

* ''Striped Holes'',
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 ...
(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 Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, ...
, ''Interzone'' #23 * "Things fall apart",
Philippa Maddern Philippa Catherine "Pip" Maddern (1952 – 16 June 2014) was an Australian historian and academic, who was Director of the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions. Biography Maddern was born in Albury, Ne ...
, ''Matilda at the Speed of Light'' * "The Colors of the Masters", Sean McMullen, ''F&SF'' March 1988 * "My Lady Tongue",
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
, ''Matilda at the Speed of Light''


Best International Fiction

* ''Dawn'',
Octavia Butler Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowsh ...
(Gollancz) * ''Seventh Son'',
Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for bo ...
(Legend) * '' Aegypt'', John Crowley (Gollancz) * ''Mona Lisa Overdrive'',
William Gibson William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as ''cyberpunk''. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, hi ...
(Gollancz) * ''On Stranger Tides'',
Tim Powers Timothy Thomas Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels ''Last Call'' and ''Declare''. His 1987 novel ''On Stranger Tides ...
(Grafton) * ''Life During Wartime'',
Lucius Shepard Lucius Shepard (August 21, 1943 – March 18, 2014) was an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leaned into other genres, such as magical realism. Career Shepard was a native of Lynchburg, Virginia where ...
(Grafton) * ''Islands in the Net'',
Bruce Sterling Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the '' Mirrorshades'' anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre. Sterling's firs ...
(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 (''Get Stuffed'', ''Australian Playbeing'', etc.) * Kerrie Hanlon (Conviction Programme, T-shirt, etc.) * Craig Hilton (''Larrikin'', ''Thyme'', etc.) * Mike McGann (''Get Stuffed'', mediazines, etc.) * Kiera McKenzie (''Australian Realms'') * Phil Wlodarczyk (''Get Stuffed'', ''Ethel the Aardvark'', etc.)


William Atheling Jr Award

*
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
, ''ASFR'' articles * Martin Bridgstock, "Sea & Summer" (''ASFR''), and "Counter Earth/Counter Humanity" (''Metaphysical Review'') *
Janeen Webb Janeen Webb (''née'' Pemberton) is an Australian writer, critic and editor, working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Biography The daughter of a Second World War Australian Army commando and salesman, Webb was brought up in ...
, ''ASFR'' articles * Arthur Webster, "Speaker for the Dead" (''Get Stuffed'')


1990: Danse Macabre, Melbourne

:''The William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review was withdrawn due to 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 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 con ...
, "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'' (Women's Press) * Rosaleen Love, "Total Devotion Machine", ''Total Devotion Machine''(Women's Press) * Petrina Smith, "Over the Edge", ''Mirrors: Redress Novellas'' (Women's Redress Press)


Best Australian Fanzine

* SF Collective, ''ASFR'' *
Melbourne Science Fiction Club The Melbourne Science Fiction Club Inc. (Also known as the M.S.F.C. or colloquially "the club") was founded in May 1952 by Race Mathews and others. It is the second oldest continuously active science fiction club in the world, after the Los Angeles ...
, ''Ethel The Aardvark'' (ed. Alan Stewart) * Jacob Blake, ''Get Stuffed'' * Jack R. Herman, ''Sweetness and Light''


Best Australian Fanwriter

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


Best Fan Artist

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


1991: Suncon, Brisbane


Best Fannish Cat

* Apple Blossom, ''humans: Elaine Cochrane & Bruce Gillespie'' * Constantinople, ''human: Phil Wlodarczyk'' * Emma Peel, ''human: Terry Frost'' * Godzilla, ''humans: Ian Gunn & Karen Pender-Gunn'' * Honey, ''humans: Gerald mith& 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 Press) * ''Fortress of Eternity'', Andrew Whitmore (Avon Books) * ''My Lady Tongue and Other Tales'',
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
(William Heinemann) * ''Rynosseros'',
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 con ...
(Aphelion Press) * ''The Specialist'', Wynne Whiteford (Ace)


Best Australian Short Fiction

* "Generation Gap", George Turner, ''A Pursuit of Miracles'' (Aphelion) * "God and Her Black Sense of Humour",
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
, ''My Lady Tongue and Other Tales'' (William Heinemann) * "Red Ochre",
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
, ''My Lady Tongue and Other Tales'' (William Heinemann) * "The Caress",
Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, ...
, ''Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine'' January 1990 * "Turtle Soup", Rosaleen Love, '' Eidolon'' 3, December 1990 * "While the Gate is Open", Sean McMullen, ''F&SF'' February 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 Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
, "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", ANZAPA 136, October 1990 * Peter Nicholls, "Fantastic World" reviews in the ''Melbourne Sunday Herald'' * Alan Stewart, Reviews in ''Ethel the Aardvark'' and ''SF Commentary''


1992: Syncon, Sydney

The awards ceremony included presentation of five special awards from the Syncon committee to Jack R. Herman, Eric B. Lindsay, Ron Clarke, Sue Clarke, and Shayne McCormack.


Best Novel or Collection

* ''From Sea to Shining Star'', A. Bertram Chandler * ''Wormwood'',
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 con ...
* ''Brother Night'', Victor Kelleher * '' Del-Del'', Victor Kelleher * ''Brainchild'', George Turner


Best Short Fiction

* "Vanities",
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 con ...
* "Nobody's Fool",
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 con ...
* "A Deadly Edge Their Red Beaks Pass Along",
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 con ...
* "Olive Truffles", Leanne Frahm * "The Dominant Style", Sean McMullen * "Alone in his Chariot", Sean McMullen (''Eidolon'')


Best Fanzine

* '' Eidolon'', ed Jonathan Strahan, Richard Scriven and Jeremy Byrne * ''Ethel the Aardvark'', Alan Stewart * ''Inconsequential Parallax'', Tim Richards &
Narrelle Harris Narrelle M Harris (also credited as Narrelle Harris) is a Melbourne-based writer. She wrote the award winning short play ''Stalemate'' in 2003.heatre-oz] Bunbury Winners/ref> Biography Harris was born in Newcastle, New South Wales">Newca ...
* ''Thyme'', LynC & Clive Newall * ''Thyme'', Greg Hills & Mark Loney


Best Fan Writer

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


Best Artist

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


William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

* "Jonathan Carroll, Storyteller", Bruce Gillespie * "Going Commercial", Sean McMullen (''Eidolon'' 6) * Review of ''The Fantastic Civil War'', Blair Ramage


1993: Swancon 18, Perth


Best Long Fiction

* ''Blue Tyson'',
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 con ...
* ''Quarantine'',
Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, ...
* ''Back Door Man'', Ian M. Hails * ''Call to the Edge'', Sean McMullen * ''Brainchild'', George Turner * ''And Disregards the Rest'',
Paul Voermans Paul Voermans (born 4 June 1960) is an Australian performer, community IT advocate, and writer of prose and poetry, whose work includes a number of novels. Published as science fiction, the novels contain elements of surrealism, horror, and humour ...


Best Short Fiction

* "Privateer's Moon",
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 con ...
(''Blue Tyson'') * "Ship's Eye",
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 con ...
(''Eidolon'' 8) * "Closer",
Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, ...
(''Eidolon'' 9) * "Worthless",
Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, ...
(''In Dreams'') * "The Seas of Castle Hill Road", Rick Kennett (''Eidolon'' 9) * "It's All in the Way You Look at It", Michael Pryor (''Aurealis 10'')


Best Periodical

* Slow Glass Books Catalog, Justin Ackroyd * '' Eidolon'', Jeremy G. Byrne, Richard Scriven, Jonathan Strahan * ''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 Buccaneers", Ian Gunn (''Inconsequential Parallax'') * 1992 Ditmar Award, Lewis Morley * Cover art for ''Blue Tyson'', Nick Stathopoulos * "Relics",
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
(''Eidolon'' 9) * "Snowman", Leisl Yvette (''Eidolon'' 9)


William Atheling Jr Award

* "Five Go Camping with 12.1 Club", Paul Ewins (''Ethel the Aardvark'' 41) * "James Morrow and the ERNI", Bruce Gillespie (Nova Mob, ANZAPA 148) * "Australian SF Art Turns 50", Sean McMullen (''Eidolon'' 7) * "From Fantasy to Gallileo", Sean McMullen(Nova Mob, ''Eidolon'' 10) * Reviews in ''Ethel the Aardvark'', Karen Pender-Gunn


1994: Constantinople, Melbourne


Best Long Fiction or Collection

* ''The Destiny Makers'', George Turner * ''Graffiti'', Dirk Strasser * ''Twilight Beach'',
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 con ...
* ''The Weird Colonial Boy'',
Paul Voermans Paul Voermans (born 4 June 1960) is an Australian performer, community IT advocate, and writer of prose and poetry, whose work includes a number of novels. Published as science fiction, the novels contain elements of surrealism, horror, and humour ...


Best Short Fiction

* "Catalyst", Leanne Frahm, ''Terror Australis'' * "Starbaby", Rosaleen Love, ''Overland'', December 93 * "The Lottery",
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
, ''Overland'', December 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 * Kerri Valkova * Phil Wlodarczyk


Best Fanzine

* ''Black Light'' * ''Ethel the Aardvark'', Paul Ewins * ''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 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 ...
, ''SF Commentary'' 73/74/75


1995: Thylacon, Hobart


Best Australian Long Fiction

* ''Deersnake'',
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
(Hodder) * ''Genetic Soldier'', George Turner (William Morrow) * ''Permutation City'',
Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, ...
(Millennium) * ''Voices in the Light'', Sean McMullen (Aphelion)


Best Australian Short Fiction

* "Cocoon",
Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, ...
, ''Asimov's SF'', May 1994 * "Jinx Ship", Leanne Frahm, ''The Patternmaker'' * "Land's End", Leanne Frahm, ''Alien Shores'' * "Our Lady of Chernobyl",
Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, ...
, ''Interzone'' 83, May 1994 * "The Patternmaker", Dave Luckett, ''The Patternmaker''


Best Professional Artwork

*
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
, for artwork in Aurealis and Eidolon


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 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 con ...
(Aphelion) * ''Mirrorsun Rising'', Sean McMullen (Aphelion) * ''Sabriel'',
Garth Nix Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the ''Old Kingdom'', '' Seventh Tower'' and ''Keys to the Kingdom'' series. He has frequently been asked if his ...
(Moonstone/Harper Collins) * ''She's Fantastical'',
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
&
Judith Buckrich Dr Judith Buckrich (born 1950, Budapest, Hungary) is a Melbourne author and past chair of the International PEN Women Writers' Committee. She is President of the PMI Victorian History Library (since 2018). Life She emigrated to Australia with ...
(Sybylla) * ''The Unknown Soldier'', Sean Williams &
Shane Dix Shane Dix (born 1960 in Wales) is an Australian science fiction author best known for his collaborative work with Sean Williams in the ''Star Wars'': New Jedi Order series. In addition to his novels with Sean Williams, Dix has had short stories ...
(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, February 1995 * "The Perfect Gun", Sean Williams, '' Eidolon'' #17/18, June 1995


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 Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...


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 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 ...
(Routledge) * "The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction", Bill Congreve, Sean McMullen & Steven Paulsen, ''The Scream Factory'' #16, November 1995


1997: Basicon 2, Melbourne


Best Australian Long Fiction

* ''Dreamweavers'', Paul Collins (ed) (Penguin Books) * ''The Memory Cathedral'',
Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...
(Bantam) * ''Scarlet Rider'',
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
(Tor/Forge) * ''Metal Fatigue'', Sean Williams (Harper Collins)


Best Australian Short Fiction

* "The Sword of God",
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
, ''Dreamweavers'' * "The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse",
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 con ...
, ''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 Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
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 for Criticism or Review

*
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
, 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 Janeen Webb (''née'' Pemberton) is an Australian writer, critic and editor, working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Biography The daughter of a Second World War Australian Army commando and salesman, Webb was brought up in ...
, for "Post human SF: Lost in Cyberspace", The Festival of Imagination Program Book


1998: Thylacon II, Hobart


Best Long Fiction

* '' The White Abacus'',
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 ...
(Avon Books) * ''Winter'', Simon Brown (HarperCollins) * ''Darkfall'',
Isobelle Carmody Isobelle Jane Carmody (born 16 June 1958) is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature. She is recipient of the Aurealis Award for best children's fiction. Biography Isobelle Carmody ...
(Penguin) * ''Old Bones'', Paul Collins * ''Sinner'',
Sara Douglass Sara Warneke (2 June 1957 – 27 September 2011), better known by her pen name Sara Douglass, was an Australian fantasy writer who lived in Hobart, Tasmania. She was a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel. Biography A ...
(HarperCollins)


Best Short Fiction

* "Niagara Falling",
Janeen Webb Janeen Webb (''née'' Pemberton) is an Australian writer, critic and editor, working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Biography The daughter of a Second World War Australian Army commando and salesman, Webb was brought up in ...
&
Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...
, ''Black Mist'' * "Lucent Carbon",
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
, '' Eidolon'' 25/26 * "The Willcroft Inheritance", Rick Kennett and Paul Collins, ''Gothic Ghosts'' * "Reasons to be Cheerful",
Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, ...
, ''Interzone'' #118, ithdrawn.* "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 * Marc McBride, ''Shivers'' Series * Nick Stathopoulos * Robert Jan * R & D Studios, '' Eidolon'' Cover *
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
, ''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'' * Sean McMullen and Steven Paulsen, "Australia": Australian Contemporary Fantasy, ''Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (Orbit)


1999: Spawncon II, Melbourne

:''Presented as part of
Aussiecon Three The 57th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Aussiecon Three, was held on 2–6 September 1999 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The convention was chaired by Perry Middlemiss. ...
''


Best Australian Long Fiction

* ''Pilgrim'',
Sara Douglass Sara Warneke (2 June 1957 – 27 September 2011), better known by her pen name Sara Douglass, was an Australian fantasy writer who lived in Hobart, Tasmania. She was a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel. Biography A ...
(Harper Collins) * ''Feral'',
Kerry Greenwood Kerry Isabelle Greenwood (born 1954) is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted as the popular tel ...
(Hodder and Stoughton) * ''The Centurion's Empire'', Sean McMullen (Tor) * ''The Tilecutter's Penny'', Caiseal Mór (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 Sara Warneke (2 June 1957 – 27 September 2011), better known by her pen name Sara Douglass, was an Australian fantasy writer who lived in Hobart, Tasmania. She was a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel. Biography A ...
, ''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'', Stephen Higgins & Dirk Strasser * ''Dreaming Down-Under'',
Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...
& Janeen Webb (Harper Collins) * '' Eidolon'',
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
& 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 * ''Out of the Kaje'', Karen Johnson * ''Thyme'', Alan Stewart


Best Australian Fan Artist

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


Best Australian Professional Artwork

* Emma Barber, Cover ''Cannibals of the Fine Light'' and/or Cover ''A View Before Dying'' * Mark McBride, Cover ''Fantastic Worlds'' * Marilyn Pride, A3 PRs and/or ''Peregrine Besset'' * Nick Stathopoulos, Cover ''The Man Who Melted'' and/or Cover ''Dreaming Down Under'' *
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
, ''The Rabbits''


William Atheling Jr. Award

*
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 ...
Reviews, ''The New York Review of Science Fiction'' * Paul Collins, ''MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction'' * Steven Paulsen, Contributions to ''MUP Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction'' *
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
, Reviews in ''Locus'' *
Janeen Webb Janeen Webb (''née'' Pemberton) is an Australian writer, critic and editor, working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Biography The daughter of a Second World War Australian Army commando and salesman, Webb was brought up in ...
and Andrew Enstice, ''Aliens & Savages'' (Harper Collins) * Sean Williams & Simon Brown, "No Axis No Boundary", in ''Altair'' 1


2000: Swancon 2000, Perth

An awards ceremony was held 16 Dec 2000; the actual trophies were presented later at Swancon 2001. :''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", in ''Australian Short Stories'' #63 * Rory Barnes &
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 ...
, ''The Book of Revelation'' (Harper Collins)


Best Written Work (Unpaid or Fan)

* Colin Sharpe & Kate Langford, "Magical Cream Puff Destiny", in ''JAMWAF Mangazine'' (JAFWA) * Kyla Ward, "Night Cars", in ''Abaddon'' #2 * Robin Pen, Eidolist 1999 Reviews, in ''Eidolist'' * Bill Wright, ''Interstellar Ramjet Scoop'' * Alan Stewart, ''Thyme''


Best Professional Production in Any Medium

* Sarah Endacott (ed), ''Orb'' 0 *
Russell B. Farr Russell B. Farr is an Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction. Biography Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. I ...
(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 Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
& Steven Paulsen, ''The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction'' * Team, Twenty3, ''Swancon 2000 Launch Video'' * Cathy Cupitt, ''The Rhizome 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 Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
, 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 Rhizome Factor'' #4 * Colin Sharpe, Illustrations for "The Magical Cream Puff Destiny" * Dick Jenssen, Body of Work * Phil Wlodarczyk, Cover of ''Ethel the Aardvark''


William Atheling Award for Criticism or Review

* Van Ikin,
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
& Sean McMullen, ''Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction'' (Greenwood) *
Judith Buckrich Dr Judith Buckrich (born 1950, Budapest, Hungary) is a Melbourne author and past chair of the International PEN Women Writers' Committee. She is President of the PMI Victorian History Library (since 2018). Life She emigrated to Australia with ...
, ''George Turner: A Life 1916-1997'' (M.U.P.) * Robert Hood, Articles in ''i.am'' ezine *
Janeen Webb Janeen Webb (''née'' Pemberton) is an Australian writer, critic and editor, working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Biography The daughter of a Second World War Australian Army commando and salesman, Webb was brought up in ...
& Andrew Enstice, ''The Fantastic Self'' (Eidolon Press) *
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
& Steven Paulsen, ''The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction'' ---- :''Second Round Nominations and Winners''


Best Novel

*
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 ...
and Rory Barnes, ''The Book of Revelation'' *
Greg Egan Greg Egan (born 20 August 1961) is an Australian science fiction writer and amateur mathematician, best known for his works of hard science fiction. Egan has won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Hugo Award, ...
, ''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 Nabakov Affair", in ''Australian Short Stories'' 63 * Robert Hood, "Ground Underfoot", in ''Aurealis'' 23 * Paul Collins and Jack Wodhams, "Generation X", in ''Cicada'', Nov/Dec 99 * Robert Hood, "Primal Etiquette", in ''Orb'' 0 *
Chris Lawson Chris Lawson is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Early life and education Lawson was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1966. During his childhood Lawson spent time in Papua New Guinea, where his father worked as a biologist on a croc ...
, "Written in Blood", in ''Asimov's'', June 1999


Best Collected Work

* Sean Williams, ''New Adventures in Sci-Fi'' *
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 ...
and David Hartwell, ''Centaurus'' *
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 con ...
, ''Antique Futures'' * Paul Collins and Meredith Costain, ''Spinouts'' * Stephen Dedman, ''The Lady Of Situations''


Best Artwork

*
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
, 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, (withdrawn as ineligible (published in 2000)) * 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 Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
and Steven 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 Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
, reviews in ''Locus'' *
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
, Van Ikin and Sean McMullen, ''Strange Constellations: A History Of Australian Science Fiction'' *
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
and Steven Paulsen, ''The Coode St Review of Science Fiction''


2001: Swancon 2001: Masquerade, 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 Shane Dix (born 1960 in Wales) is an Australian science fiction author best known for his collaborative work with Sean Williams in the ''Star Wars'': New Jedi Order series. In addition to his novels with Sean Williams, Dix has had short stories ...
(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 Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...
, ''Altair'' #6/7 * "The King with Three Daughters",
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
, ''Black Heart, Ivory Bones'', eds.
Ellen Datlow Ellen Datlow (born December 31, 1949) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror editor and anthologist. She is a winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Bram Stoker Award ( Horror Writers Association). Career Datlow began her car ...
and
Terri Windling Terri Windling (born December 3, 1958 in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. She has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stok ...
(Avon) * "The Saltimbanques",
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 con ...
, ''Blackwater Days'' ( Eidolon Publications) * "Basic Black",
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 con ...
, ''Blackwater Days'' ( Eidolon Publications)


Best Collected Work

* ''Tales from the Wasteland'', ed. Paul Collins (Hodder Headline) * ''Blackwater Days'',
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 con ...
( Eidolon Publications) * ''White Time'',
Margo Lanagan Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction. Biography She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to Melbourne circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to Sydne ...
(Allen and Unwin, Australia)


Best Artwork

*
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
, ''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 * "The 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 Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
* ''Transrealist Fiction'',
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 ...
(Greenwood) * "Time Travel, Time Scapes and Timescape",
Russell Blackford Russell Blackford (born 1954) is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic. Early life and education Blackford was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. After graduating with ...
, ''The New York Review of SF'' #150


Best New Talent

*
Deborah Biancotti Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...


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 Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
(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 Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the ''Old Kingdom'', '' Seventh Tower'' and ''Keys to the Kingdom'' series. He has frequently been asked if his ...
(Allen and Unwin) * ''The Year of the Intelligent Tigers'',
Kate Orman Kate Orman (born 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Biography Orman was born in Sydney, but grew up in Can ...
(BBC.)


Best Australian Short Fiction

:''Included Best Novella or Novelette eligible nominees'' * "Absolute Uncertainty",
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
, ''F&SF'', April 2001 * "The Boneyard", Kyla Ward, ''Gothic.Net'', September 2001 * "The Diamond Pit",
Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...
, ''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 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 ...
(UWA Press) * ''Jubilee'',
Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...
, (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 Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...


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, Cathy Cupitt & Elaine Kemp * ''JB Resurrection'', Garth Thomas * ''Mitch? 2, Tarts of the New Millennium'', Anthony Mitchell * ''Spaced Out'' website (www.vicnet.net.au/~spaceout/), Geoff & Miriam *
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 Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...


2003: Swancon 2003, Perth


Best Australian Novel

* ''Transcension'',
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 ...
* ''Echoes of Earth'', Sean Williams &
Shane Dix Shane Dix (born 1960 in Wales) is an Australian science fiction author best known for his collaborative work with Sean Williams in the ''Star Wars'': New Jedi Order series. In addition to his novels with Sean Williams, Dix has had short stories ...
* ''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 Maxine McArthur is an Australian writer of science fiction. Biography McArthur spent 16 years living in Japan but returned to live in Canberra in 1996. In 1999 McArthur's first book was released in Australia, entitled ''Time Future''. It won th ...


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 Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...
, ''Agog! Fantastic Fiction''


Best Australian Collected Work

* ''Machinations'', ed. Chris Andrews (CSFG Publishing) * ''Agog! Fantastic Fiction'', ed.
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
(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 Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
* ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' Cover Issue #3, Les Petersen * ''AustrAlien Absurdities'' Cover, Dion Hamill * ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' Cover Issue #1, Les Petersen * ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' Cover Issue #4, Les Petersen * ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' Cover Issue #2, Les Petersen


Best Australian Fan Writer

* Edwina Harvey *
Chris Lawson Chris Lawson is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Early life and education Lawson was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1966. During his childhood Lawson spent time in Papua New Guinea, where his father worked as a biologist on a croc ...
* Robin Pen * Dave Cake *
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
* Grant Watson * Bill Wright


Best Australian Fan Artist

* Miriam English * Les Petersen * Sarah Xu * Dick Jenssen * Colin Sharpe *
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...


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 * ''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 Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...


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 Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
* Robin Pen * Bill Congreve *
Justine Larbalestier Justine Larbalestier ( )' (born 23 September 1967) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction best known for her 2009 novel, ''Liar''. Personal life Larbalestier was born and raised in Sydney. She now alternates residence between Sydney ...


2004: Conflux, Canberra


Best Novel

* ''The Etched City'',
K. J. Bishop Kirsten Jane Bishop is an Australian writer and artist. In 2004, her first book, ''The Etched City'', was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. She is a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best collection. Bibliography Novels * ...
(Prime Books) * ''The High Lord'', Trudi Canavan (HarperCollins) * ''Abhorsen'',
Garth Nix Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the ''Old Kingdom'', '' Seventh Tower'' and ''Keys to the Kingdom'' series. He has frequently been asked if his ...
(Allen & Unwin) * ''Fallen Gods'', Jonathan Blum &
Kate Orman Kate Orman (born 1968 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian author, best known for her books connected to the British science-fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. Biography Orman was born in Sydney, but grew up in Can ...
, (Telos Publishing) * ''Orphans of Earth'', Sean Williams &
Shane Dix Shane Dix (born 1960 in Wales) is an Australian science fiction author best known for his collaborative work with Sean Williams in the ''Star Wars'': New Jedi Order series. In addition to his novels with Sean Williams, Dix has had short stories ...
(HarperCollins)


Best Novella or Novelette

* "Alien Space Nazis Must Die", Chuck McKenzie, ''Elsewhere'' * "Sigmund Freud & the Feral Freeway", Martin Livings, ''Agog! Terrific Tales'' * "Louder Echo", Brendan Duffy, ''Agog! Terrific Tales'' * "Uncharted",
Leigh Blackmore Leigh (David) Blackmore (born 1959) is an Australian horror writer, critic, editor, occultist, musician and proponent of post-left anarchy. He was the Australian representative for the Horror Writers of America (1994–95) and served as the se ...
, ''Agog! Terrific Tales'' * "Rynemonn",
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 con ...
, ''Forever Shores'' * "La Sentinelle",
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
, ''
Southern Blood ''Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural'' is a 2003 speculative fiction anthology edited by Bill Congreve Background ''Southern Blood'' was first published in Australia in June 2003 by Sandglass Enterprises in trade paperba ...
''


Best Short Story

* "The Mark of His Hands", Chuck McKenzie, ''Orb'' #5, April 2003 * "The Singular Life of Eddy Dovewater",
Deborah Biancotti Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...
, ''Agog! Terrific Tales'' * "Kijin Tea", Kyla Ward, ''Agog! Terrific Tales'' * "Room for Improvement", Trudi Canavan, ''Forever Shores'' * "The Truth About Pug Roberts", Kirstyn McDermott, '' Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural'' * "Frozen Charlottes",
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
, ''Forever Shores''


Best Collected Work

* ''Agog! Terrific Tales'' -
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
ed. (Agog! Press) * ''Elsewhere'' - Michael Barry ed. (CSFG Publishing) * ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' - ASIM Publishing Cooperative * ''
Southern Blood ''Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural'' is a 2003 speculative fiction anthology edited by Bill Congreve Background ''Southern Blood'' was first published in Australia in June 2003 by Sandglass Enterprises in trade paperba ...
'' - Bill Congreve ed. (Sandglass Enterprises) * ''Forever Shores'' - Peter McNamara & Margaret Winch eds. (Wakefield Press)


Best Fan Production

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


Best Fanzine

* The Australian SF Bullsheet - Edwina Harvey & Edwin Scribner (ed.) * ''Three-Eyed Frog'' - Paul Ewins & Sue Ann Barber * ''Fables & Reflections'' - Lily Chrywenstrom * ''Dark Animus'' - James Cain * ''No Award'' -
Russell B. Farr Russell B. Farr is an Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction. Biography Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. I ...
* ''Fandom is my life'' - Danny Oz


Best Fan Writer

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


Best Fan Artist

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


Best Artwork

* Greg Bridges - Cover of ''Axis Trilogy'' by Sara Douglass * Les Petersen - Cover of ''Elsewhere'' by Michael Barry (ed.) *
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
- Cover of ''Agog! Terrific Tales'' by Cat Sparks (ed.) * Les Petersen - Cover of ''The High Lord'' by Trudi Canavan * Trudi Canavan - Cover of ''Fables & Reflections'' 5 by Lily Chrywenstrom (ed.)


Best New Talent

*
K. J. Bishop Kirsten Jane Bishop is an Australian writer and artist. In 2004, her first book, ''The Etched City'', was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. She is a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best collection. Bibliography Novels * ...
* Ben Peek * Brendan Duffy * Glenda Larke * Anna Tambour * Monica Carroll


William Atheling Jr. Award

* Bruce Gillespie *
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
* Lee Battersby * Jason Nahrung * Grant Watson


2005: Thylacon 2005, Hobart


Best Novel

* ''The Black Crusade'', Richard Harland * ''Less than Human'',
Maxine McArthur Maxine McArthur is an Australian writer of science fiction. Biography McArthur spent 16 years living in Japan but returned to live in Canberra in 1996. In 1999 McArthur's first book was released in Australia, entitled ''Time Future''. It won th ...
* '' The Crooked Letter'', Sean Williams


Best Collected Work

* '' Agog! Smashing Stories'' -
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
(ed.) * Black Juice -
Margo Lanagan Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction. Biography She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to Melbourne circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to Sydne ...
* ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' - Lyn Triffitt, Edwina Harvey, Andrew Finch, Zara Baxter, 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 Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
: "Home by the Sea", ''Orb'' #6, July


Best Short Story

*
Deborah Biancotti Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...
: "Number 3 Raw Place", '' Agog! Smashing Stories'', April * Rjurik Davidson: "The Interminable Suffering of Mysterious Mr Wu", ''Aurealis'' #33 *
Margo Lanagan Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction. Biography She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to Melbourne circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to Sydne ...
: - "
Singing My Sister Down "Singing My Sister Down" is a 2004 fantasy short story by Australian writer Margo Lanagan. Background "Singing My Sister Down" was first published in 2004 in the author's first collection of short stories, ''Black Juice'' and published by Allen ...
", '' Black Juice'' * Ben Peek: "R", '' Agog! Smashing Stories'', ed by
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...


Best Professional Artwork

* Les Petersen: cover of ''ASIM'' 12 * Kerri Valkova: - Cover of ''The Black Crusade'' (Chimaera Publications) *
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
: '' 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 Gammage): 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 Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
: editing and writing including winning third place in the writers of the future award *
Margo Lanagan Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction. Biography She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to Melbourne circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to Sydne ...
: for ''Black Juice'' *
Geoff Maloney Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to: People * Geoffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * Geoffroy (surname), including a list of people with the name * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095–c. 1155), clergyman and one of the ...
: for ''Tales of the Crypto-System'', his short story publications * Sean Williams for ''The Crooked Letter'' and efforts in teaching *
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
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 Fan Website/Zine

* ''Antipodean SF'' - Ion Newcombe (ed.) * ''Australian Science Fiction 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 Dugan * Paul Haines * Barbara Robson * Brian Smith


William Atheling Jnr. Award for Criticism or Review

* Robert Hood - review of ''Weight of Water'' at HoodReviews, asking "is this film a ghost story?" * Jason Nahrung - "Why are publishers afraid of horror?", BAM, ''Courier-Mail'', 20 March 2004 * Ben Peek - review of Haruki Murakami's work in th
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2006: Conjure, Brisbane


Best Novel

* ''Magic or Madness'' -
Justine Larbalestier Justine Larbalestier ( )' (born 23 September 1967) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction best known for her 2009 novel, ''Liar''. Personal life Larbalestier was born and raised in Sydney. She now alternates residence between Sydney ...
(Razorbill, 17 March 2005) * ''Drowned Wednesday'' -
Garth Nix Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the ''Old Kingdom'', '' Seventh Tower'' and ''Keys to the Kingdom'' series. He has frequently been asked if his ...
(Allen & Unwin, Jan 2005) * ''Midnight 2: Touching Darkness'' -
Scott Westerfeld Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the '' Uglies'' and the ''Leviathan'' series. Early life Westerfeld was born in Dallas, Texas. As a child he moved to Connectic ...
(Eos, 1 March 2005) * ''Peeps'' -
Scott Westerfeld Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the '' Uglies'' and the ''Leviathan'' series. Early life Westerfeld was born in Dallas, Texas. As a child he moved to Connectic ...
(Razorbill, 25 August 2005) * ''Uglies'' -
Scott Westerfeld Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the '' Uglies'' and the ''Leviathan'' series. Early life Westerfeld was born in Dallas, Texas. As a child he moved to Connectic ...
(Simon Pulse, 8 February 2005) * ''Geodesica: Ascent'' - Sean Williams &
Shane Dix Shane Dix (born 1960 in Wales) is an Australian science fiction author best known for his collaborative work with Sean Williams in the ''Star Wars'': New Jedi Order series. In addition to his novels with Sean Williams, Dix has had short stories ...
(Ace)


Best Collected Work

* ''Shadowed Realms''
www.shadowedrealms.com.au
- 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 Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
(MirrorDanse Books) * ''The Grinding House'' - Kaaron Warren, ed. Donna Maree Hanson, (CSFG Publishing)


Best Novella or Novelette

* "Passing of the Minotaurs" - Rjurik Davidson, ''SciFi.com'', April 2005 * "The Red Priest's Homecoming "- Dirk Flinthart, ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' #17 * "Countless Screaming Argonauts" -
Chris Lawson Chris Lawson is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Early life and education Lawson was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1966. During his childhood Lawson spent time in Papua New Guinea, where his father worked as a biologist on a croc ...
, ''Realms of Fantasy'' * "The Memory of Breathing" - Lyn Triffitt (Battersby), ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' #17 * "The Grinding House" - Kaaron Warren, ''The Grinding House'', CSFG Publishing


Best Short Story

* "Summa Seltzer Missive" -
Deborah Biancotti Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...
, ''Ticonderoga Online'' #6 * "Leviathan" - Simon Brown, ''Eidolon SF: Online'' * "Once Giants Roamed the Earth" - Rosaleen Love, ''Daikaju!'' (Agog! Press) * "Matricide" -
Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...
, ''SciFiction'' * "Fresh Young Widow" - Kaaron Warren, ''The Grinding House'' (CSFG Publishing)


Best Professional Artwork

* cover art for ''The Blood Debt'' by Sean Williams (HarperCollins Australia) - Greg Bridges * cover art for ''The Grinding House'' by Karon Warren, ed. Donna Maree Hanson (CSFG) - Robin Evans * cover art for ''Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview'', ed. Donna Hanson - Nick Stathopoulos * ''Fell'' #3 - Ben Templesmith (Image Comics)


Best Professional Achievement

*
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 ...
, Wilson de Silva and Kylie Ahern - ''
Cosmos The cosmos (, ) is another name for the Universe. Using the word ''cosmos'' implies viewing the universe as a complex and orderly system or entity. The cosmos, and understandings of the reasons for its existence and significance, are studied in ...
'' * 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 Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
- for editing ''Best Short Novels: 2005'' (SFBC), and co-editing ''Science Fiction: Best of 2004'' (ibooks) and ''Fantasy: Best of 2004'' (ibooks)


Best Fan Production

* Edwina Harvey and Ted Scribner - ''The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet'' website and newsletter * Alisa Krasnostein - ''ASif!: Australian Specfic In Focus''
http://asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php
* Tony Plank - ''Inkspillers'' website (www.inkspillers.com) * Conflux Committee - Conflux 2 convention * Continuum Committee - Continuum 3 convention


Best Fan Artist

* Dick Jenssen - Artwork in American fan Earl Kemp's ezines ''eI'' 20 (June 2005) and ''eI'' 23 (Dec 2005) published via efanzines.com, and Ditmar graphics (cover illustrations) for ''IRS'' ( 5 issues) published by Bill Wright * Elaine Kemp - ''ConSensual a Trois'' interior artwork, ''ConSensual a Trois'' April 2005 * Shane Parker - Conflux Poster Art, Conflux


Best Fanzine/website

*
Horrorscope
' - Shane Jiraiya Cummings ''et al.'' *
Ticonderoga Online
' -
Russell B. Farr Russell B. Farr is an Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction. Biography Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. I ...
''et al.'' * ''Interstellar Ramjet Scoop'' - Bill Wright (ed)


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 (nee Triffit) * Rjurik Davidson *
Karen Miller Karen Miller is an Australian writer. She is best known for '' The Innocent Mage'', the first book in her duology ''Kingmaker, Kingbreaker''. Biography Miller was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and moved to Australia at the age of ...


The William Atheling Jr. Award

* ''Ferocious Minds: Polymathy and the New Enlightenment'' (Wildside Press) -
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 ...
* "Divided Kingdom: King Kong vs Godzilla", in ''King Kong is Back'' (Benbella Books) - Robert Hood * "Body Parts", in ''Borderlands'' -
Chris Lawson Chris Lawson is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Early life and education Lawson was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1966. During his childhood Lawson spent time in Papua New Guinea, where his father worked as a biologist on a croc ...
* "PK Dick: The Exhilaration and the Terror", in ''Borderlands'' - Rosaleen Love * "The 2005 Snapshot: Australian Speculative Fiction writers, editors, publishers"

- Ben Peek


2007: Convergence 2, Melbourne


Best Novel

* ''Carnies'', Martin Livings (Lothian) * ''Prismatic'', Edwina Grey (Lothian) * ''The Mother'', Brett McBean (Lothian) * ''The Pilo Family Circus'', Will Elliott (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'' (Coeur 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'', (Coeur de Lion Publishing) * "Surrender 1: Rope Artist",
Deborah Biancotti Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...
, ''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 Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
(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 Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
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 Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
(Agog! Press) * ''Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century'' cover art by
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
(Wesleyan University Press) * ''The Devoured Earth'', cover art by Greg Bridges (HarperCollins Press) * ''The Arrival'', cover art by
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
(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 Russell B. Farr is an Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction. Biography Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. I ...
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 Justine Larbalestier ( )' (born 23 September 1967) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction best known for her 2009 novel, ''Liar''. Personal life Larbalestier was born and raised in Sydney. She now alternates residence between Sydney ...
, 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 Justine Larbalestier ( )' (born 23 September 1967) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction best known for her 2009 novel, ''Liar''. Personal life Larbalestier was born and raised in Sydney. She now alternates residence between Sydney ...
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: State of the Art: Swancon 2008, Perth


Best Novel

* ''The Company of the Dead'', David Kowalski (PanMacmillan) * ''Extras'',
Scott Westerfeld Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the '' Uglies'' and the ''Leviathan'' series. Early life Westerfeld was born in Dallas, Texas. As a child he moved to Connectic ...
(Simon & Schuster) * '' Dark Space'', Marianne de Pierres (Orbit) * ''Saturn Returns'', Sean Williams (Orbit) * ''Magic's Child'',
Justine Larbalestier Justine Larbalestier ( )' (born 23 September 1967) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction best known for her 2009 novel, ''Liar''. Personal life Larbalestier was born and raised in Sydney. She now alternates residence between Sydney ...
(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 Russell B. Farr is an Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction. Biography Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. I ...
* "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 Vengeance", Tansy Rayner Roberts, ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' #28 edited by Zara Baxter * "A Lady of Adestan",
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
, ''Orb'' #7, edited by Sarah Endacott * ''Cenotaxis'', Sean Williams (MonkeyBrain Books) * "Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go To War Again",
Garth Nix Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the ''Old Kingdom'', '' Seventh Tower'' and ''Keys to the Kingdom'' series. He has frequently been asked if his ...
''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 Russell B. Farr is an Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction. Biography Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. I ...
* "Bad Luck, Trouble, Death and Vampire Sex",
Garth Nix Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the ''Old Kingdom'', '' Seventh Tower'' and ''Keys to the Kingdom'' series. He has frequently been asked if his ...
, ''Eclipse One'', edited by
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
* "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 Russell B. Farr is an Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction. Biography Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. I ...
and Nick Evans


Best Collected Work

* ''Orb'' #7, Sarah Endacott (ed.) (Orb Publications) * ''The Workers' Paradise'',
Russell B. Farr Russell B. Farr is an Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction. Biography Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. I ...
and Nick Evans (eds.) (Ticonderoga Publications) * ''New Ceres'', Alisa Krasnstein (ed.) (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''The New Space Opera'',
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
(ed.) (HarperCollins Australia) * ''Fantastic Wonder Stories'',
Russell B. Farr Russell B. Farr is an Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction. Biography Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. I ...
(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 ''Rynemonn'' 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 Robert Maxwell Hood (born 24 July 1951) is an Australian writer and editor recognised as one of Australia's leading horror writers, although his work frequently crosses genre boundaries into science fiction, fantasy and crime. He has publishe ...
for film reviews on his website


Best Fan Art

* "Exterminate!" Dalek Postcards - Kathryn 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, Katherine Linge, Kaaron Warren and Rosie Clark * Inkspillers Website - Tony Plank * "The Liminal" short film - directed by Claire McKenna * Daikaju Limerick Competition - Robert Hood on his website * Talking Squid Website -
Chris Lawson Chris Lawson is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Early life and education Lawson was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1966. During his childhood Lawson spent time in Papua New Guinea, where his father worked as a biologist on a croc ...


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 Russell B. Farr is an Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction. Biography Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. I ...
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 Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
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 Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
,
Garth Nix Garth Richard Nix (born 19 July 1963) is an Australian writer who specialises in children's and young adult fantasy novels, notably the ''Old Kingdom'', '' Seventh Tower'' and ''Keys to the Kingdom'' series. He has frequently been asked if his ...
, 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

* Angela Slatter * Jason Nahrung *
Nathan Burrage Nathan Burrage is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Born 1971, in country Victoria, Australia, Burrage grew up in Melbourne. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics & Commerce from the University of Melbourne in 1993. He began w ...
* Tehani Wessely * David Conyers


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 Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
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 September 2007)


2009: Conjecture, Adelaide


Best Novel

* ''Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch'', Simon Haynes * ''Daughter of Moab'', Kim Westwood * ''Earth Ascendant'', Sean Williams * ''Fivefold'',
Nathan Burrage Nathan Burrage is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Born 1971, in country Victoria, Australia, Burrage grew up in Melbourne. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics & Commerce from the University of Melbourne in 1993. He began w ...
* ''How to Ditch Your Fairy'',
Justine Larbalestier Justine Larbalestier ( )' (born 23 September 1967) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction best known for her 2009 novel, ''Liar''. Personal life Larbalestier was born and raised in Sydney. She now alternates residence between Sydney ...
* ''
Tender Morsels ''Tender Morsels'' (2008) is a novel by Australian author Margo Lanagan. It won the Ditmar Award in 2009 for Best Novel and was joint winner of the 2009 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Plot summary Based on the Brothers Grimm story of "Sn ...
'',
Margo Lanagan Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction. Biography She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to Melbourne circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to Sydne ...


Best Novella/Novelette

* "Creeping in Reptile Flesh", Robert Hood * "Soft Viscosity", David Conyers * "Angel Rising", Dirk Flinthart * "Night Heron's Curse", Thoraiya Dyer * "Painlessness", Kirstyn McDermott


Best Short Story

* "The Goosle",
Margo Lanagan Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction. Biography She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to Melbourne circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to Sydne ...
* "This Is Not My Story", Dirk Flinthart * "Pale Dark Soldier",
Deborah Biancotti Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...
* "Sammarynda Deep",
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
* "Her Collection of Intimacy", Paul Haines * "Ass-Hat Magic Spider",
Scott Westerfeld Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the '' Uglies'' and the ''Leviathan'' series. Early life Westerfeld was born in Dallas, Texas. As a child he moved to Connectic ...
* "Moments of Dying", Robert Hood


Best Collected Work

* ''Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine'', edited by Angela Challis * ''Creeping in Reptile Flesh'', Robert Hood * ''2012'', edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne * ''Canterbury 2100'', edited by Dirk Flinthart * ''Midnight Echo'', edited by Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond * ''Dreaming Again'', edited by
Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...
* ''The Starry Rift'', edited by
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...


Best Artwork

* ''Tales from Outer Suburbia'',
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
* ''The Last Realm, Book 1: Dragonscarpe'',
Michal Dutkiewicz Michal Dutkiewicz (born 1955) is an Australian professional illustrator and comic book artist based in Adelaide. Life The son of artist Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz, Dutkiewicz has worked on a variety of comic book titles, including '' Lost in Space ...
* Gallery in ''Black Box'', Andrew McKiernan * ''Aurealis #40'' cover, Adam Duncan * ''Creeping in Reptile Flesh'' cover,
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
* ''2012'' cover,
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...


Best Fan Writer

* Mark Smith-Briggs, for work in ''Horrorscope'' * Edwina Harvey, for work in ''The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet'' * Chuck McKenzie, for work in ''Horrorscope'' * Craig Bezant, for work in ''Horrorscope'' * Brenton Tomlinson, for work in ''Horrorscope'' * Robert Hood, for work in ''Undead Backbrain''


Best Fan Artist

*
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
, for ''Scary Food Cookbook'' * Anna Tambour, for "Box of Noses" and other works * Rachel Holkner, for "Gumble Soft" toy and other works * Tansy Rayner Roberts, for "Daleks are a Girl's Best Friend" * Andrew McKiernan, for body of work * David Schembri, for body of work * Nancy Lorenz, for body of work


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* ''ASif! (Australian Specfic in Focus)'', edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Gene Melzack * ''Horrorscope'', edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings ''et al.'' * ''The Australian SF Bullsheet'', edited by Edwina Harvey and Ted Scribner * ''Scary Food Cookbook'', edited by
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...


Best Achievement

* Angela Challis, for ''Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine'' and Brimstone Press *
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 ...
, for fiction editing in ''Cosmos'' * Talie Helene, for her work as AHWA News Editor * James "Jocko" Allen and KRin Pender-Gunn, for "The Gunny Project: A tribute to Ian Gunn 1959-1998" * Steven Clark, for Tasmaniac Productions * James Doig, for preserving colonial Australian horror fiction and editing ''Australian Gothic'' and ''Australian Nightmares'' * Marty Young and the AHWA Committee, for promoting Australian horror through the AHWA


Best New Talent

* Amanda Pillar * Jason Fischer * Peter M. Ball * Felicity Dowker * Gary Kemble


William Atheling Jr Award

*
Kim Wilkins Kim Wilkins (born 22 December 1966) is an Australian writer of popular fiction based in Brisbane, Queensland. She is the author of more than twenty-five mass-market novels, including her debut horror novel, ''The Infernal'' (1997), which won A ...
, for "Popular genres and the Australian literary community: the case of fantasy fiction" * Shane Jiraiya Cummings, for "Dark Suspense: The End of the Line" * Grant Watson, for "Bad Film Diaries - Sometimes the Brand Burns: Tim Burton and the Planet of the Apes" * Robert Hood, for "George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead"


2010: Dudcon III, Melbourne


Best Novel

* ''Leviathan'',
Scott Westerfeld Scott David Westerfeld (born May 5, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction, best known as the author of the '' Uglies'' and the ''Leviathan'' series. Early life Westerfeld was born in Dallas, Texas. As a child he moved to Connectic ...
(Penguin) * ''Liar'',
Justine Larbalestier Justine Larbalestier ( )' (born 23 September 1967) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction best known for her 2009 novel, ''Liar''. Personal life Larbalestier was born and raised in Sydney. She now alternates residence between Sydney ...
(Bloomsbury) * ''World Shaker'', Richard Harland (Allen & Unwin) * '' Slights'', Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot Books) * ''Life Through Cellophane'', Gillian Polack (Eneit Press)


Best Novella or Novelette

* "Siren Beat", Tansy Rayner Roberts (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Black Water", David Conyers, ''Jupiter'' * "After the World: Gravesend", Jason Fischer (Black House Comics) * ''Horn'', Peter M. Ball (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Wives", Paul Haines, ''X6'' (Coeur de Lion)


Best Short Story

* "The Piece of Ice in Ms Windermere's Heart", Angela Slatter, ''New Ceres Nights'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Six Suicides",
Deborah Biancotti Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...
, ''A Book of Endings'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Black Peter" Marty Young, ''Festive Fear'' (Tasmaniac Publications) * "Seventeen",
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
, ''Masques'' (CSFG) * "Tontine Mary", Kaaron Warren, ''New Ceres Nights'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Prosperine When it Sizzles", Tansy Rayner Roberts, ''New Ceres Nights'' (Twelfth Planet Press)


Best Collected Work

* ''The New Space Opera 2'', edited by
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
and
Gardner Dozois Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of ''Asimov's Science Ficti ...
(HarperCollins) * ''New Ceres Nights'', edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Slice Of Life'', Paul Haines, edited by Geoffrey Maloney (The Mayne Press) * ''A Book of Endings'',
Deborah Biancotti Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...
, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Eclipse Three'', edited by
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
(Night Shade Books)


Best Artwork

* Cover art, ''New Ceres Nights'' (Twelfth Planet Press), Dion Hamill * Cover art, ''The Whale's Tale'' (Peggy Bright Books), Eleanor Clarke * Cover art and illustrations, ''Shards: Short Sharp Tales'' (Brimstone Press),
Andrew J. McKiernan Andrew J McKiernan (born 1970, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian speculative fiction writer and Illustrator. Andrew J McKiernan is a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association, and was Art Director for Aurealis Magazine for eight yea ...
* Cover art, ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' #42, Lewis Morley * Cover art, ''Horn'' (Twelfth Planet Press), Dion Hamill * Cover art, ''Masques'' (CSFG), Mik Bennett


Best Fan Writer

* Tansy Rayner Roberts for body of work * Chuck McKenzie for work in ''Horrorscope'' * Robert Hood for ''Undead Backbrain''
roberthood.net/blog
'') * Tehani Wessely for body of work * Bruce Gillespie for work in ''Steam Engine Time''


Best Fan Artist

* Dave Schembri for work in ''Midnight Echo'' * Kathleen Jennings for body of work * Dick Jenssen for body of work


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* ''Interstellar Ramjet Scoop'', edited by Bill Wright * ''A Writer Goes on a Journey'' (http://awritergoesonajourney.com), edited by Nyssa Pascoe ''et al.'' * ''ASif!''
http://asif.dreamhosters.com/
, edited by Alisa Krasnostein, Gene Melzack ''et al.'' * ''Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet'' (http://bullsheet.sf.org.au), edited by Edwina Harvey and Ted Scribner * ''Steam Engine Time'', edited by Bruce Gillespie and Janine Stinson


Best Achievement

* Alisa Krasnostein, Liz Grzyb, Tehani Wessely,
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
and Kate Williams for the ''New Ceres Nights'' book launch * H. Gibbens for the ''Gamers' Quest'' CGI-animated book trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vCC-l34Fgo) * Ruth Jenkins and Cathy Jenkins-Rutherford for the children's program at Conjecture * Amanda Rainey for the cover design of ''Siren Beat/Roadkill'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * Gillian Polack ''et al.'' for the Southern Gothic banquet at Conflux


Best New Talent

* Pete Kempshall * Kathleen Jennings * Thoraiya Dyer * Jason Fischer *
Simon Petrie Simon Petrie is a New Zealand-born speculative fiction writer now based in Canberra, Australia. He is predominantly recognised as a writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Petrie's stories have appeared in a number of Australian public ...
* Christopher Green * Peter M. Ball


William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

* Chuck McKenzie for "The Dead Walk! … Into a Bookstore Near You", ''Eye of Fire #1'' (Brimstone Press) * Ian Mond for reviews on his blog (http://mondyboy.livejournal.com) * Grant Watson for reviews and articles for ''Eiga: Asian Cinema'' (http://www.eigaasiancinema.com) * Helen Merrick for ''The Secret Feminist Cabal: a cultural history of science fiction feminisms'' (Aqueduct Press)


2011: Swancon Thirty Six , Natcon Fifty, Perth

There was a version of the ballot on which the cover design by Lisa L. Hannett for ''The Girl With No Hands'' was nominated as cover art under Best Artwork. When it was reclassified as cover design under Best Achievement, cover art by Andrew J. McKiernon for ''Savage Menace and Other Poems of Horror'' got onto the ballot under Best Artwork.


Best Novel

* ''Death Most Definite'', Trent Jamieson (Hachette) * ''Madigan Mine'', Kirstyn McDermott (Pan Macmillan) * ''Power and Majesty'', Tansy Rayner Roberts (Voyager) * ''Stormlord Rising'', Glenda Larke (Voyager) * ''Walking the Tree'', Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot Books)


Best Novella or Novelette

* "Acception", Tessa Kum (Eneit Press) * "All the Clowns in Clowntown", Andrew J McKiernan (Brimstone Press) * "Bleed", Peter M. Ball (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Her Gallant Needs", Paul Haines (Twelfth Planet Press) * "The Company Articles of Edward Teach", Thoraiya Dyer (Twelfth Planet Press)


Best Short Story

* "All the Love in the World",
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...
, ''Sprawl'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Bread and Circuses", Felicity Dowker, ''Scary Kisses'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * "One Saturday Night With Angel", Peter M. Ball, ''Sprawl'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "She Said", Kirstyn McDermott, ''Scenes From the Second Storey'' (Morrigan Books) * "The House of Nameless", Jason Fischer, ''Writers of the Future XXVI'' (Galaxy Press) * "The February Dragon", Angela Slatter and Lisa L. Hannett, ''Scary Kisses'' (Ticonderoga Publications)


Best Collected Work

* ''Baggage'', edited by Gillian Polack (Eneit Press) * ''Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears'', edited by Angela Challis and Marty Young (Brimstone Press) * ''Scenes from the Second Storey'', edited by Amanda Pillar and Pete Kempshall (Morrigan Books) * ''Sprawl'', edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Worlds Next Door'', edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing)


Best Artwork

* Cover art, ''The Angaelien Apocalypse/The Company Articles of Edward Teach'' (Twelfth Planet Press), Dion Hamill * Cover art, ''Australis Imaginarium'' (FableCroft Publishing),
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...
* Cover art, ''Dead Sea Fruit'' (Ticonderoga Publications), Olga Read * Cover art, ''Savage Menace and Other Poems of Horror'' (P'rea Press), Andrew J McKiernan * "The Lost Thing" short film (Passion Pictures), Andrew Ruhemann and
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...


Best Fan Writer

* Robert Hood, for ''Undead Backbrain'' * Chuck McKenzie, for work in ''Horrorscope'' * Alexandra Pierce, for body of work including reviews at ''Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus'' * Tehani Wessely, for body of work including reviews at ''Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus''


Best Fan Artist

* Rachel Holkner, for Continuum 6 props * Dick Jenssen, for cover art of ''Interstellar Ramjet Scoop'' * Amanda Rainey, for Swancon 36 logo


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* ''Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus'', edited by Alisa Krasnostein et al. * ''Bad Film Diaries podcast'', Grant Watson * ''Galactic Suburbia podcast'', Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Alex Pierce * ''Terra Incognita podcast'', Keith Stevenson * ''The Coode Street podcast'', Gary K. Wolfe and
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
* ''The Writer and the Critic podcast'', Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond


Best Achievement

* Lisa L. Hannett, cover design for ''The Girl With No Hands and Other Tales'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * Helen Merrick and
Andrew Milner Andrew John Milner (born 9 September 1950) is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Monash University. From 2014 until 2019 he was also Honorary Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Wa ...
, Academic Stream for Aussiecon 4 * Amanda Rainey, cover design for ''Scary Kisses'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * Kyla Ward, Horror Stream and The Nightmare Ball for Aussiecon 4 * Grant Watson and Sue Ann Barber, Media Stream for Aussiecon 4 * Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, Rachel Holkner, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely, ''Snapshot 2010''


Best New Talent

* Thoraiya Dyer * Lisa L. Hannett * Patty Jansen * Kathleen Jennings * Pete Kempshall


William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

*
Leigh Blackmore Leigh (David) Blackmore (born 1959) is an Australian horror writer, critic, editor, occultist, musician and proponent of post-left anarchy. He was the Australian representative for the Horror Writers of America (1994–95) and served as the se ...
, for "Marvels and Horrors: Terry Dowling's Clowns at Midnight" in ''21st Century Gothic'' (Scarecrow Press) *
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 ...
, for editing ''Skiffy and Mimesis: More Best of Australian Science Fiction Review'' (Wildside Press) * Ross Murray, for "The Australian Dream Becomes Nightmare - Visions of Suburbia in Australian Science Fiction" in ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 44''. * Tansy Rayner Roberts, for "A Modern Woman's Guide to Classic Who"


2012, Continuum 8: Craftonomicon, Melbourne


Best Novel

* ''Debris'' (The Veiled Worlds 1), Jo Anderton (Angry Robot) * ''Burn Bright'', Marianne de Pierres (Random House Australia) * ''The Shattered City'' (Creature Court 2), Tansy Rayner Roberts (HarperCollins) * ''Mistification'', Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot) * '' The Courier's New Bicycle'',
Kim Westwood Kim Westwood is an Australian author born in Sydney and currently living in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory. She has won the Aurealis Award twice, a Scarlet Stiletto Award and a Ditmar Award. She was shortlisted for six awards includi ...
(HarperCollins)


Best Novella or Novelette

* "And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living", Deborah Biancotti (''Ishtar'') * "Above", Stephanie Campisi (''Above/Below'') * "The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt", Paul Haines (''The Last Days of Kali Yuga'') * "Below", Ben Peek (''Above/Below'') * "Julia Agrippina's Secret Family Bestiary", Tansy Rayner Roberts (''Love and Romanpunk'') * "The Sleeping and the Dead", Cat Sparks (''Ishtar'')


Best Short Story

* "Bad Power", Deborah Biancotti (''Bad Power'') * "Breaking the Ice", Thoraiya Dyer (''Cosmos 37'') * "The Last Gig of Jimmy Rucker", Martin Livings & Talie Helene (''More Scary Kisses'') * "The Patrician", Tansy Rayner Roberts (''Love and Romanpunk'') * "Alchemy", Lucy Sussex (''Thief of Lives'') * "All You Can Do Is Breathe", Kaaron Warren (''Blood and Other Cravings'')


Best Collected Work

* ''Bad Power'', Deborah Biancotti (Twelfth Planet) * ''The Last Days of Kali Yuga'', Paul Haines (Brimstone) * ''Nightsiders'', Sue Isle (Twelfth Planet) * ''Ishtar'', Amanda Pillar & K.V. Taylor, eds. (Gilgamesh) * ''Love and Romanpunk'', Tansy Rayner Roberts (Twelfth Planet)


Best Artwork

* "Finishing School", Kathleen Jennings, in ''Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories'' (Candlewick) * Cover art for ''The Freedom Maze'' (Small Beer), Kathleen Jennings


Best Fan Writer

* Bruce Gillespie, for body of work including "The Golden Age of Fanzines is Now", and ''SF Commentary'' 81 & 82 * Robin Pen, for "The Ballad of the Unrequited Ditmar" * Alexandra Pierce, for body of work including reviews at ''Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus'', ''Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth'', and ''Randomly Yours, Alex'' * Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work including reviews at ''Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus'', and ''Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth'' * Sean Wright, for body of work including "Authors and Social Media" series in ''Adventures of a Bookonaut''


Best Fan Artist

* Rebecca Ing, for work in ''Scape'' * Kathleen Jennings, for work in ''Errantry'', including "The Dalek Game" * Dick Jenssen, for body of work including work in ''IRS'', ''Steam Engine Time'', ''SF Commentary'', and ''Scratchpad'' * Lisa Rye, for "Steampunk Portal" series * Rhianna Williams, for work in Nullas Anxietas Convention Programme Book


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* ''SF Commentary'', Bruce Gillespie, ed. * ''Galactic Chat'' podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts & Sean Wright * ''Galactic Suburbia'' podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayer Roberts, & Alex Pierce * ''The Writer and the Critic'' podcast, Kirstyn McDermott & Ian Mond * ''The Coode Street Podcast'', Gary K. Wolfe & Jonathan Strahan


Best New Talent

* Joanne Anderton * Alan Baxter * Steve Cameron


William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

* Russell Blackford, for "Currently reading: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke", in ''Metamagician and the Hellfire Club'' * Damien Broderick & Van Ikin, for editing ''Warriors of the Tao: The Best of Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature'' * Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, for "2010: The Year in Review", in ''The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010'' * David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts & Tehani Wessely, for "Reviewing New Who" series, in ''A Conversational Life'' * Alexandra Pierce & Tehani Wessely, for reviews of Vorkosigan Saga, in ''Randomly Yours, Alex''


2013, Conflux 9, Canberra


Best Novel

* ''Sea Hearts'',
Margo Lanagan Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction. Biography She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to Melbourne circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to Sydne ...
(Allen & Unwin) * ''Bitter Greens'', Kate Forsyth (Random House Australia) * ''Suited'' (The Veiled Worlds 2),
Jo Anderton Jo Anderton is a writer of fantasy, horror, and other types of speculative fiction. She has been a finalist for and won multiple awards for her work. Anderton is a marketing co-ordinator for an Australian book distributor, but spends her night ...
(Angry Robot) * ''Salvage'', Jason Nahrung (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Perfections'', Kirstyn McDermott (Xoum) * ''The Corpse-Rat King'', Lee Battersby (Angry Robot)


Best Novella or Novelette

* "Flight 404", Simon Petrie, in ''Flight 404/The Hunt for Red Leicester'' (Peggy Bright Books) * "Significant Dust", Margo Lanagan, in ''Cracklescape'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Sky", Kaaron Warren, in ''Through Splintered Walls'' (Twelfth Planet Press)


Best Short Story

* "Sanaa's Army", Joanne Anderton, in ''Bloodstones'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * "The Wisdom of Ants", Thoraiya Dyer, in ''Clarkesworld 75'' * "The Bone Chime Song", Joanne Anderton, in ''Light Touch Paper Stand Clear'' (Peggy Bright Books) * "Oracle's Tower", Faith Mudge, in ''To Spin a Darker Stair'' (FableCroft Publishing)


Best Collected Work

* ''Cracklescape'' by Margo Lanagan, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Epilogue'', edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing) * ''Through Splintered Walls'' by Kaaron Warren, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Light Touch Paper Stand Clear'', edited by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books) * ''Midnight and Moonshine'' by Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter, edited by Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications) * ''The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011'', edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (Ticonderoga Publications)


Best Artwork

* Cover art, Nick Stathopoulos, for ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 56'' (ASIM Collective) * Cover art, Kathleen Jennings, for ''Midnight and Moonshine'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * Illustrations, Adam Browne, for ''Pyrotechnicon'' (Coeur de Lion Publishing) * Cover art and illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, for ''To Spin a Darker Stair'' (FableCroft Publishing) * Cover art, Les Petersen, for ''Light Touch Paper Stand Clear'' (Peggy Bright Books)


Best Fan Writer

* Alex Pierce, for body of work including reviews in ''Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus'' * Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work including reviews in ''Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth'' * Grant Watson, for body of work including the "Who50" series in ''The Angriest'' * Sean Wright, for body of work including reviews in ''Adventures of a Bookonaut''


Best Fan Artist

* Kathleen Jennings, for body of work including "The Dalek Game" and "The Tamsyn Webb Sketchbook"


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* ''The Writer and the Critic'', Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond * ''Galactic Suburbia'', Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Alex Pierce * ''Antipodean SF'', Ion Newcombe * ''The Coode Street Podcast'', Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe * "Snapshot 2012", Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, David McDonald, Helen Merrick, Ian Mond, Jason Nahrung et al. * ''Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus'', Alisa Krasnostein, Tehani Wessely, et al. * ''Galactic Chat'', Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Sean Wright


Best New Talent

* David McDonald * Faith Mudge * Steve Cameron * Stacey Larner


William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

* Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, David McDonald, and Tehani Wessely, for review of Mira Grant's ''Newsflesh'', in ''ASIF'' * Tansy Rayner Roberts, for "Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let's Unpack That.", in ''tor.com'' * David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely, for the "New Who in Conversation" series * Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene, for "The Year in Review", in ''The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011'' * Rjurik Davidson, for "An Illusion in the Game for Survival", a review of Reamde by Neal Stephenson, in ''The Age''


2014, Continuum X, Melbourne


Best Novel

* ''Ink Black Magic'', Tansy Rayner Roberts (FableCroft Publishing) * ''Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead'', Robert Hood (Wildside Press) * ''The Beckoning'', Paul Collins (Damnation Books) * ''Trucksong'', Andrew Macrae (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''The Only Game in the Galaxy'' (The Maximus Black Files 3), Paul Collins (Ford Street Publishing)


Best Novella or Novelette

* "Prickle Moon", Juliet Marillier, in ''Prickle Moon'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * "The Year of Ancient Ghosts", Kim Wilkins, in ''The Year of Ancient Ghosts'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * "By Bone-Light", Juliet Marillier, in ''Prickle Moon'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * "The Home for Broken Dolls", Kirstyn McDermott, in ''Caution: Contains Small Parts'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "What Amanda Wants", Kirstyn McDermott, in ''Caution: Contains Small Parts'' (Twelfth Planet Press)


Best Short Story

* "Mah Song", Joanne Anderton, in ''The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories'' (FableCroft Publishing) * "Air, Water and the Grove", Kaaron Warren, in ''The Lowest Heaven'' (Jurassic London) * "Seven Days in Paris", Thoraiya Dyer, in ''Asymmetry'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Scarp", Cat Sparks, in ''The Bride Price'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * "Not the Worst of Sins", Alan Baxter, in ''Beneath Ceaseless Skies'' 133 (Firkin Press) * "Cold White Daughter", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in ''One Small Step'' (FableCroft Publishing)


Best Collected Work

* ''The Back of the Back of Beyond'', Edwina Harvey, edited by Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books) * ''Asymmetry '', Thoraiya Dyer, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Caution: Contains Small Parts'', Kirstyn McDermott, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories'', Joanne Anderton, edited by Tehani Wesseley (FableCroft Publishing) * ''The Bride Price'', Cat Sparks, edited by Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)


Best Artwork

* Cover art, Eleanor Clarke, for ''The Back of the Back of Beyond'' by Edwina Harvey (Peggy Bright Books) * Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, for ''Eclipse Online'' (Nightshade Books) * Cover art, Shauna O'Meara, for ''Next'', edited by Simon Petrie and Rob Porteous (CSFG Publishing) * Cover art, Cat Sparks, for ''The Bride Price'' by Cat Sparks (Ticonderoga Publications) * ''Rules of Summer'', Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia) * Cover art, Pia Ravenari, for ''Prickle Moon'' by Juliet Marillier (Ticonderoga Publications)


Best Fan Writer

* Tsana Dolichva, for body of work, including reviews and interviews in ''Tsana's Reads and Reviews'' * Sean Wright, for body of work, including reviews in ''Adventures of a Bookonaut'' * Grant Watson, for body of work, including reviews in ''The Angriest'' * Foz Meadows, for body of work, including reviews in ''Shattersnipe: Malcontent & Rainbows'' * Alexandra Pierce, for body of work, including reviews in ''Randomly Yours, Alex'' * Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work, including essays and reviews at ''www.tansyrr.com''


Best Fan Artist

* Nalini Haynes, for body of work, including "Defender of the Faith", "The Suck Fairy", "Doctor Who vampire" and "The Last Cyberman" in ''Dark Matter'' * Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including "Illustration Friday" * Dick Jenssen, for body of work, including cover art for ''Interstellar Ramjet Scoop'' and ''SF Commentary''


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* ''Dark Matter Zine'', Nalini Haynes * ''SF Commentary'', Bruce Gillespie * ''The Writer and the Critic'', Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond * ''Galactic Chat Podcast'', Sean Wright, Alex Pierce, Helen Stubbs, David McDonald, and Mark Webb * ''The Coode Street Podcast'', Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan * ''Galactic Suburbia'', Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts


Best New Talent

* Michelle Goldsmith * Zena Shapter * Faith Mudge * Jo Spurrier * Stacey Larner


William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

* Reviews in ''Randomly Yours, Alex'', Alexandra Pierce * "Things Invisible: Human and Ab-Human in Two of Hodgson's Carnacki stories", Leigh Blackmore, in ''Sargasso: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies'' #1 edited by Sam Gafford (Ulthar Press) * ''Galactic Suburbia'' Episode 87: Saga Spoilerific Book Club, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts * The ''Reviewing New Who'' series, David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely * "A Puppet's Parody of Joy: Dolls, Puppets and Mannikins as Diabolical Other", Leigh Blackmore, in ''Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Master of Modern Horror'' edited by Gary William Crawford (Scarecrow Press) * "That was then, this is now: how my perceptions have changed", George Ivanoff, in ''Doctor Who and Race'' edited by Lindy Orthia (Intellect Books)


2015, Swancon 40, Perth


Best Novel

* ''The Lascar's Dagger'', Glenda Larke (Hachette) * ''Bound'' (Alex Caine 1), Alan Baxter (Voyager) * ''Clariel'',
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(HarperCollins) * ''Thief's Magic'' (Millennium's Rule 1), Trudi Canavan (Hachette Australia) * ''The Godless'' (Children 1), Ben Peek (Tor UK)


Best Novella or Novelette

* "The Ghost of Hephaestus", Charlotte Nash, in ''Phantazein'' (FableCroft Publishing) * "The Legend Trap", Sean Williams, in ''Kaleidoscope'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "The Darkness in Clara", Alan Baxter, in ''SQ Mag 14'' (IFWG Publishing Australia) * "St Dymphna's School for Poison Girls", Angela Slatter, in ''Review of Australian Fiction'', Volume 9, Issue 3 (Review of Australian Fiction) * "The Female Factory", Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter, in ''The Female Factory'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Escapement", Stephanie Gunn, in ''Kisses by Clockwork'' (Ticonderoga Publications)


Best Short Story

* "Bahamut", Thoraiya Dyer, in ''Phantazein'' (FableCroft Publishing) * "Vanilla", Dirk Flinthart, in ''Kaleidoscope'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Cookie Cutter Superhero", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in ''Kaleidoscope''(Twelfth Planet Press) * "The Seventh Relic", Cat Sparks, in ''Phantazein'' (FableCroft Publishing) * "Signature", Faith Mudge, in ''Kaleidoscope'' (Twelfth Planet Press)


Best Collected Work

* ''Kaleidoscope'', edited by Alisa Krasnostein and
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(Twelfth Planet Press) * ''The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2013'', edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (Ticonderoga Publications) * ''Phantazein'', edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing)


Best Artwork

* Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, in ''Black-Winged Angels'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * Cover art, Kathleen Jennings, of ''Phantazein'' (FableCroft Publishing) * Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, in ''The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings'' (Tartarus Press)


Best Fan Writer

* Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work * Tsana Dolichva, for body of work * Bruce Gillespie, for body of work * Katharine Stubbs, for body of work * Alexandra Pierce for body of work * Grant Watson, for body of work * Sean Wright, for body of work


Best Fan Artist

* Nalini Haynes, for body of work, including "Interstellar Park Ranger Bond, Jaime Bond", "Gabba and Slave Lay-off: Star Wars explains Australian politics", "The Driver", and "Unmasked" in ''Dark Matter Zine'' * Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including Fakecon art and Illustration Friday series * Nick Stathopoulos, for movie poster of ''It Grows!''


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* "Snapshot 2014", Tsana Dolichva, Nick Evans, Stephanie Gunn, Kathryn Linge, Elanor Matton-Johnson, David McDonald, Helen Merrick, Jason Nahrung, Ben Payne, Alex Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Helen Stubbs, Katharine Stubbs, Tehani Wessely, and Sean Wright * ''It Grows!'', Nick Stathopoulos * ''Galactic Suburbia'', Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Andrew Finch * ''The Writer and the Critic'', Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond * ''Galactic Chat'', Sean Wright, Helen Stubbs, David McDonald, Alexandra Pierce, Sarah Parker, and Mark Webb


Best New Talent

* Helen Stubbs * Shauna O'Meara * Michelle Goldsmith


William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

* Reviews in ''The Angriest'', Grant Watson * The Eddings Reread series, Tehani Wessely, Jo Anderton, and Alexandra Pierce, in ''A Conversational Life'' * Reviews in ''Adventures of a Bookonaut'', Sean Wright * "Does Sex Make Science Fiction Soft?", in ''Uncanny Magazine 1'', Tansy Rayner Roberts * Reviews in ''FictionMachine'', Grant Watson * The Reviewing New Who series, David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely


2016, Contact2016, Brisbane


Best Novel

* ''The Dagger's Path'', Glenda Larke (Orbit) * ''Day Boy'', Trent Jamieson (Text Publishing) * ''Graced'', Amanda Pillar (Momentum) * ''Lament for the Afterlife'', Lisa L. Hannett (ChiZine Publications) * ''Zeroes'', Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti (Simon and Schuster)


Best Novella or Novelette

* "The Cherry Crow Children of Haverny Wood", Deborah Kalin, in ''Cherry Crow Children'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Fake Geek Girl", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in ''Review of Australian Fiction'', volume 14, issue 4 (Review of Australian Fiction) * "Hot Rods", Cat Sparks, in ''Lightspeed Science Fiction & Fantasy 58'' (Lightspeed Science Fiction & Fantasy) * "The Miseducation of Mara Lys", Deborah Kalin, in ''Cherry Crow Children'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Of Sorrow and Such", Angela Slatter, in ''Of Sorrow and Such'' (Tor.com) * "The Wages of Honey", Deborah Kalin, in ''Cherry Crow Children'' (Twelfth Planet Press)


Best Short Story

* "2B", Joanne Anderton, in ''Insert Title Here'' (FableCroft Publishing) * "The Chart of the Vagrant Mariner", Alan Baxter, in ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'', Jan/Feb 2015 (Fantasy & Science Fiction) * "A Hedge of Yellow Roses", Kathleen Jennings, in ''Hear Me Roar'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * "Look how cold my hands are", Deborah Biancotti, in ''Cranky Ladies of History'' (FableCroft Publishing)


Best Collected Work

* ''Bloodlines'', Amanda Pillar (Ticonderoga Publications) * ''Cherry Crow Children'', Deborah Kalin, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Cranky Ladies of History'', Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing) * ''Letters to Tiptree'', Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories'' by Robert Hood (IFWG Publishing Australia)


Best Artwork

* Cover art, Rovina Cai, for "Tom, Thom" (Tor.com) * Cover art, Kathleen Jennings, for ''Bloodlines'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * Cover and internal artwork, Kathleen Jennings, for ''Cranky Ladies of History'' (FableCroft Publishing) * Cover, Shauna O'Meara, for ''The Never Never Land'' (CSFG Publishing) * Illustrations, Shaun Tan, for ''The Singing Bones'' (Allen & Unwin)


Best Fan Publication in any Medium

* ''The Angriest'', Grant Watson * ''The Coode Street Podcast'', Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe * ''Galactic Suburbia'', Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts * ''SF Commentary'', Bruce Gillespie * ''The Writer and the Critic'', Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond


Best Fan Writer

* Tsana Dolichva, for body of work, including reviews and interviews in ''Tsana's Reads and Reviews'' * Foz Meadows, for body of work, including reviews in ''Shattersnipe: Malcontent & Rainbows'' * Ian Mond, for body of work, including ''The Hysterical Hamster'' * Alexandra Pierce, for body of work, including reviews in ''Randomly Yours, Alex'' * Katharine Stubbs, for body of work, including ''Venture Adlaxre'' * Grant Watson, for body of work, including reviews in ''The Angriest''


Best Fan Artist

* Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including Illustration Friday * Belinda Morris, for body of work, including Belinda Illustrates


Best New Talent

* Rivqa Rafael * T. R. Napper * D. K. Mok * Liz Barr


William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

* ''Letters to Tiptree'', Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press) * The Rereading the Empire Trilogy review series, Tansy Rayner Roberts * The Reviewing New Who series, David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely * "Sara Kingdom dies at the end", Tansy Rayner Roberts in ''Companion Piece'' (Mad Norwegian Press) * "SF Women of the 20th Century", Tansy Rayner Roberts * Squeeing over Supergirl, David McDonald and Tehani Wessely series


2017: Continuum 13, Melbourne


Best Novel

* ''The Grief Hole'', Kaaron Warren, IFWG Publishing Australia. * ''The Lyre Thief'', Jennifer Fallon, HarperCollins. * ''Squid's Grief'', D.K. Mok, D.K. Mok. * ''Vigil'', Angela Slatter, Jo Fletcher Books. * ''The Wizardry of Jewish Women'', Gillian Polack, Satalyte Publishing.


Best Novella or Novelette

* "All the Colours of the Tomato", Simon Petrie, in ''Dimension6'' 9. * "By the Laws of Crab and Woman", Jason Fischer, in ''Review of Australian Fiction'', Vol 17, Issue 6. * "Did We Break the End of the World?", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in ''Defying Doomsday'', Twelfth Planet Press. * "Finnegan's Field", Angela Slatter, in ''Tor.com''. * "Glass Slipper Scandal", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in ''Sheep Might Fly''. * "Going Viral", Thoraiya Dyer, in ''Dimension6'' 8.


Best Short Story

* "Flame Trees", T.R. Napper, in ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', April/May 2016. * "No Fat Chicks", Cat Sparks, in ''In Your Face'', FableCroft Publishing. * "There's No Place Like Home", Edwina Harvey, in ''AntipodeanSF'' 221.


Best Collected Work

* ''Crow Shine'' by Alan Baxter, Ticonderoga Publications. * ''Defying Doomsday'', Tsana Dolichva and Holly Kench, Twelfth Planet Press. * ''Dreaming in the Dark'', Jack Dann, PS Publishing. * ''In Your Face'', Tehani Wessely, FableCroft Publishing.


Best Artwork

* cover and internal artwork, Adam Browne, for ''The Tame Animals of Saturn'', Peggy Bright Books. * illustration, Shauna O'Meara, for ''Lackington's'' 12.


Best Fan Writer

* James 'Jocko' Allen, for body of work. * Aidan Doyle, for body of work. * Bruce Gillespie, for body of work. * Foz Meadows, for body of work. * Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work.


Best Fan Artist

* Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including ''Illustration Friday'' series. * No award presented


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* ''2016 Australian SF Snapshot'', Greg Chapman, Tehani Croft, Tsana Dolichva, Marisol Dunham, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Stephanie Gunn, Ju Landéesse, David McDonald, Belle McQuattie, Matthew Morrison, Alex Pierce, Rivqa Rafael, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Helen Stubbs, Katharine Stubbs and Matthew Summers. * ''The Coode Street Podcast'', Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe * ''Earl Grey Editing Services'' (blog), Elizabeth Fitzgerald. * ''Galactic Chat'', Alexandra Pierce, David McDonald, Sarah Parker, Helen Stubbs, Mark Webb, and Sean Wright. * ''Galactic Suburbia'', Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts. * ''The Writer and the Critic'', Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond.


Best New Talent

* T R Napper * Marlee Jane Ward


William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

* Kat Clay for essays and reviews in ''Weird Fiction Review'' * Tehani Croft & Marisol Dunham, for ''Revisiting Pern: the great McCaffrey reread'' review series. * Tsana Dolichva, for reviews, in ''Tsana's Reads and Reviews''. * Kate Forsyth, for ''The Rebirth of Rapunzel: a mythic biography of the maiden in the tower'', FableCroft Publishing. * Ian Mond, for reviews, in ''The Hysterical Hamster''. * Alexandra Pierce, for reviews, in ''Randomly Yours, Alex''. * Gillian Polack, for ''History and Fiction: Writers, their Research, Worlds and Stories'', Peter Lang.


2018: Swancon 2018, Perth


Best Novel

* ''Corpselight'', Angela Slatter, Hachette Australia. * ''Crossroads of Canopy'', Thoraiya Dyer, Tor. * ''How to Bee'' , Bren MacDibble, Allen & Unwin. * ''In the Dark Spaces'', Cally Black, Hardie Grant Egmont. * ''Lotus Blue'', Cat Sparks, Skyhorse Publishing.


Best Novella or Novelette

* "Island Green", Shauna O'Meara, in ''Ecopunk!'', Ticonderoga Publications. * "Girl Reporter", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in ''Girl Reporter'', Book Smugglers Publishing. * "Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body", Simon Petrie, in ''Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body'', Peggy Bright Books. * "Monkey Business", Janeen Webb, in ''Ecopunk!'', Ticonderoga Publications. * "My Sister's Ghost", Kate Forsyth and Kim Wilkins, in ''The Silver Well'', Ticonderoga Publications.


Best Short Story

* "A Harem of Six Legs", Edwina Harvey, in ''An Eclectic Collection of Stuff and Things'', Peggy Bright Books. * "Mr Mycelium", Claire McKenna, in ''Ecopunk!'', Ticonderoga Publications. * "A Pearl Beyond Price", Janeen Webb in ''Cthulhu Deep Down-Under Vol 1'', IFWG Publishing Australia. * "Prayers to Broken Stone", Cat Sparks, in ''Kaleidotrope'', Spring 2017. * "Trivalent" by Rivqa Rafael, in ''Ecopunk!'', Ticonderoga Publications.


Best Collected Work

* ''An Eclectic Collection of Stuff and Things'' by Edwina Harvey, Peggy Bright Books. * ''Ecopunk!'', Cat Sparks and Liz Grzyb, Ticonderoga Publications. * ''The Silver Well'', Kate Forsyth and Kim Wilkins, Ticonderoga Publications. * ''Singing My Sister Down and other stories'' by Margo Lanagan, Allen & Unwin.


Best Artwork

* Cover art, Lewis Morley, for ''Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body'', Peggy Bright Books. * ''The Grief Hole Illustrated: An Artist's Sketchbook Companion to Kaaron Warren's Supernatural Thriller'', Keely Van Order, IFWG Publishing Australia.


Best Fan Publication in any Medium

* ''Earl Grey Editing'' (blog), Elizabeth Fitzgerald. * ''Galactic Suburbia'', Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts. * ''No Award'' (blog), Liz Barr and Stephanie Lai. * ''SF Commentary'', edited by Bruce Gillespie. * ''The Writer and the Critic'', Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond.


Best Fan Writer

* Elizabeth Fitzgerald, for writing at ''Earl Grey Editing''. * Leigh Edmonds, for writing in ''iOTA''. * Liz Barr, for writing at ''No Award''. * Stephanie Lai, for writing at ''No Award''.


Best Fan Artist

* Shauna O'Meara, for "How to Bee" (based on the novel by Bren MacDibble).


Best New Talent

*
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* Stephanie Lai


William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

* Liz Barr, for Star Trek: Discovery reviews, in ''No Award''. * Russell Blackford, for ''Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination: Visions, Minds, Ethics'', Springer. * Ambelin Kwaymullina, for "Reflecting on Indigenous Worlds, Indigenous Futurisms and Artificial Intelligence", ''Twelfth Planet Press''. * Alexandra Pierce and Mimi Mondal, for ''Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler'', Twelfth Planet Press. * Cat Sparks, for "Science fiction and
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: contemporary literatures of purpose", in ''Ecopunk! Speculative tales of radical futures'', Ticonderoga Publications.


2019: Continuum 15, Melbourne


Best Novel

* ''Devouring Dark'', Alan Baxter, Grey Matter Press. * ''The Subjugate'', Amanda Bridgeman, Angry Robot. * ''Faerie Apocalypse'', Jason Franks, IFWG Publishing Australia. * ''City of Lies (Poison Wars 1)'', Sam Hawke, Tom Doherty Associates. * ''The Beast's Heart'', Leife Shallcross, Hodder & Stoughton. * ''Tide of Stone'', Kaaron Warren, Omnium Gatherum.


Best Novella or Novelette

* "Triquetra", Kirstyn McDermott, in ''Triquetra'', Tor.com. * "Cabaret of Monsters", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in ''Cabaret of Monsters'', The Creature Court. * "The Dragon's Child", Janeen Webb, in ''The Dragon's Child'', PS Publishing.


Best Short Story

* "The Art of Broken Things", Joanne Anderton, in ''Mother of Invention'', Twelfth Planet Press. * "A Man Totally Alone", Robert Hood, ''The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories: Terrifying Tales Set on the Scariest Night of the Year!'', Skyhorse Publishing. * "The Heart of Owl Abbas", ''Kathleen Jennings'', in Tor.com. * "Junkyard Kraken", D.K. Mok, in ''Mother of Invention'', Twelfth Planet Press.


Best Collected Work

* ''Sword and Sonnet'', edited by Aidan Doyle, Rachael K. Jones and E. Catherine Tobler, Ate Bit Bear. * ''Mountains of the Mind'', Gillian Pollack, Shooting Star Press. * ''Mother of Invention'', Rivqa Rafael and Tansy Rayner Roberts, Twelfth Planet Press. * ''A Hand of Knaves'', Leife Shallcross and Chris Large, CSFG Publishing. * ''Tales from the Inner City'', Shaun Tan, Allen & Unwin.


Best Artwork

* Cover art, Likhain, for ''Mother of Invention'', Twelfth Planet Press. * Cover and internal illustrations, Shauna O'Meara, for ''A Hand of Knaves'', CSFG Publishing.


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* ''Earl Grey Editing'', Elizabeth Fitzgerald. * ''Pratchat'', Elizabeth Flux, Ben McKenzie, Splendid Chaps Productions. * ''SF Commentary'', Bruce Gillespie. * ''Galactic Suburbia'', Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts.


Best Fan Writer

* Liz Barr, for writing in squiddishly. * Bruce Gillespie, for writing in SF Commentary and ANZAPA articles.


Best New Talent

* Elizabeth Fitzgerald * Sam Hawke * Bren MacDibble (aka Cally Black) * Leife Shallcross


William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

* Damien Broderick, for ''Pscience Fiction'', McFarland. * Damien Broderick, for ''Consciousness and Science Fiction'', Springer. * Tansy Rayner Roberts, for ''Gentlewomen of the Press'', Sheep Might Fly. * Cat Sparks, for "The 21st Century Catastrophe: Hyper-capitalism and Severe Climate Change in Science Fiction" PhD exegesis.


2020: Swancon 2020, Perth

(The convention was cancelled.) ''There were insufficient nominations for the Best Artwork and Best Fan Artist categories.'' There was a preliminary ballot on which Bruce Gillespie was nominated for Best Fan Writer "for writing in ''SF Commentary'' and ANZAPA articles".


Best Novel

* ''Claiming T-Mo'',
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, Meerkat Press. * ''The Year of the Fruit Cake'', Gillian Polack, IFWG Publishing Australia.


Best Short Fiction

* "into bones like oil", Kaaron Warren, in ''Into Bones like Oil'', Meerkat Press. * "Whom My Soul Loves", Rivqa Rafael, in ''Strange Horizons'', 11 November 2019.


Best Collected Work

* ''Collision'', J.S. Breukelaar, Meerkat Press.


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* ''Be The Serpent'' podcast, Alexandra Rowland, Jennifer Mace and Freya Marske. * ''SF Commentary'', Bruce Gillespie.


Best Fan Writer

* Bruce Gillespie, for writing in ''SF Commentary''. * Elizabeth Fitzgerald, for reviews in ''Skiffy and Fanty''.


Best New Talent

* Freya Marske.


William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

*
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, for ''Writing Speculative Fiction'', Red Globe Press. * Grant Watson, for reviews on ''FictionMachine''.


2021: Conflux, Canberra

(The convention was cancelled.)


Best Novel

* The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin) * The Crying Forest,
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(IFWG Publishing Australia) * Hollow Empire, Sam Hawke (Penguin) * The Animals in That Country, Laura Jean McKay (Scribe) * Monstrous Heart, Claire McKenna (HarperCollins) * Poison & Light, Gillian Polack (Shooting Star) * Repo Virtual, Corey J. White (Tor)


Best Novella or Novelette

* Flyaway,
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(Pan Macmillan Australia) * “The Attic Tragedy”, J. Ashley-Smith (The Attic Tragedy) * The Roo, Alan Baxter (self-published) * “Bad Weather”, Robert Hood (Outback Horrors Down Under) * “The Weight of the Air, The Weight of the World”, T.R. Napper, (Neon Leviathan)


Best Short Story

* “The Calenture”, Kaaron Warren (Of Gods and Globes 2) * “The Genetic Alchemist’s Daughter, Elaine Cuyegkeng (Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women) * “Hacking Santorini”,
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(Dark Harvest)


Best Collected Work

* Dark Harvest,
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(NewCon) * Rebuilding Tomorrow, Tsana Dolichva (Twelfth Planet) * The Zookeeper’s Tales of Interstellar Oddities, Aiki Flinthart & Pamela Jeffs (CAT) * Songs for Dark Seasons, Lisa L. Hannett (Ticonderoga) * Neon Leviathan, T.R. Napper (Grimdark)


Best Artwork

*
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for illustrations in Mother Thorn and other tales of courage and kindness (Serenity) * Keely Van Order for the cover of Drive, She Said by Tracie McBride (IFWG Publishing Australia) * Rovina Cai for illustrations in The Giant and the Sea (Lothian)


Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* The Coode Street Podcast,
Jonathan Strahan Jonathan Strahan (born 1964, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a ...
& Gary K. Wolfe * Pratchat, Elizabeth Flux &
Ben McKenzie Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan (born September 12, 1978) is an American actor and commentator. He is best known for his starring television roles as Ryan Atwood on the teen drama ''The O.C.'' (2003–2007), Ben Sherman on the crime drama ''Southlan ...
(Splendid Chaps) * Ethel the Aardvark, LynC (Melbourne Science Fiction Club) * The AntipodeanSF Radio Show, Ion Newcombe


Best Fan Writer

* Bruce Gillespie for writing in SF Commentary * LynC for writing in Ethel the Aardvark


Best Fan Artist

* Lyss Wickramasinghe for fanart on Tumblr including Elsie, Hold On, The Gem and the Other, and Vesuvia Pride


Best New Talent

* Nikky Lee


William Atheling, Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

*
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for reviews in Terry Talks Movies *
Kathleen Jennings Kathleen Jennings (born 1952/1953) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Attorney General of Delaware. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Early life and education Jennings earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University ...
for “Contracts and Calcifer, or ‘In Which A Contract Is Concluded Before Witnesses’: the transactional structure of Howl’s Moving Castle”, The Proceedings of the Diana Wynne Jones Conference, Bristol 2019
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for reviews in FictionMachine Some categories had more than five nominees due to ties, and some had fewer due to insufficient nominations.


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ditmar Award Results Australian science fiction awards