Difference between revisions of "Ditmar Awards"

From Fancyclopedia 3
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
(44 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
The '''Ditmars''' are the '''[[Australian]] [[Science Fiction]] Achievement Awards'''.
 
The '''Ditmars''' are the '''[[Australian]] [[Science Fiction]] Achievement Awards'''.
  
 +
 +
=History =
 
The name arose via a joke. At a [[committee]] meeting to decide the name of the proposed award, lengthy discussions had gotten around to considering people the award might be named after. Someone suggested that a person thus honoured might be persuaded to fund the awards.  
 
The name arose via a joke. At a [[committee]] meeting to decide the name of the proposed award, lengthy discussions had gotten around to considering people the award might be named after. Someone suggested that a person thus honoured might be persuaded to fund the awards.  
  
−
[[Dick Jenssen|Dick (Martin James Ditmar) Jenssen]] seized an opportunity to relieve tedium by hazarding that he, himself, would be willing to pay for the awards if they were named "Ditmar" awards. What, he was asked, is a Ditmar? "Digital Integrating and Tabulating Mechanism for the Advancement of Research", he told them.  
+
[[Dick Jenssen|Dick (Martin James Ditmar) Jenssen]] seized an opportunity to relieve tedium by hazarding that he would be willing to pay for the awards if they were named "Ditmar" awards. What, he was asked, is a Ditmar? "Digital Integrating and Tabulating Mechanism for the Advancement of Research", he told them.  
  
 
His offer was accepted, and he subsequently found himself paying for the awards for some years longer than he'd anticipated.
 
His offer was accepted, and he subsequently found himself paying for the awards for some years longer than he'd anticipated.
Line 11: Line 13:
 
In 1982, the [[Australian Natcon]], [[Tschaicon]], was billed as "the First Australasian SF Convention", and the Ditmar Awards presented that year were, at least in theory, Australasian awards.
 
In 1982, the [[Australian Natcon]], [[Tschaicon]], was billed as "the First Australasian SF Convention", and the Ditmar Awards presented that year were, at least in theory, Australasian awards.
  
−
In 2002, and again in 2010, [[Dick Jenssen|Ditmar]] received a Ditmar. (Another instance of a fan receiving an award named after himself may have been when [[Forrest J Ackerman]] received a [[Big Heart Award]]. That award, previously known as the [[E. Everett Evans]] Big Heart Award, was renamed the Forrest J Ackerman Big Heart Award.)
+
In 2002, and again in 2010, [[Dick Jenssen|Ditmar]] received a Ditmar. (Other instances of fans receiving awards named after themselves were when [[Forrest J Ackerman]] received a [[Forry Award]] in 2002 and [[K. Martin Carlson]] a [[Kaymar Award]] in 1984.)
 +
 
 +
In 2012, [[Robin Pen]] received a Ditmar Award for his "The Ballad of the Unrequited Ditmar", the Ditmar of that title being a Ditmar Award from the previous year.  
  
 +
[http://web.archive.org/web/20220318053050/https://wiki.sf.org.au/Ditmar_rules Ditmar Rules] (archived).
  
 
== William Atheling, Jr. Award==
 
== William Atheling, Jr. Award==
Line 26: Line 31:
 
The history of nominations for the award indicates that it has not always been restricted to Australians. In 1989, the last year in which there was a Ditmar Award for International Fiction, there were published eligibility criteria for the William Atheling, Jr. Award that required the work to have been published in Australia, but did not require the author to be Australian.
 
The history of nominations for the award indicates that it has not always been restricted to Australians. In 1989, the last year in which there was a Ditmar Award for International Fiction, there were published eligibility criteria for the William Atheling, Jr. Award that required the work to have been published in Australia, but did not require the author to be Australian.
  
−
== Ditmar Award for Best Fannish Cat==
+
=Ditmar Award for Best Fannish Cat=
 
In 1991, a Ditmar Award for Best Fannish [[Cat]] was presented at [[SunCon (Australia)|SunCon]] (in [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]]). The Business Meeting at that convention voted to demote the award from a Ditmar Award to a Special Award of the Convention. However, that decision was reversed at the Business Meeting of the following Australian Natcon.  
 
In 1991, a Ditmar Award for Best Fannish [[Cat]] was presented at [[SunCon (Australia)|SunCon]] (in [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]]). The Business Meeting at that convention voted to demote the award from a Ditmar Award to a Special Award of the Convention. However, that decision was reversed at the Business Meeting of the following Australian Natcon.  
  
−
[http://file770.com/best-fannish-cat/ According] to [[Bruce Gillespie]], “The person who was [[Chair]] of the convention in [[Brisbane]] stuffed up many aspects of the [[convention]]. She was also part of a non-Melbourne group who believed that every aspect of the Ditmars was a cruel plot by [[Melbourne]] [[fans]] to keep all the Ditmars for themselves. So she allowed members of the convention to vote for the categories as well as the items in the categories. Irresistible bait to Melbourne fans in general — who ganged up to include Best Fannish Cat in the categories.”
+
[https://file770.com/best-fannish-cat/ According] to [[Bruce Gillespie]], “The person who was [[Chair]] of the convention in [[Brisbane]] stuffed up many aspects of the [[convention]]. She was also part of a non-Melbourne group who believed that every aspect of the Ditmars was a cruel plot by [[Melbourne]] [[fans]] to keep all the Ditmars for themselves. So she allowed members of the convention to vote for the categories as well as the items in the categories. Irresistible bait to Melbourne fans in general — who ganged up to include Best Fannish Cat in the categories.”
  
 
This still rankled as late as 2005, when a [[Swancon XXX]] [[progress report]] calling for nominations for the [[Tin Duck Award]] exhorted, “Please do not invent new categories. (e.g. No Best Fannish Cat. We’ve heard it before, and it wasn’t funny the first time).”
 
This still rankled as late as 2005, when a [[Swancon XXX]] [[progress report]] calling for nominations for the [[Tin Duck Award]] exhorted, “Please do not invent new categories. (e.g. No Best Fannish Cat. We’ve heard it before, and it wasn’t funny the first time).”
Line 51: Line 56:
 
*Felix Blackford, human: [[Jenny Blackford]]
 
*Felix Blackford, human: [[Jenny Blackford]]
 
*'''Peri Peri Canavan (winner)''', human: [[Trudi Canavan]]
 
*'''Peri Peri Canavan (winner)''', human: [[Trudi Canavan]]
−
*Flicker Gillespie, human: [[Elaine Cochrane]] & [[Bruce Gillespie]]
+
*Flicker Gillespie, humans: [[Elaine Cochrane]] & [[Bruce Gillespie]]
 
*Pazuzu Sparks, humans: [[Cat Sparks]] & [[Robert Hood]]
 
*Pazuzu Sparks, humans: [[Cat Sparks]] & [[Robert Hood]]
  
−
== Stuffed Cane Toads ==
+
= Stuffed Cane Toads =
 
Another 1991 scandal that pitted [[insurgents]] from [[Melbourne]] against [[sercon]] [[fen]] elsewhere in the country was the [[SunCon (Australia)]] Ditmar trophies. [[Melbourne|Melburnian]] [[Mark Loney]] made awards of mounted taxidermied cane toads (a poisonous introduced pest endemic to [[Queensland]], where the [[con]] was held). He intended them as a joke, to be presented at the ceremony, with the real Ditmars to be given at the closing ceremony.  
 
Another 1991 scandal that pitted [[insurgents]] from [[Melbourne]] against [[sercon]] [[fen]] elsewhere in the country was the [[SunCon (Australia)]] Ditmar trophies. [[Melbourne|Melburnian]] [[Mark Loney]] made awards of mounted taxidermied cane toads (a poisonous introduced pest endemic to [[Queensland]], where the [[con]] was held). He intended them as a joke, to be presented at the ceremony, with the real Ditmars to be given at the closing ceremony.  
  
 
The cane toads were presented, but the actual Ditmars trophies weren’t ready by the end of con. The real ones would be distributed later at a [[Nova Mob]] [[club]] meeting, but this did not placate the outraged.
 
The cane toads were presented, but the actual Ditmars trophies weren’t ready by the end of con. The real ones would be distributed later at a [[Nova Mob]] [[club]] meeting, but this did not placate the outraged.
  
−
== Special Awards==
+
= Special Awards=
−
[[Convention reports]] from 1971 indicate that the two Special Awards presented in 1970 were considered to be Ditmar Awards.
+
[[Convention reports]] from 1971 indicate that the two Special Awards presented that year were considered to be Ditmar Awards.
  
−
== Some Other Awards==
+
= Some Other Awards=
 
The Ditmar Awards should not be confused with the [[Melbourne Science Fiction Club Achievement Award]] nor the [[Peter McNamara Achievement Award]] nor the [[Pat Terry Award for Humour in SF]].   
 
The Ditmar Awards should not be confused with the [[Melbourne Science Fiction Club Achievement Award]] nor the [[Peter McNamara Achievement Award]] nor the [[Pat Terry Award for Humour in SF]].   
  
−
==Award Results==
+
=Award Winners=
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditmar_Award_results '''Complete Ditmar Award Results''']
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditmar_Award_results '''Complete Ditmar Award Results''']
  
−
===1969: [[Eighth Australian Science Fiction Convention]], [[Melbourne]]===
+
===1969===
 +
[[Eighth Australian Science Fiction Convention]], [[Melbourne]]
 
====1969 Best Australian Science Fiction of any length, or collection====
 
====1969 Best Australian Science Fiction of any length, or collection====
 
*''Pacific Book Of Australian SF'', [[John Baxter]]
 
*''Pacific Book Of Australian SF'', [[John Baxter]]
Line 91: Line 97:
  
  
−
===1970: [[Ninth Australian Science Fiction Convention]], [[Melbourne]]===
+
===1970===
 +
[[Ninth Australian Science Fiction Convention]], [[Melbourne]]
  
 
====1970 Best Australian Science Fiction====
 
====1970 Best Australian Science Fiction====
Line 112: Line 119:
  
  
−
===1971: [[Tenth Australian Science Fiction Convention]], [[Melbourne]]===
+
===1971===
 +
[[Tenth Australian Science Fiction Convention]], [[Melbourne]]
  
 
====1971 Best Australian SF====
 
====1971 Best Australian SF====
Line 135: Line 143:
  
  
−
===1972: [[Syncon 2]], [[Sydney]]===
+
===1972===
 +
[[Syncon 2]], [[Sydney]]
 
====1972 Best Australian Fiction====
 
====1972 Best Australian Fiction====
 
* "What You Know", [[A. Bertram Chandler]]
 
* "What You Know", [[A. Bertram Chandler]]
−
* '''''The Fallen Spaceman'', [[Lee Harding]] (winner)'''
+
* '''"Fallen Spaceman", [[Lee Harding]] (winner)'''
 
* "The Immortal", [[Olaf Ruhen]]
 
* "The Immortal", [[Olaf Ruhen]]
 
* "The Man Of Slow Feeling", [[Michael Wilding]]
 
* "The Man Of Slow Feeling", [[Michael Wilding]]
Line 145: Line 154:
 
====1972 Best International Fiction====
 
====1972 Best International Fiction====
 
* ''To Your Scattered Bodies Go'', [[Philip Jose Farmer]]
 
* ''To Your Scattered Bodies Go'', [[Philip Jose Farmer]]
−
* "Continued On the Next Rock", [[R. A. Lafferty]]
+
* "Continued On Next Rock", [[R. A. Lafferty]]
 
* ''The Lathe Of Heaven'', [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]
 
* ''The Lathe Of Heaven'', [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]
 
* '''''Ringworld'', [[Larry Niven]] (winner)'''
 
* '''''Ringworld'', [[Larry Niven]] (winner)'''
Line 158: Line 167:
  
  
−
===1973: [[Advention 2]], [[Adelaide]]===
+
===1973===
 +
[[Advention 2]], [[Adelaide]]
  
 
====1973 Best Australian Fiction====
 
====1973 Best Australian Fiction====
Line 185: Line 195:
  
  
−
===1974: [[Ozcon]], [[Melbourne]]===
+
===1974===
 +
[[Ozcon]], [[Melbourne]]
 
(The [[programme book]] for the 1990 [[Natcon]], [[Danse Macabre]], records that no Ditmar Awards were presented in 1974.)
 
(The [[programme book]] for the 1990 [[Natcon]], [[Danse Macabre]], records that no Ditmar Awards were presented in 1974.)
  
  
−
===1975: [[Syncon '75]], [[Sydney]]===
+
===1975===
 +
[[Syncon '75]], [[Sydney]]
 +
 
 
====1975 Best Australian SF====
 
====1975 Best Australian SF====
 
* '''''The Bitter Pill'', [[A. Bertram Chandler]] (winner)'''
 
* '''''The Bitter Pill'', [[A. Bertram Chandler]] (winner)'''
Line 202: Line 215:
 
====1975 Best Australian Fanzine====
 
====1975 Best Australian Fanzine====
 
* '''''[[Osiris]]'', [[Del Stocks|Del]] & [[Dennis Stocks]] (winner)'''
 
* '''''[[Osiris]]'', [[Del Stocks|Del]] & [[Dennis Stocks]] (winner)'''
−
* ''[[Forerunner]]'', [[Sue Clarke]]
+
* ''[[Forerunner (Sydney)]]'', [[Sue Clarke]]
 
* ''[[Fanew Sletter]]'', [[Leigh Edmonds]]
 
* ''[[Fanew Sletter]]'', [[Leigh Edmonds]]
 
* ''[[Chao]]'', [[John Alderson]]
 
* ''[[Chao]]'', [[John Alderson]]
Line 208: Line 221:
  
  
−
===1976: [[Bofcon]], [[Melbourne]]===
+
===1976===
 +
[[Bofcon]], [[Melbourne]]
 +
 
 
====1976 Best Australian Fiction====
 
====1976 Best Australian Fiction====
 
* '''''The Big Black Mark'', [[A. Bertram Chandler]] (winner)'''
 
* '''''The Big Black Mark'', [[A. Bertram Chandler]] (winner)'''
Line 236: Line 251:
  
  
−
===1977: [[A-Con 7]], [[Adelaide]]===
+
===1977===
 +
[[A-Con 7]], [[Adelaide]]
  
 
====1977 Best Australian Science Fiction====
 
====1977 Best Australian Science Fiction====
Line 265: Line 281:
  
  
−
===1978: [[Unicon IV]], [[Melbourne]]===
+
===1978===
 +
[[Unicon IV]], [[Melbourne]]
  
 
====1978 Australian Science Fiction, Best Novel====
 
====1978 Australian Science Fiction, Best Novel====
Line 284: Line 301:
 
* ''Our Lady Of Darkness'', (aka ''The Pale Brown Thing'') [[Fritz Leiber]], (Berkeley Putnam/''[[F&SF]]'', January–February 1977)
 
* ''Our Lady Of Darkness'', (aka ''The Pale Brown Thing'') [[Fritz Leiber]], (Berkeley Putnam/''[[F&SF]]'', January–February 1977)
 
* ''A Dream of Wessex'', [[Chris Priest]] (Faber)
 
* ''A Dream of Wessex'', [[Chris Priest]] (Faber)
−
* "The House of Compassionate Sharers", [[Michael Bishop]] (''[[Cosmos]]'' No 1)
+
* "The House of Compassionate Sharers", [[Michael Bishop]] (''[[Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine]]'' No 1)
 
* ''The Silver in the Tree'', [[Susan Cooper]] (Chatto & Windus)
 
* ''The Silver in the Tree'', [[Susan Cooper]] (Chatto & Windus)
 
* ''Gateway'', [[Frederik Pohl]] (Gollancz or Ballantine)
 
* ''Gateway'', [[Frederik Pohl]] (Gollancz or Ballantine)
Line 295: Line 312:
 
* ''[[Epsilon Eridani Express]]'', [[Neville J. Angove]]
 
* ''[[Epsilon Eridani Express]]'', [[Neville J. Angove]]
  
−
====1978 William Atheling Jr Award====
+
====1978 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 
* [[George Turner]], "The Martial Art of SF Criticism", ''[[Yggdrasil]]'', Feb, May & August 1977
 
* [[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 (winner)'''
 
* '''[[Andrew Whitmore]], "The Novels of D.G. Compton", ''[[SF Commentary]]'', No 52 (winner)'''
 
* [[Robert Scholes]] & [[Eric S. Rabkin]], ''[[Science Fiction: History Science Vision]]'', O.U.P
 
* [[Robert Scholes]] & [[Eric S. Rabkin]], ''[[Science Fiction: History Science Vision]]'', O.U.P
−
* [[George Turner]], "The Silverberg Phenomenon", ''SF Commentary'', No 51
+
* [[George Turner]], "The Silverberg Phenomenon", ''[[SF Commentary]]'', No 51
 
* [[Van Ikin]], "Review of 'Going'"
 
* [[Van Ikin]], "Review of 'Going'"
  
  
−
{{award | website=http://wiki.sf.org.au/Ditmar_rules | start=1969}}
+
===1979===
 +
[[Syncon '79]], [[Sydney]]
 +
 
 +
====1979 Best Australian Fiction====
 +
* ''To Keep The Ship'', [[A. Bertram Chandler]] (DAW)
 +
* '''''Beloved Son'', [[George Turner]] (Faber) (winner)'''
 +
* ''Play Little Victims'', [[Kenneth Cook]] ([[Pergamon Press]])
 +
* "Pie Row Joe", [[Kevin McKay]], ''Rooms of Paradise'' (Quartet)
 +
 
 +
====1979 Best International Fiction====
 +
* ''The Far Call'', [[Gordon R. Dickson]] (Quantum)
 +
* ''Dreamsnake'', [[Vonda McIntyre]] (Houghton & Mifflin)
 +
* ''Stardance II'', [[Spider Robinson|Spider]] and [[Jeanne Robinson]], ''[[Analog]]'', September–November 1978
 +
* "The Persistence of Vision", [[John Varley]], ''[[F&SF]]'', March 1978
 +
* '''''The White Dragon'', [[Anne McCaffrey]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
====1979 Best Australian Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[Forerunner (Sydney)]]'', [[Jack R. Herman]]
 +
* ''[[Yggdrasil]]'', [[Dennis Callegari]] & [[Alan Wilson]]
 +
* ''[[Scytale]]'', [[Peter Toluzzi]]
 +
* ''[[The Epsilon Eridani Express]]'', [[Neville J. Angove]]
 +
* '''''[[Chunder!]]'', [[John Foyster]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
====1979 Best Australian Fanwriter====
 +
* [[Leanne Frahm]]
 +
* [[John Bangsund]]
 +
* '''[[Marc Ortlieb]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Anthony Peacy]]
 +
* [[Eric Lindsay]]
 +
* [[John Foyster]]
 +
 
 +
====1979 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* '''[[Susan Wood]], "Women and Science Fiction" (''[[Algol]]'' 33, 1978) (winner)'''
 +
* [[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]]
 +
 
 +
====1980 Australian Fiction====
 +
* ''Moon in the Ground'', [[Keith Antill]]
 +
* ''Displaced Person'', [[Lee Harding]]
 +
* '''''Australian Gnomes'', [[Robert Ingpen]] (winner)'''
 +
* "One Clay Foot", [[Jack Wodhams]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1980 Best International Fiction====
 +
* '''''The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', [[Douglas Adams]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''Castle Roogna'', [[Piers Anthony]]
 +
* ''The Flight of Dragons'', [[Peter Dickinson]]
 +
* ''Dragondrums'', [[Anne McCaffrey]]
 +
* ''Titan'', [[John Varley]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1980 Best Australian Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[Bionic Rabbit]]'', [[Damian Brennan]]
 +
* ''[[The Wasffan]]'', [[Roy Ferguson]]
 +
* ''[[Chunder]]'', [[John Foyster]]
 +
* '''''[[S.F. Commentary]]'', [[Bruce Gillespie]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[Forerunner (Sydney)]]'', [[Jack Herman]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1980 Best Australian Fanwriter====
 +
* [[Damian Brennan]]
 +
* [[Roy Ferguson]]
 +
* '''[[Leanne Frahm]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Jack R. Herman]]
 +
* [[Marc Ortlieb]]
 +
 
 +
====1980 Australian Fantasy/SF Artist====
 +
* [[Bevan Casey]]
 +
* [[Chris Johnston]]
 +
* [[Rob McGough]]
 +
* [[John Packer]]
 +
* '''[[Marilyn Pride]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Jane Taubman]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1980 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* [[Terry Dowling]], "The Art of Xenography", ''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]] 3''
 +
* [[Bruce Gillespie]], "The Man Who Filled the Void" & "By Our Fruits", ''[[S.F. Commentary]]'' 55/56
 +
* '''[[Jack R. Herman]], "Paradox as Paradigm: A Review of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever", ''[[Forerunner (Sydney)]]'', May 1979 (winner)'''
 +
* [[George Turner]], "[[Samuel R. Delany|Delany]]: A Victim of the Great Applause," ''[[Yggdrasil]]'' March 1979
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1981===
 +
[[Advention '81]], [[Adelaide]]
 +
 
 +
====1981 Best Australian Novel====
 +
* '''''The Dreaming Dragons'', [[Damien Broderick]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''Breathing Space Only'', [[Wynne Whiteford]]
 +
* ''Looking for Blucher'', [[Jack Wodhams]]
 +
* ''The Fourth Hemisphere'', [[David Lake]]
 +
 
 +
====1981 Best Australian Short Fiction====
 +
* '''"Deus Ex Corporus", [[Leanne Frahm]] (winner)'''
 +
* "The Pastseer", [[Phillipa Maddern]]
 +
* "Passage to Earth", [[Leanne Frahm]]
 +
* "Horg", [[Jay Hoffman]]
 +
 
 +
====1981 Best International Fiction====
 +
* ''Mockingbird'', [[Walter Tevis]]
 +
* ''The Snow Queen'', [[Joan D. Vinge]]
 +
* '''''Timescape'', [[Gregory Benford]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''The Wounded Land'', [[Stephen R. Donaldson]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1981 Best Australian Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[Australian Science Fiction News]]'', [[Mervyn R. Binns]]
 +
* '''''[[Q36]]'', [[Marc Ortlieb]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[Chunder!]]'', [[John Foyster]]
 +
* ''[[S.F. Commentary]]'', [[Bruce Gillespie]]
 +
 
 +
====1981 Best Australian Fanwriter====
 +
* [[Leigh Edmonds]]
 +
* [[Leanne Frahm]]
 +
* [[David Grigg]]
 +
* '''[[Marc Ortlieb]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1981 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist====
 +
* [[John Packer]]
 +
* '''[[Marilyn Pride]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Jane Taubman]]
 +
* [[Julie Vaux]]
 +
 
 +
====1981 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* [[Algis Budrys]], "Charting Paradise"
 +
* [[Christopher Priest]], "Outside the Whale"
 +
* [[John Sladek]], "Four Reasons for Reading [[Thomas M. Disch]]"
 +
* '''[[George Turner]], "[[Frederik Pohl]] as a Creator of Future Societies", and "[[Samuel Delany]]: Victim of Great Applause" (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1982===
 +
[[Tschaicon]], [[Melbourne]]
 +
 
 +
''Tschaicon was the “First Australasian Science Fiction Convention,” the [[Australian Natcon]] constitution having had "Australian" replaced with "Australasian" throughout; the award categories used "Australasian" rather than "Australian." During the con,  the constitution was modified again, to have "Australasian" changed back to "Australian."
 +
 
 +
==== 1982 Best Long Australasian Science Fiction or Fantasy====
 +
* ''The Anarch Lords'', [[A. Bertram Chandler]]
 +
* ''Bard'', [[Keith Taylor (author)|Keith Taylor]]
 +
* ''Behind the Wind'', [[Patricia Wrightson]]
 +
* ''City of Women'', [[David Ireland]]
 +
* '''''The Man Who Loved Morlocks'', [[David Lake]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1982 Best Short Australasian Science Fiction or Fantasy====
 +
* ''Armstrong'', [[Jack Wodhams]]
 +
* ''Tales of Mirric'', [[Elizabeth Travers]]
 +
* '''''Where Silence Rules'', [[Keith Taylor]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1982 Best International Fiction====
 +
* '''''The Affirmation'', [[Chris Priest]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''The Claw of the Conciliator'', [[Gene Wolfe]]
 +
* ''Radix'', [[A.A. Attanasio]]
 +
* ''The Sirian Experiments'', [[Doris Lessing]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1982 Best Australasian Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[Australian SF News]]'', [[Mervyn R. Binns]]
 +
* '''''[[Q36]]'', [[Marc Ortlieb]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[S.F. Commentary]]'', [[Bruce Gillespie]]
 +
* ''[[Thyme]]'', [[Andrew Brown]] and [[Irwin Hirsh]]
 +
* ''[[Weberwoman's Wrevenge]]'', [[Jean Weber]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1982 Best Australasian Fanwriter====
 +
* [[Leigh Edmonds]]
 +
* [[Judith Hanna]]
 +
* [[Eric B. Lindsay]]
 +
* '''[[Marc Ortlieb]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1982 Best Australasian SF or Fantasy Artist====
 +
* [[Steph Campbell]]
 +
* [[Chris Johnston]]
 +
* [[John Packer]]
 +
* '''[[Marilyn Pride]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1982 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* [[Damien Broderick]], "The Lately Great [[Alfred Bester]]", ''[[S.F. Commentary]]'' 62/66
 +
* [[Thomas Disch]], "The Labor Day Group" ''[[F&SF]]'', February 1981
 +
* '''[[Bruce Gillespie]], "Sing a Song of Daniel", ''[[S.F. Commentary]]'' 62/66 (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1983===
 +
[[Syncon '83]], [[Sydney]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1983 Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy====
 +
* '''''The Ones Who Walk Away Behind the Eyes'', [[Terry Dowling]], ''[[Omega]]'', May 1982 (winner)'''
 +
* ''The Lances of Nengesdul'', [[Keith Taylor]]
 +
* ''Vaneglory'', [[George Turner]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1983 Best International Fiction====
 +
* ''No Enemy But Time'', [[Michael Bishop]]
 +
* ''The One Tree'', [[Stephen R. Donaldson]]
 +
* '''''Ridley Walker'', [[Russell Hoban]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''Roderick'', [[John Sladek]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1983 Best Australian Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[Ornithopter]]'', [[Leigh Edmonds]]
 +
* '''''[[Q36]]'', [[Marc Ortlieb]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]]'', [[Van Ikin]]
 +
* ''[[Thyme]]'', [[Andrew Brown]], [[Irwin Hirsh]], [[Roger Weddall]]
 +
* ''[[Weberwoman's Wrevenge]]'', [[Jean Weber]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1983 Best Australian Fanwriter====
 +
* [[Terry Dowling]]
 +
* [[Leigh Edmonds]]
 +
* '''[[Marc Ortlieb]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1983 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist====
 +
* [[Kerrie Hanlon]]
 +
* [[Chris Johnston]]
 +
* '''[[Marilyn Pride]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Nick Stathopoulos]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1983 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist====
 +
* [[Terry Frost]]
 +
* [[Michael McGann]]
 +
* '''[[John Packer]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Jane Taubman]]
 +
* [[Julie Vaux]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1983 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor====
 +
* [[Neville Angove]]
 +
* [[Mervyn Binns]]
 +
* [[Ron L. Clarke]]
 +
* [[Paul Collins]]
 +
* '''[[Van Ikin]] (winner) '''
 +
* [[Norstrilia Press]] - [[Rob Gerrand]], [[Bruce Gillespie]] & [[Carey Handfield]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1983 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* '''[[Terry Dowling]], "Kirth Gersen: The Other Demon Prince", ''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]]'' 11 (winner)'''
 +
* [[Terry Dowling]], "The Lever of Life: Winning and Losing in the Fiction of [[Cordwainer Smith]]", ''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]]'' 10
 +
* [[Bruce Gillespie]], ''[[S.F. Commentary]], The First Year''
 +
 
 +
==== 1983 Special Award====
 +
* '''[[Robin Johnson]], Contribution to [[Fandom]]'''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1984===
 +
[[Eurekacon]], [[Melbourne]]
 +
 
 +
''There were insufficient nominations for the William Atheling, Jr Award.''
 +
 
 +
==== 1984 Best Australian Long Science Fiction or Fantasy====
 +
* ''The Tempting of the Witch King'', [[Russell Blackford]] (Cory & Collins)
 +
* ''The Judas Mandala'', [[Damien Broderick]] (Timescape)
 +
* ''Valencies'', [[Damien Broderick]] & [[Rory Barnes]] (University of Queensland Press)
 +
* ''Kelly Country'', [[A. Bertram Chandler|Bertram Chandler]] (Penguin)
 +
* '''''Yesterday's Men'', [[George Turner]], (Faber) (winner)'''
 +
* ''Thor's Hammer'', [[Wynne Whiteford]] (Cory & Collins)
 +
 
 +
==== 1984 Best Australian Short Science Fiction or Fantasy====
 +
* "Crystal Soldier", [[Russell Blackford]] (''Dreamworks'', ed. David King, Norstrilia Press)
 +
* "Life the Solitude", [[Kevin McKay]] (''Dreamworks'', ed. David King, Norstrilia Press)
 +
* "Land Deal", [[Gerald Murnane]] (''Dreamworks'', ed. David King, Norstrilia Press)
 +
* '''"Above Atlas His Shoulders", [[Andrew Whitmore]] (''Dreamworks'', ed. David King, Norstrilia Press) (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1984 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]] (Cory and Collins)
 +
* ''[[Dr. Who]]'' (BBC)
 +
* ''Pilgerman'', [[Russell Hoban]] (Jonathan Cape)
 +
* ''Yesterday's Men'', [[George Turner]] (Faber)
 +
* ''Thor's Hammer'', [[Wynne Whiteford]] (Cory & Collins)
 +
* '''No Award (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1984 Best Australian Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[Australian Science Fiction News]]'', [[Merv Binns]]
 +
* '''''[[Rataplan]]/[[Ornithopter]]'', [[Leigh Edmonds]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]]'', [[Van Ikin]]
 +
* ''[[Thyme]]'', [[Roger Weddall]]
 +
* ''[[Wahf-full]]'', [[Jack Herman]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1984 Best Australian Fanwriter====
 +
* '''[[Leigh Edmonds]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Terry Frost]]
 +
* [[Jack Herman]]
 +
* [[Seth Lockwood]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1984 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist====
 +
* [[Neville Bain]]
 +
* [[Steph Campbell]]
 +
* [[Michal Dutkiewicz|Mike Dutkiewicz]]
 +
* [[Chris Johnston]]
 +
* '''[[Nick Stathopoulos]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1984 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist====
 +
* [[Bill Flowers]]
 +
* [[Terry Frost]]
 +
* [[Craig Hilton]]
 +
* [[Mike McGann]]
 +
* '''[[John Packer]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Clint Strickland]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1984 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor====
 +
* [[Paul Collins]]
 +
* '''[[Van Ikin]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[David King]]
 +
* [[Norstrilia Press]] - [[Rob Gerrand]], [[Bruce Gillespie]] & [[Carey Handfield]]
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1985===
 +
[[Advention '85]], [[Adelaide]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1985 Best Australian Novel====
 +
* '''''Beast of Heaven'', [[Victor Kelleher]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''The Last Amazon'', [[A. Bertram Chandler]]
 +
* ''The Wild Ones'', [[A. Bertram Chandler]]
 +
* ''Suburbs of Hell'', [[Randolph Stow]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1985 Best Australian Short Fiction====
 +
* '''"Terrarium", [[Terry Dowling]], ''[[Omega]]'', May/June 1984 (winner)'''
 +
* "The Maze Man", [[Terry Dowling]], ''Men's Journal'', Summer 1984
 +
* "Resurrection", [[Damien Broderick]], ''[[IASFM]]'', August 1984
 +
* "Three Star Trek", Ron Ferguson, ''[[Omega]]'', Sept/October 1984
 +
 
 +
==== 1985 Best International Fiction====
 +
* '''''Neuromancer'', [[William Gibson]] (Ace) (winner)'''
 +
* ''The Final Encyclopedia'', [[Gordon R. Dickson]] (Tor)
 +
* ''Native Tongues'', [[Suzette Haden Elgin]], (DAW)
 +
* ''Damiano's Lute'', [[R. A. MacAvoy]] (Bantam)
 +
 
 +
==== 1985 Best Australian Fanzine====
 +
* '''''[[Australian SF News]]'', [[Merv Binns]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[The Mentor]]'', [[Ron L. Clarke]]
 +
* ''[[Rataplan]]'', [[Leigh Edmonds]]
 +
* ''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]]'', [[Van Ikin]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1985 Best Australian Fanwriter====
 +
* '''[[Leigh Edmonds]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[David Grigg]]
 +
* [[Leanne Frahm]]
 +
* [[Yvonne Rousseau]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1985 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist, Cartoonist or Illustrator====
 +
* '''[[Nick Stathopoulos]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Craig Hilton]]
 +
* [[Kerrie Hanlon]]
 +
* [[Peter Reading]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1985 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor====
 +
* [[Paul Collins]]
 +
* [[Van Ikin]]
 +
* [[Philip Gore]]
 +
* '''[[Bruce Gillespie]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1985 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Dramatic Presentation====
 +
* ''Boiling Frog'', Stage play with productions in [[Adelaide]] & [[Sydney]]
 +
* ''Beach Blanket Tempest'', Rock Fantasy stage musical (Half Moon Production)
 +
* ''Iceman'', Fred Schepisi, Director
 +
* ''Iceman'', Bruce Smeaton, Musical score
 +
* ''Thief of Sydney'', Animated feature 15 minutes
 +
* '''''Kindred Spirits'', ABC Telemovie (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1985 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* '''[[George Turner]], ''In The Heart or in the Head'' (winner)'''
 +
* [[John Foyster]], Article on [[George Turner]], ''[[ASFN]]'' 1984
 +
* [[Damien Broderick]], ''SF Reviews, "The Age"'', 1984
 +
* [[John Baxter]], SF Reviews, ''The Australian'', 1984
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1986===
 +
[[Swancon XI]], [[Perth]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1986 Best Australian Science Fiction Novel====
 +
* ''Landscape With Landscapes'', [[Gerald Murnane]] (Norstrilia)
 +
* '''''Illywacker'', [[Peter Carey]] (UQP) (winner)'''
 +
* ''Changelings of Cha'an'', [[David Lake]] (Hyland House)
 +
* ''The Transing Syndrome'', [[Kurt von Trojan]] (Rigby)
 +
 
 +
==== 1986 Best Australian Short Fiction====
 +
* "The Twist of Fate", [[David Grigg]], ''Urban Fantasies''
 +
* "Glass Reptile Breakout", [[Russell Blackford]], ''Strange Attractors''
 +
* "Montage", [[Lucy Sussex]], ''Urban Fantasies''
 +
* "The Fittest", [[George Turner]], ''Urban Fantasies''
 +
* "Lipton Village Society", [[Lucy Sussex]], ''Strange Attractors''
 +
* '''"The Bullet That Grows in the Gun", [[Terry Dowling]], ''Urban Fantasies'' (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1986 Best International Fiction====
 +
* ''Devil in a Forest'', [[Gene Wolfe]] (Granada)
 +
* ''Tik-Tok'', [[John Sladek]] (Corgi)
 +
* ''Free Live Free'', [[Gene Wolfe]] ([[Gollancz]])
 +
* ''Peace'', [[Gene Wolfe]] (Chatto)
 +
* '''''Compass Rose'', [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] (Bantam, also Underwood & Miller, and Harper and Row) (winner)'''
 +
* ''Elleander Morning'', [[Jerry Yulsman]] (Orbit/Futura)
 +
 
 +
==== 1986 Best Australian Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[The Notional]]'', [[Leigh Edmonds]]
 +
* '''''[[The Metaphysical Review]]'', [[Bruce Gillespie]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[Thyme]]'', [[Roger Weddall]] & [[Peter Burns]]
 +
* ''[[Tigger]]'', [[Marc Ortlieb]]
 +
* ''[[Sikander]]'', [[Irwin Hirsh]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1986 Best Australian Fanwriter====
 +
* [[Bruce Gillespie]]
 +
* [[Damien Broderick]]
 +
* '''[[Leigh Edmonds]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Yvonne Rousseau]]
 +
* [[Marc Ortlieb]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1986 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist====
 +
* [[Lewis Morley]]
 +
* [[John Packer]]
 +
* [[Betty deGabrielle]]
 +
* '''[[Nick Stathopoulos]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Marilyn Pride]]
 +
* [[Craig Hilton]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1986 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* [[Norman Talbot]]
 +
* [[Russell Blackford]]
 +
* '''[[George Turner]], "''Neuromancer'' et al." (winner)'''
 +
* [[Yvonne Rousseau]]
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1987===
 +
[[Capcon]], [[Canberra]]
 +
 
 +
====1987 Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel====
 +
* '''''Bard III: The Wild Sea'', [[Keith Taylor]] ([[Ace]]) (winner)'''
 +
* "Oasis", [[Patrick Urth]], ''[[Aphelion]]'' 1–4
 +
* ''Taronga'', [[Victor Kelleher]] (Viking Kestrel)
 +
* ''The Black Grail'', [[Damien Broderick]] (Avon)
 +
* ''Adventures of Christian Rosy Cross'', [[David Foster]] (Penguin)
 +
 
 +
====1987 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]] (winner)'''
 +
* "Time of the Star", [[Terry Dowling]], ''[[Aphelion]]'' 3
 +
* "A Dragon Between His Fingers", [[Terry Dowling]], ''[[Omega]]'', May/June
 +
* "For the Man Who Has Everything", [[Chris Simmons]], ''[[Aphelion]]'' 1
 +
 
 +
====1987 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]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
====1987 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist====
 +
* '''[[Craig Hilton]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Nick Stathopoulos]]
 +
* [[Kerrie Hanlon]]
 +
* [[Betty deGabriele]]
 +
* [[John Packer]]
 +
 
 +
====1987 Outstanding Contribution to Australian Fandom====
 +
* '''[[Carey Handfield]], T. R. O. (The Real Official)'' (winner)'''
 +
* [[Jessica Aldridge]]
 +
* [[Peter McNamara]]
 +
* [[Michelle Muijsert]]
 +
* [[John Foyster]]
 +
 
 +
====1987 William Atheling, Jr.  Award====
 +
* '''[[Russell Blackford]], ''Debased and Lascivious'' (winner)'''
 +
* [[Dave Luckett]]
 +
* [[Margaret Winch]], ''Frank's Tank''
 +
* [[Michael J. Tolley]]
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1988===
 +
[[Conviction]], [[Sydney]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1988 Best Australian Long Fiction====
 +
* '''''For as Long as You Burn'', [[Terry Dowling]], ''[[Aphelion]]'' 5 (winner)'''
 +
* ''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)
 +
 
 +
==== 1988 Best Australian Short Fiction====
 +
* ''The Dirty Little Unicorn'', [[Stephen Dedman]]
 +
* '''"The Last Elephant", [[Terry Dowling]], ''Australian Short Stories'' #20 (winner)'''
 +
* "Marmordesse", [[Terry Dowling]], ''[[Omega]]'', January 1987
 +
* "The Supramarket", [[Leanne Frahm]], ''[[Doom City]]''
 +
* "The Celestial Intervention Agency", [[Karen Herkes]], ''[[Time Loop]]'' #70
 +
 
 +
==== 1988 Best Australian Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[Australian Science Fiction Review#Second Series|Australian Science Fiction Review]]'', [[Melbourne Collective]], eds.
 +
* ''[[Larrikin]]'', [[Irwin Hirsh]], [[Perry Middlemiss]]
 +
* '''''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]]'', [[Van Ikin]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[The Space Wastrel]]'', [[Mark Loney]], [[Michelle Muijsert]], [[Julian Warner]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1988 Best Australian Fan Writer====
 +
* [[Karen Herkes]]
 +
* [[Jack R. Herman]]
 +
* [[Irwin Hirsh]]
 +
* [[Van Ikin]]
 +
* '''[[Perry Middlemiss]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1988 Best Fan Artist====
 +
* [[Donna Angus]]
 +
* [[Kerrie Hanlon]]
 +
* [[Craig Hilton]]
 +
* [[David Kenyon]]
 +
* [[Stephen McArthur]]
 +
* '''[[Lewis Morley]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1988 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* [[Russell Blackford]], "Deconstructing the Demon: [[John Calvin Batchelor]]'s Novels" ''[[Australian Science Fiction Review#Second Series|ASFR]]'' #11
 +
* [[Richard Erlich]] & [[Peter Hall]], "A Prefilmic, Post-Poststructurialist Prostruction of Alien/Alien3", ''[[Australian Science Fiction Review#Second Series|ASFR]]'' #11
 +
* [[John Foyster]], Review of ''Trillion Year Spree'', ''[[Australian Science Fiction Review#Second Series|ASFR]]'' #7
 +
* '''[[Van Ikin]], "Mirror Reversals and the [[Tolkien]] Writing Game", ''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]]'' #25 (winner)'''
 +
* [[Susan Margaret]], "Structural Analysis of [[SF]]. Why?", ''[[The Space Wastrel]]''
 +
* [[Janeen Webb]], "I Know Who I Am, But What is my Brand Name?"
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1989===
 +
[[Swancon 14]], [[Perth]]
 +
 
 +
====1989 Best Australian Long Fiction====
 +
* '''''Striped Holes'', [[Damien Broderick]] (Avon) (winner)'''
 +
* ''West of the Moon'', [[David Lake]] (Hyland)
 +
* ''Huaco of the Golden God'', [[Carolyn Logan]] (A&R)
 +
* ''Beyond The Labyrinth'', [[Gillian Rubinstein]], (Hyland)
 +
 
 +
====1989 Best Australian Short Fiction====
 +
* "A Tale of Nine Cats", [[Katherine Cummings]], [[Conviction]] [[Programme Book]]
 +
* "Scatter My Ashes", [[Greg Egan]], ''[[Interzone]]'' #23
 +
* "Things Fall Apart", [[Philippa Maddern]], ''Matilda at the Speed of Light''
 +
* "The Colors of the Masters", [[Sean McMullen]], ''[[F&SF]]'' March 1988
 +
* '''"My Lady Tongue", [[Lucy Sussex]], ''Matilda at the Speed of Light'' (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1989 Best International Fiction====
 +
* ''Dawn'', [[Octavia Butler]] ([[Gollancz]])
 +
* '''''Seventh Son'', [[Orson Scott Card]] (Legend) (winner)'''
 +
* ''Aegypt'', [[John Crowley]] ([[Gollancz]])
 +
* ''Mona Lisa Overdrive'', [[William Gibson]] ([[Gollancz]])
 +
* ''On Stranger Tides'', [[Tim Powers]] (Grafton)
 +
* ''Life During Wartime'', [[Lucius Shepard]] (Grafton)
 +
* ''Islands in the Net'', [[Bruce Sterling]] (Century)
 +
 
 +
==== 1989 Best Australian Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[Australian Science Fiction Review#Second Series|ASFR]]'', [[The Science Fiction Collective]]
 +
* '''''[[Get Stuffed]]'', [[Jacob Blake]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[Larrikin]]'', [[Perry Middlemiss]] & [[Irwin Hirsh]]
 +
* ''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]]'', [[Van Ikin]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1989 Best Australian Fanwriter====
 +
* '''[[Bruce Gillespie]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Jack Herman]]
 +
* [[Van Ikin]]
 +
* [[Perry Middlemiss]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1989 Best Fan Artist====
 +
* '''[[Ian Gunn]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Kerrie Hanlon]]
 +
* [[Craig Hilton]]
 +
* [[Mike McGann]]
 +
* [[Kiera McKenzie]]
 +
* [[Phil Wlodarczyk]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1989 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* '''[[Russell Blackford]], ''[[Australian Science Fiction Review#Second Series|ASFR]]''  [[articles]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Martin Bridgestock]], "Sea & Summer", ''[[Australian Science Fiction Review#Second Series|ASFR]]'', and "Counter Earth/Counter Humanity", ''[[Metaphysical Review]]''
 +
* [[Janeen Webb]], ''[[Australian Science Fiction Review#Second Series|ASFR]]'' [[articles]]
 +
* [[Arthur Webster]], "Speaker for the Dead", ''[[Get Stuffed]]''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1990===
 +
[[Danse Macabre]], [[Melbourne]]
 +
 
 +
====1990 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]]) (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
====1990 Best Australian Short Fiction====
 +
* '''[[Terry Dowling]], "The Quiet Redemption of Andy the House", ''Australian Short Stories'' #26 (June 1989) (winner)'''
 +
* [[Rosaleen Love]], "If You Go Down to the Park Today", ''Total Devotion Machine''
 +
* [[Rosaleen Love]], "Total Devotion Machine", ''Total Devotion Machine''
 +
* [[Petrina Smith]], "Over the Edge", ''Mirrors: Redress Novellas''
 +
 
 +
====1990 Best Australian Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[Australian Science Fiction Review#Second Series|ASFR]]'', [[SF Collective]]
 +
* '''''[[Ethel the Aardvark]]'', [[Melbourne Science Fiction Club]] (winner)'''
 +
*''[[Get Stuffed]]'', [[Jacob Blake]]
 +
*''[[Sweetness and Light]]'', [[Jack Herman]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1990 Best Australian Fanwriter====
 +
* [[Terry Frost]]
 +
* '''[[Bruce Gillespie]] (winner-tie)'''
 +
* '''[[Ian Gunn]] (winner-tie)'''
 +
* [[Jack R. Herman]]
 +
* [[Yvonne Hintz]]
 +
* [[Alan Stewart]]
 +
 
 +
====1990 Best Fan Artist====
 +
* '''[[Ian Gunn]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Kerrie Hanlon]]
 +
* [[Craig Hilton]]
 +
* [[Phil Wlodarczyk]]
 +
 
 +
====1990 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
''Withdrawn for insufficient nominations.''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1991===
 +
[[Suncon]], [[Brisbane]]
 +
 
 +
====1991 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 Smith]] & [[Womble]]''
 +
* Satan, ''human: [[Phil Wlodarczyk]]''
 +
* Truffle, ''humans: [[Mark Loney]] & [[Michelle Muijsert]]''
 +
* '''Typo, ''human: [[Roger Weddall]]'' (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
====1991 Best Australian Novel or Anthology====
 +
* ''A Pursuit of Miracles'', [[George Turner]](Aphelion)
 +
* ''Fortress of Eternity'', [[Andrew Whitmore]] (Avon)
 +
* ''My Lady Tongue and Other Tales'', [[Lucy Sussex]] (William Heinemann)
 +
* '''''Rynosseros'', [[Terry Dowling]] (Aphelion) (winner)'''
 +
* ''The Specialist'', [[Wynne Whiteford]] ([[Ace]])
 +
 
 +
====1991 Best Australian Short Fiction====
 +
* "Generation Gap", [[George Turner]], ''A Pursuit of Miracles'' (Aphelion)
 +
* "God and Her Black Sense of Humour", [[Lucy Sussex]], ''My Lady Tongue and Other Tales''  (William Heinemann)
 +
* "Red Ochre", [[Lucy Sussex]], ''My Lady Tongue and Other Tales'' (William Heinemann)
 +
* "The Caress", [[Greg Egan]], ''[[Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine]]'', January 1990
 +
* "Turtle Soup", [[Rosaleen Love]], ''[[Eidolon]]'', December 1990
 +
* '''"While the Gate is Open", [[Sean McMullen]], ''[[F&SF]]'', March 1990 (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
====1991 Best Fanzine====
 +
* '''''[[Australian Science Fiction Review#Second Series| Australian Science Fiction Review, (Second Series)]]'', [[Science Fiction Collective]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[Doxa!]]'', [[Roman Orszanski]]
 +
* ''[[Doxy]]'', [[John Foyster]]
 +
* ''[[Ethel the Aardvark]]'', [[Alan Stewart]]
 +
* ''[[Pink]]'', [[Karen Pender-Gunn]]
 +
* ''[[StunGunn]]'', [[Ian Gunn]]
 +
 
 +
====1991 Best Australian Fan Artist====
 +
* '''[[Ian Gunn]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Craig Hilton]]
 +
* [[Marion Plumridge]]
 +
* [[Phil Wlodarczyk]]
 +
 
 +
====1991 Best Australian Fan Writer====
 +
* [[Terry Frost]]
 +
* '''[[Bruce Gillespie]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Ian Gunn]]
 +
* [[Marc Ortlieb]]
 +
* [[Alan Stewart]]
 +
 
 +
====1991 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* [[Russell Blackford]], "Analogues of Anomie: [[Lee Harding]]'s Novels" in ''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]]'' 30 & ''[[Australian Science Fiction Review#Second Series|Australian Science Fiction Review (Second Series)]]''
 +
* '''[[Bruce Gillespie]], "The Non-[[SF]] Novels of [[Philip K. Dick]]" presented at the [[Nova Mob]] and published in [[ANZAPA]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Peter Nicholls]], "Fantastic World" reviews in the ''Melbourne Sunday Herald''
 +
* [[Alan Stewart]], Reviews in ''[[Ethel the Aardvark]]'' and ''[[SF Commentary]]''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1992===
 +
[[Syncon]], [[Sydney]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1992 Best Novel or Collection====
 +
* ''From Sea to Shining Star'', [[A. Bertram Chandler]]
 +
* '''''Wormwood'', [[Terry Dowling]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''Brother Night'', [[Victor Kelleher]]
 +
* ''[[Del-Del]]'', [[Victor Kelleher]]
 +
* ''Brainchild'', [[George Turner]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1992 Best Short Fiction====
 +
* "Vanities", [[Terry Dowling]]
 +
* "Nobody's Fool", [[Terry Dowling]]
 +
* "A Deadly Edge Their Red Beaks Pass Along", [[Terry Dowling]]
 +
* "Olive Truffles", [[Leanne Frahm]]
 +
* "The Dominant Style", [[Sean McMullen]]
 +
* '''"Alone in his Chariot", [[Sean McMullen]]  (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
==== 1992 Best Fanzine====
 +
* '''''[[Eidolon]]'', [[Jeremy Byrne]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[Ethel the Aardvark]]'', [[Alan Stewart]]
 +
* ''[[Inconsequential Parallax]]'', [[Tim Richards]] & [[Narrelle Harris]]
 +
* ''[[Thyme]]'', [[LynC]] & [[Clive Newall]]
 +
* ''[[Thyme]]'', [[Greg Hills]] & [[Mark Loney]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1992 Best Fan Writer====
 +
* [[James Allen]]
 +
* [[Terry Frost]]
 +
* '''[[Bruce Gillespie]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Greg Hills]]
 +
* [[Alan Stewart]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1992 Best SF or Fantasy Artist====
 +
* '''[[Ian Gunn]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Craig Hilton]]
 +
* [[Nick Stathopoulos]]
 +
* [[Phil Wlodarczyk]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1992 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* "[[Jonathan Carroll]], Storyteller", [[Bruce Gillespie]]
 +
* '''"Going Commercial", [[Sean McMullen]] (winner)'''
 +
* Review of ''The Fantastic Civil War'', [[Blair Ramage]]
 +
 
 +
==== 1992 Special Award for Services to Fandom====
 +
* '''[[Susan Batho]]'''
 +
* '''[[Ron Clarke]]'''
 +
* '''[[Jack Herman]]'''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1993===
 +
[[Swancon 18]], [[Perth]]
 +
 
 +
====1993 Best Long Fiction====
 +
* ''Blue Tyson'', [[Terry Dowling]]
 +
* '''''Quarantine'', [[Greg Egan]] (winner) '''
 +
* ''Back Door Man'', [[Ian M. Hails]]
 +
* ''Call to the Edge'', [[Sean McMullen]]
 +
* ''Brainchild'', [[George Turner]]
 +
* ''And Disregards the Rest'', [[Paul Voermans]]
 +
 
 +
====1993 Best Short Fiction====
 +
* "Privateer's Moon", [[Terry Dowling]]
 +
* "Ship's Eye", [[Terry Dowling]]
 +
* '''"Closer", [[Greg Egan]] (winner)'''
 +
* "Worthless", [[Greg Egan]]
 +
* "The Seas of Castle Hill Road", [[Rick Kennett]]
 +
* "It's All in the Way You Look at It", [[Michael Pryor]]
 +
 
 +
====1993 Best Periodical====
 +
* Slow Glass Books Catalog, [[Justin Ackroyd]]
 +
* '''''[[Eidolon]]'', [[Jeremy Byrne]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[Ethel the Aardvark]]'', [[Alan Stewart]]
 +
* ''[[Thyme]]'', [[Alan Stewart]]
 +
* ''[[Aurealis]]'', [[Dirk Strasser]] & [[Stephen Higgins]]
 +
 
 +
====1993 Best Fan Writer====
 +
* [[Paul Ewings]]
 +
* [[Terry Frost]]
 +
* '''[[Robin Pen]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Karen Pender-Gunn]]
 +
* [[Alan Stewart]]
 +
* [[Roger Weddall]]
 +
 
 +
====1993 Best Artwork====
 +
* "Fanimals", [[Ian Gunn]]
 +
* ''Space Time Buckaneers'', [[Ian Gunn]]
 +
* 1992 Ditmar Award, [[Lewis Morley]]
 +
* '''Cover art for ''Blue Tyson'', [[Nick Stathopoulos]] (winner)'''
 +
* "Relics", [[Shaun Tan]]
 +
* "Snowman", [[Leisl Yvette]]
 +
 
 +
====1993 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* "Five Go Camping with 12-01 Club", [[Paul Ewings]]
 +
* "[[James Morrow]] and the Erni", [[Bruce Gillespie]]
 +
* '''"Australian [[SF]] [[Art]] Turns 50", [[Sean McMullen]] (winner)'''
 +
* "From Fantasy to Gallileo", [[Sean McMullen]]
 +
* Reviews in ''[[Ethel the Aardvark]]'', [[Karen Pender-Gunn]]
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1994===
 +
[[Constantinople]], [[Melbourne]]
 +
 
 +
====1994 Best Long Fiction or Collection====
 +
* '''''The Destiny Makers'', [[George Turner]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''Graffiti'', [[Dirk Strasser]]
 +
* ''Twilight Beach'', [[Terry Dowling]]
 +
* ''The Weird Colonial Boy'', [[Paul Voermans]]
 +
 
 +
====1994 Best Short Fiction====
 +
* '''"Catalyst", [[Leanne Frahm]], ''Terror Australis'' (winner)'''
 +
* "Starbaby", [[Rosaleen Love]], ''[[Overland]]'', December 93
 +
* "The Lottery", [[Lucy Sussex]], ''[[Overland]]'', December 93
 +
* "Ghosts of the Fall", [[Sean Williams]], ''[[Writers of the Future]] IX''
 +
 
 +
====1994 Best Professional Art Work====
 +
* [[Galaxy Bookshop]] Dragon, [[Lewis Morley]]
 +
* '''''Twilight Beach'' Cover, [[Nick Stathopoulos]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
====1994 Best Fan Writer====
 +
* [[Paul Ewins]]
 +
* [[Terry Frost]]
 +
* '''[[Bruce Gillespie]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Jan MacNally]]
 +
 
 +
====1994 Best Fan Artist====
 +
* [[Ian Gunn]]
 +
* [[Craig Hilton]]
 +
* [[Pamela Rendall]]
 +
* [[Steve Scholz]]
 +
* '''[[Kerry Valkova]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Phil Wlodarczyk]]
 +
 
 +
====1994 Best Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[Black Light]]''
 +
* '''''[[Ethel the Aardvark]]'' (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[Get Stuffed]]''
 +
* ''[[SF Commentary]]''
 +
* ''[[The Mentor]]''
 +
* ''[[Thyme]]''
 +
 
 +
====1994 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* "Five Bikers of the Apocalypse", [[Leigh Edmonds]], ''[[Eidolon]]'' #12
 +
* '''"SF Sucks", [[James Allen]], ''[[Get Stuffed]]'' #6 (winner)'''
 +
* "[[Robert Silverberg|Silverberg]] Not Moving", [[Damien Broderick]], ''[[SF Commentary]]'' 73/74/75
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1995===
 +
[[Thylacon]], [[Hobart]]
 +
 
 +
====1995 Best Australian Long Fiction====
 +
* ''Deersnake'', [[Lucy Sussex]] (Hodder)
 +
* ''Genetic Soldier'', [[George Turner]] (William Morrow)
 +
* '''''Permutation City'', [[Greg Egan]] (Millennium) (winner)'''
 +
* ''Voices in the Light'', [[Sean McMullen]] (Aphelion)
 +
 
 +
====1995 Best Australian Short Fiction====
 +
* '''"Cocoon", [[Greg Egan]], ''[[Asimov's]]'', May 1994 (winner)'''
 +
* "Jinx Ship", [[Leanne Frahm]], ''The Patternmaker''
 +
* "Land's End", [[Leanne Frahm]], ''Alien Shores''
 +
* "Our Lady of Chernobyl", [[Greg Egan]], ''Interzone'' 83, May 1994
 +
* "The Patternmaker", [[Dave Luckett]], ''The Patternmaker''
 +
 
 +
====1995 Best Professional Artwork====
 +
* '''[[Shaun Tan]], for artwork in ''[[Aurealis]]'' and ''[[Eidolon]]'' (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
====1995 Best Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[Gegenschein]]'', [[Eric Lindsay]]
 +
* ''[[The Mentor]]'', [[Ron Clarke]]
 +
* ''[[Sirius]]'', [[Garry Wyatt]]
 +
* '''''[[Thyme]]'', [[Alan Stewart]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
====1995 Best Fan Writer====
 +
* '''[[Terry Frost]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Ian Gunn]]
 +
* [[Graham Stone]]
 +
 
 +
====1995 Best Fan Artist====
 +
* '''[[Ian Gunn]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Kerri Valkova]]
 +
 
 +
====1995 Special Committee Award====
 +
* '''[[Peter Nicholls]]'''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1996===
 +
[[Swancon 21]], [[Perth]]
 +
 
 +
====1996 Best Long Fiction====
 +
* ''An Intimate Knowledge of the Night'', [[Terry Dowling]] (Aphelion)
 +
* '''''Mirrorsun Rising'', [[Sean McMullen]] (Aphelion) (winner)'''
 +
* ''Sabriel'', [[Garth Nix]] (Moonstone/Harper Collins)
 +
* ''She's Fantastical'', [[Lucy Sussex]] & [[Judith Buckrich]] (Sybylla)
 +
* ''The Unknown Soldier'', [[Sean Williams]] & [[Shane Dix]] (Aphelion)
 +
 
 +
==== 1996 Best Short Fiction====
 +
* "Entropy", [[Leanne Frahm]], ''She's Fantastical'' (Sybylla)
 +
* '''"Schrödinger's Fridge", [[Ian Gunn]], ''[[Aurealis]]'' #15 (winner)'''
 +
* "A Sky Full of Ravens", [[Sue Isle]], ''She's Fantastical'' (Sybylla)
 +
* "Angel Thing", [[Petrina Smith]], ''She's Fantastical'' (Sybylla)
 +
* "A Map of the Mines of Barnath", [[Sean Williams]], ''[[Eidolon]]'' #16
 +
* "The Perfect Gun", [[Sean Williams]], ''[[Eidolon]]'' #17/18
 +
 
 +
====1996 Best Publication/Fanzine/Periodical====
 +
* '''''[[Eidolon]]'', [[Jeremy G. Byrne|J. Byrne]], [[Richard Scriven|R. Scriven]] & [[Jonathan Strahan|J. Strahan]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''[[Ethel the Aardvark]]'', []Paul Ewins]]
 +
* ''[[The Metaphysical Review]]'', [[Bruce Gillespie]]
 +
* ''[[Pinkette]]'', [[Karen Pender-Gunn]]
 +
* ''[[Thyme]]'', [[Alan Stewart]]
 +
 
 +
====1996 Best Artwork====
 +
* ''[[Thyme]]'' 106 (Cover), [[Ian Gunn]]
 +
* ''An Intimate Knowledge of the Night'' (Cover), [[Nick Stathopoulos]]
 +
* '''''[[Eidolon]]'' 19 (Cover), [[Shaun Tan]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
====1996 Best Non-Professional/Fan Writer====
 +
* [[Terry Frost]]
 +
* '''[[Ian Gunn]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Cheryl Morgan]]
 +
* [[Alan Stewart]]
 +
 
 +
====1996 Best Non-Professional/Fan Artist====
 +
* '''[[Ian Gunn]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Steve Scholz]]
 +
* [[Kerri Valkova]]
 +
 
 +
====1996 William Atheling, Jr. Award====
 +
* ''Reading by Starlight'', [[Damien Broderick]] (Routledge)
 +
* '''"The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction", [[Bill Congreve]], [[Sean McMullen]] & [[Steven Paulsen]], ''The Scream Factory'' #16 (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===1997===
 +
[[Basicon 2]], [[Melbourne]]
 +
 
 +
====1997 Best Australian Long Fiction====
 +
* ''Dreamweavers'', [[Paul Collins]] (ed.) (Penguin Books)
 +
* ''The Memory Cathedral'', [[Jack Dann]] (Bantam)
 +
* '''''Scarlet Rider'', [[Lucy Sussex]] (Tor/Forge) (winner)'''
 +
* ''Metal Fatigue'', [[Sean Williams]] (Harper Collins)
 +
 
 +
====1997 Best Australian Short Fiction====
 +
* '''"The Sword of God", [[Russell Blackford]] (winner)'''
 +
* ''Dreamweavers'', [[Paul Collins]] (ed.) (Penguin Books)
 +
* "The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse", [[Terry Dowling]], ''[[Interzone]]'' #106
 +
* "Borderline", [[Leanne Frahm]], ''Borderline'' (Mirrordanse Books)
 +
* ''The Stray Cat'', [[Steven Paulsen]] (Lothian)
 +
 
 +
==== 1997 Best Fanzine====
 +
* ''[[The Communicator]]'', [[Derek Screen]]
 +
* ''[[Emerald City]]'', [[Cheryl Morgan]]
 +
* ''[[Oscillation Overthruster]]'', [[Sue Ann Barber]]
 +
* ''[[Pinkette]]'', [[Karen Pender-Gunn]]
 +
* ''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]]'', [[Van Ikin]]
 +
* '''''[[Thyme]]'', [[Alan Stewart]] (winner)'''
 +
 
 +
====1997 Best Fan Writer====
 +
* [[Terry Frost]]
 +
* '''[[Bruce Gillespie]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Ian Gunn]]
 +
* [[Cheryl Morgan]]
 +
* [[Karen Pender-Gunn]]
 +
 
 +
====1997 Best Fan Artist====
 +
* '''[[Ian Gunn]] (winner)'''
 +
* [[Steve Scholz]]
 +
* [[Kerri Valkova]]
 +
* [[Phil Wlodarczyk]]
 +
 
 +
====1997 Best Professional Artwork====
 +
* [[Trudi Canavan]] for art in ''[[Aurealis]]'' #17, and ''[[Eidolon]]'' #22/23
 +
* Norm Hetherington & Margaret Hetherington for ''Mr Squiggle'', ABC TV
 +
* '''[[Elizabeth Kyle]], Cover of ''Dreamweavers'' (winner)'''
 +
* [[Shaun Tan]] for artwork in ''[[Eidolon]]'' and the cover of ''The Stray Cat''
 +
* [[Jason Towers]] for "Valdo Over Evora" cover, ''[[Australian Realms]]'' #28
 +
 
 +
====1997 William Atheling, Jr. Award ====
 +
* [[Russell Blackford]], for "The Tiger in the Prison House", ''[[Science Fiction (Ikin)]]'' #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]]'' (winner)'''
 +
* [[Janeen Webb]], for "Post human [[SF]]: Lost in [[Cyberspace]]", The [[Festival of the Imagination 1996]] [[Programme Book]]
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===2020===
 +
[[Swancon 2020]], [[Perth]]
 +
 
 +
''The convention was cancelled due to [[Covid-19]]. There were insufficient nominations for the Best Artwork and Best Fan Artist categories. The awards ceremony was held online with short notice on 19 September 2020. The date conflicted with Rosh Hashana, which meant that neither the Best Novel nor the Best Short Fiction winners could participate.''
 +
 
 +
====2020 Best Novel====
 +
* ''Claiming T-Mo'', [[Eugen Bacon]], [[Meerkat Press]].
 +
*'''''The Year of the Fruit Cake'', [[Gillian Polack]], IFWG Publishing Australia (winner).'''
 +
 
 +
====2020 Best Short Fiction====
 +
* "into bones like oil", [[Kaaron Warren]], [[Meerkat Press]].
 +
*''' "Whom My Soul Loves", [[Rivqa Rafael]], in ''[[Strange Horizons]]'', 11 November 2019 (winner).'''
 +
 
 +
====2020 Best Collected Work====
 +
*''' ''Collision'', [[J. S. Breukelaar]], [[Meerkat Press]].'''
 +
 
 +
====2020 Best Fan Publication in Any Medium====
 +
*'''''[[Be The Serpent]]'' podcast, [[Alexandra Rowland]], [[Jennifer Mace]] and [[Freya Marske]] (winner-tie)'''
 +
*'''''[[SF Commentary]]'', [[Bruce Gillespie]] (winner-tie).'''
 +
 
 +
====2020 Best Fan Writer====
 +
* [[Bruce Gillespie]], for writing in ''[[SF Commentary]]''.
 +
*'''[[Elizabeth Fitzgerald]], for reviews in ''[[Skiffy and Fanty]]'' (winner).'''
 +
 
 +
====2020 Best New Talent====
 +
*'''[[Freya Marske]] (winner).'''
 +
 
 +
====2020 William Atheling, Jr. Award for Criticism or Review====
 +
* [[Eugen Bacon]], for ''Writing Speculative Fiction'', Red Globe Press.
 +
*'''[[Grant Watson]], for reviews on ''FictionMachine'' (winner).'''
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===2021===
 +
''Was to have been awarded at [[Conflux 16]], [[Canberra]], but the convention was postponed due to [[Covid-19]] and the awards were presented virtually on November 20, 2021.''
 +
 
 +
====2021 Best Novel====
 +
* ''The Left-Handed Booksellers of London'', [[Garth Nix]], Allen & Unwin
 +
====2021 Best Novella or Novelette====
 +
* ‘Flyaway’, [[Kathleen Jennings]], Pan Macmillan Australia
 +
====2021 Best Short Story====
 +
* ‘The Calenture’, [[Kaaron Warren]], in Of Gods and Globes 2
 +
====2021 Best Collected Work====
 +
* ''Dark Harvest'', [[Cat Sparks]], NewCon Press
 +
====2021 Best Artwork====
 +
* Illustrations, [[Kathleen Jennings]], for ''Mother Thorn and other tales of courage and kindness'', Serenity Press
 +
====2021 Best Fan Writer====
 +
* [[Bruce Gillespie]], for writing in ''[[SF Commentary]]''
 +
====2021 Best Fan Artist====
 +
* Lyss Wickramasinghe, for fanart on Tumblr including Elsie, Hold On, The Gem and the Other and Vesuvia Pride
 +
====2021 Best Fan Publication in Any Medium====
 +
* The Coode Street Podcast, [[Jonathan Strahan]] and [[Gary K. Wolfe]]
 +
====2021 Best New Talent====
 +
* Nikky Lee
 +
====2021 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review====
 +
* [[Terry Frost]], for reviews in Terry Talks Movies, YouTube.
 +
 
 +
 
 +
{{award | start=1969}}
 
[[Category:australia]]
 
[[Category:australia]]

Latest revision as of 04:31, 3 October 2023

The Ditmars are the Australian Science Fiction Achievement Awards.


Contents

History[edit]

The name arose via a joke. At a committee meeting to decide the name of the proposed award, lengthy discussions had gotten around to considering people the award might be named after. Someone suggested that a person thus honoured might be persuaded to fund the awards.

Dick (Martin James Ditmar) Jenssen seized an opportunity to relieve tedium by hazarding that he would be willing to pay for the awards if they were named "Ditmar" awards. What, he was asked, is a Ditmar? "Digital Integrating and Tabulating Mechanism for the Advancement of Research", he told them.

His offer was accepted, and he subsequently found himself paying for the awards for some years longer than he'd anticipated.

Nowadays, the awards process for the Ditmar Awards involves separate rounds for nominations and votes, but back in 1970 there was just a single round of voting. Also, a points system was used to determine winners that year.

In 1982, the Australian Natcon, Tschaicon, was billed as "the First Australasian SF Convention", and the Ditmar Awards presented that year were, at least in theory, Australasian awards.

In 2002, and again in 2010, Ditmar received a Ditmar. (Other instances of fans receiving awards named after themselves were when Forrest J Ackerman received a Forry Award in 2002 and K. Martin Carlson a Kaymar Award in 1984.)

In 2012, Robin Pen received a Ditmar Award for his "The Ballad of the Unrequited Ditmar", the Ditmar of that title being a Ditmar Award from the previous year.

Ditmar Rules (archived).

William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]

The William Atheling, Jr. Award for Criticism or Review is a Special Category under the Ditmar Awards. "The Athelings", as they are known for short, are awarded for excellence in SF and speculative criticism.

They are named for the pseudonym used by SF author James Blish for his critical writing.

The award was first presented as part of the Ditmar Award ceremony, at Bofcon, the 15th Australian National Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne in August 1976.

Nowadays, the William Atheling, Jr. Award for Criticism or Review is considered a Ditmar Award. However, there was a time when the constitution governing the Australian Natcons referred to it as a separate award. It is still classified as a "special award."

The history of nominations for the award indicates that it has not always been restricted to Australians. In 1989, the last year in which there was a Ditmar Award for International Fiction, there were published eligibility criteria for the William Atheling, Jr. Award that required the work to have been published in Australia, but did not require the author to be Australian.

Ditmar Award for Best Fannish Cat[edit]

In 1991, a Ditmar Award for Best Fannish Cat was presented at SunCon (in Brisbane, Australia). The Business Meeting at that convention voted to demote the award from a Ditmar Award to a Special Award of the Convention. However, that decision was reversed at the Business Meeting of the following Australian Natcon.

According to Bruce Gillespie, “The person who was Chair of the convention in Brisbane stuffed up many aspects of the convention. She was also part of a non-Melbourne group who believed that every aspect of the Ditmars was a cruel plot by Melbourne fans to keep all the Ditmars for themselves. So she allowed members of the convention to vote for the categories as well as the items in the categories. Irresistible bait to Melbourne fans in general — who ganged up to include Best Fannish Cat in the categories.”

This still rankled as late as 2005, when a Swancon XXX progress report calling for nominations for the Tin Duck Award exhorted, “Please do not invent new categories. (e.g. No Best Fannish Cat. We’ve heard it before, and it wasn’t funny the first time).”

But Dudcon III, in 2010, revived Best Fannish Cat as a non-Ditmar Special Award of the Convention. Rules required nominees to be “natural members of the species Felis Catus” alive and resident in Australia at the time of the nomination.

In both cases, noted Gillespie, “the winners were very popular cats who had been met by many Melbourne fans. The general effect was to confirm the suspicion of Perth fans that Melbourne fans ‘did not take the Ditmars seriously.’”

1991 Nominees for Best Fannish Cat[edit]

2010 Nominees for Best Fannish Cat[edit]

Stuffed Cane Toads[edit]

Another 1991 scandal that pitted insurgents from Melbourne against sercon fen elsewhere in the country was the SunCon Ditmar trophies. Melburnian Mark Loney made awards of mounted taxidermied cane toads (a poisonous introduced pest endemic to Queensland, where the con was held). He intended them as a joke, to be presented at the ceremony, with the real Ditmars to be given at the closing ceremony.

The cane toads were presented, but the actual Ditmars trophies weren’t ready by the end of con. The real ones would be distributed later at a Nova Mob club meeting, but this did not placate the outraged.

Special Awards[edit]

Convention reports from 1971 indicate that the two Special Awards presented that year were considered to be Ditmar Awards.

Some Other Awards[edit]

The Ditmar Awards should not be confused with the Melbourne Science Fiction Club Achievement Award nor the Peter McNamara Achievement Award nor the Pat Terry Award for Humour in SF.

Award Winners[edit]

Complete Ditmar Award Results

1969[edit]

Eighth Australian Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne

1969 Best Australian Science Fiction of any length, or collection[edit]

1969 Best International Science Fiction of any length, or collection[edit]

1969 Best Contemporary Writer of Science Fiction[edit]

1969 Best Australian Amateur Science Fiction Publication or Fanzine[edit]


1970[edit]

Ninth Australian Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne

1970 Best Australian Science Fiction[edit]

1970 Best International Publication[edit]

1970 Best International Fiction[edit]

1970 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]


1971[edit]

Tenth Australian Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne

1971 Best Australian SF[edit]

1971 Best International Fiction[edit]

1971 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1971 Special Awards[edit]


1972[edit]

Syncon 2, Sydney

1972 Best Australian Fiction[edit]

1972 Best International Fiction[edit]

1972 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]


1973[edit]

Advention 2, Adelaide

1973 Best Australian Fiction[edit]

1973 Best International Fiction[edit]

1973 Best Dramatic Presentation[edit]

  • Aussiefan (winner)
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Slaughterhouse Five
  • Tales From The Crypt

1973 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]


1974[edit]

Ozcon, Melbourne (The programme book for the 1990 Natcon, Danse Macabre, records that no Ditmar Awards were presented in 1974.)


1975[edit]

Syncon '75, Sydney

1975 Best Australian SF[edit]

1975 Best International Fiction[edit]

1975 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]


1976[edit]

Bofcon, Melbourne

1976 Best Australian Fiction[edit]

1976 Best International Fiction[edit]

1976 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1977[edit]

A-Con 7, Adelaide

1977 Best Australian Science Fiction[edit]

1977 Best International Fiction[edit]

1977 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1977 William Atheling, Jr . Award[edit]

1977 Special Committee Award[edit]


1978[edit]

Unicon IV, Melbourne

1978 Australian Science Fiction, Best Novel[edit]

1978 Australian Science Fiction, Best Short Fiction[edit]

1978 Best International Fiction[edit]

1978 Best Amateur Australian Publication (Fanzine)[edit]

1978 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1979[edit]

Syncon '79, Sydney

1979 Best Australian Fiction[edit]

1979 Best International Fiction[edit]

1979 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1979 Best Australian Fanwriter[edit]

1979 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1980[edit]

Swancon 5, Perth

1980 Australian Fiction[edit]

1980 Best International Fiction[edit]

1980 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1980 Best Australian Fanwriter[edit]

1980 Australian Fantasy/SF Artist[edit]

1980 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1981[edit]

Advention '81, Adelaide

1981 Best Australian Novel[edit]

1981 Best Australian Short Fiction[edit]

1981 Best International Fiction[edit]

1981 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1981 Best Australian Fanwriter[edit]

1981 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist[edit]

1981 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1982[edit]

Tschaicon, Melbourne

Tschaicon was the “First Australasian Science Fiction Convention,” the Australian Natcon constitution having had "Australian" replaced with "Australasian" throughout; the award categories used "Australasian" rather than "Australian." During the con, the constitution was modified again, to have "Australasian" changed back to "Australian."

1982 Best Long Australasian Science Fiction or Fantasy[edit]

1982 Best Short Australasian Science Fiction or Fantasy[edit]

1982 Best International Fiction[edit]

1982 Best Australasian Fanzine[edit]

1982 Best Australasian Fanwriter[edit]

1982 Best Australasian SF or Fantasy Artist[edit]

1982 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1983[edit]

Syncon '83, Sydney

1983 Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy[edit]

1983 Best International Fiction[edit]

1983 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1983 Best Australian Fanwriter[edit]

1983 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist[edit]

1983 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist[edit]

1983 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor[edit]

1983 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]

1983 Special Award[edit]


1984[edit]

Eurekacon, Melbourne

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

1984 Best Australian Long Science Fiction or Fantasy[edit]

1984 Best Australian Short Science Fiction or Fantasy[edit]

  • "Crystal Soldier", Russell Blackford (Dreamworks, ed. David King, Norstrilia Press)
  • "Life the Solitude", Kevin McKay (Dreamworks, ed. David King, Norstrilia Press)
  • "Land Deal", Gerald Murnane (Dreamworks, ed. David King, Norstrilia Press)
  • "Above Atlas His Shoulders", Andrew Whitmore (Dreamworks, ed. David King, Norstrilia Press) (winner)

1984 Best International Fiction[edit]

1984 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1984 Best Australian Fanwriter[edit]

1984 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist[edit]

1984 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist[edit]

1984 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor[edit]


1985[edit]

Advention '85, Adelaide

1985 Best Australian Novel[edit]

1985 Best Australian Short Fiction[edit]

1985 Best International Fiction[edit]

1985 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1985 Best Australian Fanwriter[edit]

1985 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist, Cartoonist or Illustrator[edit]

1985 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor[edit]

1985 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Dramatic Presentation[edit]

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

1985 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1986[edit]

Swancon XI, Perth

1986 Best Australian Science Fiction Novel[edit]

1986 Best Australian Short Fiction[edit]

1986 Best International Fiction[edit]

1986 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1986 Best Australian Fanwriter[edit]

1986 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist[edit]

1986 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1987[edit]

Capcon, Canberra

1987 Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel[edit]

1987 Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy Short Fiction[edit]

1987 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1987 Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist[edit]

1987 Outstanding Contribution to Australian Fandom[edit]

1987 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1988[edit]

Conviction, Sydney

1988 Best Australian Long Fiction[edit]

1988 Best Australian Short Fiction[edit]

1988 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1988 Best Australian Fan Writer[edit]

1988 Best Fan Artist[edit]

1988 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1989[edit]

Swancon 14, Perth

1989 Best Australian Long Fiction[edit]

1989 Best Australian Short Fiction[edit]

1989 Best International Fiction[edit]

1989 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1989 Best Australian Fanwriter[edit]

1989 Best Fan Artist[edit]

1989 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1990[edit]

Danse Macabre, Melbourne

1990 Best Australian Long Fiction[edit]

1990 Best Australian Short Fiction[edit]

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

1990 Best Australian Fanzine[edit]

1990 Best Australian Fanwriter[edit]

1990 Best Fan Artist[edit]

1990 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]

Withdrawn for insufficient nominations.


1991[edit]

Suncon, Brisbane

1991 Best Fannish Cat[edit]

1991 Best Australian Novel or Anthology[edit]

1991 Best Australian Short Fiction[edit]

1991 Best Fanzine[edit]

1991 Best Australian Fan Artist[edit]

1991 Best Australian Fan Writer[edit]

1991 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1992[edit]

Syncon, Sydney

1992 Best Novel or Collection[edit]

1992 Best Short Fiction[edit]

1992 Best Fanzine[edit]

1992 Best Fan Writer[edit]

1992 Best SF or Fantasy Artist[edit]

1992 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]

1992 Special Award for Services to Fandom[edit]


1993[edit]

Swancon 18, Perth

1993 Best Long Fiction[edit]

1993 Best Short Fiction[edit]

1993 Best Periodical[edit]

1993 Best Fan Writer[edit]

1993 Best Artwork[edit]

1993 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1994[edit]

Constantinople, Melbourne

1994 Best Long Fiction or Collection[edit]

1994 Best Short Fiction[edit]

1994 Best Professional Art Work[edit]

1994 Best Fan Writer[edit]

1994 Best Fan Artist[edit]

1994 Best Fanzine[edit]

1994 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1995[edit]

Thylacon, Hobart

1995 Best Australian Long Fiction[edit]

1995 Best Australian Short Fiction[edit]

1995 Best Professional Artwork[edit]

1995 Best Fanzine[edit]

1995 Best Fan Writer[edit]

1995 Best Fan Artist[edit]

1995 Special Committee Award[edit]


1996[edit]

Swancon 21, Perth

1996 Best Long Fiction[edit]

1996 Best Short Fiction[edit]

1996 Best Publication/Fanzine/Periodical[edit]

1996 Best Artwork[edit]

1996 Best Non-Professional/Fan Writer[edit]

1996 Best Non-Professional/Fan Artist[edit]

1996 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


1997[edit]

Basicon 2, Melbourne

1997 Best Australian Long Fiction[edit]

1997 Best Australian Short Fiction[edit]

1997 Best Fanzine[edit]

1997 Best Fan Writer[edit]

1997 Best Fan Artist[edit]

1997 Best Professional Artwork[edit]

1997 William Atheling, Jr. Award[edit]


2020[edit]

Swancon 2020, Perth

The convention was cancelled due to Covid-19. There were insufficient nominations for the Best Artwork and Best Fan Artist categories. The awards ceremony was held online with short notice on 19 September 2020. The date conflicted with Rosh Hashana, which meant that neither the Best Novel nor the Best Short Fiction winners could participate.

2020 Best Novel[edit]

2020 Best Short Fiction[edit]

2020 Best Collected Work[edit]

2020 Best Fan Publication in Any Medium[edit]

2020 Best Fan Writer[edit]

2020 Best New Talent[edit]

2020 William Atheling, Jr. Award for Criticism or Review[edit]

  • Eugen Bacon, for Writing Speculative Fiction, Red Globe Press.
  • Grant Watson, for reviews on FictionMachine (winner).


2021[edit]

Was to have been awarded at Conflux 16, Canberra, but the convention was postponed due to Covid-19 and the awards were presented virtually on November 20, 2021.

2021 Best Novel[edit]

  • The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth Nix, Allen & Unwin

2021 Best Novella or Novelette[edit]

2021 Best Short Story[edit]

2021 Best Collected Work[edit]

2021 Best Artwork[edit]

  • Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, for Mother Thorn and other tales of courage and kindness, Serenity Press

2021 Best Fan Writer[edit]

2021 Best Fan Artist[edit]

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

2021 Best Fan Publication in Any Medium[edit]

2021 Best New Talent[edit]

  • Nikky Lee

2021 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review[edit]

  • Terry Frost, for reviews in Terry Talks Movies, YouTube.


Award 1969—
This is an award page. If you know something about it, such as who awarded it, who the winners were, what the criteria were, and when it was awarded, please add it! See Standards for Awards.
Retrieved from "https://fancyclopedia.org/index.php?title=Ditmar_Awards&oldid=194571"