Ditmar Nominations

The Nominations for the 2012 Ditmar Awards, presented for excellence in Australian science fiction, have been announced. This year’s ceremony will take place at Continuum 8 the weekend of June 8-11 in Melbourne, Australia.

Best Novel

• The Shattered City, by Tansy Rayner Roberts
• Burn Bright, by Marianne de Pierres
• Mistification, by Kaaron Warren
• The Courier’s New Bicycle, by Kim Westwood
• Debris, by Jo Anderton

Best Novella or Novelette

• “The Sleeping and the Dead,” by Cat Sparks
• “Above,” by Stephanie Campisi
• “The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt,” by Paul Haines
• “And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living,” by Deborah Biancotti
• “Julia Agrippina’s Secret Family Bestiary,” by Tansy Rayner Roberts
• “Below,” by Ben Peek

Best Short Story

• “Breaking the Ice,” by Thoraiya Dyer
• “Alchemy,” by Lucy Sussex
• “The Last Gig of Jimmy Rucker,” by Martin Livings and Talie Helene
• “All You Can Do Is Breathe,” by Kaaron Warren
• “Bad Power,” by Deborah Biancotti
• “The Patrician,” by Tansy Rayner Roberts

Best Collected Work

• The Last Days of Kali Yuga, by Paul Haines, edited by Angela Challis
• Nightsiders, by Sue Isle, edited by Alisa Krasnostein
• Bad Power, by Deborah Biancotti, edited by Alisa Krasnostein
• Love and Romanpunk, by Tansy Rayner Roberts, edited by Alisa Krasnostein
• Ishtar, edited by Amanda Pillar and K. V. Taylor

Best Artwork

• “Finishing School,” by Kathleen Jennings
• Cover art for The Freedom Maze, by Kathleen Jennings

Best Fan Writer

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

Best Fan Artist

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

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

• SF Commentary, edited by Bruce Gillespie
• The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond
• The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
• Galactic Chat, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts and Sean Wright
• Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Alex Pierce

Best New Talent

• Steve Cameron
• Alan Baxter
• Joanne Anderton

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

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

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