Ditmar Winners

The winners of the 2015 Ditmar Awards, for Australian SF, were announced at Swacon 40 in Perth on April 5.

• Best Novel: (tie) The Lascar’s Dagger, by Glenda Larke; Thief’s Magic, by Trudi Canavan
• Best Novella or Novelette: “The Legend Trap,” by Sean Williams
• Best Short Story: “The Seventh Relic,” by Cat Sparks
• Best Collected Work: Kaleidoscope, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Julia Rios
• Best Artwork: Illustrations in Black-Winged Angels, by Kathleen Jennings
• Best Fan Writer: Tansy Rayner Roberts, for his body of work
• Best Fan Artist: Kathleen Jennings, for her body of work, including Fakecon art and “Illustration Friday”
• Best Fan Publication in Any Medium: The Writer and the Critic, by Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond
• Best New Talent: Helen Stubbs
• William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review: “Does Sex Make Science Fiction Soft?” by Tansy Rayner Roberts
• Peter McNamara Award: Mery Binns
• Norma K Hemming Award: The Wonders, by Paddy O’Reilly
• A. Bertram Chandler Award: Donna Maree Hanson

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