Ditmar Awards 2012
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
51st Australian National SF Convention,
Melbourne, Australia :
June 8, 2012
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June 11, 2012
Eligibility Year: 2011
Eligibility Year: 2011
Novel
- Winner: The Courier's New Bicycle, Kim Westwood (HarperCollins)
- Burn Bright, Marianne de Pierres (Random House Australia)
- Debris, Jo Anderton (Angry Robot)
- Mistification, Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot)
- The Shattered City, Tansy Rayner Roberts (HarperCollins)
Novella Or Novelette
- Winner: “The Past Is a Bridge Best left Burnt”, Paul Haines (The Last Days of Kali Yuga)
- “Above”, Stephanie Campisi (Above/Below)
- “And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living”, Deborah Biancotti (Ishtar)
- “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)
Short Story
- Winner: “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)
- “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)
Collected Work
- Winner: The Last Days of Kali Yuga, Paul Haines (Brimstone)
- Bad Power, Deborah Biancotti (Twelfth Planet)
- Ishtar, Amanda Pillar & K. V. Taylor, eds. (Gilgamesh)
- Love and Romanpunk, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Twelfth Planet)
- Nightsiders, Sue Isle (Twelfth Planet)
Fan Publication
- Winner: The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott & Ian Mond
- The Coode Street, Gary K. Wolfe & Jonathan Strahan
- Galactic Chat, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts & Sean_2 Wright
- Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts & Alex Pierce
- SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
Fan Writer
- Winner: Robin Pen, for “The Ballad of the Unrequited Ditmar”
- Sean_2 Wright, for body of work including “Authors and Social Media” series in Adventures of a Bookonaut
- 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
- Bruce Gillespie, for body of work including “The Golden Age of Fanzines is Now”, and SF Commentary 81 & 82
Fan Artist
- Winner: 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
- Rebecca Ing, for work in Scape
Artwork
- Winner: “Finishing School”, Kathleen Jennings (Steampunk!)
- Kathleen Jennings for The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman (Small Beer)
New Talent
- Winner: Joanne Anderton
- Alan Baxter
- Steve Cameron
William Atheling Jr. Award For Criticism Or Review
- Winner: Alexandra Pierce & 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
- 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
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