2010 Ditmar Awards
The 2010 Ditmar Awards for Australian SF were announced at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention, NatCon-Dudcon III, on September 3, 2010. The winners are:
Best Novel
- Slights, Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot)
- World Shaker, Richard Harland (Allen & Unwin)
- Liar, Justine Larbalestier (Bloomsbury)
- Life Through Cellophane, Gillian Polack (Eneit)
- Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld (Penguin)
Best Novella or Novelette
- “Wives”, Paul Haines (X6)
- Horn, Peter M. Ball (Twelfth Planet)
- “Black Water”, David Conyers (Jupiter)
- “After the World: Gravesend”, Jason Fischer (Black House Comics)
- “Siren Beat”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Roadkill/Siren Beat)
Best Short Story
- “Seventeen”, Cat Sparks (Masques)
- “Six Suicides”, Deborah Biancotti (A Book of Endings)
- “Prosperine When it Sizzles”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (New Ceres Nights)
- “The Piece of Ice in Ms Windermere’s Heart”, Angela Slatter (New Ceres Nights)
- “Tontine Mary”, Kaaron Warren (New Ceres Nights)
- “Black Peter”, Marty Young (Festive Fear)
Best Collected Work
- Slice Of Life, Paul Haines (The Mayne Press)
- A Book of Endings, Deborah Biancotti, Alisa Krasnostein & Ben Payne, eds. (Twelfth Planet)
- New Ceres Nights, Alisa Krasnostein & Tehani Wessely, eds. (Twelfth Planet)
- Eclipse Three, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)
- The New Space Opera 2, Jonathan Strahan & Gardner Dozois, eds. (HarperCollins)
Best Artwork
- Cover art, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #42, Lewis Morley
- Cover art, Masques (CSFG), Mik Bennett
- Cover art, The Whale’s Tale (Peggy Bright), Eleanor Clarke
- Cover art, Horn (Twelfth Planet), Dion Hamill
- Cover art, New Ceres Nights (Twelfth Planet), Dion Hamill
- Cover art and illustrations, Shards: Short Sharp Tales (Brimstone), Andrew J. McKiernan
Best Fan Writer
- Robert Hood, for Undead Backbrain (roberthood.net/blog)
- Bruce Gillespie, for work in Steam Engine Time
- Chuck McKenzie, for work in Horrorscope
- Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work
- Tehani Wessely, for body of work
Best Fan Artist
- Dick Jenssen, for body of work
- Kathleen Jennings, for body of work
- Dave Schembri, for work in Midnight Echo
Best Fan Publication in Any Medium
- Steam Engine Time, Bruce Gillespie & Janine Stinson, eds.
- Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet (bullsheet.sf.org.au), Edwina Harvey & Ted Scribner, eds.
- ASif! (asif.dreamhosters.com), Alisa Krasnostein, Gene Melzack et al, eds.
- A Writer Goes on a Journey (awritergoesonajourney.com), Nyssa Pascoe et al, eds.
- Interstellar Ramjet Scoop, Bill Wright, ed.
Best Achievement
- Gillian Polack et al., for the Southern Gothic banquet at Conflux
- H. Gibbens, for the Gamers’ Quest CGI-animated book trailer
- Ruth Jenkins and Cathy Jenkins-Rutherford, for the children’s program at Conjecture
- Alisa Krasnostein, Liz Grzyb, Tehani Wessely, Cat Sparks & Kate Williams, for the New Ceres Nights book launch
- Amanda Rainey, for the cover design of Siren Beat/Roadkill (Twelfth Planet Press)
Best New Talent
- Peter M. Ball
- Thoraiya Dyer
- Jason Fischer
- Christopher Green
- Kathleen Jennings
- Pete Kempshall
- Simon Petrie
William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review
- Helen Merrick, for The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of Science Fiction Feminisms (Aqueduct)
- Chuck McKenzie, for “The Dead Walk! … Into a Bookstore Near You” (Eye of Fire #1)
- Ian Mond, for reviews on his blog (mondyboy.livejournal.com)
- Grant Watson, for reviews and articles for Eiga: Asian Cinema (www.eigaasiancinema.com)
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