2023 Ditmar Preliminary Ballot
The preliminary ballot for the 2023 Ditmar Awards for Australian SF has been announced.
Best Novel
- Sallow Bend, Alan Baxter (Cemetery Dance)
- X-Dimensional Assassin Zai Through the Unfolded Earth, Jason Franks (IFWG)
- Scavengers, Robert Hood, (Clan Destine)
- The Stone Road, Trent Jamieson (Erewhon)
- 36 Streets, T.R. Napper (Titan)
Best Novella or Novelette
- “Gulpepper Curios”, Alan Baxter (The Fall)
- The Dark Matter of Natasha, Matthew R. Davis (Grey Matter)
- Bluebells, Leanbh Pearson (Black Hare)
- “Remnants and Bad Water”, Kaaron Warren (Damnation Games)
- “The Smell of Waiting”, Kaaron Warren (Screams from the Dark)
Best Short Story
- “Greatheart”, Juliet Marillier (The Art of Being Human)
- “The Quick Study”, C.H. Pearce (Etherea 10)
- “Everything so slow and quiet”, Kaaron Warren (The Art of Being Human)
- “Songs We Sing at Sea are the Lies We Tell Ourselves”, Kaaron Warren (Looming Low 2)
Best Collected Work
- Damnation Games, Alan Baxter, ed. (Clan Destine)
- The Fall, Alan Baxter (13th Dragon)
- Phase Change, Matthew Chrulew, ed. (Twelfth Planet)
- The Art of Being Human, Tehani Croft & Stephanie Lai, eds. (FableCroft)
- Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts, Aaron Dries (IFWG)
- Midnight Echo 17
Best Fan Publication in Any Medium
- Ethel the Aardvark, LynC, ed.
- Pratchat Podcast, Ben McKenzie & Elizabeth Flux
Best Fan Writer
- Kat Clay
- Bruce Gillespie
- David Grigg
- Perry Middlemiss
Best Fan Artist
- Erin-Claire Barrow
- C.H. Pearce
- David L Russell
Best New Talent
- Zachary Ashford
- Aaron Dries
- C.H. Pearce
- Leanbh Pearson
- C.Z. Tacks
- Matt Tighe
William Atheling, Jr. Award for Criticism or Review
- Eugen Bacon, for An Earnest Blackness (Anti-Oedipus)
- Angharad Lodwick, for Tinted Edges
- Ian Mond, for reviews in Locus
- Gillian Polack, for Story Matrices: Cultural Encoding and Cultural Baggage in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Luna)
Some categories have more than five nominees due to ties, and some have fewer due to insufficient nominations. There are no nominees for Best Artwork because of insufficient nominations. Winners will be announced at the 2023 Ditmar Awards ceremony, hosted during Conflux 17, to be held September 29 – October 2, 2023 in Canberra, Australia.
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