Results of the Ditmars are below … more comments will follow about NatCon, but that will be tomorrow when my brain is talking to me again … I only got off the plane an hour ago.
A. Bertram Chandler Award
Rosaleen Love
William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism and Review
Kim Wilkins, an article about Australian fantasy fiction in the Journal of Australian Studies
Best New Talent
Felicity Dowker
Best Professional Achievement
Angela Challis, for Black, the Australian Dark Culture Magazine
Best Fan Production
ASif!, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Gene Melzack
Best Fan Artist
Cat Sparks for Scary Food, Paul Haines Cancer is a C*NT fundraiser!
Best Fan Writer
Rob Hood, for Undead Backbrain
Best Professional Artwork
Shaun Tan, for Tales from Outer Suburbia
Best Collected Work
Dreaming Again, edited by Jack Dann
Best Short Story
Tie between Margo Lanagan “The Goosle” and Dirk Flinthart “This is not my story” (ASIM #37)
Best Novella/Novelette
“Painlessness” by Kirstyn McDermott
Best Novel
“Tender Morsels” by Margo Lanagan
Peter McNamara Award
Sean Williams
It was great to see you in Adelaide, even if in passing!