Ditmar Award results


The Ditmar Award is Australia's oldest science fiction, fantasy and horror award, presented annually since 1969, usually at the Australian "Natcon". The historical nominations and results of the Award follow.

1969">1969 in Australian literature">1969: Eighth Australian Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne

Best Australian Science Fiction of any length, or collection

Pacific Book Of Australian SF, John BaxterFalse Fatherland, A. Bertram Chandler
  • "Final Flower", Stephen Cook

Best International Science Fiction of any length, or collection

An Age, Brian AldissCamp Concentration, Thomas M. DischThe Ring of Ritornel, Charles Harness

Best Contemporary Writer of Science Fiction

Brian Aldiss

Best Australian Amateur Science Fiction Publication or Fanzine

Australian Science Fiction Review, John BangsundThe Mentor, Ronald L ClarkeRataplan, Leigh Edmonds

1970">1970 in Australian literature">1970: Ninth Australian Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne

Best Australian Science Fiction

"Dancing Gerontius", Lee Harding

Best International Publication

Amazing Stories'Vision of Tomorrow'''''

Best International Fiction

The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin'Cosmicomics'', Italo Calvino'''

Best Australian Fanzine

S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie'The Journal of Omphalistic Epistemology'', John Foyster'''

1971">1971 in Australian literature">1971: Tenth Australian Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne

Best Australian SF

After Ragnarok, Robert Bowden"The Bitter Pill", A. Bertram ChandlerSquat, David Rome

Best International Fiction

Time and the Hunter, Italo Calvino

Best Australian Fanzine

S.F. Commentary, Bruce GillespieThe Somerset Gazette, Noel KerrThe New Forerunner, Gary Mason

Special Awards

Science Fiction in the Cinema, John Baxter'Vision of Tomorrow'', Ron Graham'''

1972">1972 in Australian literature">1972: Syncon 2, Sydney

Best Australian Fiction

Best International Fiction

To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip José Farmer

Best Australian Fanzine

Scythrop, John BangsundThe Mentor, Ron L. ClarkeThe Fanarchist, David GriggChao, John Alderson'S.F. Commentary'', Bruce Gillespie'''

1973">1973 in Australian literature">1973: Advention 2, Adelaide

Best Australian Fiction

The Hard Way Up, A. Bertram Chandler"Let it Ring", John Ossian

Best International Fiction

The Gods Themselves, Isaac AsimovThe Gorgon Festival, John BoydThe IQ Merchant, John BoydDying Inside, Robert Silverberg

Best Dramatic Presentation

AussiefanA Clockwork OrangeSlaughterhouse Five
  • ''Tales From The Crypt''

Best Australian Fanzine

Chao, John AldersonGegenschein, Eric LindsayRataplan, Leigh Edmonds'S.F. Commentary'', Bruce Gillespie'''

1975">1975 in Australian literature">1975: Syncon '75, Sydney

Best Australian SF

The Bitter Pill, A. Bertram ChandlerThe Soft Kill, Colin Free

Best International Fiction

Protector, Larry NivenThe Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le GuinFrankenstein Unbound, Brian Aldiss

Best Australian Fanzine

Osiris, Del & Dennis StocksForerunner, Sue ClarkeFanew Sletter, Leigh EdmondsChao, John AldersonGegenschein, Eric Lindsay

1976">1976 in Australian literature">1976: Bofcon, Melbourne

Best Australian Fiction

The Big Black Mark, A. Bertram Chandler

Best International Fiction

The Indian Giver, Alfred BesterThe Shockwave Rider, John BrunnerThe Forever War, Joe HaldemanInferno, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

Best Australian Fanzine

Chao, John AldersonFanew Sletter, Leigh EdmondsMad Dan's Review, Marc OrtliebOsiris, Del & Dennis StocksInterstellar Ramjet Scoop, Bill Wright

William Atheling Jr Award

1977">1977 in Australian literature">1977: A-Con 7, Adelaide

Best Australian Science Fiction

Best International Fiction

A World Out of Time, Larry Niven

Best Australian Fanzine

S.F. Commentary, Bruce GillespieMad Dan's Review, Marc OrtliebEnigma, Van IkinSouth of Harad, East of Rhun, Jon Noble

William Atheling Award

Special committee award

  • '''"The Ins and Outs of the Hadhya City State", Phillipa Maddern'''

1978">1978 in Australian literature">1978: Unicon IV, Melbourne

Australian Science Fiction, Best Novel

The Right Hand of Dextra, David LakeThe Wildings of Westron, David LakeThe Weeping Sky, Lee Harding'The Luck of Brin's Five'', Cherry Wilder'''

Australian Science Fiction, Best Short Fiction

"Albert's Bellyful", Francis Payne
  • "Ignorant of Magic", Phillipa C. Maddern
  • "The Two Body Problem", Bruce Barnes
  • "The Long Fall", A. Bertram Chandler

Best International Fiction

In the Hall Of the Martian Kings, John Varley, F&SF, Feb '77The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien Our Lady Of Darkness, Fritz Leiber, A Dream of Wessex, Chris Priest

Best Amateur Australian Publication (Fanzine)

Yggdrasil, Dennis Callegari & Alan WilsonEnigma, Van IkinMinardor, Marc OrtliebFanew Sletter, Leigh EdmondsEpsilon Eridani Express, Neville J. Angove

William Atheling Jr Award

  • George Turner, "The Martial Art of SF Criticism", Yggdrasil, Feb, May & August 1977Andrew Whitmore, "The Novels of D.G. Compton", SF Commentary, No 52.
  • Robert Scholes & Eric S. Rabkin, Science Fiction: History Science Vision, O.U.P
  • George Turner, "The Silverberg Phenomenon", SF Commentary, No 51
  • Van Ikin, Review of 'Going'

1979">1979 in Australian literature">1979: Syncon '79, Sydney

Best Australian Fiction

To Keep The Ship, A. Bertram Chandler Beloved Son, George Turner Play Little Victims, Kenneth Cook
  • "Pie Row Joe", Kevin McKay, ''Rooms of Paradise''

Best International Fiction

The Far Call, Gordon R. Dickson Dreamsnake, Vonda McIntyre Stardance II, Spider and Jeanne Robinson, Analog, Sept to November 1978

Best Australian Fanzine

Forerunner, Jack R. HermanYggdrasil, Dennis Callegari & Alan WilsonScytale, Peter ToluzziThe Epsilon Eridani Express, Neville J. Angove'Chunder!'', John Foyster'''

Best Australian Fanwriter

William Atheling Jr Award

Susan Wood, "Women and Science Fiction", Algol 33, 1978
  • John Bangsund, Parergon Papers 10, ANZAPA, October 1978
  • John McPharlin, "On The Ebb Tide of the New Wave", Auto Delerium, March 1978
  • Lloyd Biggle Jr, "The Morasses of Academe Revisited", Analog, September 1978

1980">1980 in Australian literature">1980: Swancon 5, Perth

Australian fiction

Moon in the Ground, Keith AntillDisplaced Person, Lee HardingAustralian Gnomes, Robert Ingpen

Best International Fiction

The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas AdamsCastle Roogna, Piers AnthonyThe Flight of Dragons, Peter DickinsonDragondrums, Anne McCaffreyTitan, John Varley

Best Australian Fanzine

Bionic Rabbit, Damian BrennanThe Wasffan, Roy FergusonChunder, John FoysterS.F. Commentary, Bruce GillespieForerunner, Jack Herman

Best Australian Fan Writer

  • Damian Brennan
  • Roy FergusonLeanne Frahm
  • Jack R. Herman
  • Marc Ortlieb

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • Bevan Casey
  • Chris Johnston
  • Rob McGough
  • John PackerMarilyn Pride
  • Jane Taubman

William Atheling Award for Criticism in SF or Fantasy

  • Terry Dowling, "The Art of Xenography", Science Fiction 3
  • Bruce Gillespie, "The Man Who Filled the Void" & "By Our Fruits", S.F. Commentary 55/56Jack R. Herman, "Paradox as a Paradigm: A Review of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson", Forerunner, May 1979
  • George Turner, "Delany: A Victim of the Great Applause", Yggdrasil 3/79

1981">1981 in Australian literature">1981: Advention '81, Adelaide

Best Australian Novel

The Dreaming Dragons, Damien BroderickBreathing Space Only, Wynne WhitefordLooking for Blucher, Jack WodhamsThe Fourth Hemisphere, David Lake

Best Australian Short Fiction

"Deus Ex Corporus", Leanne Frahm
  • "The Pastseer", Phillipa Maddern
  • "Passage to Earth", Leanne Frahm
  • "Horg", Jay Hoffman

Best International Fiction

Mockingbird, Walter TevisThe Snow Queen, Joan D. VingeTimescape, Gregory BenfordThe Wounded Land, Stephen R. Donaldson

Best Australian Fanzine

Australian Science Fiction News, Mervyn R. BinnsQ36, Marc OrtliebChunder, John FoysterS.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie

Best Australian Fanwriter

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • John PackerMarilyn Pride
  • Jane Taubman
  • Julie Vaux

William Atheling Jr Award

1982">1982 in Australian literature">1982: Tschaicon, Melbourne

There was an award from the committee, in the form of a miniature Ditmar Award, to Marc Ortlieb for Best Toastmastering.

Best Long Australasian Science Fiction or Fantasy

The Anarch Lords, A. Bertram ChandlerBard, Keith TaylorBehind the Wind, Patricia WrightsonCity of Women, David Ireland'The Man Who Loved Morlocks'', David Lake'''

Best Short Australasian Science Fiction or Fantasy

Armstrong, Jack WodhamsTales of Mirric, Elizabeth Travers'Where Silence Rules'', Keith Taylor'''

Best International Fiction

The Affirmation, Chris PriestThe Claw of the Conciliator, Gene WolfeRadix, A.A. AttanasioThe Sirian Experiments, Doris Lessing

Best Australasian Fanzine

Australian SF News, ed. Merv BinnsQ36, ed. Marc OrtliebS.F. Commentary, ed. Bruce GillespieThyme, ed. Andrew Brown and Irwin HirshWeberwoman's Wrevenge, ed. Jean Weber

Best Australasian Fan Writer

  • Leigh Edmonds
  • Judith Hanna
  • Eric Lindsay
  • '''Marc Ortlieb'''

Best Australasian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • Steph Campbell
  • Chris Johnston
  • John Packer
  • '''Marilyn Pride'''

William Atheling Award

1983">1983 in Australian literature">1983: Syncon '83, Sydney

Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy

"The Man Who Walks Away Behind the Eyes", Terry Dowling, Omega, May 1982The Lances of Nengesdul, Keith TaylorVaneglory, George Turner

Best International Science Fiction or Fantasy

No Enemy But Time, Michael BishopThe One Tree, Stephen R. DonaldsonRidley Walker, Russell HobanRoderick, John Sladek

Best Australian Fanzine

Ornithopter, Leigh EdmondsQ36, Marc OrtliebScience Fiction, Van IkinThyme, eds. Andrew Brown & Irwin Hirsh; ed. Roger WeddallWeberwoman's Wrevenge, Jean Weber

Best Australian Fanwriter

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Chris JohnstonMarilyn Pride
  • Nick Stathopoulos

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist

  • Terry Frost
  • Michael McGannJohn Packer
  • Jane Taubman
  • Julie Vaux

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor

William Atheling Award (for critical writings)

Terry Dowling, "Kirth Gersen: The Other Demon Prince", Science Fiction 11

Special Award

  • '''Robin Johnson, Contribution to Fandom'''

1984">1984 in Australian literature">1984: Eureka!con, Melbourne

''There were insufficient nominations for the William Atheling Jr Award.''

Best Australian Long Science Fiction or Fantasy

The Tempting of the Witch King, Russell Blackford The Judas Mandala, Damien Broderick Valencies, Damien Broderick & Rory Barnes Kelly Country, Bertram Chandler Yesterday's Men, George Turner, Thor's Hammer, Wynne Whiteford

Best Australian Short Science Fiction or Fantasy

Best International Fiction

The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica, John Calvin Batchelor The Tempting of the Witch King, Russell Blackford Dr Who Pilgerman, Russell Hoban Yesterday's Men, George Turner Thor's Hammer, Wynne Whiteford
  • '''No Award'''

Best Australian Fanzine

Australian Science Fiction News, Merv BinnsRataplan/Ornithopter, Leigh EdmondsScience Fiction, Van IkinThyme, Roger WeddallWahf-full, Jack Herman

Best Australian Fanwriter

Leigh Edmonds
  • Terry Frost
  • Jack Herman
  • Seth Lockwood

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • Neville Bain
  • Steph Campbell
  • Mike Dutkiewicz
  • Chris Johnston
  • '''Nick Stathopoulos'''

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist

  • Bill Flowers
  • Terry Frost
  • Craig Hilton
  • Mike McGannJohn Packer
  • Clint Strickland

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor

1985">1985 in Australian literature">1985: Advention '85, Adelaide

The awards ceremony included presentation of the A. Bertram Chandler Award to Lee Harding, and another three special awards to Damien Broderick, for Transmitters; John Foyster, for past work in fandom; and the Nova Mob, for going on for a long time.

Best Australian Novel

The Beast of Heaven, Victor KelleherThe Last Amazon, A. Bertram ChandlerThe Wild Ones, A. Bertram ChandlerSuburbs of Hell, Randolph Stow

Best Australian Short Fiction

"Terrarium", Terry Dowling, Omega, May/June 1984
  • "The Maze Man", Terry Dowling, Men's Journal, Summer 1984
  • "Resurrection", Damien Broderick, IASFM, August 1984
  • "Three Star Trek", Ron Ferguson, Omega, Sept/October 1984

Best International Fiction

Neuromancer, William Gibson The Final Encyclopedia, Gordon R. Dickson Native Tongues, Suzette Haden Elgin, Damiano's Lute, R.A. MacAvoy

Best Australian Fanzine

Australian SF News, Merv BinnsThe Mentor, Ron L. ClarkeRataplan, Leigh EdmondsScience Fiction, Van Ikin

Best Australian Fanwriter

Leigh Edmonds

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist, Cartoonist or Illustrator

Nick Stathopoulos
  • Craig Hilton
  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Peter Reading

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Dramatic Presentation

Boiling Frog, Stage play with productions in Adelaide & SydneyBeach Blanket Tempest, Rock Fantasy stage musical Iceman, Fred Schepisi DirectorIceman, Bruce Smeaton Musical scoreThief of Sydney, Animated feature 15 minutes'Kindred Spirits'', ABC Telemovie'''

William Atheling Jr Award

George Turner, In The Heart or in the Head

1986">1986 in Australian literature">1986: Swancon XI, Perth

Best Australian Science Fiction Novel

Landscape With Landscapes, Gerald Murnane Illywhacker, Peter Carey The Changelings of Chaan, David Lake The Transing Syndrome, Kurt von Trojan

Best Australian Short Fiction

  • "The Twist of Fate", David Grigg, Urban Fantasies
  • "Glass Reptile Breakout", Russell Blackford, Strange Attractors/''Omega
  • "Montage", Lucy Sussex, Urban Fantasies
  • "The Fittest", George Turner, Urban Fantasies
  • "The Lipton Village Society", Lucy Sussex, Strange Attractors
  • '"The Bullet That Grows in the Gun", Terry Dowling, ''Urban Fantasies'''''

Best International Fiction

Devil in a Forest, Gene Wolfe Tik Tok, John Sladek Free Live Free, Gene Wolfe Peace, Gene Wolfe The Compass Rose, Ursula K. Le Guin Elleander Morning, Jerry Yulsman

Best Australian Fanzine

The Notional, Leigh EdmondsThe Metaphysical Review, Bruce GillespieThyme, Roger Weddall & Peter BurnsTigger, Marc OrtliebSikander, Irwin Hirsh

Best Australian Fanwriter

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

  • Lewis Morley
  • John Packer
  • Betty de GabrielleNick Stathopoulos
  • Marilyn Pride
  • Craig Hilton

William Atheling Jr Award

1987">1987 in Australian literature">1987: Capcon, Canberra

Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel

Bard III: The Wild Sea, Keith Taylor

Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy Short Fiction

  • "Shut the Door When You Go Out", George Turner, Aphelion 4"The Man Who Lost Red", Terry Dowling
  • "Time of the Star", Terry Dowling, Aphelion 3
  • "A Dragon Between His Fingers", Terry Dowling, Omega, May/June
  • "For the Man Who Has Everything", Chris Simmons, Aphelion 1

Best Australian Fanzine

The Space Wastrel, Mark Loney, Michelle Muijsert, Julian WarnerMotional, AnonymousLarrikin, Irwin Hirsh & Perry MiddlemissMetaphysical Review, Bruce Gillespie'Thyme'', Roger Weddall and Peter Burns'''

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist

Craig Hilton
  • Nick Stathopoulos
  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Betty deGabriele
  • John Packer

Outstanding Contribution to Australian Fandom

Carey Handfield, T.R.O.
  • Jessica Aldridge
  • Peter McNamara
  • Michelle Muijsert
  • John Foyster

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

Russell Blackford, "Debased and Lascivious"
  • Dave Luckett
  • Margaret Winch, "Frank's Tank"
  • Michael J Tolley

1988">1988 in Australian literature">1988: Conviction, Sydney

Best Australian Long Fiction

For As Long As You Burn, Terry Dowling, Aphelion 5The Makers, Victor Kelleher Bard IV: Raven's Gathering, Keith Taylor The Sea and the Summer, George Turner The Hyades Contact, Wynne Whiteford

Best Australian Short Fiction

The Dirty Little Unicorn, Stephen Dedman"The Last Elephant", Terry Dowling, Australian Short Stories #20
  • "Marmordesse", Terry Dowling, Omega, January 1987
  • "The Supramarket", Leanne Frahm, Doom City
  • "The Celestial Intervention Agency", Karen Herkes, Time Loop #70

Best Australian Fanzine

Australian Science Fiction Review, Melbourne Collective edsLarrikin, Irwin Hirsh, Perry MiddlemissScience Fiction, Van IkinThe Space Wastrel, Mark Loney, Michelle Muijsert, Julian Warner

Best Australian Fan Writer

  • Karen Herkes
  • Jack R. Herman
  • Irwin Hirsh
  • Van Ikin
  • '''Perry Middlemiss'''

Best Fan Artist

  • Donna Angus
  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Craig Hilton
  • David Kenyon
  • Stephen McArthur
  • '''Lewis Morley'''

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

  • Russell Blackford, "Deconstructing the Demon: John Calvin Bachelor's Novels" ASFR #11
  • Richard Erlich & Peter Hall, "A Prefilmic, Post-Poststructurialist Prostruction of Alien/Alien3", ASFR #11
  • John Foyster, Review of Trillion Year Spree, ASFR #7Van Ikin, "Mirror Reversals and the Tolkien Writing Game", Science Fiction #25
  • Susan Margaret, "Structural Analysis of SF. Why?", The Space Wastrel
  • Janeen Webb, "I Know Who I am, But What is my Brand Name?"

1989">1989 in Australian literature">1989: Swancon 14, Perth

Best Australian Long Fiction

Striped Holes, Damien Broderick West of the Moon, David Lake Huaco of the Golden God, Carolyn Logan Beyond The Labyrinth, Gillian Rubinstein,

Best Australian Short Fiction

Best International Fiction

Dawn, Octavia Butler Seventh Son, Orson Scott Card Aegypt, John Crowley Mona Lisa Overdrive, William Gibson On Stranger Tides, Tim Powers Life During Wartime, Lucius Shepard Islands in the Net, Bruce Sterling

Best Australian Fanzine

SFR, SF CollectiveGet Stuffed, Jacob BlakeLarrikin, Perry Middlemiss & Irwin HirshScience Fiction, Van Ikin

Best Australian Fanwriter

Bruce Gillespie

Best Fan Artist

Ian Gunn
  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Craig Hilton
  • Mike McGann
  • Kiera McKenzie
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

William Atheling Jr Award

Russell Blackford, ASFR articles
  • Martin Bridgstock, "Sea & Summer", and "Counter Earth/Counter Humanity"
  • Janeen Webb, ASFR articles
  • Arthur Webster, "Speaker for the Dead"

1990">1990 in Australian literature">1990: Danse Macabre, Melbourne

Best Australian Long Fiction

Best Australian Short Fiction

Terry Dowling, "The Quiet Redemption of Andy the House", Australian Short Stories #26
  • Rosaleen Love, "If You Go Down to the Park Today", Total Devotion Machine
  • Rosaleen Love, "Total Devotion Machine", Total Devotion Machine
  • Petrina Smith, "Over the Edge", ''Mirrors: Redress Novellas''

Best Australian Fanzine

Best Australian Fanwriter

Best Fan Artist

Ian Gunn
  • Kerrie Hanlon
  • Craig Hilton
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

1991: Suncon, Brisbane

Best Fannish Cat

  • Apple Blossom, humans: Elaine Cochrane & Bruce Gillespie
  • Constantinople, human: Phil Wlodarczyk
  • Emma Peel, human: Terry Frost
  • Godzilla, humans: Ian Gunn & Karen Pender-Gunn
  • Honey, humans: Gerald & Womble
  • Satan, human: Phil Wlodarczyk
  • Truffle, humans: Mark Loney & Michelle Muijsert'Typo, human: Roger Weddall'''''

Best Fanzine

Australian Science Fiction Review, , edited by the Science Fiction CollectiveDoxa!, Roman OrszanskiDoxy, John FoysterEthel the Aardvark, Alan StewartPink, Karen Pender-GunnStunGunn, Ian Gunn

Best Australian Novel or Anthology

A Pursuit of Miracles, George TurnerFortress of Eternity, Andrew Whitmore My Lady Tongue and Other Tales, Lucy Sussex Rynosseros, Terry Dowling The Specialist, Wynne Whiteford

Best Australian Short Fiction

Best Australian Fan Artist

Ian Gunn
  • Craig Hilton
  • Marion Plumridge
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

Best Australian Fan Writer

William Atheling Jr Award

  • Russell Blackford, "Analogues of Anomie: Lee Harding's Novels" in Science Fiction 30 & Australian Science Fiction Review Bruce Gillespie, "The Non-SF Novels of Philip K. Dick", ANZAPA 136, October 1990
  • Peter Nicholls, "Fantastic World" reviews in the Melbourne Sunday Herald
  • Alan Stewart, Reviews in Ethel the Aardvark and ''SF Commentary''

1992: Syncon, Sydney

The awards ceremony included presentation of five special awards from the Syncon committee to Jack R. Herman, Eric B. Lindsay, Ron Clarke, Sue Clarke, and Shayne McCormack.

Best Novel or Collection

From Sea to Shining Star, A. Bertram Chandler Wormwood, Terry DowlingBrother Night, Victor KelleherDel-Del, Victor KelleherBrainchild, George Turner

Best Short Fiction

Best Fanzine

Eidolon, ed Jonathan Strahan, Richard Scriven and Jeremy ByrneEthel the Aardvark, Alan StewartInconsequential Parallax, Tim Richards & Narrelle HarrisThyme, LynC & Clive NewallThyme, Greg Hills & Mark Loney

Best Fan Writer

Best Artist

  • Ian Gunn
  • Craig HiltonNick Stathopoulos
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

1993: Swancon 18, Perth

Best Long Fiction

Blue Tyson, Terry DowlingQuarantine, Greg EganBack Door Man, Ian M. HailsCall to the Edge, Sean McMullenBrainchild, George TurnerAnd Disregards the Rest, Paul Voermans

Best Short Fiction

Best Periodical

  • Slow Glass Books Catalog, Justin AckroydEidolon, Jeremy G. Byrne, Richard Scriven, Jonathan StrahanEthel the Aardvark, Alan StewartThyme, Alan StewartAurealis, Dirk Strasser & Stephen Higgins

Best Fan Writer

  • Paul Ewings
  • Terry FrostRobin Pen
  • Karen Pender-Gunn
  • Alan Stewart
  • Roger Weddall

Best Artwork

  • "Fanimals", Ian Gunn
  • "Space Time Buccaneers", Ian Gunn
  • 1992 Ditmar Award, Lewis MorleyCover art for Blue Tyson, Nick Stathopoulos
  • "Relics", Shaun Tan
  • "Snowman", Leisl Yvette

William Atheling Jr Award

  • "Five Go Camping with 12.1 Club", Paul Ewins
  • "James Morrow and the ERNI", Bruce Gillespie "Australian SF Art Turns 50", Sean McMullen
  • "From Fantasy to Gallileo", Sean McMullen
  • Reviews in Ethel the Aardvark, Karen Pender-Gunn

1994: Constantinople, Melbourne

Best Long Fiction or Collection

The Destiny Makers, George TurnerGraffiti, Dirk StrasserTwilight Beach, Terry DowlingThe Weird Colonial Boy, Paul Voermans

Best Short Fiction

"Catalyst", Leanne Frahm, Terror Australis

Best Professional Art Work

  • Galaxy Bookshop Dragon, Lewis Morley'Twilight Beach'' Cover, Nick Stathopoulos'''

Best Fan Writer

Best Fan Artist

  • Ian Gunn
  • Craig Hilton
  • Pamela Rendall
  • Steve ScholzKerri Valkova
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

Best Fanzine

Black LightEthel the Aardvark, Paul EwinsGet StuffedSF CommentaryThe Mentor
  • ''Thyme''

William Atheling Jr Award

  • "Five Bikers of the Apocalypse", Leigh Edmonds, Eidolon #12"SF Sucks", James Allen, Get Stuffed #6
  • "Silverberg Not Moving", Damien Broderick, SF Commentary 73/74/75

1995: Thylacon, Hobart

Best Australian Long Fiction

Deersnake, Lucy Sussex Genetic Soldier, George Turner Permutation City, Greg Egan Voices in the Light, Sean McMullen

Best Australian Short Fiction

"Cocoon", Greg Egan, Asimov's SF, May 1994

Best Professional Artwork

Best Fanzine

Gegenschein, Eric LindsayThe Mentor, Ron ClarkeSirius, Garry Wyatt'Thyme'', Alan Stewart'''

Best Fan Writer

Terry Frost
  • Ian Gunn
  • Graham Stone

Best Fan Artist

Ian Gunn
  • Kerri Valkova

Special Committee Award

1996: Swancon 21, Perth

Best Long Fiction

An Intimate Knowledge of the Night, Terry Dowling Mirrorsun Rising, Sean McMullen Sabriel, Garth Nix She's Fantastical, Lucy Sussex & Judith Buckrich The Unknown Soldier, Sean Williams & Shane Dix

Best Short Fiction

  • "Entropy", Leanne Frahm, She's Fantastical "Schrödinger's Fridge", Ian Gunn, Aurealis #15
  • "A Sky Full of Ravens", Sue Isle, She's Fantastical
  • "Angel Thing", Petrina Smith, She's Fantastical
  • "A Map of the Mines of Barnath", Sean Williams, Eidolon #16, February 1995
  • "The Perfect Gun", Sean Williams, Eidolon #17/18, June 1995

Best Publication/Fanzine (Periodical)

Eidolon, J. Byrne, R. Scriven & J. StrahanEthel the Aardvark, Paul EwinsThe Metaphysical Review, Bruce GillespiePinkette, Karen Pender-GunnThyme, Alan Stewart

Best Artwork

Thyme 106, Ian GunnAn Intimate Knowledge of the Night, Nick Stathopoulos'Eidolon'' 19, Shaun Tan'''

Best Non-Professional/Fan Writer

  • Terry FrostIan Gunn
  • Cheryl Morgan
  • Alan Stewart

Best Non-Professional/Fan Artist

Ian Gunn
  • Steve Scholz
  • Kerri Valkova

William Atheling Jnr Award

Reading by Starlight, Damien Broderick '"The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction", Bill Congreve, Sean McMullen & Steven Paulsen, The Scream Factory'' #16, November 1995'''

1997: Basicon 2, Melbourne

Best Australian Long Fiction

Dreamweavers, Paul Collins The Memory Cathedral, Jack Dann Scarlet Rider, Lucy Sussex Metal Fatigue, Sean Williams

Best Australian Short Fiction

"The Sword of God", Russell Blackford, Dreamweavers

Best Fanzine

The Communicator, Derek ScreenEmerald City, Cheryl MorganOscillation Overthruster, Sue Ann BarberPinkette, Karen Pender-GunnScience Fiction, Van Ikin'Thyme'', Alan Stewart'''

Best Fan Writer

Best Fan Artist

Ian Gunn
  • Steve Scholz
  • Kerri Valkova
  • Phil Wlodarczyk

Best Professional Artwork

William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

  • Russell Blackford, for "The Tiger in the Prison House", Science Fiction #37, Reviews of Distress in Science Fiction and NYRSF, and "Jewels in Junk City" in Review of Contemporary FictionAlan Stewart, for reviews in Thyme
  • Janeen Webb, for "Post human SF: Lost in Cyberspace", The Festival of Imagination Program Book

1998: Thylacon II, Hobart

Best Long Fiction

The White Abacus, Damien Broderick Winter, Simon Brown Darkfall, Isobelle Carmody Old Bones, Paul CollinsSinner, Sara Douglass

Best Short Fiction

"Niagara Falling", Janeen Webb & Jack Dann, Black Mist

Best Dramatic Presentation

Spellbinder 2, Nine NetworkDegree Absolute, Bedlam Theatre Company
  • Multiverse Ceremonies Video

Best Artwork/Artist

  • Kerri Valkova
  • Marc McBride, Shivers SeriesNick Stathopoulos
  • Robert Jan
  • R & D Studios, Eidolon Cover
  • Shaun Tan, ''The Viewer''

Best Fanzine

Eidolon
  • Frontier
  • Thyme
  • Captain's Log
  • Oscillation Overthruster

Best Fan Writer

William Atheling Jr Award

  • Katharine and Darren Maxwell, for X-files episode reviews in Frontier'Sean McMullen and Steven Paulsen, "Australia": Australian Contemporary Fantasy, Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' '''

1999: Spawncon II, Melbourne

Best Australian Long Fiction

Pilgrim, Sara Douglass Feral, Kerry Greenwood The Centurion's Empire, Sean McMullen The Tilecutter's Penny, Caiseal Mór 'The Resurrected Man'', Sean Williams '''

Best Australian Short Fiction

  • "The Marsh Runners", Paul Brandon, Dreaming Down Under
  • "The Evil Within", Sara Douglass, Dreaming Down Under
  • "Dream Until God Burns", Andrew Enstice, Dreaming Down Under"The Truth About Weena", David Lake, Dreaming Down Under
  • "Queen of Soulmates", Sean McMullen, Dreaming Down Under
  • "To Avalon", Jane Routley, ''Dreaming Down Under''

Best Australian Magazine or Anthology

Altair, Rob StephensonAurealis, Stephen Higgins & Dirk StrasserDreaming Down-Under, Jack Dann & Janeen Webb Eidolon, Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy ByrneFantastic Worlds, Paul Collins MUP Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction, Paul Collins

Best Australian Fanzine

The Captain's Log, Rose MitchellEthel the Aardvark, Ian GunnInterstellar Ramjet Scoop, Bill WrightMetaphysical Review, Bruce GillespieOut of the Kaje, Karen JohnsonThyme, Alan Stewart

Best Australian Fan Artist

Ian Gunn
  • Robert Jan
  • Dick Jenssen
  • Marco Nero
  • Kerri Valkova

Best Australian Professional Artwork

  • Emma Barber, Cover Cannibals of the Fine Light and/or Cover A View Before Dying
  • Mark McBride, Cover Fantastic Worlds
  • Marilyn Pride, A3 PRs and/or Peregrine BessetNick Stathopoulos, Cover The Man Who Melted and/or Cover Dreaming Down Under
  • Shaun Tan, ''The Rabbits''

William Atheling Jr. Award

2000: Swancon 2000, Perth

An awards ceremony was held 16 December 2000; the actual trophies were presented later at Swancon 2001.

Best Written Work (Professional)

Best Written Work (Unpaid or Fan)

  • Colin Sharpe & Kate Langford, "Magical Cream Puff Destiny", in JAMWAF Magazine
  • Kyla Ward, "Night Cars", in Abaddon #2
  • Robin Pen, Eidolist 1999 Reviews, in Eidolist
  • Bill Wright, Interstellar Ramjet Scoop
  • Alan Stewart, ''Thyme''

Best Professional Production in Any Medium

  • Sarah Endacott, Orb 0
  • Russell B. Farr, The Lady of Situations
  • Roadshow and Warner Brothers, The Matrix
  • Paul Collins & Meredith Costain, Spinouts
  • MP Books, ''Antique Futures: The Best of Terry Dowling''

Best Non-Professional Production in Any Medium

  • Jonathan Strahan & Steven Paulsen, The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction
  • Team, Twenty3, Swancon 2000 Launch Video
  • Cathy Cupitt, The Rhizome Factor
  • Danny Heap, The Opening Ceremony Video at Aussiecon Three
  • Ion Newcombe, The Antipodean SF website

Best Artwork (Professional.)

  • Nick Stathopoulos, The Cover of Antique Futures
  • Graeme Bliss, The Cover of Clementine
  • Marc McBride, The Cover of Spinouts
  • Shaun Tan, The Cover of Orb 0
  • Nick Stathopoulos, The Cover of ''The Aussiecon Three Souvenir Book''

Best Artwork (Unpaid or Fan)

  • Jeremy Nelson, The Cover of The Rhizome Factor #4
  • Colin Sharpe, Illustrations for "The Magical Cream Puff Destiny"
  • Dick Jenssen, Body of Work
  • Phil Wlodarczyk, Cover of ''Ethel the Aardvark''

William Atheling Award for Criticism or Review

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Best Novel

Best Short Fiction

Best Collected Work

Sean Williams, New Adventures in Sci-Fi

Best Artwork

Shaun Tan, Cover to The Coode St Review Of Science Fiction
  • Nick Stathopoulos, Cover to Aussiecon 3 Programme Book
  • Nick Stathopoulos, Cover to Dreaming Down Under Volume 2,
  • Marc McBride, Covers to ''Spinouts''

Best Fan Writer

Best Fan Artist

Best Fan Production

  • Jonathan Strahan and Steven Paulsen, The Coode St Review Of Science Fiction
  • Alan Stewart, Thyme
  • Cathy Cupitt, The Rhizome Factor
  • Danny Heap, Nick Stathopoulos, Aussiecon 3 Masquerade CeremonyDanny Heap, Aussiecon 3 Opening Ceremony Video
  • Bill Wright, Interstellar Ramjet Scoop
  • ''Ethel The Aardvark''

William Atheling Jr. Award

2001: Swancon 2001: Masquerade, Perth

Best Novel

Cyberskin, Paul Collins The Miocene Arrow, Sean McMullen Sea as Mirror, Tess Williams 'Evergence 2: The Dying Light'', Sean Williams and Shane Dix '''

Best Short Fiction

Best Collected Work

Tales from the Wasteland, ed. Paul Collins Blackwater Days, Terry Dowling White Time, Margo Lanagan

Best Artwork

Shaun Tan, The Lost Thing
  • Otto Schmidinger, "Space", Stamp Issue, Australia Post
  • Marc McBride, Cover to ''Tales from the Wasteland''

Best Fan Writer

Best Fan Artist

Grant Watson
  • Jade Todd
  • Dick Jenssen

Best Fan Production

The Rhizome Factor, ed. Cathy CupittFirst Sight, dir. Chris Dickinson"The Angriest Video Store Clerk in the World", Grant Watson
  • SwanCon 2001 Launch VideoThe Unrelenting Gaze: SF Commentary # 76, ed. Bruce GillespieMitch? Short Stories for Short Attention Spans, ed. Mitch?

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism and Review

Waking Henson: A Jim Henson Retrospective, Grant Watson and Simon OxwellThe Unrelenting Gaze: SF Commentary # 76, ed. Bruce Gillespie

Best New Talent

Best Professional Achievement

Two items ruled ineligible; category withdrawn Farscape, Channel 9/Henson ProductionsSpinouts Bronze, eds. Paul Collins & Meredith Costain The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan

2002: Convergence, Melbourne

Best Australian Novel

Eyes of the Calculor, Sean McMullen Lirael, Garth Nix The Year of the Intelligent Tigers, Kate Orman

Best Australian Short Fiction

"Absolute Uncertainty", Lucy Sussex, F&SF, April 2001

Best Australian Collected Work

Earth is But a Star, Damien Broderick Jubilee, Jack Dann, Orb #2, Sarah EndacottStalking Midnight, Paul Collins

Best Fan Writer

Best Fan Artist

Best Australian Fan Production, Fanzine

Diverse Universe, Geoff & MiriamFables and Reflections, Lily ChrywenstromInterstellar Ram Jet Scoop, Bill WrightSF Commentary, Bruce GillespieSolar Spectrum, Geoff & Miriam

Best Australian Fan Production, Other

Consensual, Stephen Dedman, Cathy Cupitt & Elaine KempJB Resurrection, Garth ThomasMitch? 2, Tarts of the New Millennium, Anthony MitchellSpaced Out website, Geoff & Miriam, David Carroll & Kyla Ward

Best Australian Professional Achievement

  • Meredith Costain and Paul Collins, Editing
  • Robert Hood for the Young Adult Series, Shades 'Dirk Strasser & Stephen Higgins, for editing and production of Aurealis'' over so many years'''

Best New Talent

2003: Swancon 2003, Perth

Best Australian Novel

Transcension, Damien BroderickEchoes of Earth, Sean Williams & Shane DixSovereign, Simon BrownThe Storm Weaver and the Sand, Sean WilliamsBlue Silence, Michelle MarquardtThe Sky Warden and the Sun, Sean WilliamsTime Past, Maxine McArthur

Best Australian Short Fiction

  • "Father Muerte and the Thief", Lee Battersby, Aurealis 29
  • "Stealing Alice", Claire McKenna, Agog! Fantastic Fiction
  • "Scratches in the Sky", Ben Peek, Agog! Fantastic Fiction
  • "Cigarettes and Roses", Ben Peek, Passing Strange'"King of All and The Metal Sentinel", Deborah Biancotti, Agog! Fantastic Fiction'''''

Best Australian Collected Work

Machinations, ed. Chris Andrews Agog! Fantastic Fiction, ed. Cat Sparks Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, ed. ASIM CollectiveAustrAlien Absurdities, ed. Chuck McKenzie & Tansy Rayner Roberts Passing Strange, ed. Bill Congreve

Best Australian Artwork

Passing Strange Cover, Cat SparksAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Cover Issue #3, Les PetersenAustrAlien Absurdities Cover, Dion HamillAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Cover Issue #1, Les PetersenAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Cover Issue #4, Les PetersenAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Cover Issue #2, Les Petersen

Best Australian Fan Writer

Best Australian Fan Artist

  • Miriam English
  • Les Petersen
  • Sarah Xu
  • Dick Jenssen
  • Colin Sharpe
  • '''Cat Sparks'''

Best New Talent

  • Lily Chrywenstrom
  • Chris Mowbray
  • Brendan Duffy
  • '''Lee Battersby'''

Best Australian Fanzine

Interstellar Ramjet Scoop, ed. Bill WrightFables & Reflections, ed. Lily ChrywenstromAustralian SF Bullsheet, ed. Edwina HarveyVisions, ed. Stephen ThompsonAntipodean SF, ed. Antipodean Computer Services

Best Australian Production

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Launch
  • Spaced Out WebsiteThe View From Mt. Pootmootoo
  • Eidolon Website

Best Australian Professional Achievement

Best Australian Fan Achievement

Borderlands: That which scares us..., ed. Simon Oxwell, Grant Watson and Anna Hepworth
  • Robin Pen
  • Spaced Out Website, ed. Miriam and Geoff

The William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

2004: Conflux, Canberra

Best Novel

The Etched City, K. J. Bishop The High Lord, Trudi Canavan Abhorsen, Garth Nix Fallen Gods, Jonathan Blum & Kate Orman, Orphans of Earth, Sean Williams & Shane Dix

Best Novella or Novelette

Best Short Story

Best Collected Work

Agog! Terrific Tales - Cat Sparks ed. 'Elsewhere - Michael Barry ed. Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine - ASIM Publishing CooperativeSouthern Blood - Bill Congreve ed. Forever Shores'' - Peter McNamara & Margaret Winch eds. '''

Best Fan Production

  • Swancon 2003 Opening Ceremony & Video - Swancon 2003 Committee
  • Spaced Out website - Geoff & MiriamElsewhere Book Launch - CSFG
  • "The Mega Panel" - Arron Jacks & Mitch, Continuum 2003
  • "Mondys's Perfect Match" - Ian Mond, Continuum 2003

Best Fanzine

The Australian SF Bullsheet - Edwina Harvey & Edwin Scribner Three-Eyed Frog - Paul Ewins & Sue Ann BarberFables & Reflections - Lily ChrywenstromDark Animus - James CainNo Award - Russell B. FarrFandom is my life - Danny Oz

Best Fan Writer

Bruce Gillespie
  • Edwina Harvey
  • Danny Oz
  • Grant Watson
  • Paul Ewins

Best Fan Artist

Les Petersen - for "Battle Elf" poster
  • Dick Jenssen - for extensive body of work
  • Phil Wlodarczyk - for cartoons in Ethel the Aardvark
  • Miriam English - for ''Diverse Universe''

Best Artwork

Best New Talent

K. J. Bishop

William Atheling Jr. Award

Bruce Gillespie

2005: Thylacon 2005, Hobart

Best Novel

The Black Crusade, Richard HarlandLess than Human, Maxine McArthur'The Crooked Letter'', Sean Williams'''

Best Collected Work

Agog! Smashing Stories - Cat Sparks Black Juice - Margo LanaganAndromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine - Lyn Triffitt, Edwina Harvey, Andrew Finch, Zara Baxter, Robbie Matthews & Tehani Croft Orb 6 - Sarah Endacott Encounters - Donna Hanson and Maxine McArthur

Best Novella or Novelette

Best Short Story

Best Professional Artwork

  • Les Petersen: cover of ASIM 12Kerri Valkova: - Cover of The Black Crusade
  • Cat Sparks: Agog! Smashing Stories cover
  • Les Petersen: Encounters Book Cover
  • Les Petersen: cover and internal ASIM 16

Best Professional Achievement

The Clarion South Team : negotiating with the US Clarion people, then promoting and establishing Clarion South which gives emerging writer the chance to work with the best in the business.
  • Cat Sparks: editing and writing including winning third place in the writers of the future award
  • Margo Lanagan: for Black Juice
  • Geoff Maloney: for Tales of the Crypto-System, his short story publications
  • Sean Williams for The Crooked Letter and efforts in teaching
  • Jonathan Strahan for work over the year in internationally published reviews and in editing anthologies

Best Fan Achievement

  • Super Happy Robot HourConflux convention committee
  • Continuum 2 convention committee

Best Fan Artist

  • '''Sarah Xu'''

Best Fan Website/Zine

Antipodean SF - Ion Newcombe Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet - ed Edwina Harvey & Ted ScribnerGynaezine - Emma Hawkes and Gina Goddard

Best Fan Writer

Best New Talent

  • Chris Barnes
  • Stuart Barrow
  • Grace DuganPaul Haines
  • Barbara Robson
  • Brian Smith

William Atheling Jnr. Award for Criticism or Review

Robert Hood - review of Weight of Water at HoodReviews, asking "is this film a ghost story?"Jason Nahrung - "Why are publishers afraid of horror?", BAM, Courier-Mail, 20 March 2004
  • Ben Peek - review of Haruki Murakami's work in the

2006: Conjure, Brisbane

Best Novel

Magic or Madness - Justine Larbalestier Drowned Wednesday - Garth Nix Midnight 2: Touching Darkness - Scott Westerfeld Peeps - Scott Westerfeld Uglies - Scott Westerfeld 'Geodesica: Ascent'' - Sean Williams & Shane Dix '''

Best Collected Work

Shadowed Realms - Angela Challis & Shane Jiraiya CummingsYears Best Australian SF & Fantasy - Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales - Robert Hood & Robin Pen A Tour Guide in Utopia - Lucy Sussex The Grinding House - Kaaron Warren, ed. Donna Maree Hanson,

Best Novella or Novelette

  • "Passing of the Minotaurs" - Rjurik Davidson, SciFi.com, April 2005
  • "The Red Priest's Homecoming "- Dirk Flinthart, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #17
  • "Countless Screaming Argonauts" - Chris Lawson, Realms of Fantasy
  • "The Memory of Breathing" - Lyn Triffitt, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #17'"The Grinding House" - Kaaron Warren, The Grinding House'', CSFG Publishing'''

Best Short Story

Best Professional Artwork

  • cover art for The Blood Debt by Sean Williams - Greg Bridges
  • cover art for The Grinding House by Karon Warren, ed. Donna Maree Hanson - Robin Evans
  • cover art for Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview, ed. Donna Hanson - Nick StathopoulosFell #3 - Ben Templesmith

Best Professional Achievement

  • Damien Broderick, Wilson de Silva and Kylie Ahern - CosmosRobert Dobson, Robert Hoge, Kate Eltham, Heather Gammage - Clarion South 2005, Clarion South Workshop
  • Donna Maree Hanson - Australian Speculative Fiction: a genre overview
  • Michael Rymer - Screenwriting and directing, Battlestar Galactica Season 2.0, Sci-Fi Channel
  • Jonathan Strahan - for editing Best Short Novels: 2005, and co-editing Science Fiction: Best of 2004 and ''Fantasy: Best of 2004''

Best Fan Production

Edwina Harvey and Ted Scribner - The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet website and newsletter
  • Alisa Krasnostein - ASif!: Australian SpecFic In Focus
  • Tony Plank - Inkspillers website
  • Conflux Committee - Conflux 2 convention
  • Continuum Committee - Continuum 3 convention

Best Fan Artist

  • Dick Jenssen - Artwork in American fan Earl Kemp's ezines eI 20 and eI 23 published via efanzines.com, and Ditmar graphics for IRS published by Bill Wright
  • Elaine Kemp - ConSensual a Trois interior artwork, ConSensual a Trois April 2005
  • '''Shane Parker - Conflux Poster Art, Conflux'''

Best Fanzine/website

- Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al. - Russell B. Farr et al.Interstellar Ramjet Scoop - Bill Wright

Best Fan Writer

Shane Jiraiya Cummings - Writer/reviewer, Horror Scope
  • Bruce Gillespie - Writer/reviewer, Steam Engine Time and Science Fiction Commentary, *brg*, Earl Kemp's ezines
  • Stephanie Gunn - Writer/reviewer, Horror Scope
  • Martin Livings - "", LiveJournal web comic
  • Bill Wright - Interstellar Ramjet Scoop, published by Bill Wright

Best New Talent

The William Atheling Jr. Award

Ferocious Minds: Polymathy and the New Enlightenment - Damien Broderick"Divided Kingdom: King Kong vs Godzilla", in King Kong is Back - Robert Hood

2007: Convergence 2, Melbourne

Best Novel

Carnies, Martin Livings Prismatic, Edwina Grey The Mother, Brett McBean The Pilo Family Circus, Will Elliott The Silver Road, Grace Dugan

Best Novella/Novelette

  • "Aftermath", David Conyers, Agog! Ripping Reads
  • "The Dead of Winter", Stephen Dedman, Weird Tales, #339"The Devil in Mr Pussy ", Paul Haines, C0ck
  • "The Souls of Dead Soldiers are for Blackbirds, Not Little Boys", Ben Peek, Agog! Ripping Reads,
  • "Under the Red Sun", Ben Peek, Fantasy Magazine #4,
  • "World's Whackiest Upper Atmosphere Re-Entry Disasters Dating Game", Brendan Duffy, ''Agog! Ripping Reads''

Best Short Story

  • "Burning from the Inside", Paul Haines, Doorways for the Dispossessed
  • "Cold", Kirstyn McDermott, Shadowed Realms #9
  • "Honeymoon", Adam Browne and John Dixon, C0ck,
  • "Surrender 1: Rope Artist", Deborah Biancotti, Shadowed Realms #9
  • "The Bat's Boudoir", Kyla Ward, Shadowed Realms #9'"The Fear of White", Rjurik Davidson, Borderlands'' #7'''

Best Collected Work

Agog! Ripping Reads, Cat Sparks C0ck, Keith Stevenson & Andrew Macrae Doorways for the Dispossessed, Paul Haines and Geoffrey Maloney The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Vol.2, Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt Eidolon I, Jonathan Strahan and Jeremy Byrne

Best Artwork/Artist

26Lies/1Truth, cover art by Andrew MacRae Agog! Ripping Reads, cover art by Cat Sparks Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century cover art by Cat Sparks The Devoured Earth, cover art by Greg Bridges The Arrival, cover art by Shaun Tan

Best Fan Writer

Best Fan Artist

  • Christopher Johnstone
  • '''Jon Swabey'''

Best Fan Production

ASif website, Alisa Krasnostein – Executive Editor
  • Inkspillers website, Tony PlankOutland, Directed by John Richards
  • Tabula Rasa website, David Carroll
  • The Bullsheet website & ezine, Edwina Harvey & Ted Scribner

Best Fanzine

AntipodeanSF, editor Ion NewcombeASIF – Australian SpecFic in Focus, editor Alisa KrasnosteinThe Captain's Log, Austrek clubzine. Edited by Clare McDonaldEthel the Aardvark, MSFC clubzine'HorrorScope'', editor Shane Jiraiya Cummings'''

Best Professional Achievement

  • Angelia Challis for establishing Brimstone Press as a mass market publisherBill Congreve for Mirrordanse Press and 2 issues of the Australian Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Russell B. Farr for Ticonderoga Publications
  • Gary Kemble for work on ABC's Articulate and promoting the genre through radio and other mediums
  • Alisa Krasnostein for providing new paying markets for readers and writers of both fiction/ non-fiction, art as well as forums for reviews/interviews within the speculative fiction genre, enhancing the profile of Australian speculative fiction.
  • Justine Larbalestier, for editing ''Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century''

Best Fan Achievement

  • Marty Young for his work establishing and promoting the Australian Horror Writers AssociationAlisa Krasnostein for establishing ASIf
  • Tony Plank for establishing and maintaining the Inkspillers website

Best New Talent

William Atheling Jr Award

  • Miranda Siemienowicz for her review of Paraspheres appearing in HorrorscopeJustine Larbalestier for Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century
  • Robert Hood for "Man and Super-Monster: A History of Daikaiju Eiga and its Metaphorical Undercurrents", Borderlands #7
  • Grant Watson for "Bad Film Diaries - Sink or Swim: The Truth Behind Waterworld", Borderlands #8
  • Kathryn Linge for her review "Through Soft Air", ''ASif''

2008: State of the Art: Swancon 2008, Perth

Best Novel

The Company of the Dead, David Kowalski Extras, Scott Westerfeld Dark Space, Marianne de Pierres Saturn Returns, Sean Williams Magic's Child, Justine Larbalestier The Darkness Within, Jason Nahrung

Best Novella/Novelette

Best Short Story

"The Dark and What It Said", Rick Kennett Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #28, edited by Zara Baxter

Best Collected Work

Orb #7, Sarah Endacott The Workers' Paradise, Russell B. Farr and Nick Evans New Ceres, Alisa Krasnstein The New Space Opera, Jonathan Strahan 'Fantastic Wonder Stories'', Russell B. Farr '''

Best Artwork/Artist

  • Daryl Lindquist for the ASIM #28 cover
  • Nick Stathopolous for the Daikaju #3 cover
  • Eleanor Clark for ASIM #31 internal art
  • Amanda Rainey for The Workers' Paradise coverNick Stathopolous for the Rynemonn cover
  • Eleanor Clark for ASIM #30 internal art

Best Fan Writer

  • Alexandra Pierce for Last Short Story on Earth and for ASiF! reviews
  • Shane Jiraiya Cummings for Horrorscope
  • Grant Watson for the 'angriest' Livejournal
  • '''Rob Hood for film reviews on his website'''

Best Fan Art

"Exterminate!" Dalek Postcards - Kathryn Linge
  • 'Nights Edge' Convention Poster Art - John Parker

Best Fan Production

2007 Snap Shot Project - interviews with influential members of the Australian speculative fiction scene conducted by Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Katherine Linge, Kaaron Warren and Rosie Clark
  • Inkspillers Website - Tony Plank
  • "The Liminal" short film - directed by Claire McKenna
  • Daikaju Limerick Competition - Robert Hood on his website
  • Talking Squid Website - Chris Lawson

Best Fanzine

The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet, Ted Scribner and Edwina Harvey Not If You Were the Last Short Story on Earth, Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts Steam Engine Time, edited by Bruce GillespieHorrorscope, Shane Jiraiya Cummings

Best Professional Achievement

  • Gary Kemble for his continued coverage of speculative fiction on Articulate and ABC news online
  • Russell B. Farr for Ticonderoga Publications; in 2007, Russell produced an issue of Ticonderoga Online, The Workers' Paradise and Fantastic Wonder Stories, which produced five Aurealis Award nominees
  • Jonathan Strahan for a prolific body of work editing The Jack Vance Treasury, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Best Short Novels of 2007, The New Space Opera, Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling and Eclipse One: New Science Fiction and FantasyAndromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-Operative Ltd for five issues in 2007, including three electronic Best Of anthologies
  • Jonathan Strahan, Garth Nix, Deb Biancotti and Trevor Stafford for compiling and promoting the new Australian Fantasy and SF catalogue in the United States to increase awareness and appreciation of forthcoming Australian SF and to expand creative and professional opportunities for writers

Best Fan Achievement

Alisa Krasnostein for ASiF! Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus
  • Marty Young for his work as President of the Australian Horror Writers Association
  • John Parker, Sarah Parker and Sarah Xu for Night's Edge Convention
  • Sarah Xu for the CyPEC Cyber-feminist Conference held as part of Night's Edge convention

Best New Talent

William Atheling Jr Award

2009: Conjecture, Adelaide

Best Novel

Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch, Simon Haynes Daughter of Moab, Kim WestwoodEarth Ascendant, Sean WilliamsFivefold, Nathan BurrageHow to Ditch Your Fairy, Justine Larbalestier'Tender Morsels'', Margo Lanagan'''

Best Novella/Novelette

Best Short Story

"The Goosle", Margo Lanagan"This Is Not My Story", Dirk Flinthart

Best Collected Work

Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine, edited by Angela ChallisCreeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood2012, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Ben PayneCanterbury 2100, edited by Dirk FlinthartMidnight Echo, edited by Kirstyn McDermott and Ian MondDreaming Again, edited by Jack DannThe Starry Rift, edited by Jonathan Strahan

Best Artwork

Tales from Outer Suburbia, Shaun TanThe Last Realm, Book 1: Dragonscarpe, Michal Dutkiewicz

Best Fan Writer

  • Mark Smith-Briggs, for work in Horrorscope
  • Edwina Harvey, for work in The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet
  • Chuck McKenzie, for work in Horrorscope
  • Craig Bezant, for work in Horrorscope
  • Brenton Tomlinson, for work in Horrorscope'Robert Hood, for work in Undead Backbrain'' '''

Best Fan Artist

Cat Sparks, for Scary Food Cookbook
  • Anna Tambour, for "Box of Noses" and other works
  • Rachel Holkner, for "Gumble Soft" toy and other works
  • Tansy Rayner Roberts, for "Daleks are a Girl's Best Friend"
  • Andrew McKiernan, for body of work
  • David Schembri, for body of work
  • Nancy Lorenz, for body of work

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

ASif! , edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Gene Melzack Horrorscope, edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al.The Australian SF Bullsheet, edited by Edwina Harvey and Ted ScribnerScary Food Cookbook, edited by Cat Sparks

Best Achievement

Angela Challis, for Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine and Brimstone Press
  • Damien Broderick, for fiction editing in Cosmos
  • Talie Helene, for her work as AHWA News Editor
  • James "Jocko" Allen and KRin Pender-Gunn, for "The Gunny Project: A tribute to Ian Gunn 1959-1998"
  • Steven Clark, for Tasmaniac Productions
  • James Doig, for preserving colonial Australian horror fiction and editing Australian Gothic and Australian Nightmares
  • Marty Young and the AHWA Committee, for promoting Australian horror through the AHWA

Best New Talent

William Atheling Jr Award

Kim Wilkins, for "Popular genres and the Australian literary community: the case of fantasy fiction"
  • Shane Jiraiya Cummings, for "Dark Suspense: The End of the Line"
  • Grant Watson, for "Bad Film Diaries - Sometimes the Brand Burns: Tim Burton and the Planet of the Apes"
  • Robert Hood, for "George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead"

2010: Dudcon III, Melbourne

Best Novel

Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld Liar, Justine Larbalestier World Shaker, Richard Harland Slights, Kaaron Warren Life Through Cellophane, Gillian Polack

Best Novella or Novelette

Best Short Story

Best Collected Work

The New Space Opera 2, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Gardner Dozois New Ceres Nights, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely Slice Of Life, Paul Haines, edited by Geoffrey Maloney A Book of Endings, Deborah Biancotti, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne Eclipse Three, edited by Jonathan Strahan

Best Artwork

  • Cover art, New Ceres Nights, Dion Hamill
  • Cover art, The Whale's Tale, Eleanor Clarke
  • Cover art and illustrations, Shards: Short Sharp Tales, Andrew J. McKiernanCover art, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #42, Lewis Morley
  • Cover art, Horn, Dion Hamill
  • Cover art, Masques, Mik Bennett

Best Fan Writer

Best Fan Artist

  • Dave Schembri for work in Midnight Echo
  • Kathleen Jennings for body of work
  • '''Dick Jenssen for body of work'''

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

Interstellar Ramjet Scoop, edited by Bill WrightA Writer Goes on a Journey, edited by Nyssa Pascoe et al.ASif!, edited by Alisa Krasnostein, Gene Melzack et al.Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet, edited by Edwina Harvey and Ted Scribner'Steam Engine Time'', edited by Bruce Gillespie and Janine Stinson'''

Best Achievement

  • Alisa Krasnostein, Liz Grzyb, Tehani Wessely, Cat Sparks and Kate Williams for the New Ceres Nights book launch
  • H. Gibbens for the Gamers' Quest CGI-animated book trailer
  • Ruth Jenkins and Cathy Jenkins-Rutherford for the children's program at Conjecture
  • Amanda Rainey for the cover design of Siren Beat/Roadkill 'Gillian Polack et al.'' for the Southern Gothic banquet at Conflux'''

Best New Talent

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

  • Chuck McKenzie for "The Dead Walk! … Into a Bookstore Near You", Eye of Fire #1
  • Ian Mond for reviews on his blog
  • Grant Watson for reviews and articles for Eiga: Asian Cinema 'Helen Merrick for The Secret Feminist Cabal: a cultural history of science fiction feminisms'' '''

2011: Swancon Thirty Six | Natcon Fifty, Perth

There was a version of the ballot on which the cover design by Lisa L. Hannett for The Girl With No Hands was nominated as cover art under Best Artwork. When it was reclassified as cover design under Best Achievement, cover art by Andrew J. McKiernon for Savage Menace and Other Poems of Horror got onto the ballot under Best Artwork.

Best Novel

Death Most Definite, Trent Jamieson Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott Power and Majesty, Tansy Rayner Roberts Stormlord Rising, Glenda Larke Walking the Tree, Kaaron Warren

Best Novella or Novelette

Best Short Story

"All the Love in the World", Cat Sparks, Sprawl

Best Collected Work

Baggage, edited by Gillian Polack Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears, edited by Angela Challis and Marty Young Scenes from the Second Storey, edited by Amanda Pillar and Pete Kempshall Sprawl, edited by Alisa Krasnostein Worlds Next Door, edited by Tehani Wessely

Best Artwork

  • Cover art, The Angaelien Apocalypse/The Company Articles of Edward Teach, Dion Hamill
  • Cover art, Australis Imaginarium, Shaun Tan
  • Cover art, Dead Sea Fruit, Olga Read
  • Cover art, Savage Menace and Other Poems of Horror, Andrew J McKiernan
  • '''"The Lost Thing" short film, Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan'''

Best Fan Writer

  • Robert Hood, for Undead Backbrain
  • Chuck McKenzie, for work in HorrorscopeAlexandra Pierce, for body of work including reviews at Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus
  • Tehani Wessely, for body of work including reviews at ''Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus''

Best Fan Artist

  • Rachel Holkner, for Continuum 6 props
  • Dick Jenssen, for cover art of Interstellar Ramjet Scoop
  • '''Amanda Rainey, for Swancon 36 logo'''

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus, edited by Alisa Krasnostein et al.Bad Film Diaries podcast, Grant WatsonGalactic Suburbia podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Alex PierceTerra Incognita podcast, Keith StevensonThe Coode Street podcast, Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan StrahanThe Writer and the Critic podcast, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond

Best Achievement

  • Lisa L. Hannett, cover design for The Girl With No Hands and Other Tales
  • Helen Merrick and Andrew Milner, Academic Stream for Aussiecon 4
  • Amanda Rainey, cover design for Scary Kisses
  • Kyla Ward, Horror Stream and The Nightmare Ball for Aussiecon 4
  • Grant Watson and Sue Ann Barber, Media Stream for Aussiecon 4'Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, Rachel Holkner, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely, Snapshot 2010'''''

Best New Talent

Thoraiya Dyer
  • Lisa L. Hannett
  • Patty Jansen
  • Kathleen Jennings
  • Pete Kempshall

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

  • Leigh Blackmore, for "Marvels and Horrors: Terry Dowling's Clowns at Midnight" in 21st Century Gothic
  • Damien Broderick, for editing Skiffy and Mimesis: More Best of Australian Science Fiction Review
  • Ross Murray, for "The Australian Dream Becomes Nightmare - Visions of Suburbia in Australian Science Fiction" in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 44.
  • '''Tansy Rayner Roberts, for "A Modern Woman's Guide to Classic Who"'''

2012, Continuum 8: Craftonomicon, Melbourne

Best Novel

Debris, Jo Anderton Burn Bright, Marianne de Pierres The Shattered City, Tansy Rayner Roberts Mistification, Kaaron Warren 'The Courier's New Bicycle'', Kim Westwood '''

Best Novella or Novelette

  • "And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living", Deborah Biancotti
  • "Above", Stephanie Campisi "The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt", Paul Haines
  • "Below", Ben Peek
  • "Julia Agrippina's Secret Family Bestiary", Tansy Rayner Roberts
  • "The Sleeping and the Dead", Cat Sparks

Best Short Story

  • "Bad Power", Deborah Biancotti
  • "Breaking the Ice", Thoraiya Dyer
  • "The Last Gig of Jimmy Rucker", Martin Livings & Talie Helene "The Patrician", Tansy Rayner Roberts
  • "Alchemy", Lucy Sussex
  • "All You Can Do Is Breathe", Kaaron Warren

Best Collected Work

Bad Power, Deborah Biancotti The Last Days of Kali Yuga, Paul Haines Nightsiders, Sue Isle Ishtar, Amanda Pillar & K.V. Taylor, eds. Love and Romanpunk, Tansy Rayner Roberts

Best Artwork

"Finishing School", Kathleen Jennings, in Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories
  • Cover art for The Freedom Maze, Kathleen Jennings

Best Fan Writer

  • Bruce Gillespie, for body of work including "The Golden Age of Fanzines is Now", and SF Commentary 81 & 82Robin Pen, for "The Ballad of the Unrequited Ditmar"
  • 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
  • Sean Wright, for body of work including "Authors and Social Media" series in ''Adventures of a Bookonaut''

Best Fan Artist

  • Rebecca Ing, for work in ScapeKathleen 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

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie, ed.Galactic Chat podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts & Sean WrightGalactic Suburbia podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayer Roberts, & Alex PierceThe Writer and the Critic podcast, Kirstyn McDermott & Ian MondThe Coode Street Podcast, Gary K. Wolfe & Jonathan Strahan

Best New Talent

Joanne Anderton

William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

  • 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'Alexandra Pierce & Tehani Wessely, for reviews of Vorkosigan Saga, in Randomly Yours, Alex'''''

2013, Conflux 9, Canberra

Best Novel

Sea Hearts, Margo Lanagan Bitter Greens, Kate Forsyth Suited, Jo Anderton Salvage, Jason Nahrung Perfections, Kirstyn McDermott The Corpse-Rat King, Lee Battersby

Best Novella or Novelette

  • "Flight 404", Simon Petrie, in Flight 404/The Hunt for Red Leicester
  • "Significant Dust", Margo Lanagan, in Cracklescape '"Sky", Kaaron Warren, in Through Splintered Walls'' '''

Best Short Story

  • "Sanaa's Army", Joanne Anderton, in Bloodstones "The Wisdom of Ants", Thoraiya Dyer, in Clarkesworld 75
  • "The Bone Chime Song", Joanne Anderton, in Light Touch Paper Stand Clear
  • "Oracle's Tower", Faith Mudge, in ''To Spin a Darker Stair''

Best Collected Work

Cracklescape by Margo Lanagan, edited by Alisa Krasnostein Epilogue, edited by Tehani Wessely Through Splintered Walls by Kaaron Warren, edited by Alisa Krasnostein Light Touch Paper Stand Clear, edited by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie Midnight and Moonshine by Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter, edited by Russell B. Farr The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene

Best Artwork

  • Cover art, Nick Stathopoulos, for Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 56 Cover art, Kathleen Jennings, for Midnight and Moonshine
  • Illustrations, Adam Browne, for Pyrotechnicon
  • Cover art and illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, for To Spin a Darker Stair
  • Cover art, Les Petersen, for ''Light Touch Paper Stand Clear''

Best Fan Writer

  • Alex Pierce, for body of work including reviews in Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work including reviews in Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth
  • Grant Watson, for body of work including the "Who50" series in The Angriest
  • Sean Wright, for body of work including reviews in ''Adventures of a Bookonaut''

Best Fan Artist

  • '''Kathleen Jennings, for body of work including "The Dalek Game" and "The Tamsyn Webb Sketchbook"'''

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian MondGalactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Alex Pierce Antipodean SF, Ion Newcombe The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
  • "Snapshot 2012", Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, David McDonald, Helen Merrick, Ian Mond, Jason Nahrung et al. Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus, Alisa Krasnostein, Tehani Wessely, et al. Galactic Chat, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Sean Wright

Best New Talent

David McDonald
  • Faith Mudge
  • Steve Cameron
  • Stacey Larner

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

  • Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, David McDonald, and Tehani Wessely, for review of Mira Grant's Newsflesh, in ASIFTansy Rayner Roberts, for "Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let's Unpack That.", in tor.com
  • David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely, for the "New Who in Conversation" series
  • Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene, for "The Year in Review", in The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011
  • Rjurik Davidson, for "An Illusion in the Game for Survival", a review of Reamde by Neal Stephenson, in ''The Age''

2014, Continuum X, Melbourne

Best Novel

Ink Black Magic, Tansy Rayner Roberts Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead, Robert Hood The Beckoning, Paul Collins Trucksong, Andrew Macrae The Only Game in the Galaxy, Paul Collins

Best Novella or Novelette

  • "Prickle Moon", Juliet Marillier, in Prickle Moon
  • "The Year of Ancient Ghosts", Kim Wilkins, in The Year of Ancient Ghosts
  • "By Bone-Light", Juliet Marillier, in Prickle Moon "The Home for Broken Dolls", Kirstyn McDermott, in Caution: Contains Small Parts
  • "What Amanda Wants", Kirstyn McDermott, in ''Caution: Contains Small Parts''

Best Short Story

  • "Mah Song", Joanne Anderton, in The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories
  • "Air, Water and the Grove", Kaaron Warren, in The Lowest Heaven
  • "Seven Days in Paris", Thoraiya Dyer, in Asymmetry "Scarp", Cat Sparks, in The Bride Price
  • "Not the Worst of Sins", Alan Baxter, in Beneath Ceaseless Skies 133
  • "Cold White Daughter", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in ''One Small Step''

Best Collected Work

The Back of the Back of Beyond, Edwina Harvey, edited by Simon Petrie Asymmetry , Thoraiya Dyer, edited by Alisa Krasnostein Caution: Contains Small Parts, Kirstyn McDermott, edited by Alisa Krasnostein The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, Joanne Anderton, edited by Tehani Wesseley 'The Bride Price'', Cat Sparks, edited by Russell B. Farr '''

Best Artwork

  • Cover art, Eleanor Clarke, for The Back of the Back of Beyond by Edwina Harvey
  • Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, for Eclipse Online
  • Cover art, Shauna O'Meara, for Next, edited by Simon Petrie and Rob Porteous
  • Cover art, Cat Sparks, for The Bride Price by Cat Sparks Rules of Summer, Shaun Tan
  • Cover art, Pia Ravenari, for Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier

Best Fan Writer

  • Tsana Dolichva, for body of work, including reviews and interviews in Tsana's Reads and ReviewsSean Wright, for body of work, including reviews in Adventures of a Bookonaut
  • Grant Watson, for body of work, including reviews in The Angriest
  • Foz Meadows, for body of work, including reviews in Shattersnipe: Malcontent & Rainbows
  • Alexandra Pierce, for body of work, including reviews in Randomly Yours, Alex
  • Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work, including essays and reviews at ''www.tansyrr.com''

Best Fan Artist

  • Nalini Haynes, for body of work, including "Defender of the Faith", "The Suck Fairy", "Doctor Who vampire" and "The Last Cyberman" in Dark MatterKathleen Jennings, for body of work, including "Illustration Friday"
  • Dick Jenssen, for body of work, including cover art for Interstellar Ramjet Scoop and ''SF Commentary''

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

Dark Matter Zine, Nalini HaynesSF Commentary, Bruce GillespieThe Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian MondGalactic Chat Podcast, Sean Wright, Alex Pierce, Helen Stubbs, David McDonald, and Mark WebbThe Coode Street Podcast, Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan StrahanGalactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts

Best New Talent

  • Michelle GoldsmithZena Shapter
  • Faith Mudge
  • Jo Spurrier
  • Stacey Larner

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

  • Reviews in Randomly Yours, Alex, Alexandra Pierce
  • "Things Invisible: Human and Ab-Human in Two of Hodgson's Carnacki stories", Leigh Blackmore, in Sargasso: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies #1 edited by Sam Gafford Galactic Suburbia Episode 87: Saga Spoilerific Book Club, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner RobertsThe Reviewing New Who series, David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely
  • "A Puppet's Parody of Joy: Dolls, Puppets and Mannikins as Diabolical Other", Leigh Blackmore, in Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Master of Modern Horror edited by Gary William Crawford
  • "That was then, this is now: how my perceptions have changed", George Ivanoff, in Doctor Who and Race edited by Lindy Orthia

2015, Swancon 40, Perth

Best Novel

The Lascar's Dagger, Glenda Larke Bound, Alan Baxter Clariel, Garth Nix Thief's Magic, Trudi Canavan The Godless, Ben Peek

Best Novella or Novelette

  • "The Ghost of Hephaestus", Charlotte Nash, in Phantazein "The Legend Trap", Sean Williams, in Kaleidoscope
  • "The Darkness in Clara", Alan Baxter, in SQ Mag 14
  • "St Dymphna's School for Poison Girls", Angela Slatter, in Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 9, Issue 3
  • "The Female Factory", Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter, in The Female Factory
  • "Escapement", Stephanie Gunn, in ''Kisses by Clockwork''

Best Short Story

  • "Bahamut", Thoraiya Dyer, in Phantazein
  • "Vanilla", Dirk Flinthart, in Kaleidoscope
  • "Cookie Cutter Superhero", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Kaleidoscope"The Seventh Relic", Cat Sparks, in Phantazein
  • "Signature", Faith Mudge, in ''Kaleidoscope''

Best Collected Work

Kaleidoscope, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Julia Rios The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2013, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene Phantazein, edited by Tehani Wessely

Best Artwork

  • Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, in Black-Winged Angels Cover art, Kathleen Jennings, of Phantazein
  • Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, in ''The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings''

Best Fan Writer

Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work
  • Tsana Dolichva, for body of work
  • Bruce Gillespie, for body of work
  • Katharine Stubbs, for body of work
  • Alexandra Pierce for body of work
  • Grant Watson, for body of work
  • Sean Wright, for body of work

Best Fan Artist

  • Nalini Haynes, for body of work, including "Interstellar Park Ranger Bond, Jaime Bond", "Gabba and Slave Lay-off: Star Wars explains Australian politics", "The Driver", and "Unmasked" in Dark Matter ZineKathleen Jennings, for body of work, including Fakecon art and Illustration Friday series
  • Nick Stathopoulos, for movie poster of ''It Grows!''

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

  • "Snapshot 2014", Tsana Dolichva, Nick Evans, Stephanie Gunn, Kathryn Linge, Elanor Matton-Johnson, David McDonald, Helen Merrick, Jason Nahrung, Ben Payne, Alex Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Helen Stubbs, Katharine Stubbs, Tehani Wessely, and Sean WrightIt Grows!, Nick StathopoulosGalactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Andrew FinchThe Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian MondGalactic Chat, Sean Wright, Helen Stubbs, David McDonald, Alexandra Pierce, Sarah Parker, and Mark Webb

Best New Talent

Helen Stubbs
  • Shauna O'Meara
  • Michelle Goldsmith

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

  • Reviews in The Angriest, Grant Watson
  • The Eddings Reread series, Tehani Wessely, Jo Anderton, and Alexandra Pierce, in A Conversational Life
  • Reviews in Adventures of a Bookonaut, Sean Wright"Does Sex Make Science Fiction Soft?", in Uncanny Magazine 1, Tansy Rayner Roberts
  • Reviews in FictionMachine, Grant Watson
  • The Reviewing New Who series, David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely

2016, Contact2016, Brisbane

Best Novel

The Dagger's Path, Glenda Larke Day Boy, Trent Jamieson Graced, Amanda Pillar Lament for the Afterlife, Lisa L. Hannett Zeroes, Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan, and Deborah Biancotti

Best Novella or Novelette

  • "The Cherry Crow Children of Haverny Wood", Deborah Kalin, in Cherry Crow Children
  • "Fake Geek Girl", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Review of Australian Fiction, volume 14, issue 4
  • "Hot Rods", Cat Sparks, in Lightspeed Science Fiction & Fantasy 58
  • "The Miseducation of Mara Lys", Deborah Kalin, in Cherry Crow Children "Of Sorrow and Such", Angela Slatter, in Of Sorrow and Such
  • "The Wages of Honey", Deborah Kalin, in ''Cherry Crow Children''

Best Short Story

  • "2B", Joanne Anderton, in Insert Title Here
  • "The Chart of the Vagrant Mariner", Alan Baxter, in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan/Feb 2015 "A Hedge of Yellow Roses", Kathleen Jennings, in Hear Me Roar
  • "Look how cold my hands are", Deborah Biancotti, in ''Cranky Ladies of History''

Best Collected Work

Bloodlines, Amanda Pillar Cherry Crow Children, Deborah Kalin, edited by Alisa Krasnostein Cranky Ladies of History, Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely Letters to Tiptree, Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories by Robert Hood

Best Artwork

  • Cover art, Rovina Cai, for "Tom, Thom"
  • Cover art, Kathleen Jennings, for Bloodlines Cover and internal artwork, Kathleen Jennings, for Cranky Ladies of History
  • Cover, Shauna O'Meara, for The Never Never Land
  • Illustrations, Shaun Tan, for ''The Singing Bones''

Best Fan Publication in any Medium

The Angriest, Grant WatsonThe Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. WolfeGalactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner RobertsSF Commentary, Bruce GillespieThe Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond

Best Fan Writer

  • Tsana Dolichva, for body of work, including reviews and interviews in Tsana's Reads and Reviews
  • Foz Meadows, for body of work, including reviews in Shattersnipe: Malcontent & Rainbows
  • Ian Mond, for body of work, including The Hysterical Hamster
  • Alexandra Pierce, for body of work, including reviews in Randomly Yours, Alex
  • Katharine Stubbs, for body of work, including Venture Adlaxre'Grant Watson, for body of work, including reviews in The Angriest'''''

Best Fan Artist

Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including Illustration Friday
  • Belinda Morris, for body of work, including Belinda Illustrates

Best New Talent

Rivqa Rafael
  • T. R. Napper
  • D. K. Mok
  • Liz Barr

William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

Letters to Tiptree, Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein
  • The Rereading the Empire Trilogy review series, Tansy Rayner Roberts
  • The Reviewing New Who series, David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely
  • "Sara Kingdom dies at the end", Tansy Rayner Roberts in Companion Piece
  • "SF Women of the 20th Century", Tansy Rayner Roberts
  • Squeeing over Supergirl, David McDonald and Tehani Wessely series

2017: Continuum 13, Melbourne

Best Novel

The Grief Hole, Kaaron Warren, IFWG Publishing Australia.The Lyre Thief, Jennifer Fallon, HarperCollins.Squid's Grief, D.K. Mok, D.K. Mok.Vigil, Angela Slatter, Jo Fletcher Books.The Wizardry of Jewish Women, Gillian Polack, Satalyte Publishing.

Best Novella or Novelette

  • "All the Colours of the Tomato", Simon Petrie, in Dimension6 9.
  • "By the Laws of Crab and Woman", Jason Fischer, in Review of Australian Fiction, Vol 17, Issue 6."Did We Break the End of the World?", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Defying Doomsday, Twelfth Planet Press.
  • "Finnegan's Field", Angela Slatter, in Tor.com.
  • "Glass Slipper Scandal", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Sheep Might Fly.
  • "Going Viral", Thoraiya Dyer, in Dimension6 8.

Best Short Story

  • "Flame Trees", T.R. Napper, in Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2016."No Fat Chicks", Cat Sparks, in In Your Face, FableCroft Publishing.
  • "There's No Place Like Home", Edwina Harvey, in AntipodeanSF 221.

Best Collected Work

Crow Shine by Alan Baxter, Ticonderoga Publications.Defying Doomsday, Tsana Dolichva and Holly Kench, Twelfth Planet Press.Dreaming in the Dark, Jack Dann, PS Publishing.In Your Face, Tehani Wessely, FableCroft Publishing.

Best Artwork

  • cover and internal artwork, Adam Browne, for The Tame Animals of Saturn, Peggy Bright Books.'illustration, Shauna O'Meara, for Lackington's'' 12.'''

Best Fan Writer

  • James 'Jocko' Allen, for body of work.
  • Aidan Doyle, for body of work.
  • Bruce Gillespie, for body of work.Foz Meadows, for body of work.
  • Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work.

Best Fan Artist

  • Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including Illustration Friday series.
  • '''No award presented'''

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

2016 Australian SF Snapshot, Greg Chapman, Tehani Croft, Tsana Dolichva, Marisol Dunham, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Stephanie Gunn, Ju Landéesse, David McDonald, Belle McQuattie, Matthew Morrison, Alex Pierce, Rivqa Rafael, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Helen Stubbs, Katharine Stubbs and Matthew Summers.The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. WolfeEarl Grey Editing Services, Elizabeth Fitzgerald.Galactic Chat, Alexandra Pierce, David McDonald, Sarah Parker, Helen Stubbs, Mark Webb, and Sean Wright.Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts.The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond.

Best New Talent

  • T R Napper
  • '''Marlee Jane Ward'''

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

  • Kat Clay for essays and reviews in Weird Fiction Review
  • Tehani Croft & Marisol Dunham, for Revisiting Pern: the great McCaffrey reread review series.
  • Tsana Dolichva, for reviews, in Tsana's Reads and Reviews.Kate Forsyth, for The Rebirth of Rapunzel: a mythic biography of the maiden in the tower, FableCroft Publishing.
  • Ian Mond, for reviews, in The Hysterical Hamster.
  • Alexandra Pierce, for reviews, in Randomly Yours, Alex.
  • Gillian Polack, for History and Fiction: Writers, their Research, Worlds and Stories, Peter Lang.

2018: Swancon 2018, Perth

Best Novel

Corpselight, Angela Slatter, Hachette Australia. Crossroads of Canopy, Thoraiya Dyer, Tor.How to Bee, Bren MacDibble, Allen & Unwin.In the Dark Spaces, Cally Black, Hardie Grant Egmont.Lotus Blue, Cat Sparks, Skyhorse Publishing.

Best Novella or Novelette

  • "Island Green", Shauna O'Meara, in Ecopunk!, Ticonderoga Publications."Girl Reporter", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Girl Reporter, Book Smugglers Publishing.
  • "Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body", Simon Petrie, in Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body, Peggy Bright Books.
  • "Monkey Business", Janeen Webb, in Ecopunk!, Ticonderoga Publications.
  • "My Sister's Ghost", Kate Forsyth and Kim Wilkins, in The Silver Well, Ticonderoga Publications.

Best Short Story

  • "A Harem of Six Legs", Edwina Harvey, in An Eclectic Collection of Stuff and Things, Peggy Bright Books.
  • "Mr Mycelium", Claire McKenna, in Ecopunk!, Ticonderoga Publications."A Pearl Beyond Price", Janeen Webb in Cthulhu Deep Down-Under Vol 1, IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • "Prayers to Broken Stone", Cat Sparks, in Kaleidotrope, Spring 2017.
  • "Trivalent" by Rivqa Rafael, in Ecopunk!, Ticonderoga Publications.

Best Collected Work

An Eclectic Collection of Stuff and Things by Edwina Harvey, Peggy Bright Books.Ecopunk!, Cat Sparks and Liz Grzyb, Ticonderoga Publications.The Silver Well, Kate Forsyth and Kim Wilkins, Ticonderoga Publications.Singing My Sister Down and other stories by Margo Lanagan, Allen & Unwin.

Best Artwork

Cover art, Lewis Morley, for Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body, Peggy Bright Books.The Grief Hole Illustrated: An Artist's Sketchbook Companion to Kaaron Warren's Supernatural Thriller, Keely Van Order, IFWG Publishing Australia.

Best Fan Publication in any Medium

Earl Grey Editing, Elizabeth Fitzgerald.Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts.No Award, Liz Barr and Stephanie Lai.SF Commentary, edited by Bruce Gillespie.The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond.

Best Fan Writer

  • Elizabeth Fitzgerald, for writing at Earl Grey Editing.
  • Leigh Edmonds, for writing in iOTA.
  • Liz Barr, for writing at No Award.'Stephanie Lai, for writing at No Award''.'''

Best Fan Artist

Shauna O'Meara, for "How to Bee".

Best New Talent

William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

  • Liz Barr, for Star Trek: Discovery reviews, in No Award.
  • Russell Blackford, for Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination: Visions, Minds, Ethics, Springer.Ambelin Kwaymullina, for "Reflecting on Indigenous Worlds, Indigenous Futurisms and Artificial Intelligence", Twelfth Planet Press.
  • Alexandra Pierce and Mimi Mondal, for Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler, Twelfth Planet Press.
  • Cat Sparks, for "Science fiction and climate fiction: contemporary literatures of purpose", in Ecopunk! Speculative tales of radical futures, Ticonderoga Publications.

2019: Continuum 15, Melbourne

Best Novel

Devouring Dark, Alan Baxter, Grey Matter Press.The Subjugate, Amanda Bridgeman, Angry Robot.Faerie Apocalypse, Jason Franks, IFWG Publishing Australia.City of Lies , Sam Hawke, Tom Doherty Associates.The Beast's Heart, Leife Shallcross, Hodder & Stoughton.Tide of Stone, Kaaron Warren, Omnium Gatherum.

Best Novella or Novelette

  • "Triquetra", Kirstyn McDermott, in Triquetra, Tor.com."Cabaret of Monsters", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Cabaret of Monsters, The Creature Court.
  • "The Dragon's Child", Janeen Webb, in The Dragon's Child, PS Publishing.

Best Short Story

  • "The Art of Broken Things", Joanne Anderton, in Mother of Invention, Twelfth Planet Press.
  • "A Man Totally Alone", Robert Hood, The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories: Terrifying Tales Set on the Scariest Night of the Year!, Skyhorse Publishing."The Heart of Owl Abbas", Kathleen Jennings, in Tor.com.
  • "Junkyard Kraken", D.K. Mok, in Mother of Invention, Twelfth Planet Press.

Best Collected Work

Sword and Sonnet, edited by Aidan Doyle, Rachael K. Jones and E. Catherine Tobler, Ate Bit Bear.Mountains of the Mind, Gillian Pollack, Shooting Star Press.Mother of Invention, Rivqa Rafael and Tansy Rayner Roberts, Twelfth Planet Press.A Hand of Knaves, Leife Shallcross and Chris Large, CSFG Publishing.Tales from the Inner City, Shaun Tan, Allen & Unwin.

Best Artwork

Cover art, Likhain, for Mother of Invention, Twelfth Planet Press.
  • Cover and internal illustrations, Shauna O'Meara, for A Hand of Knaves, CSFG Publishing.

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

Earl Grey Editing, Elizabeth Fitzgerald.Pratchat, Elizabeth Flux, Ben McKenzie, Splendid Chaps Productions.SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie.Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts.

Best Fan Writer

Liz Barr, for writing in squiddishly.
  • Bruce Gillespie, for writing in SF Commentary and ANZAPA articles.

Best New Talent

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

  • Damien Broderick, for Pscience Fiction, McFarland.
  • Damien Broderick, for Consciousness and Science Fiction, Springer.
  • Tansy Rayner Roberts, for Gentlewomen of the Press, Sheep Might Fly.
  • '''Cat Sparks, for "The 21st Century Catastrophe: Hyper-capitalism and Severe Climate Change in Science Fiction" PhD exegesis.'''

2020: Swancon 2020, Perth

There were insufficient nominations for the Best Artwork and Best Fan Artist categories.
There was a preliminary ballot on which Bruce Gillespie was nominated for Best Fan Writer "for writing in SF Commentary and ANZAPA articles".

Best Novel

Claiming T-Mo, Eugen Bacon, Meerkat Press.
  • ' The Year of the Fruit Cake'', Gillian Polack, IFWG Publishing Australia.'''

Best Short Fiction

  • "into bones like oil", Kaaron Warren, in Into Bones like Oil, Meerkat Press.
  • ' "Whom My Soul Loves", Rivqa Rafael, in Strange Horizons'', 11 November 2019.'''

Best Collected Work

  • ' Collision'', J.S. Breukelaar, Meerkat Press.'''

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

  • Be The Serpent podcast, Alexandra Rowland, Jennifer Mace and Freya Marske.
  • ' SF Commentary'', Bruce Gillespie.'''

Best Fan Writer

  • Bruce Gillespie, for writing in SF Commentary.
  • ' Elizabeth Fitzgerald, for reviews in Skiffy and Fanty''.'''

Best New Talent

William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

  • Eugen Bacon, for Writing Speculative Fiction, Red Globe Press.
  • ' Grant Watson, for reviews on FictionMachine''.'''

2021: Conflux, Canberra

Best Novel

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth Nix

Best Novella or Novelette

Flyaway, Kathleen Jennings
  • “The Attic Tragedy”, J. Ashley-Smith
  • The Roo, Alan Baxter
  • “Bad Weather”, Robert Hood
  • “The Weight of the Air, The Weight of the World”, T.R. Napper,

Best Short Story

“The Calenture”, Kaaron Warren
  • “The Genetic Alchemist’s Daughter, Elaine Cuyegkeng
  • “Hacking Santorini”, Cat Sparks

Best Collected Work

Dark Harvest, Cat Sparks
  • Rebuilding Tomorrow, Tsana Dolichva
  • The Zookeeper's Tales of Interstellar Oddities, Aiki Flinthart & Pamela Jeffs
  • Songs for Dark Seasons, Lisa L. Hannett
  • Neon Leviathan, T.R. Napper

Best Artwork

Kathleen Jennings for illustrations in Mother Thorn and other tales of courage and kindness
  • Keely Van Order for the cover of Drive, She Said by Tracie McBride
  • Rovina Cai for illustrations in The Giant and the Sea

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
  • Pratchat, Elizabeth Flux & Ben McKenzie
  • Ethel the Aardvark, LynC
  • The AntipodeanSF Radio Show, Ion Newcombe

Best Fan Writer

Bruce Gillespie for writing in SF Commentary
  • LynC for writing in Ethel the Aardvark

Best Fan Artist

  • '''Lyss Wickramasinghe for fanart on Tumblr including Elsie, Hold On, The Gem and the Other, and Vesuvia Pride'''

Best New Talent

  • '''Nikky Lee'''

William Atheling, Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

for reviews in Terry Talks Movies
  • Kathleen Jennings for “Contracts and Calcifer, or ‘In Which A Contract Is Concluded Before Witnesses’: the transactional structure of Howl's Moving Castle”, The Proceedings of the Diana Wynne Jones Conference, Bristol 2019
  • Grant Watson for reviews in FictionMachine
Some categories had more than five nominees due to ties, and some had fewer due to insufficient nominations.

2022: Conflux 16, Canberra

Best Novel

The Bridge, J.S. Breukelaar The Councillor, E.J. Beaton Papa Lucy & The Boneman, Jason Fischer The Rose Daughter, Maria Lewis A Marvellous Light, Freya Marske She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan All the Murmuring Bones, A.G. Slatter

Best Novella or Novelette

Ariadne, I Love You, J. Ashley-Smith Ghost Recall, Alan Baxter Dirty Heads, Aaron Dries
  • "The Little One", Rebecca Fraser
  • "A Vast Silence", T.R. Napper

Best Short Story

"The King in Yella", Kaaron Warren
  • "Goon of Fortune", Geneve Flynn
  • "Legacy of the Species", Pamela Jeffs
  • "The House That Hungers", Maria Lewis
  • "A Good Big Brother", Matt Tighe
  • "A Whisper in the Death Pit", Kyla Lee Ward

Best Collected Work

Tool Tales, Ellen Datlow & Kaaron Warren The Gulp, Alan Baxter Relics, Wrecks & Ruins, Aiki Flinthart Coralesque and Other Tales To Disturb and Distract, Rebecca Fraser The Terralight Collection, Pamela Jeffs

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

Earl Grey Editing, Elizabeth FitzgeraldSF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie

Best Fan Writer

  • '''Kat Clay, for interviews and reviews on YouTube and katclay.com'''

Best Fan Artist

  • '''C.H. Pearce, for fanart on Instagram, including "Em and Gyre", "Lysande", "Cruelty Free", and "Rocket Launch Good"'''

William Atheling, Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

Ian Mond, for reviews in Locus
  • Eugen Bacon, for Aurealis reviews
  • Claire Fitzpatrick, for "How Mary Shelley Continues to Influence Modern Science Fiction"
  • Andrew Nette & Iain McIntyre, for editing Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985
  • Kyla Lee Ward, for "Vampire Poetry"

2023: Conflux 17, Canberra

Results of the preliminary ballot were declared in August, with the winners announced on 30 September 2023:

Best Novel

Sallow Bend, Alan Baxter X-Dimensional Assassin Zai Through the Unfolded Earth, Jason Franks Scavengers, Robert Hood, The Stone Road, Trent Jamieson '36 Streets'', T.R. Napper '''

Best Novella or Novelette

  • "Gulpepper Curios", Alan Baxter The Dark Matter of Natasha, Matthew R. Davis Bluebells, Leanbh Pearson "Remnants and Bad Water", Kaaron Warren
  • '''"The Smell of Waiting", Kaaron Warren '''

Best Short Story

  • "Greatheart", Juliet Marillier
  • "The Quick Study", C.H. Pearce "Everything so slow and quiet", Kaaron Warren
  • "Songs We Sing at Sea are the Lies We Tell Ourselves", Kaaron Warren

Best Collected Work

Damnation Games, Alan Baxter, ed. The Fall, Alan Baxter Phase Change, Matthew Chrulew, ed. The Art of Being Human, Tehani Croft & Stephanie Lai, eds. Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts, Aaron Dries 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 BarrowC.H. Pearce
  • David L Russell

Best New Talent

  • Zachary AshfordAaron 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
  • Angharad Lodwick, for Tinted EdgesIan Mond, for reviews in Locus
  • Gillian Polack, for Story Matrices: Cultural Encoding and Cultural Baggage in Science Fiction and Fantasy

2024: Continuum 16, Melbourne

Nominations were opened on the last day of the Natcon. A preliminary ballot was released in September.
Awards were presented at Conflux.

Best Novel

Polyphemus, Zachary Ashford The Tangled Lands, Glenda Larke The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, Garth Nix 'Dream Weaver, Steven Paulsen When Dark Roots Hunt, Zena Shapter Traitor’s Run, Keith Stevenson

Best Novella or Novelette

  • "The Measure of Sorrow", J. Ashley-Smith
  • "The Leaves Forget", Alan Baxter
  • "Quicksilver", J.S. Breukelaar
  • "Eight or Die", Thoraiya Dyer
  • "A Marked Man", T.R. Napper "Bitters", Kaaron Warren
  • "The Deathplace Set", Kaaron Warren

Best Short Story

  • "Highway Requiem", T.R. Napper "Jimmy Flip Brings His Little One to Work, and It Comes My Turn to Hold It", C.H. Pearce
  • "Antarctica Starts Here", Lucy Sussex
  • "There Are Things on Me", Matt Tighe
  • "Trial by Fire", Matt Tighe

Best Collected Work

The Measure of Sorrow: Stories, J. Ashley-Smith This Fresh Hell, Katya de Becerra & Narrelle M. Harris, eds. Body of Work, C.Z. Tacks, ed. Vandal: Stories of Damage, Kaaron Warren, Aaron Dries, J.S. Breukelaar

Best Artwork

  • Cover art, Greg Chapman for Polyphemus
  • Illustrations and cover art, Marc McBride for Glow
  • Illustrations, Steve Simpson for Texture of Silence 'Cover art, Meg Wright for Midnight Echo'' 18'''

Best Fan Writer

Leigh Edmonds
  • Bruce Gillespie
  • Jan MacNally
  • Perry Middlemiss

Best Fan Artist

  • Stella MarieC.H. Pearce
  • David L. Russell
  • Lyss Wickramasinghe

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

Ethel the AardvarkLet the Cat In SF CommentaryTerry Talks Movies
  • ''The Writer and the Critic''

Best New Talent

C.H. Pearce
  • Leanbh Pearson
  • C.Z. Tacks

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

Claire Fitzpatrick, ed., A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft
  • Claire Fitzpatrick, "The Continuing Longevity of Speculative Fiction Spin-offs"
  • Ian Mond, for reviews in Locus
  • Gillian Polack, "An Introduction to Dr Nikola, Guy Boothby’s Infamous Invention"