Posted: March 2, 2015 | Author: David McDonald | Filed under: stuff | Tags: Aurealis Awards, awards, Deborah Kalin, Jason Franks, KIrstyn McDermott |
The finalists for this year’s Aurealis Awards have been announced and, as well as being an exceptionally strong field in general, it is wonderful to see SuperNOVA well represented.
The list of finalists is below, with SuperNOVA members in bold.
Good luck to all the finalists!
Winners of the 2014 Aurealis Awards and the Convenors’ Award for Excellence will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony, on the evening of Saturday 11 April at the University House, Canberra. Details of the evening and a link to the online booking website are available at www.aurealisawards.org
For further information about the Awards please contact the Convenor, Nicole Murphy, at aurealisawards@gmail.com
2014 Aurealis Awards – Finalists
BEST FANTASY NOVEL
Fireborn, Keri Arthur (Hachette Australia)
This Shattered World, Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Allen & Unwin)
The Lascar’s Dagger, Glenda Larke (Hachette Australia)
Dreamer’s Pool, Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan Australia)
Afterworlds, Scott Westerfeld (Penguin Books Australia)
Daughters of the Storm, Kim Wilkins (Harlequin Enterprises Australia)
BEST FANTASY SHORT STORY
“The Oud”, Thoraiya Dyer (Long Hidden, Crossed Genres Publications)
“Teratogen”, Deborah Kalin (Cemetery Dance, #71, May 2014)
“The Ghost of Hephaestus”, Charlotte Nash (Phantazein, FableCroft Publications)
“St Dymphna’s School for Poison Girls”, Angela Slatter (The Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 9, Issue 3)
“The Badger Bride”, Angela Slatter (Strange Tales IV, Tartarus Press)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
Aurora: Meridian, Amanda Bridgeman (Momentum)
Nil By Mouth, LynC (Satalyte)
The White List, Nina D’Aleo (Momentum)
Peacemaker, Marianne de Pierres (Angry Robot)
This Shattered World, Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Allen & Unwin)
Foresight, Graham Storrs (Momentum)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY
“The Executioner Goes Home”, Deborah Biancotti (Review of Australian Fiction, Vol 11 Issue 6)
“Wine, Women and Stars”, Thoraiya Dyer (Analog Vol CXXXIV nos 1&2 Jan/Feb)
“The Glorious Aerybeth”, Jason Fischer (OnSpec, 11 Sep 2014)
“Dellinger”, Charlotte Nash (Use Only As Directed, Peggy Bright Books)
“Happy Go Lucky”, Garth Nix (Kaleidoscope, Twelfth Planet Press)
BEST HORROR NOVEL
Book of the Dead, Greig Beck (Momentum)
Razorhurst, Justine Larbalestier (Allen & Unwin)
Obsidian, Alan Baxter (HarperVoyager)
BEST HORROR SHORT STORY
“The Executioner Goes Home”, Deborah Biancotti (Review of Australian Fiction, Vol 11 Issue 6)
“Skinsuit”, James Bradley (Island Magazine 137)
“By the Moon’s Good Grace”, Kirstyn McDermott (Review of Australian Fiction, Vol 12, Issue 3)
“Shay Corsham Worsted”, Garth Nix (Fearful Symmetries, Chizine)
“Home and Hearth”, Angela Slatter (Spectral Press)
BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
The Astrologer’s Daughter, Rebecca Lim (Text Publishing)
Afterworld, Lynnette Lounsbury (Allen & Unwin)
The Cracks in the Kingdom, Jaclyn Moriarty (Pan Macmillan Australia)
Clariel, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
The Haunting of Lily Frost, Nova Weetman (UQP)
Afterworlds, Scott Westerfeld (Penguin Books Australia)
BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY
“In Hades”, Goldie Alexander (Celapene Press)
“Falling Leaves”, Liz Argall (Apex Magazine)
“The Fuller and the Bogle”, David Cornish (Tales from the Half-Continent, Omnibus Books)
“Vanilla”, Dirk Flinthart (Kaleidoscope, Twelfth Planet Press)
“Signature”, Faith Mudge (Kaleidoscope, Twelfth Planet Press)
BEST CHILDREN’S FICTION
Slaves of Socorro: Brotherband #4, John Flanagan (Random House Australia)
Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy, Karen Foxlee (Hot Key Books)
The Last Viking Returns, Norman Jorgensen and James Foley (ILL.) (Fremantle Press)
Withering-by-Sea, Judith Rossell (ABC Books)
Sunker’s Deep: The Hidden #2, Lian Tanner (Allen & Unwin)
Shadow Sister: Dragon Keeper #5, Carole Wilkinson (Black Dog Books)
BEST COLLECTION
The Female Factory, Lisa L Hannett and Angela Slatter (Twelfth Planet Press)
Secret Lives, Rosaleen Love (Twelfth Planet Press)
Angel Dust, Ian McHugh (Ticonderoga Publications)
Difficult Second Album: more stories of Xenobiology, Space Elevators, and Bats Out Of Hell, Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books)
The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings, Angela Slatter (Tartarus Press)
Black-Winged Angels, Angela Slatter (Ticonderoga Publications)
BEST ANTHOLOGY
Kisses by Clockwork, Liz Grzyb (Ed) (Ticonderoga Publications)
Kaleidoscope: Diverse YA Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories, Alisa Krasnostein and Julia Rios (Eds), (Twelfth Planet Press)
Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction, Dominica Malcolm (Ed) (Solarwyrm Press)
Reach for Infinity, Jonathan Strahan (Ed) (Solaris Books)
Fearsome Magics, Jonathan Strahan (Ed) (Solaris Books)
Phantazein, Tehani Wessely (Ed) (FableCroft Publishing)
BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL/ILLUSTRATED WORK
Left Hand Path #1, Jason Franks & Paul Abstruse (Winter City Productions)
Awkwood, Jase Harper (Milk Shadow Books)
“A Small Wild Magic”, Kathleen Jennings (Monstrous Affections, Candlewick Press)
Mr Unpronounceable and the Sect of the Bleeding Eye, Tim Molloy (Milk Shadow Books)
The Game, Shane W Smith (Deeper Meanings Publishing)
Posted: June 16, 2014 | Author: David McDonald | Filed under: stuff | Tags: awards, Chronos Awards, David McDonald, Ditmar Awards, KIrstyn McDermott, Norma K. Hemming |
At the Continuum X Natcon the winners of the Ditmar Awards were announced, and SuperNOVA members Kirstyn McDermott and David McDonald both won awards. Kirstyn’s amazing collection, Caution: Contains Small Parts, also received a “Highly Commended” in the Norma K Hemming Award.
Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!
2014 DITMAR AWARDS
Best Novel
Winner: Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead, Robert Hood (Wildside)
Finalists:
Ink Black Magic, Tansy Rayner Roberts (FableCroft)
The Beckoning, Paul Collins (Damnation Books)
Trucksong, Andrew Macrae (Twelfth Planet)
The Only Game in the Galaxy: The Maximus Black Files 3, Paul Collins (Ford Street)
Best Novella or Novelette
Winner: The Home for Broken Dolls, Kirstyn McDermott (Caution: Contains Small Parts)
Finalists:
Prickle Moon, Juliet Marillier (Prickle Moon)
The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Kim Wilkins (The Year of Ancient Ghosts)
By Bone-Light, Juliet Marillier (Prickle Moon)
What Amanda Wants, Kirstyn McDermott (Caution: Contains Small Parts)
Best Short Story
Winner: Scarp, Cat Sparks (The Bride Price)
Finalists:
Mah Song, Joanne Anderton (The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories)
Air, Water and the Grove, Kaaron Warren (The Lowest Heaven)
Seven Days in Paris, Thoraiya Dyer (Asymmetry)
Not the Worst of Sins, Alan Baxter (Beneath Ceaseless Skies #133)
Cold White Daughter, Tansy Rayner Roberts (One Small Step)
Best Collected Work
Winner: The Bride Price, Cat Sparks (Ticonderoga)
Finalists:
The Back of the Back of Beyond, Edwina Harvey (Peggy Bright Books)
Asymmetry, Thoraiya Dyer (Twelfth Planet)
Caution: Contains Small Parts, Kirstyn McDermott (Twelfth Planet)
The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, Joanne Anderton (FableCroft)
Best Artwork
Winner: Rules of Summer, Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia)
Finalists:
Cover art, Eleanor Clarke, for The Back of the Back of Beyond (Peggy Bright Books)
Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, for Eclipse Online (Nightshade)
Cover art, Shauna O’Meara, for Next (CSFG)
Cover art, Cat Sparks, for The Bride Price (Ticonderoga)
Cover art, Pia Ravenari, for Prickle Moon (Ticonderoga)
Best Fan Writer
Winner: Sean Wright, for body of work, including reviews in Adventures of a Bookonaut
Finalists:
Tsana Dolichva, for body of work, including reviews and interviews in Tsana’s Reads and Reviews
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 http://www.tansyrr.com
Best Fan Artist
Winner: Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including Illustration Friday
Finalists:
Nalini Haynes, for body of work, including Defender of the Faith, The Suck Fairy, Doctor Who Vampire, and The Last Cyberman in Dark Matter
Dick Jenssen, for body of work, including cover art for Interstellar Ramjet Scoop and SF Commentary
Best Fan Publication in Any Medium
Winner: Galactic Chat Podcast, Sean Wright, Alex Pierce, Helen Stubbs, David McDonald, & Mark Webb
Finalists:
Dark Matter Zine, Nalini Haynes
SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott & Ian Mond
The Coode Street Podcast, Gary K. Wolfe & Jonathan Strahan
Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, & Tansy Rayner Roberts
Best New Talent
Winner: Zena Shapter
Finalists:
Michelle Goldsmith
Faith Mudge
Jo Spurrier
Stacey Larner
William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review
Winner (tie): The Reviewing New Who series, David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, & Tehani Wessely
Winner (tie): Galactic Suburbia Episode 87: Saga Spoilerific Book Club, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, & Tansy Rayner Roberts
Finalists:
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 (Ulthar)
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 (Scarecrow)
That was then, this is now: how my perceptions have changed, George Ivanoff, in Doctor Who and Race (Intellect)
Also presented at the ceremony were:
Peter McNamara Award
Garth Nix
Norma K Hemming Award
Winner: Rupetta, N. A. Sulway (Tartarus UK)
Highly commended: A Very Unusual Pursuit – City of Orphans, Catherine Jinks (Allen & Unwin)
Highly commended: Caution: Contains Small Parts, Kirstyn McDermott (Twelfth Planet)
Finalists:
Dark Serpent, Kylie Chan (HarperVoyager)
Fairytales for Wilde Girls, Allyse Near (Random House)
Trucksong, Andrew Macrae (Twelfth Planet)
2014 Chronos Awards
Best Long Fiction
Gamers’ Rebellion, George Ivanoff (Ford Street)
Best Short Fiction
No Award
Best Artwork
Rules of Summer, Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia)
Best Fan Publication in any Medium
SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie, ed.
Best Achievement
Gamers’ Rebellion book trailer by Henry Gibbens
Posted: May 21, 2014 | Author: David McDonald | Filed under: stuff | Tags: awards, Chronos Awards, KIrstyn McDermott |
The 2014 Chronos Award (the Victorian awards for excellence in speculative fiction) ballot has been released, and features a number of SuperNOVA members (highlighted in bold below).
The voting period closes on 25th May 2014. The voting ballot can be found below.
Please email your votes to awards@continuum.org.au
2014 Nominees are as follows:
Professional Categories:
Best Long Fiction (including collected works)
* Gamers’ Rebellion by George Ivanoff (Ford Street Publishing)
* This Mutant Life: A Neo-Pulp Anthology edited by Ben Langdon (Kalamity Press)
* The Beckoning by Paul Collins (Damnation Books)
* Tales of Australia: Great Southern Land edited by Stephen C. Ormsby and Carol Bond (Satalyte Publishing)
* Caution: Contains Small Parts by Kirstyn McDermott (Twelfth Planet Press)
* No Award
Best Short Fiction
* “Fairy Pie” by George Ivanoff in Stories for Girls (Random House Australia)
* No Award
Best Artwork
* Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia)
* No Award
Fan Categories:
Best Fan Publication in any Medium
* The Angriest by Grant Watson
* SF Commentary edited by Bruce Gillespie
* No Award
Special Award for works not eligible in existing categories:
Best Achievement
* Gamers’ Rebellion book trailer by Henry Gibbens
*No Award
There were insufficient nominations for any of the finalists in the Best Fan Artist, Best Fan Written Work, and Best Fan Art Work categories. The Best Fan Writer category has been withdrawn this year as the only nominee on the ballot declined the nomination.
The key dates for the 2014 Chronos Awards are:
Nominations Open: Sunday 26 January 2014
Nominations Close: Sunday 16 March 2014
Voting Opens: Sunday 30 March 2014
Voting Closes: Sunday 25 May 2014
The 2014 Chronos Awards for excellence in Victorian science fiction in 2013 will be presented at Continuum 10: Carnival of Lost Souls, June 6-9 2014.
Posted: May 21, 2014 | Author: David McDonald | Filed under: stuff | Tags: Andrew Macrae, awards, David McDonald, Ditmar Awards, Foz Meadows, KIrstyn McDermott |
The 2014 Ditmar Award ballot has been released, and features a number of SuperNOVA members (highlighted in bold below).
Voting has now opened, and will remain open until one minute before midnight AEST (ie. 11.59pm, GMT+11),
Wednesday, 28th of May, 2014.
You can vote online here, or visit here for more information.
Good luck to all the nominees!
Best Novel
- Ink Black Magic, Tansy Rayner Roberts (FableCroft Publishing)
- Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead, Robert Hood (Wildside Press)
- The Beckoning, Paul Collins (Damnation Books)
- Trucksong, Andrew Macrae (Twelfth Planet Press)
- The Only Game in the Galaxy (The Maximus Black Files 3), Paul Collins (Ford Street Publishing)
Best Novella or Novelette
- “Prickle Moon”, Juliet Marillier, in Prickle Moon (Ticonderoga Publications)
- “The Year of Ancient Ghosts”, Kim Wilkins, in The Year of Ancient Ghosts (Ticonderoga Publications)
- “By Bone-Light”, Juliet Marillier, in Prickle Moon (Ticonderoga Publications)
- “The Home for Broken Dolls”, Kirstyn McDermott, in Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet Press)
- “What Amanda Wants”, Kirstyn McDermott, in Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet Press)
Best Short Story
- “Mah Song”, Joanne Anderton, in The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories (FableCroft Publishing)
- “Air, Water and the Grove”, Kaaron Warren, in The Lowest Heaven (Jurassic London)
- “Seven Days in Paris”, Thoraiya Dyer, in Asymmetry (Twelfth Planet Press)
- “Scarp”, Cat Sparks, in The Bride Price (Ticonderoga Publications)
- “Not the Worst of Sins”, Alan Baxter, in Beneath Ceaseless Skies 133 (Firkin Press)
- “Cold White Daughter”, Tansy Rayner Roberts, in One Small Step (FableCroft Publishing)
Best Collected Work
- The Back of the Back of Beyond, Edwina Harvey, edited by Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books)
- Asymmetry, Thoraiya Dyer, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
- Caution: Contains Small Parts, Kirstyn McDermott, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
- The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, Joanne Anderton, edited by Tehani Wesseley (FableCroft Publishing)
- The Bride Price, Cat Sparks, edited by Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)
Best Artwork
- Cover art, Eleanor Clarke, for The Back of the Back of Beyond by Edwina Harvey (Peggy Bright Books)
- Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, for Eclipse Online (Nightshade Books)
- Cover art, Shauna O’Meara, for Next edited by Simon Petrie and Rob Porteous (CSFG Publishing)
- Cover art, Cat Sparks, for The Bride Price by Cat Sparks (Ticonderoga Publications)
- Rules of Summer, Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia)
- Cover art, Pia Ravenari, for Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier (Ticonderoga Publications)
Best Fan Writer
- Tsana Dolichva, for body of work, including reviews and interviews in Tsana’s Reads and Reviews
- Sean 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 http://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 Matter
- Kathleen 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 Haynes
- SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
- The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond
- Galactic Chat Podcast, Sean Wright, Alex Pierce, Helen Stubbs, David McDonald, and Mark Webb
- The Coode Street Podcast, Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan
- Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
Best New Talent
- Michelle Goldsmith
- Zena 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 (Ulthar Press)
- Galactic Suburbia Episode 87: Saga Spoilerific Book Club, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
- The 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 (Scarecrow Press)
- “That was then, this is now: how my perceptions have changed”, George Ivanoff, in Doctor Who and Race edited by Lindy Orthia (Intellect Books)
Posted: April 22, 2014 | Author: David McDonald | Filed under: stuff | Tags: awards, Foz Meadows, Hugo Awards, KIrstyn McDermott |
The finalists for the 2014 Hugo Awards and finalists for the 1939 Retrospective Hugo Awards have been announced, and it has been a wonderful result for Australian spec fic, demonstrating that Australian writers continue to make a name for themselves overseas.
It was also a spectacular result for SuperNOVA, with two members appearing on the list. Congratulations to Kirstyn and Foz for your well deserved nominations, and we will be cheering you on!
2014 Hugo Awards
Best Novel (1595 nominating ballots)
- Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
- Neptune’s Brood, Charles Stross (Ace / Orbit UK)
- Parasite, Mira Grant (Orbit US/Orbit UK)
- Warbound, Book III of the Grimnoir Chronicles, Larry Correia (Baen Books)
- The Wheel of Time, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books / Orbit UK)
Note: The Wheel of Time series was nominated as and ruled to be a multi-part serialized single work, as defined in Section 3.2.4 of the WSFS constitution.
Best Novella (847 nominating ballots)
- The Butcher of Khardov, Dan Wells (Privateer Press)
- “The Chaplain’s Legacy”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jul-Aug 2013)
- “Equoid”, Charles Stross (Tor.com, 09-2013)
- Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean Press)
- “Wakulla Springs”, Andy Duncan and Ellen Klages (Tor.com, 10-2013)
Best Novelette (728 nominating ballots)
- “Opera Vita Aeterna”, Vox Day (The Last Witchking, Marcher Lord Hinterlands)
- “The Exchange Officers”, Brad Torgersen (Analog, Jan-Feb 2013)
- “The Lady Astronaut of Mars”, Mary Robinette Kowal (maryrobinettekowal.com/Tor.com, 09-2013)
- “The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling”, Ted Chiang (Subterranean, Fall 2013)
- “The Waiting Stars”, Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky, Candlemark & Gleam)
Best Short Story (865 nominating ballots)
- “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love”, Rachel Swirsky (Apex Magazine, Mar-2013)
- “The Ink Readers of Doi Saket”, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Tor.com, 04-2013)
- “Selkie Stories Are for Losers”, Sofia Samatar (Strange Horizons, Jan-2013)
- “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere”, John Chu (Tor.com, 02-2013)
Note: Category had only 4 nominees due to the minimum 5% requirement of Section 3.8.5 of the WSFS constitution.
Best Related Work (752 nominating ballots)
- Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It, Edited by Sigrid Ellis & Michael Damian Thomas (Mad Norwegian Press)
- Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary, Justin Landon & Jared Shurin (Jurassic London)
- “We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative”, Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink)
- Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Jeff VanderMeer, with Jeremy Zerfoss (Abrams Image)
- Writing Excuses Season 8, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Jordan Sanderson
Best Graphic Story (552 nominating ballots)
- Girl Genius, Volume 13: Agatha Heterodyne & The Sleeping City, written by Phil and Kaja Foglio; art by Phil Foglio; colors by Cheyenne Wright (Airship Entertainment)
- “The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who”, written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Jimmy Broxton (Doctor Who Special 2013, IDW)
- The Meathouse Man, adapted from the story by George R.R. Martin and illustrated by Raya Golden (Jet City Comics)
- Saga, Volume 2, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples (Image Comics )
- “Time”, Randall Munroe (XKCD)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (995 nominating ballots)
- Frozen,screenplay by Jennifer Lee, directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee (Walt Disney Studios)
- Gravity, written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Esperanto Filmoj; Heyday Films; Warner Bros.)
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, screenplay by Simon Beaufoy & Michael Arndt, directed by Francis Lawrence (Color Force; Lionsgate)
- Iron Man 3, screenplay by Drew Pearce & Shane Black, directed by Shane Black (Marvel Studios; DMG Entertainment; Paramount Pictures)
- Pacific Rim, screenplay by Travis Beacham & Guillermo del Toro, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Legendary Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney Double Dare You)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (760 nominating ballots)
- An Adventure in Space and Time, written by Mark Gatiss, directed by Terry McDonough (BBC Television)
- Doctor Who: “The Day of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Nick Hurran (BBC Television)
- Doctor Who: “The Name of the Doctor”, written by Steven Moffat, directed by Saul Metzstein (BBC Televison)
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot, written & directed by Peter Davison (BBC Television)
- Game of Thrones: “The Rains of Castamere”, written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss, directed by David Nutter (HBO Entertainment in association with Bighead, Littlehead; Television 360; Startling Television and Generator Productions)
- Orphan Black: “Variations under Domestication” written by Will Pascoe, directed by John Fawcett (Temple Street Productions; Space/BBC America)
Note: Category has six nominees due to a tie for the final position.
Best Editor, Short Form (656 nominating ballots)
- John Joseph Adams
- Neil Clarke
- Ellen Datlow
- Jonathan Strahan
- Sheila Williams
Best Editor, Long Form (632 nominating ballots)
- Ginjer Buchanan
- Sheila Gilbert
- Liz Gorinsky
- Lee Harris
- Toni Weisskopf
Best Professional Artist (624 nominating ballots)
- Galen Dara
- Julie Dillon
- Daniel Dos Santos
- John Harris
- John Picacio
- Fiona Staples
Note: Category has six nominees due to a tie for the final position.
Best Semiprozine (411 nominating ballots)
- Apex Magazine, edited by Lynne M. Thomas, Jason Sizemore, and Michael Damian Thomas
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies, edited by Scott H. Andrews
- Interzone, edited by Andy Cox
- Lightspeed Magazine, edited by John Joseph Adams, Rich Horton, and Stefan Rudnicki
- Strange Horizons, edited by Niall Harrison, Brit Mandelo, An Owomoyela, Julia Rios, Sonya Taaffe, Abigail Nussbaum, Rebecca Cross, Anaea Lay, and Shane Gavin
Best Fanzine (478 nominating ballots)
- The Book Smugglers, edited by Ana Grilo and Thea James
- A Dribble of Ink, edited by Aidan Moher
- Elitist Book Reviews, edited by Steven Diamond
- Journey Planet, edited by James Bacon, Christopher J Garcia, Lynda E. Rucker, Pete Young, Colin Harris, and Helen J.Montgomery
- Pornokitsch, edited by Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin
Best Fancast (396 nominating ballots)
- The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
- Galactic Suburbia Podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Presenters) and Andrew Finch (Producer)
- SF Signal Podcast, Patrick Hester
- The Skiffy and Fanty Show, Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, Julia Rios, Paul Weimer, David Annandale, Mike Underwood, and Stina Leicht
- Tea and Jeopardy, Emma Newman
- Verity! Deborah Stanish, Erika Ensign, Katrina Griffiths, L.M. Myles, Lynne M. Thomas, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
- The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond
Note: Category has seven nominees due to a tie for the final position.
Best Fan Writer (521 nominating ballots)
- Liz Bourke
- Kameron Hurley
- Foz Meadows
- Abigail Nussbaum
- Mark Oshiro
Best Fan Artist (316 nominating ballots)
- Brad W. Foster
- Mandie Manzano
- Spring Schoenhuth
- Steve Stiles
- Sarah Webb
The John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer (767 nominating ballots)
Award for the best new professional science fiction or fantasy writer of 2012 or 2013, sponsored by Dell Magazines. (Not a Hugo Award, but administered along with the Hugo Awards.)
- Wesley Chu
- Max Gladstone*
- Ramez Naam*
- Sofia Samatar*
- Benjanun Sriduangkaew
1939 Retro-Hugo Awards
Best Novel (208 nominating ballots)
- Carson of Venus, Edgar Rice Burroughs (Argosy, February 1938)
- Galactic Patrol, E. E. Smith (Astounding Stories, February 1938)
- The Legion of Time, Jack Williamson (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)
- Out of the Silent Planet, C. S. Lewis (The Bodley Head)
- The Sword in the Stone, T. H. White (Collins)
Best Novella (125 nominating ballots)
- Anthem, Ayn Rand (Cassell)
- “A Matter of Form”, H. L. Gold (Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938)
- “Sleepers of Mars”, John Beynon [John Wyndham] (Tales of Wonder, March 1938)
- “The Time Trap”, Henry Kuttner (Marvel Science Stories, November 1938)
- “Who Goes There?”, Don A Stuart [John W. Campbell] (Astounding Science-Fiction, August 1938)
Best Novelette (80 nominating ballots)
- “Dead Knowledge”, Don A. Stuart [John W. Campbell] (Astounding Stories, January 1938)
- “Hollywood on the Moon”, Henry Kuttner (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1938)
- “Pigeons From Hell”, Robert E. Howard (Weird Tales, May 1938)
- “Rule 18”, Clifford D. Simak (Astounding Science-Fiction, July 1938)
- “Werewoman”, C. L. Moore (Leaves #2, Winter 1938)
Best Short Story (108 nominating ballots)
- “The Faithful”, Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1938)
- “Helen O’Loy”, Lester del Rey (Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938)
- “Hollerbochen’s Dilemma”, Ray Bradbury (Imagination!, January 1938)
- “How We Went to Mars”, Arthur C. Clarke (Amateur Science Stories, March 1938)
- “Hyperpilosity”, L. Sprague de Camp (Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1938)
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form (137 nominating ballots)
- Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. Written & Directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater of the Air, CBS)
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Written & Directed by Orson Welles (The Campbell Playhouse, CBS)
- Dracula by Bram Stoker. Written by Orson Welles and John Houseman; Directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater of the Air, CBS)
- R. U. R. by Karel Čapek. Produced by Jan Bussell (BBC)
- The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Written by Howard Koch & Anne Froelick; Directed by Orson Welles (The Mercury Theater of the Air, CBS)
Best Editor, Short Form (99 nominating ballots)
- John W. Campbell
- Walter H. Gillings
- Raymond A. Palmer
- Mort Weisinger
- Farnsworth Wright
Best Professional Artist (86 nominating ballots)
- Margaret Brundage
- Virgil Finlay
- Frank R. Paul
- Alex Schomburg
- H. W. Wesso
Best Fanzine (42 nominating ballots)
- Fantascience Digest edited by Robert A. Madle
- Fantasy News edited by James V. Taurasi
- Imagination! edited by Forrest J Ackerman, Morojo, and T. Bruce Yerke
- Novae Terrae edited by Maurice K. Hanson
- Tomorrow edited by Douglas W. F. Mayer
Best Fan Writer (50 nominating ballots)
- Forrest J Ackerman
- Ray Bradbury
- Arthur Wilson “Bob” Tucker
- Harry Warner, Jr.
- Donald A. Wollheim
*information taken from the Hugo Awards official website
Posted: June 23, 2013 | Author: David McDonald | Filed under: stuff | Tags: Australian Horror Writers Association, Australian Shadows Awards, awards, Paul Haines |
The Australian Horror Writers Association have announced plans to honour the memory of one of Australia’s masters of horror, Paul Haines.
From the press release:
The Australian Horror Writers Association is pleased to announce the AUSTRALIAN SHADOWS AWARD for LONG FICTION will be named the PAUL HAINES SHADOWS AWARD for LONG FICTION in honour of Paul Haines.
New Zealand-born horror and speculative fiction writer, Paul Richard Haines, 41, died on 5 March 2012 after a five-year battle with cancer.
Raised in Auckland, New Zealand, Paul moved to Australia in the 1990s after completing a university degree in Otago. He attended the inaugural Clarion South writers workshop in 2004 and was a member of Melbourne’s SuperNOVA writers group. Paul had more than thirty short stories published in Australia, North America, and Greece.
Paul collected numerous awards including winning Australia’s Ditmar Award five times: Best New Talent in 2005; Best novella/novelette for The Last Days of Kali Yuga (2005) and The Devil in Mr Pussy (Or How I Found God Inside My Wife) (2007); Best Collection for Slice of Life (2010); and Best Novella for Wives (2010). He won the Aurealis Award three times: Best Horror Short Story for The Last Days of Kali Yuga (2004); Best Horror Short Story twice for ‘Wives’ tied with ‘Slice of Life – A Spot of Liver’ (2009). The Sir Julius Vogel Award was awarded four times: Best Collection for Doorways for the Dispossessed (2008); Best Novella for Wives (2010); Best Novella for A Tale of the Interferers: Hunger for Forbidden Flesh (2011); and Best Short Story for ‘High Tide at Hot Water Beach’ (2011). He won two Chronos Awards; Best Collection for Slice of Life (2010); and Best Short Fiction for ‘Her Gallant Needs’ (2011).
In 2011, Paul’s The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt won the Australian Shadows Award for Long Fiction. Here was a tale that mixed fiction with reality in Haines’ unique way, merging the line between what’s real and what isn’t until you felt uncomfortable. It was at once horrifying and highly emotional.
Paul’s writing interrogated the horror constrained within the heart of civilized convention; the difficulties of being human while living with animal instincts intact. Sharp, smart and observant, he managed to make the grossest of gross stuff funny – and therefore accessible.
Paul focused a spectrum of disturbing truths though the prism of his lens. His writing style was tough, mesmerising, visceral, no holds barred. In a word, authentic, just like the man himself. He wrote with certainty and strength. Sympathetic to tragedy, he enticed us to engage with and acknowledge elements of the dark within.
Grateful for the inclusion he experienced from more established writers early on, he made a point of extending the same friendship and courtesy to newer writers following behind.
He is survived by his wife Julie and daughter Isla.
Paul is still very much remembered, and missed, by the SuperNOVA writers group, and we are delighted that his legacy lives on in the Australian spec fic community.
Posted: June 17, 2013 | Author: David McDonald | Filed under: stuff | Tags: awards, Chronos Awards, David McDonald, Jason Nahrung |
At the recent Continuum convention, the winners of the Chronos Awards were announced. SuperNOVA members were well represented amongst the nominees, and Jason Nahrung and David McDonald both won an award – with Jason sweeping the Fiction categories!
Best Long Fiction 2012
Salvage by Jason Nahrung (Twelfth Planet Press)
Best Short Fiction 2012
“The Mornington Ride” by Jason Nahrung in Epilogue, edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing)
Best Fan Writer 2012
Nalini Haynes
Best Fan Written Work 2012
Reviewing New Who series by David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely
Best Fan Artist 2012
Dick Jenssen
Best Fan Artwork 2012
“The Entellechy” by Dick Jenssen, cover art for Interstellar Ramjet Scoop for ANZAPA 267 edited by Bill Wright
Best Fan Publication 2012
Viewing Clutter by George Ivanoff
Best Achievement 2012
Continuum 8: Craftonomicon (51st Australian National SF Convention) Program by Julia Svaganovic, Emma Hespa Mann, and Caitlin Noble
Congratulations to all the winners!
Posted: April 16, 2013 | Author: David McDonald | Filed under: stuff | Tags: awards, Chronos Awards, David McDonald, Steve Cameron, Talie Helene |
From the website:
The Continuum Foundation is proud to announce the ballot for the Chronos Awards for excellence in Victorian Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in 2012.
Congratulations to all nominees, and it’s lovely to see a number of SuperNOVA members appearing on the ballot. You can find details on how to vote by following this link, and scrolling all the way to the bottom.
Best Long Fiction
Bread and Circuses by Felicity Dowker (Ticonderoga Publications)
Salvage by Jason Nahrung (Twelfth Planet Press)
Walking Shadows by Narrelle M. Harris (Clan Destine Press)
Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2011 edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (Ticonderoga Publications)
Dyson’s Drop by Paul Collins (Ford Street Publishing)
No Award
Best Short Fiction
“Five Ways to Start a War” by Sue Bursztynski in Light Touch Paper Stand Clear, edited by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books)
“The Mornington Ride” by Jason Nahrung in Epilogue, edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing)
“Nematalien” by LynC in The Narratorium, edited by David Grigg
“Fireflies” by Steve Cameron in Epilogue (FableCroft Publishing)
“The D_d” by Adam Browne in Light Touch Paper Stand Clear, edited by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books)
No Award
Best Fan Writer
Alexandra Pierce
Jason Nahrung
Nalini Haynes
Bruce Gillespie
Grant Watson
Steve Cameron
No Award
Best Fan Written Work
Reviewing New Who series by David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely
No Award
Best Fan Artist
Dick Jenssen
No Award
Best Fan Artwork
“The Entellechy” by Dick Jenssen, cover art for Interstellar Ramjet Scoop for ANZAPA 267 edited by Bill Wright
No Award
Best Fan Publication
Dark Matter Fanzine (www.darkmatterfanzine.com), by Nalini Hayes
SF Commentary, (http://efanzines.com/SFC/) edited by Bruce Gillespie
Viewing Clutter, DVD and Blu-ray reviews blog (http://georgeivanoff.com.au/other-writing/reviews/viewing-clutter/), by George Ivanoff
No Award
Best Achievement
Continuum 8: Craftonomicon (51st Australian National SF Convention) Program by Julia Svaganovic, Emma Hespa Mann, and Caitlin Noble
“Snapshot 2012″ by Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, David McDonald, Helen Merrick, Ian Mond, Jason Nahrung, Alex Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Tehani Wessely and Sean Wright
No Award
Best Artwork
The award for Best Artwork is not being presented due to insufficient nominations being received.
Posted: April 5, 2013 | Author: David McDonald | Filed under: stuff | Tags: awards, Talie Helene, Tin Ducks |
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Tin Ducks, the Western Australian science fiction achievement awards. Amongst the winners was SuperNOVA member, Talie Helene.
Best WA Professional Long Written Work
WINNER (TIE): Paradox Resolution by Adrian Bedford
WINNER (TIE): Shadowfell by Juliet Marrilier
Daughter of Hope by Joanna Fay
Flame of Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
Hunt for the Star by Dane Richter
Best WA Professional Short Written Work
WINNER: “Jack Gorman is Dead” – Sarah Lee Parker
“Pearl Red: The Hunt of the Unicorn” – Joanna Fay
“La Belle Dame” – Satima Flavel
“The Skin of the World” – Stephanie Gunn
“Birthday Suit” – Martin Livings
Best WA Professional Production
WINNER: The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 – Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (editors), Ticonderoga Publications
Bread and Circuses – Felicity Dowker, Ticonderoga Publications
Damnation and Dames – Liz Grzyb and Amanda Pillar (editors), Ticonderoga Publications
Twelve Planets Series – Alisa Kraznostein (editor), Twelfth Planet Press
Midnight and Moonshine – Lisa L Hannett and Angela Slatter, Ticonderoga Publications
The 400-Million Year Itch – Steven Utley, Ticonderoga Publications
Best WA Fan Written Work
WINNER: Body of work – Elaine Kemp
A Star Crystal – Danny Daines
drhoz.livejournal.com – Drhoz
Platform Thing blog – Kandace Mavrick and Paul McLaughlan
The Wolverina blog – Zoe Wadsworth
Best WA Art Work
WINNER: Stargate – Queer Feminist Housing Collective
Pretty Rock Pictures – Stephanie Bateman-Graham
KSP Mini-Con publicity poster – Toby Coulstock
Sherlock Box – Nancy Lorenz
Covers, Twelve Planets Series – Amanda Rainey
The Gentlemanly Escort Cube – Lisa Rye
Best WA Fan Production
WINNER: Swancon 2013 Launch Video – Tom Eitelhuber, Andy Hahn and Andrew Sharp
Reviews at The Specusphere – Satima Flavell (editor)
Video game reviews at XXP Youtube Channel – Muse_shake, Ribqueen, Arinellen and Ithika
The Dark Room Youtube Game – John Robertson
Swancon 2012: DoomCon – 2012 Convention Committee
Posted: March 27, 2013 | Author: David McDonald | Filed under: stuff | Tags: awards, David McDonald, Ditmar Awards, Jason Nahrung, KIrstyn McDermott, Rjurik Davidson, Steve Cameron, Talie Helene |
The 2013 Ditmar Award ballot has been released, and features a number of SuperNOVA members (highlighted in bold below).
Voting has now opened, and will remain open until one minute before midnight AEST (ie. 11.59pm, GMT+11),
Thursday, 25th of April, 2013.
You can vote online here, or visit here for more information.
Good luck to all the nominees!
Best Novel
* Sea Hearts, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)
* Bitter Greens, Kate Forsyth (Random House Australia)
* Suited (The Veiled Worlds 2), Jo Anderton (Angry Robot)
* Salvage, Jason Nahrung (Twelfth Planet Press)
* Perfections, Kirstyn McDermott (Xoum)
* The Corpse-Rat King, Lee Battersby (Angry Robot)
Best Novella or Novelette
* “Flight 404”, Simon Petrie, in Flight 404/The Hunt for Red Leicester (Peggy Bright Books)
* “Significant Dust”, Margo Lanagan, in Cracklescape (Twelfth Planet Press)
* “Sky”, Kaaron Warren, in Through Splintered Walls (Twelfth Planet Press)
Best Short Story
* “Sanaa’s Army”, Joanne Anderton, in Bloodstones (Ticonderoga Publications)
* “The Wisdom of Ants”, Thoraiya Dyer, in Clarkesworld 75
* “The Bone Chime Song”, Joanne Anderton, in Light Touch Paper Stand Clear (Peggy Bright Books)
* “Oracle’s Tower”, Faith Mudge, in To Spin a Darker Stair (FableCroft Publishing)
Best Collected Work
* Cracklescape by Margo Lanagan, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
* Epilogue, edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing)
* Through Splintered Walls by Kaaron Warren, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
* Light Touch Paper Stand Clear, edited by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books)
* Midnight and Moonshine by Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter, edited by Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)
* The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (Ticonderoga Publications)
Best Artwork
* Cover art, Nick Stathopoulos, for Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 56 (ASIM Collective)
* Cover art, Kathleen Jennings, for Midnight and Moonshine (Ticonderoga Publications)
* Illustrations, Adam Browne, for Pyrotechnicon (Coeur de Lion Publishing)
* Cover art and illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, for To Spin a Darker Stair (FableCroft Publishing)
* Cover art, Les Petersen, for Light Touch Paper Stand Clear (Peggy Bright Books)
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 Mond
* Galactic 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 ASIF
* Tansy 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
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