2014 Ditmar Award Winners Announced
Posted: June 16, 2014 Filed under: stuff | Tags: awards, Chronos Awards, David McDonald, Ditmar Awards, KIrstyn McDermott, Norma K. Hemming Leave a commentAt 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
2014 Chronos Awards Voting now open
Posted: May 21, 2014 Filed under: stuff | Tags: awards, Chronos Awards, KIrstyn McDermott Leave a commentThe 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.
2012 Chronos Award Winners Announced
Posted: June 17, 2013 Filed under: stuff | Tags: awards, Chronos Awards, David McDonald, Jason Nahrung Leave a commentAt 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!
2012 Chronos Award Nominees and Ballot
Posted: April 16, 2013 Filed under: stuff | Tags: awards, Chronos Awards, David McDonald, Steve Cameron, Talie Helene Leave a commentFrom 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.