2010 Ditmar Award winners for Australian science fiction announced

The 2010 Ditmar Awards for Australian SF were announced at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention, NatCon-Dudcon III, on September 3, 2010. The winners are:

Best Novel

* Slights, Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot)
* World Shaker, Richard Harland (Allen & Unwin)
* Liar, Justine Larbalestier (Bloomsbury)
* Life Through Cellophane, Gillian Polack (Eneit)
* Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld (Penguin)

Best Novella or Novelette

* “Wives”, Paul Haines (X6)
* Horn, Peter M. Ball (Twelfth Planet)
* “Black Water”, David Conyers (Jupiter)
* “After the World: Gravesend”, Jason Fischer (Black House Comics)
* “Siren Beat”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Roadkill/Siren Beat)

Best Short Story

* “Seventeen”, Cat Sparks (Masques)
* “Six Suicides”, Deborah Biancotti (A Book of Endings)
* “Prosperine When it Sizzles”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (New Ceres Nights)
* “The Piece of Ice in Ms Windermere’s Heart”, Angela Slatter (New Ceres Nights)
* “Tontine Mary”, Kaaron Warren (New Ceres Nights)
* “Black Peter”, Marty Young (Festive Fear)

Best Collected Work

* Slice Of Life, Paul Haines (The Mayne Press)
* A Book of Endings, Deborah Biancotti, Alisa Krasnostein & Ben Payne, eds. (Twelfth Planet)
* New Ceres Nights, Alisa Krasnostein & Tehani Wessely, eds. (Twelfth Planet)
* Eclipse Three, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)
* The New Space Opera 2, Jonathan Strahan & Gardner Dozois, eds. (HarperCollins)

Best Artwork

* Cover art, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #42, Lewis Morley
* Cover art, Masques (CSFG), Mik Bennett
* Cover art, The Whale’s Tale (Peggy Bright), Eleanor Clarke
* Cover art, Horn (Twelfth Planet), Dion Hamill
* Cover art, New Ceres Nights (Twelfth Planet), Dion Hamill
* Cover art and illustrations, Shards: Short Sharp Tales (Brimstone), Andrew J. McKiernan

Best Fan Writer

* Robert Hood, for Undead Backbrain (roberthood.net/blog)
* Bruce Gillespie, for work in Steam Engine Time
* Chuck McKenzie, for work in Horrorscope
* Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work
* Tehani Wessely, for body of work

Best Fan Artist

* Dick Jenssen, for body of work
* Kathleen Jennings, for body of work
* Dave Schembri, for work in Midnight Echo

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

* Steam Engine Time, Bruce Gillespie & Janine Stinson, eds.
* Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet (bullsheet.sf.org.au), Edwina Harvey & Ted Scribner, eds.
* ASif! (asif.dreamhosters.com), Alisa Krasnostein, Gene Melzack et al, eds.
* A Writer Goes on a Journey (awritergoesonajourney.com), Nyssa Pascoe et al, eds.
* Interstellar Ramjet Scoop, Bill Wright, ed.

Best Achievement

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

Best New Talent

* Peter M. Ball
* Thoraiya Dyer
* Jason Fischer
* Christopher Green
* Kathleen Jennings
* Pete Kempshall
* Simon Petrie

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

* Helen Merrick, for The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of Science Fiction Feminisms (Aqueduct)
* Chuck McKenzie, for “The Dead Walk! … Into a Bookstore Near You” (Eye of Fire #1)
* Ian Mond, for reviews on his blog (mondyboy.livejournal.com)
* Grant Watson, for reviews and articles for Eiga: Asian Cinema (www.eigaasiancinema.com)