The Ditmar Awards

The winners for the 2009 Ditmar Awards for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror have been announced.

The Ditmar Awards have been awarded at the National Science Fiction conventions since 1969 in order to recognise achievements in Australian Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.

The short story nominees and winners (tie) are:

• “Pale Dark Soldier”, Deborah Biancotti (in Midnight Echo, #2)
• “This Is Not My Story”, Dirk Flinthart (in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #37)
• “The Goosle”, Margo Lanagan (in The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Ellen Datlow (ed), Del Rey)
• “Her Collection of Intimacy”, Paul Haines (in Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine, #2)
• “Moments of Dying”, Rob Hood (in Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine, #1)
• “Sammarynda Deep”, Cat Sparks (in Paper Cities, Ekaterina Sedia (ed), Senses Five Press)
• “Ass-Hat Magic Spider”, Scott Westerfeld (in The Starry Rift, Jonathan Strahan (ed), Viking Juvenile)

The best novel nominees and winner are:

• Fivefold, Nathan Burrage (Random House)
• Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch, Simon Haynes (Fremantle Press)
• Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)
• How to Ditch Your Fairy, Justine Larbaliester (Allen & Unwin)
• The Daughters of Moab, Kim Westwood (HarperVoyager)
• Earth Ascendant (Astropolis, book 2), Sean Wiliams (Orbit)

Other categories include: Best Novella, Best Collected Work, Best Artwork, Best Fan Writer, Best Fan Artist, Best Fan Publication, William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review, Best Achievement, and Best New Talent, all found here.