Monday, April 29, 2013

2013 Ditmar Awards

The past week-end, in a ceremony held at the Conflux Natcon, the 52nd Australian National Science Fiction Convention, at Ridges Capital Hill in Barton, Canberra, the winners of the 2013 Ditmar Awards were announced:

NOVEL: “Sea Hearts” by Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)

NOVELLA OR NOVELETTE: “Sky” by Kaaron Warren (Through Splintered Walls / Twelfth Planet Press)

SHORT STORY: “The Wisdom of Ants” by Thoraiya Dyer (Clarkesworld Magazine, December 2012)

COLLECTED WORKS: “Through Splintered Walls” by Kaaron Warren (Twelfth Planet Press)

ARTWORK: Kathleen Jennings for the cover art of “Midnight and Moonshine” by Lisa L. Hannet and Angela Slatter (Ticonderoga Publications)

FAN WRITER: Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work including reviews in “Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth”

FAN ARTIST: Kathleen Jennings, for body of work including “The Dalek Game” and “The Tamsyn Webb Sketchbook”

FAN PUBLICATION: “The Writer and the Critic”, hosted by Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond

NEW TALENT: David McDonald

WILLIAM ATHELING JR. AWARD FOR CRITICISM OR REVIEW: Tansy Rayner Roberts, for “Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let’s Unpack That.” (Tor.com)

With the same occasion the following awards were also presented:

NORMA K. HEMMING AWARD: “Sea Hearts” by Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)

PETER MCNAMARA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Nick Stathopoulos

A. BERTRAM CHANDLER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT: Russell B Farr

Congratulations to all the winners!

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