Remember, if you were an attending or supporting member of Conflux 9 last year, or youre a supporting or attending member of Continuum X this year, you can vote for the Ditmars - Edwina The Ditmar subcommittee are pleased to announce the ballot for the Australian SF (Ditmar) Award for 2014. Voting has now opened, and will remain open until one minute before midnight AEST (ie. 11.59pm, GMT+10), Wednesday, 28th of May, 201 --- The 2014 ballot is as follows: 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 OMeara, 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 Tsanas 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 tansyrr 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 Hodgsons 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 Puppets Parody of Joy: Dolls, Puppets and Mannikins as Diabolical Other, Leigh Blackmoree, in Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Master of Modern Horror edited by Gary Marie Williams 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) --- The official ballot paper, including postal address information, will be made available shortly, and may be downloaded as a PDF format file from: ditmars.sf.org.au/2014/2014_Ditmar_ballot.pdf Once voting opens, votes will be accepted via email to: [email protected] However, if possible, please vote online at: ditmars.sf.org.au/2014 Postal ballots will be distributed in the near future. Voting for the Ditmar Award is conducted in accordance with the rules specified at wiki.sf.org.au/Ditmar_rules, and is open to members of Continuum 10 (including supporting members) and to members of Conflux 9 who were eligible to vote in the 2013 Award. Voting in all award categories is by the optional preferential system, and each eligible individual may vote only once. All ballots (including emailed ballots) should include the name and address of the voter. If you have questions regarding the ballot or voting procedure, please email [email protected]. ###
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 08:14:15 +0000