{"id":2649,"date":"2009-05-09T11:10:30","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T00:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2009-05-09T11:12:04","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T00:12:04","slug":"ditmar-awards-nomination-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/05\/09\/ditmar-awards-nomination-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditmar Awards Nomination List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2009 Ditmar Awards shortlist of nominated works for fiction, non-fiction, artwork and achievements during 2008 has just been released. Undead Backbrain has fared well in the nomination stakes (see titles highlighted in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>red<\/strong><\/span>), in a field that is very daunting indeed &#8212; and very deserving. Congratulations to all concerned.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Ditmar Nominees<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Fivefold<\/em>, Nathan Burrage (Random House)<\/li>\n<li><em>Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch<\/em>, Simon Haynes (Fremantle Press)<\/li>\n<li><em>Tender Morsels<\/em>, Margo Lanagan (Allen &amp; Unwin)<\/li>\n<li><em>How to Ditch Your Fairy<\/em>, Justine Larbalestier (Allen &amp; Unwin)<\/li>\n<li><em>The Daughters of Moab<\/em>, Kim Westwood (Harper Voyager)<\/li>\n<li><em>Earth Ascendant<\/em>, Sean Wiliams (Orbit)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Novella or Novelette<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Soft Viscosity&#8221;, David Conyers (<em>2012<\/em>, Twelfth Planet Press)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Night Heron&#8217;s Curse&#8221;, Thoraiya Dyer (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #37)<\/li>\n<li><em>Angel Rising<\/em>, Dirk Flinthart (Twelfth Planet Press)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;Creeping in Reptile Flesh&#8221;, Robert Hood (<em>Creeping in Reptile Flesh<\/em>, Altair Australia Books)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Painlessness&#8221;, Kirstyn McDermott (GUD #2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Best Short Story<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Pale Dark Soldier&#8221;, Deborah Biancotti (Midnight Echo #1)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;This Is Not My Story&#8221;, Dirk Flinthart (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #37)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Goosle&#8221;, Margo Lanagan (<em>The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction, <\/em>ed. Ellen Datlow)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Her Collection of Intimacy&#8221;, Paul Haines (Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #2)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;Moments of Dying&#8221;, Robert Hood (Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #1)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Sammarynda Deep&#8221;, Cat Sparks (<em>Paper Cities, <\/em>ed. Ekaterina Sedia)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ass-Hat Magic Spider&#8221;, Scott Westerfeld (<em>The Starry Rift, <\/em>ed. Jonathan Strahan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Collected Work<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Dreaming Again<\/em>, edited by Jack Dann (Harper Voyager)<\/li>\n<li><em>Canterbury 2100<\/em>, edited by Dirk Flinthart (Agog! Press)<\/li>\n<li><em>2012<\/em>, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne (Twelfth Planet Press)<\/li>\n<li>Midnight Echo, edited by Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond (AHWA)<\/li>\n<li>Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine, edited by Angela Challis (Brimstone Press)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Creeping In Reptile Flesh<\/em>, Robert Hood (Altair Australia Books)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><em>The Starry Rift<\/em>, edited by Jonathan Strahan (Viking)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Artwork<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aurealis #40 cover, Adam Duncan<\/li>\n<li><em>The Last Realm<\/em>, Book 1 &#8211; Dragonscarpe, Michael Dutkiewics<\/li>\n<li>Gallery in <em>Black Box<\/em>, Andrew McKiernan<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>Creeping In Reptile Flesh<\/em> cover, Cat Sparks <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Cover of <em>2012<\/em>, Cat Sparks<\/li>\n<li><em>Tales from Outer Suburbia<\/em>, Shaun Tan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Fan Writer <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Craig Bezant for HorrorScope<\/li>\n<li>Edwina Harvey for Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Robert Hood for Undead Backbrain <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Chuck McKenzie for HorrorScope<\/li>\n<li>Mark Smith-Briggs for HorrorScope<\/li>\n<li>Brenton Tomlinson, HorrorScope<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Fan Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rachel Holkner, for Gumble Soft toy and other works<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Lorenz for body of work<\/li>\n<li>Andrew McKiernan for body of work<\/li>\n<li>Tansy Rayner Roberts for Daleks are a girl&#8217;s best friend<\/li>\n<li>David Schembri for body of work<\/li>\n<li>Cat Sparks for <em>Scary Food Cookbook<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Anna Tambour, Box of Noses and other works<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Fan Publication<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HorrorScope, edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al. (Brimstone Press)<\/li>\n<li><em>Scary Food Cookbook<\/em>, edited by Cat Sparks (Agog! Press)<\/li>\n<li>ASif! (Australian Speculative Fiction In Focus), edited by Alisa Krasnostein &amp; Gene Melzack (Twelfth Planet Press)<\/li>\n<li>Australian SF Bullsheet, edited by Edwina Harvey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Dark Suspense: The End of the Line&#8221; by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (in Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #3)<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8220;George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead&#8221; by Robert Hood (in Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #2) <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Bad Film Diaries &#8211; Sometimes the Brand Burns: Tim Burton and the Planet of the Apes&#8221;, Grant Watson (in Borderlands #10)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Popular genres and the Australian literary community: the case of fantasy fiction,&#8221; Kim Wilkins (in Journal of Australian Studies)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Achievement<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Angela Challis for Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine and Brimstone Press.<\/li>\n<li>Marty Young and the AHWA Committee for promoting horror through the Australian Horror Writers Association.<\/li>\n<li>Talie Helene for her work as AHWA News Editor.<\/li>\n<li>Steve Clark for Tasmaniac Publications.<\/li>\n<li>Damien Broderick for fiction editing in Cosmos Magazine.<\/li>\n<li>James Doig for preserving colonial Australian horror fiction and his anthologies <em>Australian Gothic<\/em> and <em>Australian Nightmares<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>The Gunny Project: A tribute to Ian Gunn 1959-1998, Jocko and K&#8217;Rin, presented MSFC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best New Talent<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter M. Ball<\/li>\n<li>Felicity Dowker<\/li>\n<li>Jason Fischer<\/li>\n<li>Gary Kemble<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Pillar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What Are They?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For those readers outside Australia, the Ditmars are the Oz equivalent of the Hugo Awards &#8212; the year&#8217;s best speculative genre writing and art by Australians, nominated by fans and voted for at the National SF Convention. This year voting will take place at <a href=\"http:\/\/conjecture2009.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Conjecture<\/a> &#8212; the 48th Australian National SF Convention, and is on in Adelaide, South Australia, from 5th to the\u00a0 8th of June. If you possibly can, join the convention (even if as a non-attending member) and vote!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2009 Ditmar Awards shortlist of nominated works for fiction, non-fiction, artwork and achievements during 2008 has just been released. 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