Ditmar Award Winners

This weekend also saw the Australian national SF convention (what is it about Easter and SF conventions? there were two or three big ones in the US as well), at which the fabled Ditmar Awards were solemnly awarded to:

Best Novel
Geodesica: Ascent - Sean Williams & Shane Dix, Ace

Best Novella or Novelette
"The Grinding House" - Kaaron Warren, The Grinding House, CSFG Publishing

Best Short Story
"Fresh Young Widow" - Kaaron Warren, The Grinding House, CSFG Publishing

Best Collected Works
Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales - Robert Hood & Robin Penn, Agog! Press.

Best Artwork
Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview (cover) - Nick Stathopolous
Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview - Donna Hanson

Best Fan Writer
TBA

Best Fan Artist
Shane Parker - Conflux Poster Art, Conflux

Best Fan Production
Edwina Harvey - The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet (Website and Newsletter)

Best Fanzine
Ticonderoga Online - Russell B Farr website

Best New Talent
Rjurik Davidson

Best Professional Achievement Award
Robert Dobson, Robert Hoge, Kate Eltham, Heather Gammage - Clarion South 2005, Clarion South Workshop

The Williams Atheling, Jr. Award (for SF criticism)
"Divided Kingdom: King Kong vs Godzilla" - Robert Hood, King Kong is Back, Benbella Books

(Seen, like most news, first at Locus Online.)