{"id":2964,"date":"2011-04-27T05:44:05","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T21:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jonathanstrahan.com.au\/wp\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2011-04-27T05:44:05","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T21:44:05","slug":"ditmars-and-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonathanstrahan.com.au\/wp\/2011\/04\/27\/ditmars-and-ducks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditmars and Ducks&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a busy, busy weekend. Really. I&#8217;ve barely had time to say hello. There&#8217;s much to report, but first some awards.\u00c2\u00a0 This weekend the Ditmars and Tin Ducks were presented at Swancon. My sincere congratulations to ALL of my friends who won on Sunday night. It was well deserved!!<\/p>\n<p>The 2011 <a href=\"http:\/\/ditmars.sf.org.au\/\">Ditmar Awards<\/a>, for Australian SF:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com.au\/books\/Power-Majesty-Tansy-Rayner-Roberts\/?isbn=9780732289430\">Power and Majesty<\/a><\/strong>,  Tansy Rayner Roberts  (Voyager) ***<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Death%20Most%20Definite&amp;tag=locusroundblo-20&amp;link_code=wql&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=380601&amp;_encoding=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">Death Most Definite<\/a><\/strong>,  Trent Jamieson  (Hachette)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Madigan%20Mine&amp;tag=locusroundblo-20&amp;link_code=wql&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=380601&amp;_encoding=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">Madigan Mine<\/a><\/strong>,  Kirstyn McDermott  (Pan Macmillan)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Stormlord%20Rising&amp;tag=locusroundblo-20&amp;link_code=wql&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=380601&amp;_encoding=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">Stormlord Rising<\/a><\/strong>,  Glenda Larke  (Voyager)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Walking%20the%20Tree&amp;tag=locusroundblo-20&amp;link_code=wql&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=380601&amp;_encoding=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">Walking the Tree<\/a><\/strong>,  Kaaron Warren  (Angry Robot)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Novella or Novelette<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Company Articles of Edward Teach\u00e2\u20ac\u009d,  Thoraiya Dyer  (Twelfth Planet)***<\/li>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Acception\u00e2\u20ac\u009d,  Tessa Kum  (Eneit)<\/li>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153All the Clowns in Clowntown\u00e2\u20ac\u009d,  Andrew McKiernan  (Brimstone)<\/li>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bleed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d,  Peter M. Ball  (Twelfth Planet)<\/li>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Her Gallant Needs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d,  Paul Haines  (Twelfth Planet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Short Story (tie)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153All the Love in the World\u00e2\u20ac\u009d,  Cat Sparks  (<strong>Sprawl<\/strong>) ***<\/li>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153She Said\u00e2\u20ac\u009d,  Kirstyn McDermott  (<strong>Scenes From the Second Storey<\/strong>) ***<\/li>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bread and Circuses\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Felicity Dowker (<strong>Scary<\/strong> <strong>Kisses<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153One Saturday Night With Angel\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Peter M. Ball (<strong>Sprawl<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The House of the Nameless\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Jason Fischer (<strong>Writers of the Future XXVI<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The February Dragon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Angela Slatter &amp; Lisa L. Hannett (<strong>Scary<\/strong> <strong>Kisses<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Collected Work<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sprawl<\/strong>,  Alisa Krasnostein, ed.  (Twelfth Planet) ***<\/li>\n<li><strong>Baggage<\/strong>, Gillian Polack, ed. (Eneit)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Macabre: A Journey through Australia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Darkest Fears<\/strong>,  Angela Challis &amp; Marty Young, eds.  (Brimstone)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scenes from the Second Storey<\/strong>,  Amanda Pillar &amp; Pete Kempshall, eds.  (Morrigan)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Worlds Next Door<\/strong>,  Tehani Wessely, ed. (FableCroft)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Artwork<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Lost Thing\u00e2\u20ac\u009d short film  (Passion Pictures)  Andrew Ruhemann &amp; Shaun Tan ***<\/li>\n<li>Cover art, <strong>The Angaelien Apocalypse\/ The Company Articles of Edward Teach<\/strong> (Twelfth Planet)  Dion Hamill<\/li>\n<li>Cover art, <strong>Australis Imaginarium<\/strong> (FabelCroft)  Shaun Tan<\/li>\n<li>Cover art, <strong>Dead Sea Fruit<\/strong> (Ticonderoga)  Olga Read<\/li>\n<li>Cover art, <strong>The Girl With No Hands<\/strong> (Ticonderoga)  Lisa L. Hannett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Fan Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alexandra Pierce, for body of work including reviews at <em>Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus<\/em>***<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Hood, for <em>Undead Backbrain<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Chuck McKenzie, for work in <em>Horrorscope<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Tehani Wessely, for body of work including reviews at <em>Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Fan Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amanda Rainey, for Swancon 36 logo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Rachel Holkner, for Continuum 6 props<\/li>\n<li>Dick Jenssen, for cover art of <em>Interstellar Ramjet Scoop<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Fan Publication in Any Medium<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Galactic Suburbia <\/em>podcast, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayer Roberts, &amp; Alex Pierce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus<\/em>, Alisa Krasnostein et al., eds.<\/li>\n<li><em>Bad Film Diaries <\/em>podcast, Grant Watson<\/li>\n<li><em>Terra Incognita <\/em>podcast, Keith Stevenson<\/li>\n<li><em>The Coode Street <\/em>podcast, Gary K. Wolfe &amp; Jonathan Strahan<\/li>\n<li><em>The Writer and the Critic <\/em>podcast, Kirstyn McDermott &amp; Ian Mond<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Achievement<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, Rachel Holkner, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, &amp; Tehani Wessely, Snapshot 2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Helen Merrick &amp; Andrew Milner, Academic Stream for Aussiecon 4<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Rainey, cover design for Scary Kisses<\/li>\n<li>Kyla Ward, Horror Stream and The Nightmare Ball for Aussiecon 4<\/li>\n<li>Grant Watson, Media Stream for Aussiecon 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best New Talent<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thoraiya Dyer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lisa L. Hannett<\/li>\n<li>Patty Jansen<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Jennings<\/li>\n<li>Pete Kempshall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tansy Rayner Roberts, for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=A%20Modern%20Woman%E2%80%99s%20Guide%20to%20Classic%20Who&amp;tag=locusroundblo-20&amp;link_code=wql&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=380601&amp;_encoding=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">A Modern Woman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Guide to Classic Who<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Leigh Blackmore, for Marvels and Horrors: Terry Dowling\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Clowns%20at%20Midnight&amp;tag=locusroundblo-20&amp;link_code=wql&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=380601&amp;_encoding=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">Clowns at Midnight<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Damien Broderick, for editing <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Skiffy%20and%20Mimesis%3A%20More%20Best%20of%20Australian%20Science%20Fiction%20Review&amp;tag=locusroundblo-20&amp;link_code=wql&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=380601&amp;_encoding=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">Skiffy and Mimesis: More Best of Australian Science Fiction Review<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Ross Murray, for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=The%20Australian%20Dream%20Becomes%20Nightmare&amp;tag=locusroundblo-20&amp;link_code=wql&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=380601&amp;_encoding=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">The Australian Dream Becomes Nightmare<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>Tin Duck Awards <\/strong>(Western Australia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fan-voted awards) were also presented during Swancon 36\/Natcon 50:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Written, Long Form<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Seer%20of%20Sevenwaters&amp;tag=locusroundblo-20&amp;link_code=wql&amp;camp=212361&amp;creative=380601&amp;_encoding=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\">Seer of Sevenwaters<\/a><\/strong>, Juliet Marillier (Roc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Written, Short Form<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Signature Walk\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Pete Kempshall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professional Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cover Design of <strong>Sprawl<\/strong>, Amanda Rainey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professional Production<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sprawl<\/strong>, Alisa Krasnostein, ed. (Twelfth Planet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fan Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>tie: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fallen Angel\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Christina Lorenz; Swancon Thirty Six Logo, Amanda Rainey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fan Written<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reviews at <em>ASiF!<\/em>, Tehani Wessely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fan Production<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Galactic Surburbia<\/em>, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce and Tansy Rayner Roberts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a busy, busy weekend. Really. I&#8217;ve barely had time to say hello. There&#8217;s much to report, but first some awards.\u00c2\u00a0 This weekend the Ditmars and Tin Ducks were presented at Swancon. My sincere congratulations to ALL of my friends who won on Sunday night. It was well deserved!! 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