Ditmar nominees

Critical Mass News

The nominees are award-eligible works and persons first nominated by fans and members of the Australian NatCon .

The Ditmar winners will be awarded at the 2023 Australian National SF Convention, Conflux 17 to be held September 29-October 2 in Canberra.

BEST NOVEL

  • 36 Street, T.R. Napper, Titan Books.
  • Sallow Bend, Alan Baxter, Cemetery Dance Publications.
  • Scavengers, Robert Hood, Clan Destine Press.
  • The Stone Road, Trent Jamieson, Erewhon Books.
  • X-Dimensional Assassin Zai Through the Unfolded Earth, Jason Franks, IFWG Publishing.

BEST NOVELLA OR NOVELETTE

  • “Bluebells”, Leanbh Pearson, in Bluebells, Black Hare Press.
  • “The Dark Matter of Natasha”, Matthew R. Davis, in The Dark Matter of Natasha, Grey Matter Press.
  • “Gulpepper Curios”, Alan Baxter, in The Fall, 13th Dragon Books.
  • “Remnants and Bad Water”, Kaaron Warren, in Damnation Games, Clan Destine Press.
  • “The Smell of Waiting”, Kaaron Warren, in Screams from the Dark, Tom Doherty Associates.

BEST SHORT STORY

  • “Everything so slow and quiet”, Kaaron Warren, in The Art of Being Human, FableCroft Publishing.
  • “Greatheart”, Juliet Marillier, in The Art of Being Human, FableCroft Publishing.
  • “The Quick Study”, C.H. Pearce, in Etherea Magazine 10.
  • “Songs We Sing at Sea are the Lies We Tell Ourselves”, Kaaron Warren, in Looming Low 2, Dim Shores.

BEST COLLECTED WORK

  • The Art of Being Human, Tehani Croft and Stephanie Lai, FableCroft Publishing.
  • Cut to Care: A collection of little hurts, Aaron Dries, IFWG Publishing International.
  • Damnation Games, Alan Baxter, Clan Destine Press.
  • The Fall, Alan Baxter, 13th Dragon Books.
  • Midnight Echo 17, Greg Chapman, Australasian Horror Writers Association.
  • Phase Change, Matthew Chrulew, Twelfth Planet Press.

BEST FAN PUBLICATION IN ANY MEDIUM

  • Ethel the Aardvark, LynC, Melbourne Science Fiction Club.
  • Pratchat Podcast, Ben McKenzie, Elizabeth Flux.

BEST FAN WRITER

  • Bruce Gillespie
  • David Grigg
  • Kat Clay
  • Perry Middlemiss

BEST FAN ARTIST

  • C.H. Pearce
  • David L Russell
  • Erin-Claire Barrow

BEST ARTWORK

[Insufficient Nominations]

BEST NEW TALENT

  • Aaron Dries
  • Leanbh Pearson
  • C.H. Pearce
  • C.Z. Tacks
  • Matt Tighe
  • Zachary Ashford

WILLIAM ATHELING JR AWARD FOR CRITICISM OR REVIEW

  • Angharad Lodwick, Tinted Edges (book review blog)
  • Eugen Bacon, for An Earnest Blackness, Anti-Oedipus Press.
  • Gillian Polack, for Story Matrices: Cultural Encoding and Cultural Baggage in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Luna.
  • Ian Mond, for reviews, in Locus.