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The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award, and previously the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction (including fantasy and horror) and science fiction fandom. The award is similar to the Hugo Award but on a national rather than international scale

Eligibility to nominate

Nominations will be accepted from natural persons active in fandom, or from full or supporting members of the national convention of the year of the award. If you may not be known to the Ditmar subcommittee, please provide a brief explanation of why you are eligible (eg "Full member of Dudcon III"), or the name of someone known to the subcommittee who can vouch for your eligibility to nominate.

The 2010 awards cover the year 2009. I have published the following new stories by Australians in 2009:
Sincerely, Petrified by Anna Tambour (Lovecraft Unbound)novelette
The Tell by Kaaron Warren (Poe)short story

If anyone eligible to nominate would like to read either of these stories, please let me know and I'll email you copies.

http://ditmars.sf.org.au/2010/nominations.html

Announced this evening:
News: 2009 Ditmar Award finalists

The Ditmar sub-committee has released the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards finalists for 2009. This ballot honours the best works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror published by Australians in 2008 as nominated by members of Australian fandom.

Best Novel

* Fivefold, Nathan Burrage (Random House)
* Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch, Simon Haynes (Fremantle Press)
* Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)
* How to Ditch Your Fairy, Justine Larbalestier (Allen & Unwin)
* The Daughters of Moab, Kim Westwood (Harper Voyager)
* Earth Ascendant, Sean Wiliams (Orbit)

Best Novella or Novelette

* "Soft Viscosity", David Conyers (2012, Twelfth Planet Press)
* "Night Heron's Curse", Thoraiya Dyer (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #37)
* Angel Rising, Dirk Flinthart (Twelfth Planet Press)
* "Creeping in Reptile Flesh", Robert Hood (Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Altair Australia Books)
* "Painlessness", Kirstyn McDermott (GUD #2)

Best Short Story

* "Pale Dark Soldier", Deborah Biancotti (Midnight Echo #1)
* "This Is Not My Story", Dirk Flinthart (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #37)
* "The Goosle", Margo Lanagan (The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ellen Datlow)
* "Her Collection of Intimacy", Paul Haines (Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #2)
* "Moments of Dying", Robert Hood (Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #1)
* "Sammarynda Deep", Cat Sparks (Paper Cities, ed. Ekaterina Sedia)
* "Ass-Hat Magic Spider", Scott Westerfeld (The Starry Rift, ed. Jonathan Strahan)

Best Collected Work

* Dreaming Again, edited by Jack Dann (Harper Voyager)
* Canterbury 2100, edited by Dirk Flinthart (Agog! Press)
* 2012, edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne (Twelfth Planet Press)
* Midnight Echo, edited by Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond (AHWA)
* Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine, edited by Angela Challis (Brimstone Press)
* Creeping In Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood (Altair Australia Books)
* The Starry Rift, edited by Jonathan Strahan (Viking)

Best Artwork

* Aurealis #40 cover, Adam Duncan
* The Last Realm, Book 1 - Dragonscarpe, Michael Dutkiewics
* Gallery in Black Box, Andrew McKiernan
* Creeping In Reptile Flesh cover, Cat Sparks
* Cover of 2012, Cat Sparks
* Tales from Outer Suburbia, Shaun Tan

Best Fan Writer

* Craig Bezant for HorrorScope
* Edwina Harvey for Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet
* Robert Hood for Undead Backbrain
* Chuck McKenzie for HorrorScope
* Mark Smith-Briggs for HorrorScope
* Brenton Tomlinson for HorrorScope

Best Fan Artist

* Rachel Holkner, for Gumble Soft toy and other works
* Nancy Lorenz for body of work
* Andrew McKiernan for body of work
* Tansy Rayner Roberts for Daleks are a girl's best friend
* David Schembri for body of work
* Cat Sparks for Scary Food Cookbook
* Anna Tambour for Box of Noses and other works

Best Fan Publication

* HorrorScope, edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings et al. (Brimstone Press)
* Scary Food Cookbook, edited by Cat Sparks (Agog! Press)
* ASif! (Australian Speculative Fiction In Focus), edited by Alisa Krasnostein & Gene Melzack (Twelfth Planet Press)
* Australian SF Bullsheet, edited by Edwina Harvey & Ted Scribner

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

* "Dark Suspense: The End of the Line" by Shane Jiraiya Cummings (in Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #3)
* "George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead" by Robert Hood (in Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #2)
* "Bad Film Diaries - Sometimes the Brand Burns: Tim Burton and the Planet of the Apes", Grant Watson (in Borderlands #10)
* "Popular genres and the Australian literary community: the case of fantasy fiction," Kim Wilkins (in Journal of Australian Studies)

Best Achievement

* Angela Challis for Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine and Brimstone Press.
* Marty Young and the AHWA Committee for promoting horror through the Australian Horror Writers Association.
* Talie Helene for her work as AHWA News Editor.
* Steve Clark for Tasmaniac Publications.
* Damien Broderick for fiction editing in Cosmos Magazine.
* James Doig for preserving colonial Australian horror fiction and his anthologies Australian Gothic and Australian Nightmares.
* The Gunny Project: A tribute to Ian Gunn 1959-1998, Jocko and K'Rin, presented MSFC.

Best New Talent

* Peter M. Ball
* Felicity Dowker
* Jason Fischer
* Gary Kemble
* Amanda Pillar

Voting is open now to members of the 2008 Australian Natcon (Swancon) and 2009 Natcon (Conjecture) are eligible to vote. Further information on the Ditmar Award can be found here or at the Conjecture website.

Congratulations to everyone and a special shout out to Margo Lanagan for the nomination of "The Goosle." Yayyy