Attention all sf fans and horror fans in Australia. ONLY 3 or 4 MORE DAYS TO VOTE IN THE ANNUAL DITMAR AWARDS! If you were at last year’s NatCon (which was Conflux in Canberra) or you have a full or supporting membership for this year’s NatCon, which is Continuum X in Melbourne, you can vote for the winners. If you’re eligible to vote, please do. More votes means the winners will more accurately reflect the opinion of the wider community. A supporting membership for Continuum X is just $35, which gives you several benefits including voting rights, if you want to be involved but can’t make the con. And you can vote online in a matter of minutes. Couldn’t be easier! Voting is open now until one minute before midnight AEST (ie. 11.59pm, GMT+10), Wednesday, 28th of May, 2014. That’s only a few days left to get your votes in. I’ll repost the full list of nominated works in all categories below, but here are a few relevant links: You can vote for your choice of winners (as per conditions above) online here.ditmars.sf.org.au/voting/index.html You can learn all about Continuum X and get your membership here.continuum.org.au/c10/join/ I have two essays nominated this year in the William Atheling Criticism Award category. (If you like either or both, I’d love to get your vote.) You can read my nominated essay on Ramsey Campbell free online here academia.edu/3541386/_A_Puppets_Parody_of_Joy_Puppets_Dolls_and_Mannikins_as_Diabolical_Other_in_Ramsey_Campbell You can read my nominated essay on William Hope Hodgson by purchasing the Kindle version of the full Sargasso Issue No 1 from Amazon here for only $3.99: amazon/dp/B00G7WH5JE (Of course you can nominate the essays without having purchased or read them if you are aware of my critical work in general, are eligible to vote, and would like to see me receive peer recognition after some 30 years or more of writing in the field). Here’s the full list of nominations for the 2014 Ditmar Awards: William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review * Reviews in Randomly Yours, Alex, Alexandra Pierce * “Things Invisible: Human and Ab-Human in Two of Hodgson’s Carnacki stories”, Leigh Blackmore, in Sargasso: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies #1 edited by Sam Gafford (Ulthar Press) * Galactic Suburbia Episode 87: Saga Spoilerific Book Club, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts * The Reviewing New Who series, David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely * “A Puppet’s Parody of Joy: Dolls, Puppets and Mannikins as Diabolical Other”, Leigh Blackmore, in Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Master of Modern Horror edited by Gary William Crawford (Scarecrow Press) * “That was then, this is now: how my perceptions have changed”, George Ivanoff, in Doctor Who and Race edited by Lindy Orthia (Intellect Books) Best Novel * Ink Black Magic, Tansy Rayner Roberts (FableCroft Publishing) * Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead, Robert Hood (Wildside Press) * The Beckoning, Paul Collins (Damnation Books) * Trucksong, Andrew Macrae (Twelfth Planet Press) * The Only Game in the Galaxy (The Maximus Black Files 3), Paul Collins (Ford Street Publishing) Best Novella or Novelette * “Prickle Moon”, Juliet Marillier, in Prickle Moon (Ticonderoga Publications) * “The Year of Ancient Ghosts”, Kim Wilkins, in The Year of Ancient Ghosts (Ticonderoga Publications) * “By Bone-Light”, Juliet Marillier, in Prickle Moon (Ticonderoga Publications) * “The Home for Broken Dolls”, Kirstyn McDermott, in Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet Press) * “What Amanda Wants”, Kirstyn McDermott, in Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet Press) Best Short Story * “Mah Song”, Joanne Anderton, in The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories (FableCroft Publishing) * “Air, Water and the Grove”, Kaaron Warren, in The Lowest Heaven (Jurassic London) * “Seven Days in Paris”, Thoraiya Dyer, in Asymmetry (Twelfth Planet Press) * “Scarp”, Cat Sparks, in The Bride Price (Ticonderoga Publications) * “Not the Worst of Sins”, Alan Baxter, in Beneath Ceaseless Skies 133 (Firkin Press) * “Cold White Daughter”, Tansy Rayner Roberts, in One Small Step (FableCroft Publishing) Best Collected Work * The Back of the Back of Beyond, Edwina Harvey, edited by Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books) * Asymmetry, Thoraiya Dyer, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press) * Caution: Contains Small Parts, Kirstyn McDermott, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press) * The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, Joanne Anderton, edited by Tehani Wesseley (FableCroft Publishing) * The Bride Price, Cat Sparks, edited by Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications) Best Artwork * Cover art, Eleanor Clarke, for The Back of the Back of Beyond by Edwina Harvey (Peggy Bright Books) * Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, for Eclipse Online (Nightshade Books) * Cover art, Shauna O’Meara, for Next edited by Simon Petrie and Rob Porteous (CSFG Publishing) * Cover art, Cat Sparks, for The Bride Price by Cat Sparks (Ticonderoga Publications) * Rules of Summer, Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia) * Cover art, Pia Ravenari, for Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier (Ticonderoga Publications) Best Fan Writer * Tsana Dolichva, for body of work, including reviews and interviews in Tsana’s Reads and Reviews * Sean Wright, for body of work, including reviews in Adventures of a Bookonaut * Grant Watson, for body of work, including reviews in The Angriest * Foz Meadows, for body of work, including reviews in Shattersnipe: Malcontent & Rainbows * Alexandra Pierce, for body of work, including reviews in Randomly Yours, Alex * Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work, including essays and reviews at tansyrr Best Fan Artist * Nalini Haynes, for body of work, including “Defender of the Faith”, “The Suck Fairy”, “Doctor Who vampire” and “The Last Cyberman” in Dark Matter * Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including “Illustration Friday” * Dick Jenssen, for body of work, including cover art for Interstellar Ramjet Scoop and SF Commentary Best Fan Publication in Any Medium * Dark Matter Zine, Nalini Haynes * SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie * The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond * Galactic Chat Podcast, Sean Wright, Alex Pierce, Helen Stubbs, David McDonald, and Mark Webb * The Coode Street Podcast, Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan * Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts Best New Talent * Michelle Goldsmith * Zena Shapter * Faith Mudge * Jo Spurrier * Stacey Larner .
Posted on: Fri, 23 May 2014 21:58:45 +0000
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