Ditmar Award results

Best Australian Science Fiction of any length, or collection • Pacific Book Of Australian SF, John Baxter • '''False Fatherland, A. Bertram Chandler''' • "Final Flower", Stephen Cook Best International Science Fiction of any length, or collection • An Age, Brian Aldiss • '''Camp Concentration, Thomas M. Disch''' • The Ring of Ritornel, Charles Harness Best Contemporary Writer of Science Fiction • Brian Aldiss • R.A. Lafferty • Samuel R. Delany • Roger Zelazny Best Australian Amateur Science Fiction Publication or Fanzine • '''Australian Science Fiction Review, John Bangsund''' • The Mentor, Ronald L Clarke • Rataplan, Leigh Edmonds ==1970: Ninth Australian Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne==

Best Australian Science Fiction • "Dancing Gerontius", Lee Harding • "Anchor Man", Jack Wodhams • "Split Personality", Jack Wodhams • "The Kinsolving's Planet Irregulars", A. Bertram Chandler Best International Publication • Amazing Stories • Vision of Tomorrow Best International Fiction • The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin • '''Cosmicomics, Italo Calvino''' Best Australian Fanzine • S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie • '''The Journal of Omphalistic Epistemology, John Foyster''' ==1971: Tenth Australian Science Fiction Convention, Melbourne==

Best Australian SF • After Ragnarok, Robert Bowden • Squat, David Rome Best International Fiction • Time and the Hunter, Italo Calvino • "The Region Between", Harlan Ellison • Tower of Glass, Robert Silverberg • No Award Best Australian Fanzine • S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie • '''The Somerset Gazette, Noel Kerr''' • The New Forerunner, Gary Mason Special Awards • '''Science Fiction in the Cinema, John Baxter''' • '''Vision of Tomorrow, Ron Graham''' ==1972: Syncon 2, Sydney==

Best Australian Fiction • "What You Know", A. Bertram Chandler • "Fallen Spaceman", Lee Harding • "The Immortal", Olaf Ruhen • "The Man Of Slow Feeling", Michael Wilding • The Authentic Touch, Jack Wodhams Best International Fiction • To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip José Farmer • "Continued On Next Rock", R.A. Lafferty • The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula K. Le Guin • '''Ringworld, Larry Niven''' • A Time of Changes, Robert Silverberg Best Australian Fanzine • Scythrop, John Bangsund • The Mentor, Ron L. Clarke • The Fanarchist, David Grigg • Chao, John Alderson • '''S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie''' ==1973: Advention 2, Adelaide==

Best Australian Fiction • The Hard Way Up, A. Bertram Chandler • "Let it Ring", John Ossian (John Foyster) • "Gone Fishing", David Rome • "Budnip", Jack Wodhams Best International Fiction • '''The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov''' • The Gorgon Festival, John Boyd • The IQ Merchant, John Boyd • Dying Inside, Robert Silverberg Best Dramatic Presentation • Aussiefan • A Clockwork Orange • Slaughterhouse Five • Tales From The Crypt Best Australian Fanzine • Chao, John Alderson • Gegenschein, Eric Lindsay • Rataplan, Leigh Edmonds • '''S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie''' ==1974: Ozcon, Melbourne==

(The programme book for the 1990 Natcon, Danse Macabre, records that no Ditmar Awards were presented in 1974.) No Ditmar Awards ==1975: Syncon '75, Sydney==

Best Australian SF • '''The Bitter Pill, A. Bertram Chandler''' • The Soft Kill, Colin Free • "The Ark of James Carlyle", Cherry Wilder Best International Fiction • '''Protector, Larry Niven''' • The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin • Frankenstein Unbound, Brian Aldiss Best Australian Fanzine • '''Osiris, Del & Dennis Stocks''' • Forerunner, Sue Clarke • Fanew Sletter, Leigh Edmonds • Chao, John Alderson • Gegenschein, Eric Lindsay ==1976: Bofcon, Melbourne==

Best Australian Fiction • '''The Big Black Mark, A. Bertram Chandler''' • "Way Out West", Cherry Wilder • '''The Forever War, Joe Haldeman''' • Inferno, Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle • "Down to a Sunless Sea", Cordwainer Smith Best Australian Fanzine • Chao, John Alderson • '''Fanew Sletter, Leigh Edmonds''' • ''Mad Dan's Review'', Marc Ortlieb • Osiris, Del & Dennis Stocks • Interstellar Ramjet Scoop, Bill Wright William Atheling Jr Award • Algis Budrys, "Foundation & Asimov" • James Gunn, Alternative Worlds • David Ketterer, New Worlds For Old • George Turner, "Paradigm and Pattern; Form and Meaning in "The Dispossessed"" • George Turner, "Philip Dick by 1975" ==1977: A-Con 7, Adelaide==

Best Australian Science Fiction • "The Ins and Outs of the Hadhya City State", Phillipa Maddern Best International Fiction • A World Out of Time, Larry Niven • ' The Space Machine, Christopher Priest' • The Hand of Oberon, Roger Zelazny • "Piper at the Gates of Dawn", Richard Cowper Best Australian Fanzine • '''S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie''' • ''Mad Dan's Review'', Marc Ortlieb • Enigma, Van Ikin • South of Harad, East of Rhun, Jon Noble William Atheling Award • George Turner, "Theme as an Element of Fiction" • George Turner, "The Jonah Kit" • George Turner & Peter Nicholls, "Plumbers of the Cosmos" Special committee award • "The Ins and Outs of the Hadhya City State", Phillipa Maddern ==1978: Unicon IV, Melbourne==

Australian Science Fiction, Best Novel • The Right Hand of Dextra, David Lake • The Wildings of Westron, David Lake • The Weeping Sky, Lee Harding • '''''The Luck of Brin's Five, Cherry Wilder' Australian Science Fiction, Best Short Fiction • '''"Albert's Bellyful", Francis Payne (Yggdrasil, Feb '77)''' • "Ignorant of Magic", Phillipa C. Maddern (View From The Edge) • "The Two Body Problem", Bruce Barnes (View From The Edge) • "The Long Fall", A. Bertram Chandler (Amazing, July '77) Best International Fiction • In the Hall Of the Martian Kings, John Varley, F&SF, Feb '77 • '''The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien (Allen & Unwin)''' • Our Lady Of Darkness, (aka The Pale Brown Thing) Fritz Leiber, (Berkeley Putnam/F&SF, Jan February 77) • A Dream of Wessex, Chris Priest (Faber) • "The House of Compassionate Sharers", Michael Bishop (Cosmos No 1) • The Silver in the Tree, Susan Cooper (Chatto & Windus) • Gateway, Frederik Pohl (Gollancz or Ballantine) Best Amateur Australian Publication (Fanzine) • Yggdrasil, Dennis Callegari & Alan Wilson • '''Enigma, Van Ikin''' • Minardor, Marc Ortlieb • Fanew Sletter, Leigh Edmonds • Epsilon Eridani Express, Neville J. Angove William Atheling Jr Award • George Turner, "The Martial Art of SF Criticism", Yggdrasil, Feb, May & August 1977 • 'Andrew Whitmore, "The Novels of D.G. Compton", SF Commentary, No 52.' • Robert Scholes & Eric S. Rabkin, Science Fiction: History Science Vision, O.U.P • George Turner, "The Silverberg Phenomenon", SF Commentary, No 51 • Van Ikin, Review of 'Going' ==1979: Syncon '79, Sydney==

Best Australian Fiction • To Keep The Ship, A. Bertram Chandler (DAW) • '''Beloved Son, George Turner (Faber)''' • Play Little Victims, Kenneth Cook (Pergamon Press) • "Pie Row Joe", Kevin McKay, Rooms of Paradise (Quartet) Best International Fiction • The Far Call, Gordon R. Dickson (Quantum) • Dreamsnake, Vonda McIntyre (Houghton & Mifflin) • Stardance II, Spider and Jeanne Robinson, Analog, Sept to November 1978 • "The Persistence of Vision", John Varley, F&SF, March 1978 • '''The White Dragon, Anne McCaffrey''' Best Australian Fanzine • Forerunner, Jack R. Herman • Yggdrasil, Dennis Callegari & Alan Wilson • Scytale, Peter Toluzzi • The Epsilon Eridani Express, Neville J. Angove • '''Chunder!, John Foyster''' Best Australian Fanwriter • Leanne Frahm • John Bangsund • Marc Ortlieb • Anthony Peacy • Eric Lindsay • John Foyster William Atheling Jr Award • 'Susan Wood, "Women and Science Fiction", Algol 33, 1978' • John Bangsund, Parergon Papers 10, ANZAPA, October 1978 • John McPharlin, "On The Ebb Tide of the New Wave", Auto Delerium, March 1978 • Lloyd Biggle Jr, "The Morasses of Academe Revisited", Analog, September 1978 ==1980: Swancon 5, Perth==

Australian fiction • Moon in the Ground, Keith Antill • "One Clay Foot", Jack Wodhams Best International Fiction • '''''The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams' • Castle Roogna, Piers Anthony • The Flight of Dragons, Peter Dickinson • Dragondrums, Anne McCaffrey • Titan, John Varley Best Australian Fanzine • Bionic Rabbit, Damian Brennan • The Wasffan, Roy Ferguson • Chunder, John Foyster • '''S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie''' • Forerunner, Jack Herman Best Australian Fan Writer • Damian Brennan • Roy Ferguson • Leanne Frahm • Jack R. Herman • Marc Ortlieb Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist • Bevan Casey • Chris Johnston • Rob McGough • John Packer • Marilyn Pride • Jane Taubman William Atheling Award for Criticism in SF or Fantasy • Terry Dowling, "The Art of Xenography", Science Fiction 3 • Bruce Gillespie, "The Man Who Filled the Void" & "By Our Fruits", S.F. Commentary 55/56 • 'Jack R. Herman, "Paradox as a Paradigm: A Review of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson", Forerunner, May 1979' • George Turner, "Delany: A Victim of the Great Applause", Yggdrasil 3/79 ==1981: Advention '81, Adelaide==

Best Australian Novel • '''The Dreaming Dragons, Damien Broderick''' • Breathing Space Only, Wynne Whiteford • Looking for Blucher, Jack Wodhams • The Fourth Hemisphere, David Lake Best Australian Short Fiction • "Deus Ex Corporus", Leanne Frahm • "The Pastseer", Phillipa Maddern • "Passage to Earth", Leanne Frahm • "Horg", Jay Hoffman Best International Fiction • Mockingbird, Walter Tevis • The Snow Queen, Joan D. Vinge • '''Timescape, Gregory Benford''' • The Wounded Land, Stephen R. Donaldson Best Australian Fanzine • Australian Science Fiction News, Mervyn R. Binns • '''Q36, Marc Ortlieb''' • Chunder, John Foyster • S.F. Commentary, Bruce Gillespie Best Australian Fanwriter • Leigh Edmonds • Leanne Frahm • David Grigg • Marc Ortlieb Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist • John Packer • Marilyn Pride • Jane Taubman • Julie Vaux William Atheling Jr Award • Algis Budrys, "Charting Paradise" • Christopher Priest, "Outside the Whale" • John Sladek, "Four Reasons for Reading Thomas M. Disch" • George Turner, "Frederik Pohl as a Creator of Future Societies", and "Samuel Delany: Victim of Great Applause" ==1982: Tschaicon, Melbourne==

(The Australian newszine Thyme records that Tschaicon was the "First Australasian Science Fiction Convention", the relevant constitution having had "Australian" replaced with "Australasian" throughout; that the award categories used "Australasian" rather than "Australian"; and that the constitution was modified, at Tschaicon, to have "Australasian" changed back to "Australian".) There was an award from the committee, in the form of a miniature Ditmar Award, to Marc Ortlieb for Best Toastmastering. Best Long Australasian Science Fiction or Fantasy • The Anarch Lords, A. Bertram Chandler • Bard, Keith Taylor Best Short Australasian Science Fiction or Fantasy • Armstrong, Jack Wodhams • Tales of Mirric, Elizabeth Travers • '''Where Silence Rules, Keith Taylor''' Best International Fiction • '''The Affirmation, Chris Priest''' • The Claw of the Conciliator, Gene Wolfe • Radix, A.A. Attanasio • The Sirian Experiments, Doris Lessing Best Australasian Fanzine • Australian SF News, ed. Merv Binns • '''Q36, ed. Marc Ortlieb''' • S.F. Commentary, ed. Bruce Gillespie • Thyme, ed. Andrew Brown and Irwin Hirsh • ''Weberwoman's Wrevenge'', ed. Jean Weber Best Australasian Fan Writer • Leigh Edmonds • Judith Hanna • Eric Lindsay • Marc Ortlieb Best Australasian SF or Fantasy Artist • Steph Campbell • Chris Johnston • John Packer • Marilyn Pride William Atheling Award • Damien Broderick, "The Lately Great Alfred Bester", S.F. Commentary 6266 • Thomas Disch, "The Labor Day Group" F&SF, February 1981 • 'Bruce Gillespie, "Sing a Song of Daniel", S.F. Commentary 6266' ==1983: Syncon '83, Sydney==

Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy • '"The Man Who Walks Away Behind the Eyes", Terry Dowling, Omega, May 1982' • Vaneglory, George Turner Best International Science Fiction or Fantasy • No Enemy But Time, Michael Bishop • The One Tree, Stephen R. Donaldson • '''Ridley Walker, Russell Hoban''' • Roderick, John Sladek Best Australian Fanzine • Ornithopter, Leigh Edmonds • '''Q36, Marc Ortlieb''' • Science Fiction, Van Ikin • Thyme, eds. Andrew Brown & Irwin Hirsh; ed. Roger Weddall • ''Weberwoman's Wrevenge'', Jean Weber Best Australian Fanwriter • Terry Dowling • Leigh Edmonds • Marc Ortlieb Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist • Kerrie Hanlon • Chris Johnston • Marilyn Pride • Nick Stathopoulos Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist • Terry Frost • Michael McGann • John Packer • Jane Taubman • Julie Vaux Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor • Neville Angove • Mervyn Binns • Ron L. Clarke • Paul Collins • Van Ikin • Norstrilia Press William Atheling Award (for critical writings) • 'Terry Dowling, "Kirth Gersen: The Other Demon Prince", Science Fiction 11' • Terry Dowling, "The Lever of Life: Winning and Losing in the Fiction of Cordwainer Smith", Science Fiction 10 • Bruce Gillespie, S.F. Commentary: The First Year, Bruce Gillespie Special Award • Robin Johnson, Contribution to Fandom ==1984: Eureka!con, Melbourne==

There were insufficient nominations for the William Atheling Jr Award. Best Australian Long Science Fiction or Fantasy • The Tempting of the Witch King, Russell Blackford (Cory & Collins) • The Judas Mandala, Damien Broderick (Timescape) • ''Thor's Hammer'', Wynne Whiteford (Cory & Collins) Best Australian Short Science Fiction or Fantasy • "Crystal Soldier", Russell Blackford (Dreamworks, ed. David King, Norstrilia Press) • "Life the Solitude", Kevin McKay (Dreamworks, ed. David King, Norstrilia Press) • "Land Deal", Gerald Murnane (Dreamworks, ed. David King, Norstrilia Press) • "Above Atlas His Shoulders", Andrew Whitmore (Dreamworks, ed. David King, Norstrilia Press) Best International Fiction • ''The Birth of the People's Republic of Antarctica'', John Calvin Batchelor (Dial Press) • The Tempting of the Witch King, Russell Blackford (Cory and Collins) • Dr Who (BBC) • Pilgerman, Russell Hoban (Jonathan Cape) • ''Yesterday's Men'', George Turner (Faber) • ''Thor's Hammer'', Wynne Whiteford (Cory & Collins) • No Award Best Australian Fanzine • Australian Science Fiction News, Merv Binns • '''Rataplan/Ornithopter, Leigh Edmonds''' • Science Fiction, Van Ikin • Thyme, Roger Weddall • Wahf-full, Jack Herman Best Australian Fanwriter • Leigh Edmonds • Terry Frost • Jack Herman • Seth Lockwood Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist • Neville Bain • Steph Campbell • Mike Dutkiewicz • Chris Johnston • Nick Stathopoulos Best Australian SF or Fantasy Cartoonist • Bill Flowers • Terry Frost • Craig Hilton • Mike McGann • John Packer • Clint Strickland Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor • Paul Collins • Van Ikin • David King • Norstrilia Press - Bruce Gillespie, Carey Handfield and Rob Gerrand ==1985: Advention '85, Adelaide==

The awards ceremony included presentation of the A. Bertram Chandler Award to Lee Harding, and another three special awards to Damien Broderick, for Transmitters; John Foyster, for past work in fandom; and the Nova Mob, for going on for a long time.(The A. Bertram Chandler Award is a separate award.) Best Australian Novel • '''The Beast of Heaven, Victor Kelleher''' • The Last Amazon, A. Bertram Chandler • The Wild Ones, A. Bertram Chandler • Suburbs of Hell, Randolph Stow Best Australian Short Fiction • '"Terrarium", Terry Dowling, Omega, May/June 1984' • "The Maze Man", Terry Dowling, ''Men's Journal'', Summer 1984 • "Resurrection", Damien Broderick, IASFM, August 1984 • "Three Star Trek", Ron Ferguson, Omega, Sept/October 1984 Best International Fiction • '''Neuromancer, William Gibson (Ace)''' • The Final Encyclopedia, Gordon R. Dickson (Tor) • Native Tongues, Suzette Haden Elgin, (DAW) • ''Damiano's Lute'', R.A. MacAvoy (Bantam) Best Australian Fanzine • '''Australian SF News, Merv Binns''' • The Mentor, Ron L. Clarke • Rataplan, Leigh Edmonds • Science Fiction, Van Ikin Best Australian Fanwriter • Leigh Edmonds • David Grigg • Leanne Frahm • Yvonne Rousseau Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist, Cartoonist or Illustrator • Nick Stathopoulos • Craig Hilton • Kerrie Hanlon • Peter Reading Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor • Paul Collins • Van Ikin • Philip Gore • Bruce Gillespie Best Australian SF or Fantasy Dramatic Presentation • Boiling Frog, Stage play with productions in Adelaide & Sydney • Beach Blanket Tempest, Rock Fantasy stage musical (Half Moon Production) • Iceman, Fred Schepisi Director • Iceman, Bruce Smeaton Musical score • Thief of Sydney, Animated feature 15 minutes • '''Kindred Spirits, ABC Telemovie''' William Atheling Jr Award • 'George Turner, In The Heart or in the Head''''' • John Foyster, Article on George Turner, ASFN 1984 • Damien Broderick, SF Reviews, The Age, 1984 • John Baxter, SF Reviews, The Australian, 1984 ==1986: Swancon XI, Perth==

Best Australian Science Fiction Novel • Landscape With Landscapes, Gerald Murnane (Norstrilia) • "Glass Reptile Breakout", Russell Blackford, Strange Attractors/Omega • "Montage", Lucy Sussex, Urban Fantasies • "The Fittest", George Turner, Urban Fantasies • "The Lipton Village Society", Lucy Sussex, Strange Attractors • '"The Bullet That Grows in the Gun", Terry Dowling, Urban Fantasies''''' Best International Fiction • Devil in a Forest, Gene Wolfe (Granada) • Tik Tok, John Sladek (Corgi) • Free Live Free, Gene Wolfe (Gollancz) • Peace, Gene Wolfe (Chatto) • '''The Compass Rose, Ursula K. Le Guin (Bantam, also Underwood & Miller, and Harper and Row)''' • Elleander Morning, Jerry Yulsman (Orbit/Futura) Best Australian Fanzine • The Notional, Leigh Edmonds • '''The Metaphysical Review, Bruce Gillespie''' • Thyme, Roger Weddall & Peter Burns • Tigger, Marc Ortlieb • Sikander, Irwin Hirsh Best Australian Fanwriter • Bruce Gillespie • Damien Broderick • Leigh Edmonds • Yvonne Rousseau • Marc Ortlieb Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist • Lewis Morley • John Packer • Betty de Gabrielle • Nick Stathopoulos • Marilyn Pride • Craig Hilton William Atheling Jr Award • Norman Talbot • Russell Blackford • 'George Turner, "Neuromancer et al."' • Yvonne Rousseau ==1987: Capcon, Canberra==

Best Australian Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel • '''Bard III: The Wild Sea, Keith Taylor (Ace)''' • Nick Stathopoulos • Kerrie Hanlon • Betty deGabriele • John Packer Outstanding Contribution to Australian Fandom • Carey Handfield, T.R.O. (The Real Official.) • Jessica Aldridge • Peter McNamara • Michelle Muijsert • John Foyster William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review • Russell Blackford, "Debased and Lascivious" • Dave Luckett • Margaret Winch, "Frank's Tank" • Michael J Tolley ==1988: Conviction, Sydney==

Best Australian Long Fiction • '''For As Long As You Burn, Terry Dowling, Aphelion 5' Science Fiction #25' • Susan Margaret, "Structural Analysis of SF. Why?", The Space Wastrel • Janeen Webb, "I Know Who I am, But What is my Brand Name?" ==1989: Swancon 14, Perth==