William Atheling Jr. Award

Winners are in bold. 1976 • 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 • 'Susan Wood - Women and Science Fiction, Algol, 33, 1978' • John Bangsund - Parergon Papers 10, ANZAPA, Oct 1978 • John McPharlin - On The Ebb Tide of the New Wave, Auto Delerium, March 1978 • Lloyd Biggle Jr - The Morasses of Academe Revisited, Analog, Sept 1978 (...must be filled in—see listed reference) 1998 • Katharine (née Shade) and Darren Maxwell – X-files episode reviews (Frontier #59). • 'Sean McMullen & Steven Paulsen – "Australian Contemporary Fantasy" (Encyclopedia of Fantasy #173, Orbit).' 2000 There were some changes in the Ditmar Award rules in 2000; the first attempted halted; after a second nomination process the 2000 Ditmars and the Athelings were awarded in 2001. Original ballot • Van Ikin, Russell Blackford & Sean McMullen - Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction (Greenwood). • Judith Buckrich - George Turner: A Life 1916-1997 (M.U.P.). • Robert Hood - Articles (i.am ezine). • Janeen Webb & Andrew Enstice, - The Fantastic Self (Eidolon Press). • Jonathan Strahan & Steven Paulsen - The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction Final ballot, and winners (tie) • Robert Hood - Writings in i.am website • 'Tess Williams & Helen Merrick - Women Of Other Worlds ' • Jonathan Strahan - Reviews in Locus • 'Russell Blackford, Van Ikin & Sean McMullen - Strange Constellations: A History Of Australian Science Fiction ' • Jonathan Strahan and Steven Paulsen - The Coode St Review of Science Fiction 2007 • Miranda Siemienowicz - Review of Paraspheres (Horrorscope). • 'Justine Larbalestier - Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century. ' • Robert Hood - "Man and Super-Monster: A History of Daikaiju Eiga and its Metaphorical Undercurrents" (Borderlands #7). • Grant Watson - Bad Film Diaries - Sink or Swim: The Truth Behind Waterworld (Borderlands #8). • Kathryn Linge - Review of Through Soft Air (ASif) 2008 • Ian Nichols – "Seriatem, Seriatum, omnia Seriatem" (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #30). • Tansy Rayner Roberts & Alexandra Pierce – review of Elizabeth Bear's New Amsterdam (Published as Podcast #2 on ASiF!). • Jonathan Strahan – editorial for The New Space Opera (HarperCollins Australia). • 'Grant Watson for "The Bad Film Diaries" (Published in Borderlands #9).' • Ben Peek – Aurealis Awards Shortlist Feature Article (Published on ASiF!). • Shane Jiraiya Cummings – review of David Conyers' and John Sunseri's The Spiraling Worm (Published on Horrorscope). • Ian Nichols – "The Shadow Thief" (The West Australian Weekend Magazine, 22 September 2007). 2009 • Shane Jiraiya Cummings – "Dark Suspense: The End of the Line" (Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #3) • Robert Hood – "George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead" (Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine #2) • Grant Watson – "Bad Film Diaries - Sometimes the Brand Burns: Tim Burton and the Planet of the Apes" (Borderlands #10) • 'Kim Wilkins – "Popular genres and the Australian literary community: the case of fantasy fiction" (Journal of Australian Studies)' 2010 • Chuck McKenzie – “The Dead Walk! … Into a Bookstore Near You” (Eye of Fire #1, Brimstone Press). • Ian Mond – reviews on his blog (mondyboy.livejournal.com). • Grant Watson – reviews and articles for Eiga: Asian Cinema (www.eigaasiancinema.com). • 'Helen Merrick – The Secret Feminist Cabal: a cultural history of science fiction feminisms (Aqueduct Press).' 2011 • Leigh Blackmore – "Marvels and Horrors: Terry Dowling's Clowns at Midnight" (21st Century Gothic, Scarecrow Press). • Damien Broderick – Skiffy and Mimesis: More Best of Australian Science Fiction Review (Wildside Press). • Ross Murray – "The Australian Dream Becomes Nightmare - Visions of Suburbia in Australian Science Fiction" (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #44). • Tansy Rayner Roberts – "A Modern Woman’s Guide to Classic Who." 2012 • Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene – "2010: The Year in Review" (''The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010'', Ticonderoga Publications). • Damien Broderick & Van Ikin – editing Warriors of the Tao: The Best of Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature (Borgo Press). • David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts & Tehani Wessely – "Reviewing New Who" series (A Conversational Life). • Alexandra Pierce & Tehani Wessely – reviews of Vorkosigan Saga (Randomly Yours, Alex & FableCroft). • Russell Blackford – "Currently reading: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke" (Metamagician and the Hellfire Club). 2013 • Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, David McDonald, & Tehani Wessely – conversational review of Mira Grant's Newsflesh trilogy (ASIF). • '''Tansy Rayner Roberts – “Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let's Unpack That.” (Tor.com).''' • David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, & Tehani Wessely – “New Who in Conversation” series (A Conversational Life). • Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene – “The Year in Review” (The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011). • Rjurik Davidson – “An Illusion in the Game for Survival”, a review of Reamde by Neal Stephenson (The Age). 2014 (tie) • Alexandra Pierce – Reviews (Randomly Yours, Alex). • "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) • Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, & Tansy Rayner Roberts – Galactic Suburbia Episode 87: Saga Spoilerific Book Club. • David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, & Tehani Wessely – “New Who in Conversation” series (A Conversational Life). • Leigh Blackmore – "A Puppet's Parody of Joy: Dolls, Puppets and Mannikins as Diabolical Other", in Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Master of Modern Horror edited by Gary William Crawford (Scarecrow Press). • George Ivanoff – "That was then, this is now: how my perceptions have changed", in Doctor Who and Race edited by Lindy Orthia (Intellect Books). 2015 • 'Tansy Rayner Roberts – "Does Sex Make Science Fiction Soft?" in Uncanny Magazine, no. 1.' ==See also==