The winners of the Australian SF (“Ditmar”) Awards for 2019 were presented at the 2019 Australian National SF Convention, (Continuum 15) in Melbourne on June 8.

Best Novel

• City of Lies (Poison Wars 1), Sam Hawke, Tom Doherty Associates.

Best Novella or Novelette

• “Cabaret of Monsters”, Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Cabaret of Monsters, The Creature Court.

Best Short Story

• “The Heart of Owl Abbas”, Kathleen Jennings, in Tor.com.

Best Collected Work

• Mother of Invention, Rivqa Rafael and Tansy Rayner Roberts, Twelfth Planet Press.

Best Artwork

• Cover art, Likhain, for Mother of Invention, Twelfth Planet Press.

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium

• Earl Grey Editing, Elizabeth Fitzgerald.

Best Fan Writer

• Liz Barr, for writing in squiddishly.

Best New Talent

• Sam Hawke

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

• Cat Sparks, for “The 21st Century Catastrophe: Hyper-capitalism and Severe Climate Change in Science Fiction” PhD exegesis.

Congratulations to all the amazing winners of the @ditmarawards @continuum_con #con15 pic.twitter.com/ReiC6wAaKE

— Kat Clay (@kat_clay) June 8, 2019

OTHER AWARDS PRESENTED AT CEREMONY

Peter McNamara Achievement Award for Lifetime Achievement and Contribution towards Australian Speculative Fiction

• Kaaron Warren

Chandler Award for Outstanding Achievement in Australian Science Fiction

• Alan Stewart