The Ditmar Awards were announced in Canberra on October 7 at Conflux 18, the Australian National SF Convention.

BEST NOVEL

• The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, Garth Nix, Allen & Unwin.

BEST NOVELLA OR NOVELETTE

• “Bitters”, Kaaron Warren, in Bitters, Cemetery Dance Publications.

BEST SHORT STORY

•  “Jimmy Flip Brings His Little One to Work, and It Comes My Turn to Hold It”, C.H. Pearce, in Body of Work, Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild.

BEST COLLECTED WORK

• The Measure of Sorrow: stories, J. Ashley-Smith, Meerkat Press.

BEST ARTWORK

• Cover art, Meg Wright (Red Wallflower), for Midnight Echo 18.

BEST FAN WRITER

• Leigh Edmonds

BEST FAN ARTIST

• C.H. Pearce, for fanart including Log Lady (Twin Peaks) and Ellie and Riley (The Last of Us) on Instagram @c.h.pearce.

BEST FAN PUBLICATION IN ANY MEDIUM

• Let the Cat In Podcast, Aaron Dries, Kaaron Warren, J Ashley Smith.

BEST NEW TALENT

• C H Pearce

WILLIAM ATHELING JR AWARD FOR CRITICISM OR REVIEW

• Claire Fitzpatrick, “The Continuing Longevity of Speculative Fiction Spin-offs”, in Aurealis 159.

[Via Americo Alvarenga.]