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This article lists works and people eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2022 in each of the eligible categories. (The list is neither exhaustive nor necessarily accurate. Errors may be corrected and omissions added at any time.)


Introduction

The Ditmar Award is awarded subject to official rules, relevant sections of which are listed in each category below. Note also the following:

3.1 Timeliness: Works are eligible if they were first published or released anywhere in the world in an edition dated in the calendar year immediately preceding the year the award is held, or dated after the opening of nominations for the year immediately preceding the year the award is held if that is earlier than the start of that year (but after the close of that year).

3.2 Australianness: Nominees are eligible if they were Australian citizens or residents in the year their nominated work was released.

3.3 Eligibility of committee members: The awards will be administered by a sub-committee of the Standing Committee of the Business Meeting of the National Australian Science Fiction Convention, and the members of the sub-committee will not be eligible for an award and may neither nominate nor vote in the awards. The Standing Committee shall rule on issues of conflict of interest.


Best Novel

3.4 Novel: A Novel is any work of sf/f/h of more than 40,000 words.


  • A Fey Tale (The Aunt Enid Mysteries 2), Karen J. Carlisle [SA], Kraken Publishing.
  • A Lair of Bones (Curse of the Cyren Queen 1), Helen Scheuerer [NSW], Alchemy Books.
  • A Marvellous Light, Freya Marske [ACT], Tor.
  • A Song of Flight (Warrior Bards 3), Juliet Marillier [WA], Pan Macmillan Australia.
  • All the Murmuring Bones, A.G. Slatter [QLD], Titan Books.
  • Assassins of the Dead 5: Duke's Courier, Avril Sabine [QLD], Cracked Acorn Productions.
  • At the End of Everything (The Revelation Trilogy 2), G.W. Lücke [TAS], With Distinction Consultants.
  • Aurora's End (Aurora Cycle 3), Amie Kaufman [VIC] and Jay Kristoff [ACT], Allen & Unwin.
  • Beckoning of the Gate (The Vāyilian Threads 1), Benjamin J. Ryan, Odyssey Books.
  • Blackened Rose, Cage Dunn, CS Dunn.
  • Blade Lord (The Decallion Series 1), S.J. Hartland [QLD].
  • Blood of the Eagle (An Echo of the Ashes 1), Anthony Kearle [VIC], InHouse Publishing.
  • Boy and the Beetle, Mick J. Adams [WA], Linellen Press.
  • Child of Ash and Flame, Maureen Flynn.
  • Crest (The Call of the Rift 3), Jae Waller [VIC], ECW Press.
  • Dark Rise, C.S. Pacat [VIC], Allen & Unwin.
  • Dawn of Envy (The Soteria Trilogy 2), L. J. Duncan [SA], Duncan Print.
  • Deepwater King (The Deepwater Trilogy 2), Claire McKenna [VIC], HarperCollins.
  • Dirt Circus League, Maree Kimberley [QLD], Text Publishing.
  • Dragon Skin, Karen Foxlee [QLD], Allen & Unwin.
  • Echo in the Memory, Cameron Nunn [NSW], Walker Books.
  • Elkwood, Dawn Meredith [TAS], Shooting Star Press.
  • Elsewhere Girls, Emily Gale [VIC] and Nova Weetman, Text Publishing.
  • Empire of Blood and Sand, Alister Hodge [NSW], Screaming Banshee Press.
  • Empire of the Vampire, Jay Kristoff [VIC], HarperCollins.
  • Evacuation Road, H.M. Waugh [WA], Rhiza Press.
  • Fancy Meeting You Here, Ali Berg [VIC] and Michelle Kalus [VIC], Allen & Unwin.
  • Gathering the Strands (Warriors of the Vhast 5), Cary J. Lenehan [TAS], IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • Girl, 11, Amy Suiter Clarke [VIC], Text Publishing.
  • Go to Hell (The Tamsyn Webb Chronicles 2), Jason Fischer [SA], Argonautica Press.
  • Grit 1: The Voices You Form, L. P. King, M. P. Furo.
  • Heretic, J.F.R. Coates [QLD].
  • Heroes of Heresy (Drakeforth Series 4), Paul Mannering [ACT], IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • Holly and the Nobodies, Ben Pienaar [VIC], Hellbound Books Publishing.
  • Hydrosphere Rising, Philip J. Rutherford [NSW].
  • In His Words: Stupid Gets You Killed, M.R. Cullen.
  • In the Broken Places, Jack Garrety [QLD], For'sail.
  • It's Not You, It's Me, Gabrielle Williams [VIC], Allen & Unwin.
  • Liminality, T.J. Nichols [WA].
  • Magnus Nights: The Helios Incident, Bryn Smith [ACT], Hawkeye Publishing.
  • Merfolk, Jeremy Bates, Ghillinnein Books.
  • Miamon, Beloved of Amon, Anthony Peacey.
  • Midnight in the Chapel of Love, Matthew R. Davis [SA], JournalStone Publishing.
  • Miscreation? (The Genetico Chronicles 1), June Yu, Facet Media.
  • Mists in Time, Elizabeth Klein.
  • Original Sinner, Sharita Russell [QLD], Natterjack Press.
  • Oscar & Alice, Jemima Brewster [VIC], Oddfellow Creative.
  • Pangea and almost back, D.R. Henderson [SA], Interactive Publications.
  • Papa Lucy & The Boneman (Books of Before & Now 1), Jason Fischer [SA], Outland Entertainment.
  • Rand, Silvia Shaw [QLD].
  • Raven: Reawakening, Mitchell Hogan [NSW].
  • Realms of the Fae 6: Woven From Dreams, Avril Sabine [QLD], Cracked Acorn Productions.
  • Resistance, J.F.R. Coates [QLD].
  • Rhubarb, K. J. Sheerin [VIC], Armchair Publishing.
  • Rise Lady Sun, Anthony Peacey.
  • Rising (The Relic Trilogy 3), Bronywn Eley [NSW], Talem Press.
  • Scheherazade and the Amber Neckjlace, Gordon Thompson [VIC], Clouds of Magellan Press.
  • self/less, AViVA, Pan Macmillan Australia.
  • Separated by Evil (Chronicles of the Supernatural 4), J. M. Hart [NSW], JMH World Publishing.
  • Seven Wherewithal Way, Samantha-Ellen Bound [VIC], Affirm Press.
  • Shakedowners, Justin Woolley [TAS], Lonely Robot Books.
  • Sha'Kert: End of Night, Ishmael A. Soledad [QLD], Temple Dark Books.
  • She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan [VIC], Tor.
  • Shelter, Catherine Jinks [NSW], Text Publishing.
  • Silent Sorrow (The Book of Remezov 1), Russell Kirkpatrick [ACT], IFWG Publishing International.
  • Sovereign Assassin, Robert New [VIC], Shooting Star Press.
  • Spill, Melanie Pickering.
  • Stealing Time, Rebecca Bowyer [VIC], Story Addict Publishing.
  • Straya, Anthony O'Connor [NSW], Greenlight Productions.
  • Supermums: And so it begins, Meg Grace [NSW].
  • Terciel and Elinor (The Old Kingdom 6), Garth Nix [NSW], Allen & Unwin.
  • The 22 Murders of Madison May, Max Barry [VIC], Hachette Australia.
  • The Airways, Jennifer Mills [SA], Pan Macmillan Australia.
  • The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere, Jaclyn Moriarty [NSW], Allen & Unwin.
  • The Attack, Catherine Jinks [NSW], Text Publishing.
  • The Beautiful Fall, Hugh Breakey [QLD], Text Publishing.
  • The Blood of the Spear (The Eye of Eternity 1), Mark Timmony [NSW], Ravenhawk Publishing.
  • The Boy Who Stepped Through Time, Anna Ciddor [VIC], Allen & Unwin.
  • The Bridge, J.S. Breukelaar [NSW], Meerkat Press.
  • The Code of Us, Liv Evans.
  • The Councillor, E.J. Beaton [VIC], DAW Books.
  • The Demon Prince (The DarkLand Portal Series 3), D.D. Kenworthy, SkyGoat Publishing House.
  • The Emporium of Imagination, Tabitha Bird [QLD], Penguin Random House.
  • The Five Star Republic (City of the Sun 1), Janeen Webb [VIC] and Andrew Enstice [VIC], IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • The Ghost Squad, Sophie Masson [NSW], MidnightSun Publishing.
  • The Goddess of Blood and Bone, Nattie Kate Mason.
  • The Gold-Jade Dragon, Janeen Webb [VIC], PS Publishing.
  • The Green Children Help Out, Gillian Polack [NSW], Madness Heart Press.
  • The Hush, Sara Foster [WA], HarperCollins.
  • The Information Editor, Miles Hunt [NSW], Arcadia.
  • The Interlopers, Paula J. Welch, Aurora House.
  • The Last Woman in the World, Inga Simpson [NSW], Hachette Australia.
  • The Misadventures of an Amateur Naturalist, Ceinwen Langley [WA], Feed the Writer Press.
  • The Rabbits, Sophie Overett [VIC], Penguin Random House Australia.
  • The Rose Daughter, Maria Lewis [NSW], Piatkus.
  • The Stars Beyond the Stone (The Price of Magic 3), Bonnie Wynne [NSW], Writer's Edit Press.
  • The Stealthcat War (The Equinora Chronicles 2), Paula Boer [NSW], IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • The Vengeance of the Morrigan, Amanda Maynard-Schubert, Daisy Lane Publishing.
  • The Wyvern and the Wolf, Nicholas Snelling [NSW], The Venn Gents.
  • Tussaud, Belinda Lyons-Lee [VIC], Transit Lounge.
  • Under the Milky Way, Vanessa Barneveld, Entangled Publishing.
  • Waking Romeo, Kathryn Barker [NSW], Allen & Unwin.
  • We Cry for Blood (The Reborn Empire 3), Devin Madson [VIC], Little, Brown Book Group.
  • We Lie with Death (The Reborn Empire 2), Devin Madson [VIC], Little, Brown Book Group.
  • Wednesday Weeks and the Crown of Destiny (Wednesday Weeks 2), Denis Knight [WA] and Cristy Burne [WA], Lothian Children's Books.
  • Wednesday Weeks and the Tower of Shadows (Wednesday Weeks 1), Denis Knight [WA] and Cristy Burne [WA], Lothian Children's Books.
  • Wingless, David M. James, ASPG.
  • Within the Ward, Emily Larkin [QLD], Rhiza Press.

Best Novella or Novelette

3.5 Novella or Novelette: A Novella or Novelette is any work of sf/f/h of 7,500 to 40,000 words.


  • "48 To Go", Alan Baxter [NSW], in The Gulp, 13th Dragon Books.
  • "A Vast Silence", T.R. Napper, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November/December 2021.
  • "Access Denied", Baden M. Chant [NSW], in Aurealis 142.
  • "After the Fall", Stephen Herczeg [ACT], in After the Fall, Black Hare Press.
  • "All the Long Way Down", Alf Simpson [SA], in Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3, IFWG Publishing International.
  • "Ariadne, I Love You", J. Ashley-Smith [ACT], in Ariadne, I Love You, Meerkat Press.
  • "Beginnings", Kylie Fennell [QLD], in Beginnings: An Origins Novella (The Kyprian Prophecy), Lorikeet Ink.
  • "Bones Of The Sea", Amy Laurens [ACT], in Bones Of The Sea, Inkprint Press.
  • "Cryptid Killers", Alister Hodge [NSW], in Cryptid Killers, Severed Press.
  • "Echo and Narcissus", Tansy Rayner Roberts [TAS], in Sheep Might Fly.
  • "Flummox", Lili Wilkinson [VIC], in How to Make a Pet Monster 2: Flummox, Allen & Unwin.
  • "Ghost Recall", Alan Baxter [NSW], in Ghost Recall (Eli Carver 3), Grey Matter Press.
  • "Hauntings Inc.", Lindy Cameron [VIC], in Who Sleuthed It?, Clan Destine Press.
  • "Hell's Teeth", Matthew R. Davis [SA], in Haunted, Specul8 Publishing.
  • "Lady Liesl's Seaside Surprise", Tansy Rayner Roberts [TAS], in Lady Liesl's Seaside Surprise.
  • "Machines", Nick Sheppard [NSW], in Machines.
  • "Man-Beast", Deborah Sheldon [VIC], in Man-Beast, Severed Press.
  • "Mother In Bloom", Alan Baxter [NSW], in The Gulp, 13th Dragon Books.
  • "Out on a Rim", Alan Baxter [NSW], in The Gulp, 13th Dragon Books.
  • "Petrichor", Melanie Rees [SA], in Petrichor, Hague Publishing.
  • "Preserved in Amber", Samantha Murray [WA], in Clarkesworld 178.
  • "Rattlebones", Matilda Scotney, in Rattlebones.
  • "Rock Fisher", Alan Baxter [NSW], in The Gulp, 13th Dragon Books.
  • "Rush Job", Amy Laurens [ACT], in Rush Job, Inkprint Press.
  • "Seven Gates", Simon Brown, in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine 84.
  • "Silent is the River", David Kuraria [NSW], in Bedding the Lamia: Tropical Horrors, IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • "Spellcracker's Honeymoon", Tansy Rayner Roberts [TAS] in Spellcracker's Honeymoon.
  • "Supersymmetry Blues", David Conyers [SA], in Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3, IFWG Publishing International.
  • "Tam of the Breakers", Mike Adamson [SA], in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine 82.
  • "The Absurd Quest of Thomas Wu", David Kuraria [NSW], in Bedding the Lamia: Tropical Horrors, IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • "The Band Plays On", Alan Baxter [NSW], in The Gulp, 13th Dragon Books.
  • "The Birdsong Fossil", D.K. Mok [NSW], in Multispecies Cities, World Weaver Press.
  • "The Cruise to the End of the World", Craig Cormick [ACT], in The Cruise to the End of the World, Merino Press.
  • "The Depiction", Julie Ditrich [NSW], in Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3, IFWG Publishing International.
  • "The Gulp", Alan Baxter [NSW], in The Gulp, 13th Dragon Books.
  • "The Icecream Crown Skating Races", Amy Laurens [ACT], in The Icecream Crown Skating Races, Inkprint Press.
  • "The Knight with 1000 Eyes", Jan-Andrew Henderson [QLD], in The Knight with 1000 Eyes (The Galhadrian Trilogy 3), Black Hart Entertainment.
  • "The Little One", Rebecca Fraser [VIC], in Coralesque and other tales to disturb and distract, IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • "The Tantangara Cave", Stephen Herczeg [ACT], in Scorpio: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac, Deadset Press.
  • "The Third Party Doctrine", Steve Proposch, in Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3, IFWG Publishing International.
  • "The Waiting Room", Matthew R. Davis [SA], in It Calls From the Doors, Eerie River Publishing.
  • "This is the Dawning", Helena McAuley [VIC], in The Zodiac Series, Deadset Press.
  • "Without Lungs or Limbs to Stay", Shauna O'Meara [ACT], in Interzone 290–291 (double issue).
  • "Wodge and Friends: Take the Stage", Carol Ann Martin [TAS], in Wodge and Friends 2: Take the Stage, Hardie Grant Egmont.
  • "Wodge and Friends: The Mystery in the Garden", Carol Ann Martin [TAS], in Wodge and Friends 1: The Mystery in the Garden, Hardie Grant Egmont.

Best Short Story

3.6 Short Story: A Short Story is any work of sf/f/h less than 7,500 words.


  • "00001001 Lives", Alistair Lloyd, in Antipodean SF 277–278.
  • "48 Jefferson Lane", Rebecca Fraser [VIC], in Coralesque and other tales to disturb and distract, IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • "333 Years", Susan Cornford [WA], in Antipodean SF 270.
  • "A Farewell to the Best Friend", Alexander Iurovetski [VIC], in Antipodean SF 273.
  • "A Good Big Brother", Matt Tighe [NSW], in Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth And Babies, IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • "A Kiss is the Secret", Amy Laurens [ACT], in A Kiss is the Secret, Inkprint Press.
  • "A Little Faith", Claire Fitzpatrick [QLD], in Teleport Magazine, August 27, 2021.
  • "A Locked Room Mystery", David Stevens [NSW], in Jersey Devil Press 111.
  • "A Maledication on the Village", Garth Nix [NSW], in Relics, Wrecks & Ruins, CAT Press.
  • "A Moment of Light in the Einstein Cafe", Craig Cormick [ACT], in Science Write Now, June 3, 2021.
  • "A Monster Circles the Wreckage", Jan-Andrew Henderson [QLD], in Tribute, Black Hart Publishing.
  • "A Pod of Mermaids", Eugen Bacon [VIC], in Danged Black Thing, Transit Lounge.
  • "A Ring in the Stars", Callan J. Mulligan [QLD], in Antipodean SF 271.
  • "A Sense of Belonging", Mark Towse [VIC], in Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth And Babies, IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • "A Storm is Coming", K.B. Elijah [QLD], in Wrath (Seven Deadly Sins 7), Black Hare Press.
  • "A Taste of Unguja", Eugen Bacon [VIC], in Danged Black Thing, Transit Lounge.
  • "A Trail of Corpselights", Leanbh Pearson [QLD], in New Tales of Old 1, Black Ink Fiction.
  • "A Whisper in the Death Pit", Kyla Lee Ward [NSW], in Weirdbook 44, Wildside Press (USA).
  • "Alice Wears Boots", D.J. Elton [VIC], in 13 Lives of Alice, Black Hare Press.
  • "Alice's Hope", Jade Wildy [SA], in Stories of Survival, Deadset Press.
  • "All My Tuesdays", Laura J. Fitzwilson [VIC], in Cicerone Journal 5.
  • "Alma Mater Benedictus Est", Jeff Clulow [NSW], in Midnight Echo 16.
  • "Ameliorating Emma", Raelene Purtill [QLD], in 'Short Stories of Science and Space, Hot Doggy Press.
  • "An Australian Nightmare", Monica Schultz [QLD], in Phobia!, Pixie Forest Publishing.
  • "An Incidental Ripple", S.M. Isaac [VIC], in Revolutions, Deadset Press.
  • "An Unfortunate Series of Coincidences", Tony Owens [QLD], in Antipodean SF 268.
  • "Anchor Point", Chris Foley [VIC], in Revolutions, Deadset Press.
  • " And A Piece Of Coal Where Her Heart Once Beat", Suzanne J. Willis [VIC], in The Dark 79.
  • "Angel Eyes", Alison Evans [VIC], in Hometown Haunts, Wakefield Press.
  • "Angel Wings" (The Dark Heart 1), in The Night's End Podcast.
  • "Another Day on the Frontline", Kevin J. Phyland [VIC], in Antipodean SF 268.
  • "Anthropophages Anonymous (AA)", Anthony Panegyres [WA], in Bourbon Penn 25.
  • "April", Max Lavergne [NSW], in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine 85.
  • "Aranea's Blessing", Alister Hodge [NSW], in SNAFU: Holy War, Cohesion Press.
  • "Arrow's Flight", Aveline Pérez de Vera [N/A], in Sagittarius: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac, Deadset Press.
  • "Ask Bernard", Greg Foyster [VIC], in Aurealis 144.
  • "Asleep Beneath the Dripping", Jason Fischer [SA], in Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3, IFWG Publishing International.
  • "At the Periphery", Benjamin Peek [NSW], in Nightmare 111.
  • "Baby Loves", Baden M. Cjhant [NSW], in Elegant Literature 1.
  • "Beneath the Cliffs of Darknoon Bay", Rebecca Fraser [VIC], in Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth And Babies, IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • "Best Laid Plans", Kevin J. Phyland [VIC], in Antipodean SF 274.
  • "Best Years of Your Life", Felix Wilkins [VIC], in Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales, Wakefield Press.
  • "Beyond the Twenty-Second Floor", Warwick Sprawson [VIC], in Curiouser Magazine 1.
  • "Big Yellow Taxi", Ishmael A. Soledad [QLD], in Antipodean SF 275.
  • "Bigger", Kris Ashton [NSW], in Space Bound, Dragon Soul Press.
  • "Bitter Brews", Kirstie Nicholson, in Stories of Survival, Deadset Press.
  • "Blood Eagle", Amber Moffat [WA], in Westerly, July 2021.
  • "Blood Ties", Karen J. Carlisle [SA], in Deadsteam II, Grimmer & Grimmer Books.
  • "Blue-tongue", Romy Wenzel [TAS], in Cicerone Journal 5.
  • "Blur", David Stevens [NSW], in ProleSCARYet: Tales of Horror and Class Warfare, Rad Flesh Press.
  • "Bottled Spirits", Jessica Nelson-Tyers [NSW], in Cicerone Journal 5.
  • "Brain Slug", Nick Petrou [WA], in Antipodean SF 276.
  • "Bronnie and the Great Green Two-Headed Plague Dragon", E.J. Delaney [QLD], in Short Circuit 8.
  • "Brushstrokes", Tara Calaby [VIC], in Etherea Magazine 3.
  • "Bs By Bioluminescent Light", Amy Laurens [ACT], in Bs By Bioluminescent Light, Inkprint Press.
  • "Buchstabensuppe", Tony Owens [QLD], in Antipodean SF 272.
  • "Burn and Twirl", Tracie Lark [N/A], in Curiouser Magazine 2.
  • "Carpe Diem", Sarah Hegerty [QLD], in 'Short Stories of Science and Space, Hot Doggy Press.
  • "Cascade", Simon Brown, in Abyss & Apex, April 1, 2021.
  • "Catnip", Martin Rowse [QLD], in Best of 25 Years, Vision Writers.
  • "Chaos", B.A. Nielsen [NSW], in Sagittarius: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac, Deadset Press.
  • "Chocolate Cake and Carnage", Aiki Flinthart [QLD], in Stories of Survival, Deadset Press.
  • "Christmas Cheer: A Short Story", Stephanie Koorey [ACT], in Antipodean SF 273.
  • "Claws", Sarah Jane Justice [SA], in Revolutions, Deadset Press.
  • "Coffee, Red", Emma Louise Gill [WA], in Curiouser Magazine 2.
  • "Come His Children", Alan Baxter [NSW], in Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3, IFWG Publishing International.
  • "Contagious Greed", Alexia Leigh [QLD], in Short Stories of Science and Space, Hot Doggy Press.
  • "Content", Ashley Cracknell [NSW], in Antipodean SF 272.
  • "Corners", Kaaron Warren [ACT], in Weird Fiction Review 11.
  • "Cracked Feet", Ellen Coates [VIC], in Etherea Magazine 1.
  • "Creaking", Greg Foyster [VIC], in Overland, 15 October 2021.
  • "Crisis of Faith", Jo Mularczyk [NSW], in Scorpio: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac, Deadset Press.
  • "Crossing the Line", Cameron Trost [N/A], in Haunted, Specul8 Publishing.
  • "Çrowsfeet", Harry Goddard [NSW], in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine 82.
  • "Damocles", Sean McMullen [VIC], in Analog March/April 2021.
  • "Dark Reflections", Lynne Phillips [NSW], in 13 Lives of Alice, Black Hare Press.
  • "Dead Language", Steve Kilbey [NSW], in Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3, IFWG Publishing International.
  • "Death of Snow", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Death of Snow.
  • "Deleted post from r/psychosis by u/[deleted]", Maddison Stoff [VIC], in Creeper 2.
  • "Demon Love", Nick Petrou [WA], in Gluttony (Seven Deadly Sins 6), Black Hare Press.
  • "Desert Venom", David Whitaker, in Scorpio: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac, Deadset Press.
  • "Devil-May-Care", Michael Gardner [ACT], in Aurealis 144.
  • "Different", Susan Cornford [WA], in borrowed solace 4.2.
  • "Divine Engineer", Claire Fitzpatrick [QLD], in Stories of Survival, Deadset Press.
  • "Do We See It All Now?", Michelle O'Connell [SA], in Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales, Wakefield Press.
  • "Dogsbody", Suzi Mezei, in Curiouser Magazine 1.
  • "Doing the Right Thing", Maddison Stoff [VIC], in Aurealis 138.
  • "Don't Look", Lisa Fuller [ACT], in Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales, Wakefield Press.
  • "Door Thirteen", Caylee Tierney [TAS], in Aurealis 140.
  • "Dream Killer", Col Hellmuth [QLD], in Antipodean SF 276.
  • "Dreamcatcher", Ellie A. Goss [TAS], in Ideas Are Like Rabbits, Allan G. Jamieson.
  • "Drowning", Chris Karageorge [VIC], in Antipodean SF 272.
  • "Ego", B.A. Nielsen [NSW], in Scorpio: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac, Deadset Press.
  • "Emergency", Bruce McNair [SA], in Antipodean SF 269.
  • "Emily", Damon Young [TAS], in The Saturday Paper, February 6-12, 2021.
  • "Empty Bellies", Ash Tudor [WA], in Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth And Babies, IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • "Essence", Tim Borella [QLD], in Antipodean SF 277.
  • "Esther", Michael Gardner [ACT], in Bourbon Penn 24.
  • "Euryhaline", Margot McGovern [SA], in Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales, Wakefield Press.
  • "Every Nine Days", Adrian Milnes [QLD], in Etherea Magazine 4.
  • "Every Nook and Cranny", Daniel Baker [VIC], in Aurealis 139.
  • "Expel the Darkness", Robyn O'Sullivan [VIC], in Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth And Babies, IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • "Exurbia", Kaaron Warren [ACT], in Out of the Ruins, Titan Books.
  • "Fait Accompli", Barbara Smith [NSW], in Scorpio: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac, Deadset Press.
  • "Faltering", Monique McLellan [VIC], in Stories of Survival, Deadset Press.
  • "Family Unit", Sean Williams [SA], in Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth And Babies, IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • "Farewell to Elephant", Cat Sparks, in Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3, IFWG Publishing International.
  • "Fatt Hee and the Hungry Ghosts", Mike Rader, in Gluttony (Seven Deadly Sins 6), Black Hare Press.
  • "Fiction to Fact Technology Inc.", P.V. Andrews [VIC], in Antipodean SF 274.
  • "Fifty Mile Bone Beach", Pamela Jeffs [QLD], in The Terralight Collection, Four Ink Press.
  • "Fingers Crossed", Susan Cornford [WA], in Quail Bell Magazine, November 22, 2021.
  • "Fire Bright", Amy Laurens [ACT], in Fire Bright, Inkprint Press.
  • "Five, Four, Three, Two...", Susan Cornford [WA], in Meet Cute Press 3.
  • "Flaring Out", Scott Limbrick [VIC], in New Australian Fiction 2021, Kill Your Darlings.
  • "Flesh Thief", L. R. Johnson [QLD], in Short Stories of Science and Space, Hot Doggy Press.
  • "Floor", Rebecca Fraser [VIC], in Pendulum Papers, February 2021.
  • "For Autumn", Melissa Ferguson [VIC], in Revolutions, Deadset Press.
  • "For Sale", Michael Gardner [ACT], in Aurealis 137.
  • "Foreigner", Gina Pinto, in Short Stories of Science and Space, Hot Doggy Press.
  • "Foresight", Matilda Scotney, in Foresight.
  • "Frabjous", Alexander Gibbs [VIC], "Frabjous", in Cicerone Journal 5.
  • "Fractal Gods of Minuscule Things", Ramez Yoakeim, in Sci Phi Journal 22 June 2021.
  • "Frankenstein's Legacy", Chris Radge [QLD], in Short Stories of Science and Space, Hot Doggy Press.
  • "Frogman", Jan-Andrew Henderson [QLD], in Tribute, Black Hart Publishing.
  • "Ghost Stream", K.S. Nikakis [VIC], in Ghost Stream, SOV Media.
  • "Ghosting", Naomi Hatchman, in Midnight Echo 16.
  • "Ghosts in the Forest", Tamara M. Bailey [WA], in Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging, Volume Blue, Clan Destine Press.
  • "Glamoured", Finley Harper [NSW], in Abyss & Apex 80.
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  • "Untitled Cryptid Album", Tansy Rayner Roberts [TAS], in Untitled Cryptid Album.
  • "Valuer of Souls", Kaybee Pearson [TAS], in Stories of Survival, Deadset Press.
  • "Versus The Sea", Greg Foyster [VIC], in Antipodean SF 276.
  • "Wandjina", Amin Chehelnabi [NSW], in Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures, World Weaver Press.
  • "Wants", Tim Hawken, in midnight Echo 16.
  • "Warp and Weft", Karon Warren [ACT], in Professor Charlatan Bardot's Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World, Dark Moon Books.
  • "Washing the Plaid", Juliet Marillier [WA], in Relics, Wrecks & Ruins, CAT Press.
  • "Waste Not", Cassandra Hounsell, in Sagittarius: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac, Deadset Press.
  • "Watchhouse", Ephiny Gale [VIC], in The Dread Machine 1.2.
  • "Way-Bread Rising", Tansy Rayner Roberts [TAS], in Stories of Survival, Deadset Press.
  • "We Had To, Didn't We?", Jane Brown [QLD], in Midnight Echo 16.
  • "Wearing the Horse", Tamantha Smith [QLD], in Sagittarius: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac, Deadset Press.
  • "What We Are", James Patrik [VIC], in Antipodean SF 271.
  • "When the Water Stops", Eugen Bacon [VIC], in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2021.
  • "White Noise", M.R. Mortimer [NSW], in Revolutions, Deadset Press.
  • "Who Sleuthed It?", Chuck McKenzie [VIC], in Who Sleuthed It?, Clan Destine Press.
  • "Who Wants to Be a Reaper?", Jane Brown [QLD], in The Centropic Oracle, June 3, 2021.
  • "Winter Sweet, Winter Grieve", Kaaron Warren [ACT], in Grimdark Magazine 25.
  • "Yelah", Rebecca Fraser [NSW], in farrels Bookshop ([1])
  • "You Better Not be Couriering Coriander", Brianna Bullen [VIC], in Stories of Survival, Deadset Press.
  • "You don't get to choose the entanglement", Matt Tighe [NSW], in Nature, 11 August 2021.
  • "Z is for Zoetrope", Suzanne J. Willis [VIC], in G is for Ghosts, Poise and Pen Publishing.
  • "Zeno's Paradise", E.J. Delaney [QLD], in Things With Feathers: Stories of Hope, Third Flatiron.

Best Collected Work

3.7 Collected Work: A collected work is a sf/f/h collection or anthology, magazine or journal, ezine or webzine which must pay contributors in other than contributor copies and incidentals, or the editor/s of which declare the work to be professional. At least one edition of a collected work must have been issued in the eligible calendar year.


  • 13 Lives of Alice, D.J. Elton [VIC], Black Hare Press.
  • Andromeda Spaceways Magazine 82, Brooke Munday [VIC], Andromeda Spaceways Publishing.
  • Andromeda Spaceways Magazine 83, Nick Marone [ACT], Andromeda Spaceways Publishing.
  • Antipodean SF, Ion Newcombe [NSW].
  • Aurealis 137, Stephen Higgins [VIC], Chimaera Publications.
  • Aurealis 138, Stephen Higgins [VIC], Chimaera Publications.
  • Aurealis 139, Stephen Higgins [VIC], Chimaera Publications.
  • Aurealis 140, Michael Pryor [VIC], Chimaera Publications.
  • Aurealis 141, Michael Pryor [VIC], Chimaera Publications.
  • Aurealis 142, Michael Pryor [VIC], Chimaera Publications.
  • Aurealis 143, Michael Pryor [VIC], Chimaera Publications.
  • Aurealis 144, Dirk Strasser [VIC], Chimaera Publications.
  • Aurealis 145, Dirk Strasser [VIC], Chimaera Publications.
  • Aurealis 146, Dirk Strasser [VIC], Chimaera Publications.
  • Bedding the Lamia: Tropical Horrors by David Kuraria [NSW], IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • Best of 25 Years, Vision Writers.
  • Coralesque and other tales to disturb and distract by Rebecca Fraser [VIC], IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • Cthulhu Deep Down Under 3, Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira, and Bryce Stevens [NSW], IFWG Publishing International.
  • Danged Black Thing by Eugen Bacon [VIC], Transit Lounge.
  • Etherea Magazine, Aidan Wilson [QLD], Etherea Magazine (issue 1) and Sunburnt Fox Press (issues 2 - 5).
  • Galaxy's Edge 48, Lezli Robyn [N/A].
  • Glass Slipper Equinox (Historical Archives of the 46th Century) by Khira Allen.
  • Gluttony (Seven Deadly Sins 6), D. Kershaw, Black Hare Press.
  • Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales, Poppy Nwosu [SA], Wakefield Press.
  • Inanimates: tales of everyday fear by Joanne Anderton [NSW], Brain Jar Press.
  • Little Labyrinths: Speculative Microfictions by Sean Williams [SA], Brain Jar Press.
  • Love, Death + Robots: The Official Anthology 1, Amanda J. Spedding [NSW] and Geoff Brown [VIC], Cohesion Press.
  • Mermaid Kisses, Nurturing Words [SA].
  • Midnight Echo 16, Tim Hawken, The Australasian Horror Writers Association.
  • Murder + Machinery: Tales of Technological Terror and Mechanical Madness, Cameron Trost [N/A], Black Beacon Books.
  • Relics, Wrecks & Ruins, Aiki Flinthart [QLD], CAT Press.
  • Revolutions, Austin P. Sheehan [VIC], Grace Chan [VIC], and Leanbh Pearson [QLD], Deadset Press.
  • Sagittarius: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac, Austin P. Sheehan [VIC] and Helena McAuley [VIC], Deadset Press.
  • Saving Shadows by Eugen Bacon [VIC], NewCon Press.
  • Scorpio: Speculative Fiction Inspired by the Zodiac, Austin P. Sheehan [VIC], Neen Cohen [QLD] and Alannah K. Pearson [ACT], Deadset Press.
  • Short Stories of Science and Space, Chris Radge [QLD], Hot Doggy Press.
  • SNAFU: Holy War, Amanda J. Spedding [NSW] and Geoff Brown [VIC], Cohesion Press.
  • South of the Sun: Australian Fairy Tales for the 21st Century, Australian Fairy Tale Society and Serenity Press.
  • Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth And Babies, Deborah Sheldon [VIC], IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • The Gulp by Alan Baxter [NSW], 13th Dragon Books.
  • The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales by Angela Slatter [QLD], Tartarus Press.
  • The Terralight Collection by Pamela Jeffs [QLD], Four Ink Press.
  • Tool Tales by Ellen Datlow [N/A] and Kaaron Warren [ACT], IFWG Publishing Australia.
  • Tribute, Jan-Andrew Henderson [QLD], Black Hart Publishing.
  • Unavoidable Fates by Alexandria Blaelock [VIC], BlueMere Books.
  • Wrath (Seven Deadly Sins 7), D. Kershaw, Black Hare Press.

Best Artwork

3.8 Artwork: An artwork is a single work or series of related works of art in any medium other than text.


  • illustration, Peter Allert [QLD], for Aurealis 140.
  • illustration, Peter Allert [QLD], for Aurealis 143.
  • illustration, Matt Bissett-Johnson [VIC], for Aurealis 140.
  • cover art, Greg Bridges, for The Gold-Jade Dragon, PS Publishing.
  • cover art, Jessie Brooke [SA], for Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales, Wakefield Press.
  • illustrations, Kelly Canby [WA], for The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere, Allen & Unwin.
  • illustration, Chris Catlin [VIC], for Aurealis 138.
  • illustration, Chris Catlin [VIC], for Aurealis 139.
  • illustration, Chris Catlin [VIC], for Aurealis 143.
  • illustration, Leah Clementson [VIC], for Aurealis 137.
  • illustration, Leah Clementson [VIC], for Aurealis 146.
  • illustration, Will Colenso [N/A], for Aurealis 141.
  • illustration, Hannah Dunn [VIC], for Aurealis 142.
  • illustrations, James Foley [WA], for Stellarphant, Fremantle Press.
  • illustration, Kate Harrison [VIC], for Aurealis 137.
  • illustration, Heather Holmes [VIC], for Aurealis 139.
  • cover art, Pamela Jeffs [QLD], for Tribute, Black Hart Publishing.
  • cover art and illustrations, Kathleen Jennings [QLD], for The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales, Tartarus Press.
  • cover art and illustrations, Brooke Munday [VIC], for Andromeda Spaceways Magazine 82.
  • illustrations, Bon Orthwick [VIC], for Empire of the Vampire, HarperCollins.
  • illustrations, Emma Preston [SA], for Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales, Wakefield Press.
  • illustration, Andrew Saltmarsh [VIC], for Aurealis 144.
  • illustration, Andrew Saltmarsh [VIC], for Aurealis 146.
  • illustrations, Dustin Spence [QLD], for How to Make a Pet Monster 2: Flummox, Allen & Unwin.
  • illustration, Rebecca Stewart [VIC], for Aurealis 137.
  • illustration, Rebecca Stewart [VIC], for Aurealis 138.
  • illustration, Rebecca Stewart [VIC], for Aurealis 139.
  • illustration, Rebecca Stewart [VIC], for Aurealis 142.
  • cover art, Chris Wahl [NSW], for Wednesday Weeks and the Tower of Shadows (Wednesday Weeks 1) and Wednesday Weeks and the Crown of Destiny (Wednesday Weeks 2), Lothian Children's Books.
  • illustration, Lynette Watters [NSW], for Aurealis 140.

Best Fan Writer

3.9 Fan Writer and Fan Artist: These awards are made to writers or artists for a work or body of work first published, released, or made available for public viewing in the eligible calendar year. The writer or artist must have received no payment other than contributor copies and other incidentals (coffee mug, t-shirt, poster, etc.)

  • An Example Australian Writer [state], for (body of work, including) Example work(s), in Containing Publication(s), Publisher(s) (Location(s)). (Example link to more information)

Best Fan Artist

3.9 Fan Writer and Fan Artist: These awards are made to writers or artists for a work or body of work first published, released, or made available for public viewing in the eligible calendar year. The writer or artist must have received no payment other than contributor copies and other incidentals (coffee mug, t-shirt, poster, etc.)

  • An Example Australian Artist [state], for (body of work, including) Example work(s), in Containing Publication(s), Publisher(s) (Location(s)). (Example link to more information)

Best Fan Publication in any Medium

3.10 Fan Publication in any Medium: This award is for a work or group of related works in any medium first published, released, or made available for public viewing in the eligible calendar year. The writer or artist must have received no payment. Eligible works include, but are not limited to, a periodical, journal, fanzine, ezine or webzine.


  • Dark Matter Zine, Nalini Haynes [ACT].
  • Earl Grey Editing, Elizabeth Fitzgerald [ACT].
  • Ethel the Aardvark, LynC [VIC], Melbourne Science Fiction Club.
  • iOTA, Leigh Edmonds [VIC].
  • SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie [VIC].

Best New Talent

3.11 New Talent: This award recognises excellence of achievement in any field of the genre by an individual who has never been nominated for a national or international award, or has only been nominated for a national or international award in one or both of the two calendar years prior to the year for which they are a Best New Talent nominee. National or international awards include but are not limited to: Australian SF ("Ditmar"), Aurealis, Hugo and Nebula Awards. Once nominated, an individual may only be nominated once more, in the year following the first nomination.


William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review

3.12 William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review: William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review is for the writing or editing of a work or a group of related works of criticism or review pertaining to the genres of science fiction, fantasy, or horror.


  • Claire Fitzpatrick [QLD], for "Anne Rice's Delve into Science Fiction", in Aurealis 142.
  • Claire Fitzpatrick [QLD], for "How Mary Shelley Continues to Influence Modern Science Fiction", in Aurealis 145.
  • Claire Fitzpatrick [QLD], for "Metaphor and the Body in the Works of David Cronenberg", in Aurealis 143.
  • Claire Fitzpatrick [QLD], for "Wake in Fright at 50 - Quintessential Australian Horror", in Midnight Echo 16.
  • Amy Laurens [ACT], for "Fairies: Malevolence, Beneficence and Nature Throughout History", in Aurealis 139.
  • Amy Laurens [ACT], for "Werewolves: Liminality, Power and Transformation Throughout History", in Aurealis 143.
  • Amy Laurens [ACT], for "Dragons: World Origins, Evil and Knowledge Throughout History", in Aurealis 145.
  • Ian Mond [VIC], for reviews in Locus.
  • Gillian Polack [ACT], for "An Introduction to World-building in Early Australian Speculative Fiction", in Aurealis 146.
  • Gillian Polack [ACT], for "Using the Anthropocene to Reinterpret the Importance of Lost Race Novels in Early Australian SF", in Aurealis 143.
  • Tansy Rayner Roberts [TAS], for "Deadly Frocks and Other Tales of Murder Clothes", in Uncanny Issue 39, ([2])
  • Lachlan Walter, for "Breaking the Shackles of Canon and Continuity", in Aurealis 142.
  • Lachlan Walter, for "Indigenous Futurism and Indigenous Australian Approaches", in Aurealis 144.
  • Lachlan Walter, for "Post-Apocalyptic Fiction, Hopepunk, COVID-19 and the Fallacy of Near-Total Barbarism", in Aurealis 146.
  • Lachlan Walter, for "Science Fiction Films and the Disappearance of Satire", in Aurealis 140.
  • Kyla Lee Ward [NSW], for "Vampire Poetry", in Penumbra 2, Hippocampus Press (USA).