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...sts non-[[Conventions|convention]] '''events''' of relevance to Australian SF, F & H. * [[Australian sf information:Community Portal|Community portal]] ...

===Welcome to sf.org.au, the [[Australian sf]] information site.=== ==Australian Awards== ...

...stralian Speculative Fiction Art''' is (currently) an award for Australian SF artworks exhibited at the annual [[Conflux (convention)|Conflux]] Art Show. ...

...he genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror. In November 2010 his non-SF political thriller ''Cry Havoc'' was awarded Best New Play at the Perth The * "Vidic", ''Antipodean SF'' #43, ed. Ion Newcombe, August 2001. ...

The SF archive includes an essay on Swancon 5, written by Susan Margaret for a Pop ...e Fiction Distributed Archive Project (ASFDAP) on its blog [http://history.sf.org.au/ 'This!'] ...

This article lists SF, F & H-related conventions in Australia. ==Australian Conventions== ...

...atcon Standing Committee|Standing Committee of the Business Meeting of the Australian National Science Fiction Convention]]. ...Fiction Convention]] a Standing Committee is to be appointed to assist the Australian National Science Fiction Convention Organising Committee in the administrat ...

==Constitution of the Australian National Science Fiction Convention== ...mittee selected from amongst bids submitted to the Business Meeting at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention two calendar years before the conventio ...

This article details the '''preliminary''' ballot for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2019, to be awarded at the 2020 Ditmar Awards ceremon ...ballot and respond urgently by email to [mailto:ditmars@sf.org.au ditmars@sf.org.au] with details of any apparent discrepancies. It is possible that the ...

The 17th Australian National Convention of Science Fiction ...as the second Unicon convention run by members of the Melbourne University SF Association. The first Unicon had been run by members of the Monash Univers ...

The First Australasian SF Convention Australian Guest of Honour: Leanne Frahm ...

...the [[Aurealis Awards]] which is held yearly to reward the achievement in Australian speculative fiction.<ref name="AA AU">{{cite web | url = http://www.aureali .../www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2009.html | title = The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Ditmar Awards | publisher = Locus Online | date = | accessdate ...

...[[Australian Science Fiction Foundation]] for "Outstanding Achievement in Australian Science Fiction". ...e contribution that science fiction writer [[A. Bertram Chandler]] made to Australian science fiction, and because of his patronage of the Foundation. ...

This article lists '''works and people eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2023''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ''3.2 Australianness: Nominees are eligible if they were Australian citizens or residents in the year their nominated work was released.'' ...

...iewed at [https://wiki.sf.org.au/2020_Ditmar_eligibility_list https://wiki.sf.org.au/2020_Ditmar_eligibility_list]. ...) and science fiction fandom. They are named for Ditmar "Dick" Jenssen, an Australian fan and artist, who financially supported the awards at their inception. ...

...convention was officially both the Australian National Convention and the Australian National Media Convention. ...tion Media Convention. Perhaps it was recalled that not all the Australian SF Media Natcons had been officially Australasian in scope, but overlooked tha ...

...il Drop Bear'' and ''Them Again'' (in which the giant ants from the 1950's sf movie ''Them'' return), and a produced screenplay ''Weird Ones''. ...' and ''Paranormal'' magazines (later combined as ''Paranormal and Psychic Australian'') in the 1970s. ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2019, to be awarded at the 2019 Australian National SF Convention, [https://continuum.org.au/ Continuum 15] in Melbourne. (Errors ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2018, to be awarded at the 2019 Australian National SF Convention, [http://www.continuum.org.au/ Continuum 15] in Melbourne. ...ballot and respond urgently by email to [mailto:ditmars@sf.org.au ditmars@sf.org.au] with details of any apparent discrepancies. It is possible that the ...

In 2009, she won the [[Ditmar Award]] (Australian SF Award) for Best New Talent.<ref>http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar2 Dowker's stories have appeared in a number of Australian publications including [[Borderlands]], [[Aurealis]] and [[Andromeda Spacew ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2016, to be awarded at the 2016 Australian National SF Convention, [http://contact2016.com/ Contact 2016] in Brisbane. ...ballot and respond urgently by email to [mailto:ditmars@sf.org.au ditmars@sf.org.au] with details of any apparent discrepancies. It is possible that the ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2009, to be awarded at the 2009 Australian National SF Convention, [http://conjecture2009.org Conjecture] in Adelaide. (Errors and ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

...honour of the late [[Peter NcNamara]] at the [[Natcon|Australian National SF Convention]] awards ceremony. The award was inaugurated by Robert N. Stephe | <ref name="MAY_2003">{{cite web|last=Harvey|first=Edwina|title=Australian SF Bullsheet 14 - May 2003|year=2003|url=http://fanac.org/fanzines/Bullsheet/B ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2012, to be awarded at the 2012 Australian National SF Convention, [http://continuum.org.au Continuum 8] in Melbourne. (Errors and ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2016, to be awarded at the 2016 Australian National SF Convention, [https://contact2016.com/ Contact 2016] in Brisbane. (Errors an ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2021, to be awarded by the 2021 Australian National SF Convention, [https://conflux.org.au/ Conflux 16] in a virtual ceremony. (Er ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2017, to be awarded at the 2017 Australian National SF Convention, [https://continuum.org.au/ Continuum 13] in Melbourne. (Errors ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2018, to be awarded at the 2018 Australian National SF Convention, [https://swancon.com.au/ Swancon 43] in Perth. (Errors and omis ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

This article lists Australians who write (or wrote) SF, Fantasy or Horror. The names of authors with individual articles will be l * [[Eric L Klein|Eric L. Klein]] (SF) ...

World SF Society - Business Session: Jack Herman (Presiding Officer), Donald Eastlak World SF Society - Site Selection: Roy Ferguson ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2017, to be awarded at the 2017 Australian National SF Convention, [http://www.continuum.org.au/ Continuum 13] in Melbourne. ...ballot and respond urgently by email to [mailto:ditmars@sf.org.au ditmars@sf.org.au] with details of any apparent discrepancies. It is possible that the ...

...ogel Award]] (New Zealand SF Award) for Best New Talent.<ref>http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/sjv/sjvResults-2010.shtml</ref> Petrie's stories have appeared in a number of Australian publications including [[Borderlands]], [[Aurealis]] and [[Andromeda Spacew ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2013, to be awarded at the 2013 Australian National SF Convention, [http://conflux.org.au Conflux 9] in Canberra. (Errors and omis ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

...''Australian awards for achievement in science fiction, fantasy, horror or sf fandom'''. :''The following text is based on a May 2011 report for the [[Australian Science Fiction Foundation]] board by [[Bill Wright]], which updated a repo ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2018, to be awarded at the 2018 Australian National SF Convention, [http://www.swancon.com.au/ Swancon 43] in Perth. ...ballot and respond urgently by email to [mailto:ditmars@sf.org.au ditmars@sf.org.au] with details of any apparent discrepancies. It is possible that the ...

==Rules for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards== 1.1 The Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horr ...

:1.1 The Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horr ..., and winners are voted on by members of the current and previous National SF Convention, where the awards are traditionally presented. ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2015, to be awarded at the 2015 Australian National SF Convention, [https://2015.swancon.com.au/ Swancon 40] in Perth. (Errors and ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2014, to be awarded at the 2014 Australian National SF Convention, [http://continuum.org.au/c10/ Continuum 10] in Melbourne. (Erro ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2011, to be awarded at the 2011 Australian National SF Convention, [http://2011.swancon.com.au/ Swancon Thirty Six] in Perth. (Err ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2014, to be awarded at the 2014 Australian National SF Convention, [http://continuum.org.au/c10/ Continuum 10] in Melbourne. ...ballot and respond urgently by email to [mailto:ditmars@sf.org.au ditmars@sf.org.au] with details of any apparent discrepancies.''''' ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2015, to be awarded at the 2015 Australian National SF Convention, [https://2015.swancon.com.au/ Swancon 40] in Perth. ...ballot and respond urgently by email to [mailto:ditmars@sf.org.au ditmars@sf.org.au] with details of any apparent discrepancies. It is possible that the ...

...("Ditmar") Awards for 2010, to be awarded at the 2010 Australian National SF Convention, [http://dudcon.com DudCon III] in Melbourne. (Errors and omissi ...|rules]]''' established by the Business Meeting of the National Australian SF Convention. ...

==Rules for the Australian Science Fiction ("Ditmar") Awards== 1.1 The Australian Science Fiction ("Ditmar") Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction, ...

...ubtitled "The Urban Spaceman"-- this was also the 28th Australian National SF Convention. ....Up to now, Swancon 14 has concentrated its promotion upon targeting other Australian conventions, producing small PRs to do so. With the advent of Conviction, o ...

The '''Marge Hughes award''' is a Western Australian sf award for contributions to fandom which are not otherwise acknowledged. It * [http://wasff.sf.org.au/mumfanaward WASFF award page] ...

This article details the '''preliminary''' ballot for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2020, to be awarded at the 2021 Ditmar Awards ceremon ...ballot and respond urgently by email to [mailto:ditmars@sf.org.au ditmars@sf.org.au] with details of any apparent discrepancies. It is possible that the ...

...r reviewer for Aurealis Magazine. In 2008 he commenced the Terra Incognita Australian Speculative Fiction Podcast. He now lives in Sydney with his partner. 'The first title from a new Australian small press is an ...

AKA Duckcon 13 - The first West Australian Science Fiction Convention, held on October 9th-11th 1976. ...talk and the subsequent discussion. She was doing a literature PhD around SF at Murdoch, which she completed in 1978. ...

==Minutes of the Australian Nation Science Fiction Convention (Natcon) Business Meeting== Report on the 2000 and 2001 Australian Science Fiction Awards (Ditmars) ...

who is a member of the majority of the Australian SF mailing lists. ...

and a few announcements via Australian SF mailing lists. ...

...the City of Perth, Japanese Animation Fans Western Australia (JAFWA), the Australian Science Fiction Foundation (ASFF), The Gamers' Guild, The West Lodge, Scien **Australian Guests - Rosaleen Love, Lewis Morley, Kate Orman, Marilyn Pride ...

...onvention, Spawncon II in Melbourne in 1999, with the formal merger of the Australian "Media Natcon" and the Natcon. ====Best Australian Media Fanzine==== ...

...ing guide''' to inform and assist potential and future Australian National SF Conventions. ...

..."AUREALIS", ''[http://fanac.org/fanzines/Bullsheet/Bullsheet1-051.html The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet #51 -- March 29th 1996]''</ref> ...d for Excellence in Speculative Fiction''' is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible ...

...orts produced. Bigger expense for an Australian rather than just a Western Australian one. ...rships and at the very least to give a bit of exposure to the concept of a SF convention. There are still people around who might be interested and who d ...

...ailto:ditmars@sf.org.au?subject=2010%20Ditmar%20eligibility%20list ditmars@sf.org.au]. This article lists '''works eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2010''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ...

...deadurl=no}}</ref> To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between November 1 of the prior year and Octo ...ww.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2009.html | title = The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Aurealis Awards | publisher = [[Locus Online]] | date = | acce ...

...e Fiction Foundation to recognise significant contributions to the Western Australian science fiction community. As of 2013, it has only been awarded three times ...rd was presented to the winner at Swancon XI, the 1986 National Australian SF Convention. ...

==Australian Fanzines== * ''Argo Navis'' (club magazine of the La Trobe University SF Association) ...

...Merrick—"What Tiptree didn't tell us: the 'quiet revolution' in (feminist) sf." :Publisher: Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation ...

...lian guests? For the cost of one overseas guest, you can get more than one Australian guest, maybe 4 or 5. When you have a number of guests, they will each have ...is the possibility of getting extra funding or publicity from the author's Australian publisher - unlikely if the author has no books in print in Australia at th ...

This article lists '''works and people eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2022''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ''3.2 Australianness: Nominees are eligible if they were Australian citizens or residents in the year their nominated work was released.'' ...

...ailto:ditmars@sf.org.au?subject=2011%20Ditmar%20eligibility%20list ditmars@sf.org.au]. This article lists '''works eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2011''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ...

This article lists '''works and people eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2021''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ''3.2 Australianness: Nominees are eligible if they were Australian citizens or residents in the year their nominated work was released.'' ...

...ailto:ditmars@sf.org.au?subject=2017%20Ditmar%20eligibility%20list ditmars@sf.org.au]. This article lists '''works and people eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2017''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ...

...ailto:ditmars@sf.org.au?subject=2012%20Ditmar%20eligibility%20list ditmars@sf.org.au]. This article lists '''works eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2012''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ...

...ailto:ditmars@sf.org.au?subject=2019%20Ditmar%20eligibility%20list ditmars@sf.org.au]. This article lists '''works and people eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2019''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ...

...ailto:ditmars@sf.org.au?subject=2013%20Ditmar%20eligibility%20list ditmars@sf.org.au]. This article lists '''works eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2013''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ...

...ailto:ditmars@sf.org.au?subject=2016%20Ditmar%20eligibility%20list ditmars@sf.org.au]. This article lists '''works and people eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2016''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ...

...ailto:ditmars@sf.org.au?subject=2015%20Ditmar%20eligibility%20list ditmars@sf.org.au]. This article lists '''works and people eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2015''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ...

...ailto:ditmars@sf.org.au?subject=2020%20Ditmar%20eligibility%20list ditmars@sf.org.au]. This article lists '''works and people eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2020''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ...

...ailto:ditmars@sf.org.au?subject=2018%20Ditmar%20eligibility%20list ditmars@sf.org.au]. This article lists '''works and people eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2018''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ...

...d at [https://wiki.sf.org.au/2020_non-Ditmar_eligibility_list https://wiki.sf.org.au/2020_non-Ditmar_eligibility_list] for everything else. The '''Tin Duck Awards''' are the Western Australian science fiction achievement awards. They are given out annually at Swancon ...

...ailto:ditmars@sf.org.au?subject=2014%20Ditmar%20eligibility%20list ditmars@sf.org.au]. This article lists '''works and people eligible for the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards for 2014''' in each of the eligible categories. (The list ...