Tin Duck Award
The Tin Duck Awards are the Western Australian science fiction achievement award. They are given out annually at Swancon and voted on by members of the convention.
Contents
History
1997
Best Non-Professional Writing
WINNER: Cathy Cupitt, "Reverent Comic Subversion in The Hobbit", Piffle and Other Trivia #26.
1999
Best Non-Professional Production in Any Medium
WINNER: Cathy Cupitt, The Rhyzome Factor #1-2.
2000
Best Non-Professional Writing
WINNER: Cathy Cupitt, writing in The Rhyzome Factor #3-4.
Best Non-Professional Production in Any Medium
WINNER: Cathy Cupitt, The Rhyzome Factor #3-4.
2001
2002
2003
Best WA Professional Writer
WINNER: Stephen Dedman
Best WA Non-Professional Writer
WINNER: Shay Telfer
Best WA Professional Production in any Medium
Best WA Non-Professional Production in Any Medium
WINNER: Borderlands: That Which Scares Us (convention), convened by Grant Watson, Simon Oxwell & Anna Hepworth.
Best WA Visual Artwork
WINNER: Davina Watson, "Muppet Quilt".
Best WA Professional Written Work, Non-Fiction
WINNER: Cathy Cupitt, "Space Opera's Relationship to Science Fiction".
Best WA Non-Professional Written Work, Non-Fiction
WINNER: Emma Hawkes, "What Scares Us In Harry Potter Novels: Class".
2004
2005
Professional Fiction
WINNER: Stephen Dedman, "The Facts in Dr Van Helsing's Case", ASIM 11
Lee Battersby, "Tales of Nireym", Orb 6
K.A. Bedford, Orbital Burn
Shane Jiraiya Cummings, "Sobek's Tears", Aurealis 33 – 35
Simon Haynes, Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts
Dave Luckett, "By The Sweat of Your Brow", Borderlands 3
Adam Weiland, "A Life in Art", Shadowed Realms
Fan Fiction
WINNER: Cathy Cupit, "Falling Stars" (www.livejournal/users/cupidsbow)
Lily Chrywenstrom, "The Snow Queen", Gynaezine 2
Liz Grzyb, "Cabbages & Singing Candlesticks", Fables & Reflections 6
Non-Fiction
WINNER: Gina Goddard, "Loving the Vampire", Gynaezine 2
Michael McAvan, "Men and Wolves: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time and the New Age Men's Movement", Borderlands 3
Grant Watson, "Bad Film Diaries", Borderlands 3
Professional Production
WINNER: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 11
Borderlands 3
Shadowed Realms
Fan Production
WINNER: Gynaezine 2
Fables & Reflections 6
Swancon XXX Launch Video
Art
WINNER: Sarah Xu, "Emotions", Gynaezine 2
Troy Kealley, ‘The Snow Queen’, Gynaezine 2 Colin Sharpe, Illustration for "Unreal City", Borderlands 3
Alicia Smith, ‘Skein Dogs’, Fables & Reflections 6
Alicia Smith, Mythmeet (Colour Version)
Tiki Swain, Cover Art, Gynaezine 2
2006
The 2006 Tin Duck Awards were given out during Renaissance: Swancon 2006. The physical award was made of engraved perspex supported by two metal sphere. The engraving contained an illustration of an astronaut duck drawn by Kaneda Cruz.
Professional Long Work
Blade of Fortriu, Juliet Marillier
The Truth About Magic, Dave T Luckett
Professional Short Work
"Bad Film Diaries", Grant Watson, Borderlands 4
"Coup De Grace", Stephen Dedman, Borderlands 4
"Hear No Evil", Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Borderlands 4
"Hooked", Martin Livings, Borderlands 5
"How Green was their Love", Tess Williams, Borderlands 4
"Hush", Lyn Battersby, Shadowbox
"I Can Make You Famous", Lee Battersby, Shadowbox
"Ian", Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Ticonderoga Online 5
"Pater Familias", Lee Battersby, Shadowed Realms 3
"Solid Rock", Cathy Cupitt, Borderlands 4
"The Memory of Breathing", Lyn Battersby, ASIM #17
"The Seasonal Collector", Jo-Ann Whalley, Borderlands 4
"Watch", Stephen Dedman, Never Seen By Waking Eyes
Professional ArtWork
"Coup De Grace", illustration, Colin Sharpe, Borderlands 4
Cover, Sarah Xu, Borderlands 4
Horror series, Ruby Cadaver, Swancon 2005 art show
Make your own pet, print, Shaun Tan, Swancon 2005 art show
The Big Picture Book, Brian Choo
Professional Production (any medium)
Borderlands Issue 4, Borderlands Publications Inc.
Borderlands Issue 5, Borderlands Publications Inc.
Shadow Box, e-anthology, edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Angela Challis
Shadowed Realms, edited by Angela Challis
Ticonderoga Online, edited by Russell B Farr, Liz Grzyb, Lyn Battersby
Unpaid or Fan Written work
Blue (text), Bec Handcock
Chaosmanor, Elaine Kemp
Unpaid or Fan Art Work
Blue, Bec Handcock, Swancon 2005 art show
CD sculpture, Stephanie Bateman-Graham, Swancon 2005 art show
Changing Skins series, Sarah Xu, Swancon 2005 art show
Dragon quilting, Calum Watson, Swancon 2005 art show
Gynaecon T-shirts, Sarah Xu
Nothing Better: A short presentation on why I have to leave, Bec
Handcock, Swancon 2005 art show
Photograph of Carreg Cellen, Elaine Kemp, Swancon 2005 art show
Reflective Moods, Sarah Xu, Swancon 2005 art show
Stamp artworks, Emma Hawkes, Swancon 2005 art show
The view from Glastonbury Tor, Elaine Kemp, Swancon 2005 art show
Unpaid or Fan Production (any medium)
"A Brief History of Friendship" by Cathy Cupitt (http://cupidsbow.livejournal.com/185371.html#cutid1)
Consensual A Trois, edited by Dedman, Kemp, Cupitt
Fandomedia 2005, Ju, the professional lap cat
GenghisCon 2005, The GenghisCon committee
Gynaezine 3, Emma Hawkes, Gina Goddard
HorrorScope, edited by Shane Jiraiya Cummings et. al.
Swancon 2005, Swancon XXX committee
The Simono Restrospective, Simon Oxwell, Swancon 2005
2007
The 2007 Tin Duck Awards were given out during Inconceivable: Swancon 32. The physical award was made of engraved perspex supported by two metal sphere. The engraving contained an illustration of an astronaut duck drawn by Kaneda Cruz.
Best WA Professional Long Written Work
WINNER: Carnies, Martin Livings
Through Soft Air, Lee Battersby (runner up)
Best WA Professional Short Work
WINNER: ‘Mary Bennett Gets a Life’, Sue Isle, Borderlands Issue 7
‘Dwar7es’, Martin Livings, Ticonderoga Online Issue 9 (runner up)
Best WA Professional Art Work
WINNER: The Arrival, Shaun Tan
Illustration for ‘The Garden Shed Pact’, Tina Lorenz, Borderlands Issue 7 (runner up)
Best WA Professional Publication (any medium)
WINNER: Borderlands, Simon Oxwell et. al.
Ticonderoga Online, Russell B. Farr, Lyn Battersby and Liz Grzyb (runner up)
Best WA Unpaid or Fan Written Work
WINNER: ‘Bad Film Diaries’, Grant Watson, Borderlands Issues 6 and 8
The Recovering Geek – a twelve step process, (flippy book) Rebecca Handcock, Jeanette & Christopher Phillips (runner up)
Best WA Unpaid or Fan Art Work
WINNER: But is it art?, Emma Hawkes, Swancon 2006 Art Show
Best WA Unpaid or Fan Production (any media)
WINNER (TIE): ASif! Review Website, Alisa Krasnostein
WINNER (TIE): Fandomedia 2006, Ju Whitehead
2008
Best WA Professional Long Work
WINNER: Simon Haynes, Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts
Juliet Marillier, Cybele’s Secrets
Bevan McGuiness, The Awakening
Briony Stewart, Kumiko and the Dragon
Anthony Eaton, Skyfall
Best WA Professional Short Work
WINNER: “The Sun People,” by Sue Isle (Shiny #2)
Stephen Dedman, "Sufficiently Advanced"
Laney Cairo, "Tiger Tiger"
AM Muffaz, "Dead Lovers"
Cathy Cupitt, "The Joy of Close Reading"
Sonia Marcon, "Phantom Limbs"
Lee Battersby, "Father Muerte and the Joy of Warfare"
Laney Cairo, "Angel to a Cowboy"
Marc McBride, "World of Monsters"
Jenny Schwartz, "The Working Dead of Heehaw’s Australia"
Lee Battersby, "The Time Eater"
Shane Jiraiya Cummings, "Yamabushi Kaidan and the Smoke Dragon"
AM Muffaz, "Calamansi"
Lee Battersby, "Beached"
Lyn Battersby, "Born of Woman"
Martin Livings, "There Was Darkness"
Shane Jiraiya Cummings, "The Cutting Room"
Sue Isle, "Stranger and Sojourner"
Carol Ryles, "Escaping Konakona"
Best WA Professional Production
WINNER: The New Space Opera, edited by Jonathan Strahan & Gardner Dozois (HarperCollins)
Best WA Fan Production
WINNER: ASiF!, edited by Alisa Krasnostein
Best WA Fan Written Work
WINNER (TIE): Alisa Krasnostein, Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth
WINNER (TIE): Sarah Parker, Blog Like It's The End Of The World
Best WA Professional Artwork
WINNER: Sarah Xu, Borderlands #9 Cover
Edward J. Grug III, Henry & Gil vs the Infinity Engine #1
Alicia Smith, Body of work 2007
Marc McBride, World of Monsters
Colin Sharpe, Illustration for "Fate of Words", Borderlands #9
Sarah Xu, Illustration for "Mara", Borderlands #9
Best WA Fan Art
WINNER (TIE): John Parker
WINNER (TIE): Sarah Xu
2009
The 2009 Tin Duck Awards were given out during Contact: Swancon 2009. The physical award was made of engraved glass bearing the WASFF and Swancon 2009 logos and an illustration of an astronaut duck orbiting the Earth by Andy Phillips.
Best WA Professional Long Written Work
WINNER: Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch by Simon Haynes
Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
Marginalia by Laney Cairo
Running the Nullabor by Laney Cairo
Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait by K. A. Bedford
Transformers - All Hail Megatron by Shane McCarthy
Best WA Professional Short Written Work
WINNER: The Bad Film Diaries by Grant Watson
As We Know It by Lyn Battersby
Bluer Sky by Sue Isle
In From the Snow by Lee Battersby
Skinsongs by Martin Livings
Teeth by Stephen Dedman
The Claws of Native Ghosts by Lee Battersby
The Conductor's Tale by Lyn Battersby
Best WA Professional Art Work
WINNER: Magic Dirt Cover by Mike Mission and Russell B Farr
Man In Space by Kathryn Linge
Running the Nullabor Cover by Manic Pixie
The Cage by Christopher Phillips
The Tockleys Cover by Manic Pixie
Well Obviously by Christopher Phillips
Best WA Professional Production
WINNER: 2012 edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Ben Payne
Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #37 edited by Tehani Wessely
Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine edited by Angela Challis
Borderlands Issue 10 edited by Borderlands Committee
Shiny Issue 4 edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely
The Starry Rift edited by Jonathan Strahan
Best WA Fan Written Work
WINNER: Review of Twilight Series by Liz Grzyb, Sue Isle, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Tehani Wessely and Kate Williams
The Last Short Story on Earth blogs by Alisa Krasnostein
Buffy Season 2 Commentary by Alisa Krasnostein and Rachel Holker
Events as Art by Jaunita Landéesse
girliejones Livejournal by girliejones
Fanfic by chaosmanor - "Heaven is Under our Feet as Well as Over Our Heads" , "Leaving Albuqueque"
Reviews by Kathryn Linge - "Black Juice" , "The Battle of the Sexes"
Reviews by David Buchbinder - "Blood Work" , "From Dead to Worse" , "The Accidental Sorceror"
Review of The Riven Kingdom by Tehani Wessely
Review of The Scent of Shadows by Sue Isle
Tales from the Rails by Stephanie Bateman-Graham
Best WA Fan Art Work
WINNER: Swancon 2009 Logo by Kathryn Linge
Costume - Wasteland Steam Punk by Liz Grzyb
Costume - Zeetha by Pavla Walsh
Dragon Quilt by Calum Watson
Fire and Ice by Lisa Rye
Penguins with Balloons by Stephanie Cooke
Shasta's Picture by Melanie Tregonning
Tardis In Vortex by Kathryn Linge
Wasteland II: Age of Iron Convention produced by John Parker
Best WA Fan Production
WINNER: Wasteland II: Age of Iron Flyer Set by John Parker
ASIF! Podcast 3, Discussing the works of Justine Larbalestier produced by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Alexandra Pierce, Kathryn Linge and Alisa Krasnostein
ASIF! Reviews Website produced by Alisa Krasnostein and Gene Melzack
Ditmar Voting Package 2008 produced by Alisa Krasnostein and Tehani Wessely
Eclecticism produced by Craig Bezant
Fannish Journeys 2008 produced by Emma Hawkes
Slashcon 2008 produced by Elaine Kemp and Cathy Cupitt
Studies in Australian Weird Fiction produced by Benjamin Szumskjy
2010
Best WA Professional Long Written Work
WINNER: Circle of Change by Laney Cairo
Best WA Professional Short Written Work
WINNER: Fair Trade by Stephen Dedman
Best WA Professional Production
WINNER: Horn (paperback edition) by Peter M. Ball (Twelfth Planet Press) edited by Alisa Krasnostein
Best WA Fan Production
WINNER: New Ceres Night Book Launch by Liz Grzyb, Alisa Krasnostein, Tehani Wessely, et al
Best WA Fan Written Work
WINNER: "World Without End: an examination of immortality and extended life in speculative fiction" by Ian Nichols
Best WA Professional Art Work
WINNER: Cover Design Roadkill/Siren Beat by Amanda Rainey
Best WA Fan Art Work
WINNER: The Tenth Doctor by Nancy Lorenz
Marge Hughes Award (aka MumFan Award)
List of recipients (may not be complete):
- Tara Smith
- Ralph Smith (1993)
- Gina Goddard
- Sue Ackerman (nee Leighton)
- Tom Edge & Craig Greenbank
- Mark Bivens(1999)
- John Samuel (2000)
- Ruth & Rachel Turner (2001)
- Simon Oxwell (2002)
- Luigi Cantoni
- Emma Hawkes & Dale Verdi (2005)
- Davina Watson (2006)
- Sarah Parker (2007)
- Rob Masters and Alicia Smith (2008)
- Chris Creagh (2009)
- Nik Macdougall (2010)
Life Membership
- Grant Stone
Silver Swan
- Grant Stone (Swancon 10)
- Eidolon team (Swancon 25)
- Danny Oz (Swancon 33)
33 year badges
42 year badges
None awarded as yet.