The 2024 Ditmar Awards were announced in Canberra on 5 October at Conflux 19, the Australian National SF Convention with nominees listed here.
And the winners are….
Best Novel
- The Underhistory by Kaaron Warren
Best Novella or Novelette
- ‘Ghost of the Neon God’ by T. R. Napper
Best Short Story
- ‘Bellow of the Steamship Cow’ by Aaron Dries
Best Collected Work
- Calvaria Fell by Cat Sparks and Kaaron Warren (auths)
Best Artwork
- Cover art by C.H. Pearce for In the aftermath by Jessica Nirvana Ram
Best Fan Writer
- Ian Mond, for reviews on Substack (@mondy74)
Best Fan Artist
- David Russell for artwork in Ethel the Aardvark and SF Commentary
Best Fan Publication in Any Medium
- Let the Cat In with Kaaron Warren, Aaron Dries and J. Ashley-Smith (podcast)
Best New Talent
- Sarah K. Balstrup
William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review
- Joanne Anderton for ‘Nice Safe Emotions: How Murderbot copes with the real world through fiction, and so do we’ in ‘Speculative Insight’
Leanbh Pearson 