I’m aware of the discussion online about the propriety of award eligibility posts. My personal opinion is that there is nothing wrong with making people aware of what you have done, there is so much out there that it is easy for people to lose track. Soliciting votes–well, that’s another thing and something that I have a huge problem with.
So, I’ll list what I have done, and if people think it is award worthy that’s wonderful. But, far more important is that people nominate and vote for whatever works they think worthy of note. The more people who participate in award, from the Ditmars to the Hugos, the more legitimacy it has, and the wider range of works noticed.
My works are right down the bottom of the post, but don’t feel you need to read down that far, the important message is: make sure you nominate and vote in the Ditmars! There are so many amazing people in the Aussie scene, and they are producing so much good work. The list of eligibles will blow your mind. So, if you have loved someone’s work last year, why not nominate them?
Something that I do want to highlight (that I didn’t create, but was part of, and that I think was amazing not through anything to do with me, but because of the creator) was Laura E. Goodin’s spectacular , “Cabinet of Oddities”. I am not sure what category Laura would be eligible for that under, but I wanted to highlight it as something worth considering (ETA: so far the most likely seems to be “Best Collected Work”). It really was one of the stand out experiences for me in an all round amazing year.
Ditmar Nominations Open
Nominations for the 2016 Australian SF (“Ditmar”) awards are now open
and will remain open until one minute before midnight Brisbane time on
Sunday, 31st of January, 2016 (ie. 11.59pm, GMT+10). Postal nominations
must be postmarked no later than Friday, 29th of January, 2016.
The current rules, including Award categories can be found at:
http://wiki.sf.org.au/Ditmar_rules
You must include your name with any nomination. Nominations will be
accepted only from natural persons active in fandom, or from full or
supporting members of Contact 2016, the 2016 Australian National SF
Convention. Where a nominator may not be known to the Ditmar
subcommittee, the nominator should provide the name of someone known to
the subcommittee who can vouch for the nominator’s eligibility.
Convention attendance or membership of an SF club are among the criteria
which qualify a person as “active in fandom”, but are not the only
qualifying criteria. If in doubt, nominate and mention your qualifying
criteria. If you received this email directly, you almost certainly qualify.
You may nominate as many times in as many Award categories as you like,
although you may only nominate a particular person, work or achievement
once. The Ditmar subcommittee, which is organised under the auspices the
Standing Committee of the Natcon Business Meeting, will rule on
situations where eligibility is unclear. A partial and unofficial
eligibility list, to which everyone is encouraged to add, can be found here:
http://wiki.sf.org.au/2016_Ditmar_eligibility_list
While online nominations are preferred, nominations can be made in a
number of ways:
1. online, via this form:
2. via email to ditmars@sf.org.au; or
3. by post to:
Ditmars
6 Florence Road
NEDLANDS WA 6009
AUSTRALIA
So. my list:
Best Short Story
- “Her Face Like Lightning”, David McDonald, in Insert Title Here, FableCroft Publishing.
- “Red in Tooth and Claw”, David McDonald, in Dimension6 5.
- “Sympathetic Impulses”, David McDonald, in nEvermore!, Hades Publications.
- “To Dance, Perchance to Die”, David McDonald, in Expiration Date, Hades Publications.
Best Fan Publication in any Medium
- “Galactic Chat”, Sean Wright, Helen Stubbs, David McDonald, Alexandra Pierce, Sarah Parker and Mark Webb.
William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review
- David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely, for the Reviewing New Who series.
- David McDonald and Tehani Wessely, for the Squeeing over Supergirl series
