I've had a couple of requests and since there are a few awards up for nominations right now, below is hopefully the complete list of projects we were involved with at Twelfth Planet Press in 2010. If you liked any of these and think they deserve to be on awards ballots including the Tin Ducks, Ditmars, Chronos, Hugos and Nebulas, please considering ( Read more... )

If you liked the covers of any of the Twelfth Planet Press books from 2009, here are the details to nominate for the Professional Art category:

Horn - cover art by Dion Hamill, cover design by Amanda Rainey
Roadkill/Siren Beat - cover art by Dion Hamill, cover design by Amanda Rainey
A Book of Endings - cover by Nick Stathopoulos
New Ceres Nights ( Read more... )

The following works were published in 2009 by Twelfth Planet Press:

ASif! - Australian Specfic in Focus, review website. In 2009 reviews were published here. All reviewers and their reviews are eligible for the William Atheling Award.

Short stories:
"Like Us" by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Shiny Issue 5
"Paper Dragons" by Sue Isle, Shiny Issue 5"Six ( Read more... )

Just thought I'd draw your attention to the very excellent procedure to vote for this year's Ditmars. There is a very handy form on the Conjecture website which is easy to use and you can make changes to after you're done ( Read more... )

kathynlinge has a goodly list of eligible art works for your consideration for Ditmar nominations. Go thee thither and click around and see what happened last year artwise!


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Just to follow on from a comment in the last post - if you are unsure if you are eligible to nominate works, email the subcommittee. If you think they may not know who you are, and if I know who you are, please feel free to use my (real) name on your form. Or ask the subcommittee to contact me. I don't mind - I love elections ( Read more... )

I did say it was Ditmars season, the most enjoyable of all the fannish seasons, to me :)

i_ate_my_crusts has just posted here about the rumours going round about bloc voting. And well, I've got a position on such things. What? No! Really ( Read more... )

Point 1. It's my favourite season: The Ditmars ( Read more... )

The Horror Novels:

Keri Arthur Darkest Kiss HACHETTE LIVRE AUSTRALIA
Nathan Burrage Fivefold RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
Jack Dann The Economy of Light PS PUBLISHING (GREAT BRITAIN)
Anthony Eaton Into White Silence WOOLSHED PRESS, AN IMPRINT OF RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
John Ezzy Unnatural Journeys Part One IUNIVERSE/SELF-PUBLISHED
Nick Gadd ( Read more... )

Okay, so I think this is often the hardest category to feel qualified to vote in simply because ... novels are long and there are often a lot that are eligible in each year. And only a few of us could ever get the voting ballot when it comes out and then go and read the selection in order to feel informed enough to vote ( Read more... )