Now for those of you unschooled in the ways if Australian Speculative Fiction awards, it’s nearly time for the Chronos Awards. The Continuum Foundation(who ran a tip top national convention last year) has proudly announced this year’s ballot for the Chronos Awards for excellence in Victorian Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror in 2012.
Victorian fiction being the State of Victoria, Australia, not Victorian as in Steampunk. So some of those nominated below appear on national awards and there are other who don’t. It's nice to sometimes see good work that may have been missed.
I even get a guernsey.
Best Long Fiction
Bread and Circuses by Felicity Dowker (Ticonderoga Publications)
Salvage by Jason Nahrung (Twelfth Planet Press)
Walking Shadows by Narrelle M. Harris (Clan Destine Press)
Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror 2011 edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (Ticonderoga Publications)
Dyson’s Drop by Paul Collins (Ford Street Publishing)
Comments:
Must get Bread and Circuses. I can remember Felicity Dowker being interviewed about it early in the first season of Writer and the Critic. Salvage by Nahrung, nominated for national awards, this is a good novel/novella even Mrs Blogonaut loved it. Walking Shadows, is staring daggers at me from the shelf. And well I … yep moving on
Best Short Fiction
“Five Ways to Start a War” by Sue Bursztynski in Light Touch Paper Stand Clear, edited by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books)
“The Mornington Ride” by Jason Nahrung in Epilogue, edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing)
“Nematalien” by LynC in The Narratorium, edited by David Grigg
“Fireflies” by Steve Cameron in Epilogue (FableCroft Publishing)
“The D_d” by Adam Browne in Light Touch Paper Stand Clear, edited by Edwina Harvey and Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books)
Comments:
I fare subtly better in this category. Owning 4 of the stories. All good, but my favourites are the Nahrung and the Bursztynski.
Best Fan Writer
Alexandra Pierce – good reviewer and commentator
Jason Nahrung – great reviews, music as well as the Specfic scene (bastard’s a good writer too)
Nalini Haynes - tireless content provider of reviews & geek culture- often provides audio and video interviews with local and international stars.
Bruce Gillespie – an institution :D
Grant Watson – intelligent commentator on film, Dr Who, and speculative fiction in general
Steve Cameron – Good writer, sadly have not chanced upon his fan writing.
Comments:
See above
Best Fan Written Work
Reviewing New Who series by David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely
Comments:
A worthy nomination. But sad the category has no other competition.
Best Fan Artist
Dick Jenssen
Comments:
A worthy nomination. But sad the category has no other competition.
Best Fan Artwork
“The Entellechy” by Dick Jenssen, cover art for Interstellar Ramjet Scoop for ANZAPA 267 edited by Bill Wright
Comments:
A worthy nomination. But sad the category has no other competition.
Best Fan Publication
Dark Matter Fanzine (www.darkmatterfanzine.com), by Nalini Hayes
SF Commentary, (http://efanzines.com/SFC/) edited by Bruce Gillespie
Viewing Clutter, DVD and Blu-ray reviews blog (http://georgeivanoff.com.au/other-writing/reviews/viewing-clutter/), by George Ivanoff
Comments:
On content and visible effort Dark Matter should take this one out.
Best Achievement
Continuum 8: Craftonomicon (51st Australian National SF Convention) Program by Julia Svaganovic, Emma Hespa Mann, and Caitlin Noble
“Snapshot 2012″ by Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, David McDonald, Helen Merrick, Ian Mond, Jason Nahrung, Alex Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Tehani Wessely and Sean Wright
Comments:
I took me about five days to realise I was nominated in this category. Like I said I’m sometimes a bit slow. That being said Continuum 8, the last Natcon, was a blast. I think despite the mammoth effort that was Snapshot 2012, the programming of Continuum 8 I wouldn’t attempt if you paid me. I reckon it will go to them.
Best Artwork
The award for Best Artwork is not being presented due to insufficient nominations being received.
Comments:
Victoria is one of our larger states, so its a bit sad to see this category and others bordering on empty
