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	Article: Naming the Stars: The Awards of Science Fiction (part 2 of 2), by Greg Beatty
		This award is the single most subversive award in science fiction, subversive in so many ways that it is hard to tell where to start.
		The award's Web site says that the award is given to "science fiction or fantasy that explores and expands the roles of women and men," but that general statement, which could mean anything, tends to be focused on issues of gender and gender identity.
		The final award is called the Hal Clement Award, in honor of the longtime hard SF writer who was a high school science teacher, has young adult protagonists in some of his work, and helps out at conventions with programming for kids.
	www.strangehorizons.com /2002/20020506/awards.shtml (4595 words)

	Ditmar Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction (including fantasy and horror) and science fiction fandom.
		Award for Criticism or Review, while not a Ditmar Award, is awarded as part of the same process.
		Ditmar trophies have varied as widely as its categories (including ornamental stone, cut glass and stuffed cane toads, but most commonly follow the specification in the Rules that the trophies have proportions approximating the monolith from the film and novel 2001: A Space Odyssey (ie.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ditmar_Award (869 words)

	The 2004 Australian Science Fiction Awards (Ditmar Awards) Nominations - The Chronicle - The Eternal Night Science ...
		The Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by Australians.
		They are named after Martin James Ditmar (Dick) Jenssen, a founding member of the Melbourne Science Fiction Club who supported the awards financially from their inception in 1969 until 1975.
		The awards are presented at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention each year.
	www.eternalnight.co.uk /chronicle/c32/ditmar2004.html (309 words)

	Conjure 2006 - 45th National Science Fiction Convention, Brisbane Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Ditmar Awards are an annual highlight of the National Science Fiction Convention.
		The Australian Science Fiction Awards, commonly referred to as the Ditmar Awards, recognise excellence by Australians in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.
		The 2005 Ditmar Awards will be presented at Conjure on Saturday, April 15th 2006 and are being coordinated by Richard Pitchforth.
	www.conjure.org.au /ditmars.htm (396 words)

	Issue Thirteen - Australian Content
		A glance over the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award nominations for long fiction in 1992 suggests that genre publication in Australia is quite healthy.
		It is also significant that the overlap between the books winning these awards and the Ditmar winners is very small.
		Ditmars are voted on by readers who are around University age or older, with correspondingly more advanced tastes in reading.
	eidolon.net /issue_13/13_sean.htm (3239 words)

	Jack Dann: Biography
		He is a recipient of the Nebula Award, the Australian Aurealis Award (twice), the Ditmar Award (three times), the World Fantasy Award, the Peter McNamara Achievement Award, and the Premios Gilgamés de Narrativa Fantastica award.
		It won the Australian Aurealis Award in 1997, was #1 on The Age bestseller list, and a story based on the novel was awarded the Nebula Award.
		The Ditmar is a readers’ award presented at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention.
	www.jackdann.com /id1.html (1115 words)

	Continuum 4 - Retrorama : News : Speculative Fiction and Pop Culture Conventionn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The BSFA award is voted on by members of the BSFA, and will be announced on April 15th at Concussion, the 2006 eastercon; the Arthur C. Clarke award is decided by a jury of writers and critics, and will be announced on April 25th in London.
		The Australian Science Fiction Awards, commonly referred to as the Ditmar Awards, are an annual highlight of the National Science Fiction Convention and recognise excellence by Australians in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.
		The award is determined by nominations from and a popular vote of the membership of WSFS and is presented at the annual World Science Fiction Convention.
	www.continuum.org.au /c4_news.htm (1281 words)

	Cherry Wilder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wilder published short fiction in various periodicals on three continents over a period of twenty-seven years, so it is understandably difficult to keep track of all of her writings.
		The Luck of Brin's Five (1977) - Won the 1978 Ditmar Award for Best Australian Long Fiction
		Several short stories are also set in the world of the Torin trilogy; not all are so marked in the list below.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cherry_Wilder (339 words)

	Notes From Coode Street » Ditmar nominations open
		The Australian Science Fiction Awards, commonly referred to as the Ditmar Awards, recognise excellence by Australians in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.
		The Ditmars are an annual highlight of the National Science Fiction Convention and the 2006 Ditmar Awards will be presented at Conjure on Saturday, April 15th 2006.
		Award categories include awards for best novel, short story and collection, best artwork, fan production, critical work and more.
	www.jonathanstrahan.com.au /wp/2006/01/24/ditmar-nominations-open (440 words)

	Author Information: Damien Broderick :: Internet Book List :: A database of book information and reviews
		A novelist, futurist, and critical theorist, Damien Broderick is a senior research Fellow at the University of Melbourne in Australia and holds a multi-disciplinary PhD from Deakin University in the comparative semiotics of science and literature.
		Broderick has been awarded Literature Board Writing Fellowships by the Australian Council in 1980, 1984, 1990, 1995, and 2003; and writing grants from Deakin University in 1986 and Arts Victoria in 1998.
		He received the 1980 Ditmar Award for best Australian SF Novel; A 1985 Special Ditmar Award; the 1989 Ditmar Award; the 1998 Ditmar Award, the 1998 Aurealis Award, the 2002 Ditmar Award for Best Collection, and the 2002 Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of 2002.
	www.iblist.com /author.php?id=1751 (143 words)

	Ditmar Award: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ditmar Award: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
		(the Australian Science Fiction Achievement Awards) are awarded each year at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (Aussiecon) to recognise achievement in Australia Australia quick summary:
		Australia, officially the commonwealth of australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/di/ditmar_award.htm (197 words)

	Matilda: 2006 Ditmar Award Nominations
		The voting form for the 2006 Ditmar Awards has now been released [PDF file].
		These awards honour Australian works in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
		To be eligible to vote you must be a supporting or attending member of Conjure, the 2006 National Science Fiction Convention being held this year in Brisbane over 14-17 April.
	www.middlemiss.org /weblog/archives/matilda/2006/02/2006_ditmar_awa.html (166 words)

	Trudi Canavan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		According to the author's website as of November 2004, the second book was complete and the third nearly so.
		Canavan's artwork in Aurealis and Eidolon—Australian science fiction and fantasy magazines—was nominated for a Ditmar Award for "Best Professional Artwork" in 1996.
		At the 2003 Ditmars, Canavan won the "Best Short Story" award with "Room for Improvement", published in Foreign Shores; The High Lord was nominated for "Best Novel" and her cover for Fables and Reflections 5 was nominated for the "Best Professional Artwork" award.
	www.objectsspace.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Trudi_Canavan (277 words)

	db.net bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She has also received a Ditmar for Best Short Story and has earned four Honourable Mentions in Datlow and Windling's Years Best Fantasy and Horror over the past three years.
		It won the 2000 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Short Story and was also nominated for the Ditmar Award for Best Short Story.
		The following year, she won the 2002 Ditmar Award for Best Short Story, for her tale King of All and the Metal Sentinel.
	deborahbiancotti.net /bio.htm (788 words)

	Heinlein Society 2005 Heinlein Award
		The Awards will be presented, in cooperation with Cascadia Con at the Society’s annual banquet to be held on Sunday night at this year’s 8th North America Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC), on September 4, in Seattle, Washington.
		In 1973, Larry Niven was awarded the Skylark Award, officially the "Edward E. Smith Memorial Award for Imaginative Fiction," given annually by the New England Science Fiction Association, for significant contribution to SF in the spirit of the writer E.E. "Doc" Smith.
		Jerry Pournelle was the first winner of the John W. Campbell Award in 1974, and won the Evans-Freehafer Award in 1977, and both the "Forrie" and the Inkpot Award in 1979.
	www.heinleinsociety.org /pressreleases/2005award.html (1131 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These words were part of the "thank you" speech given by Spaced Out website co-editors, Miriam and Geoff, to a packed crowd at the presentation ceremony for the 2002 Ditmar Awards.
		On Saturday 8 June 2002, the annual Australian Science Fiction Achievement ("Ditmar") Awards were presented as part of Convergence, the 41st Australian National Science Fiction Convention in Melbourne.
		The Ditmars are presented annually, and each year's short-listed nominees are voted upon by members of the current National Science Fiction Convention.
	spacedoutinc.org /DitmarAnnouncement.html (240 words)

	Ticonderoga Online: Interview with Deborah Biancotti
		Her first story won an Aurealis Award and she was the first person to win a Ditmar for Best New Talent when the category was introduced in 2000.
		Some people were really unhappy with the idea of a votable Best New Talent award, and part of me actually did worry they'd all tick the 'no award' box on the ballot.
		The year after that she won the Ditmar Award for Best Short Story with "King of All and the Metal Sentinel".
	ticonderogaonline.org /003March2005/deborahbiancotti.html (2516 words)

	Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards - SF/Fantasy Books
		The World Fantasy Awards are awarded at the World Fantasy Convention, held in various locations at the end of October.
		Australia’s Ditmar Award is similar to the American Hugo.
		The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature is given to the fantasy novel, multi-volume, or single-author story collection for adults published during the past year that best exemplifies "the spirit of the Inklings" (J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams).
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art34683.asp (453 words)

	The Specusphere (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Ditmars are an annual highlight of the National Science Fiction Convention and the 2006 Ditmar Awards will be presented at Conjure on Saturday, April 15th 2006.
		Award categories include awards for best novel, short story and collection, best artwork, fan production, critical work and more.
		Awards presented at Conjure on Saturday, April 15th, 2006.
	www.specusphere.com /files/viewreview.asp?article_id=219 (283 words)

	Faculty Honors and Awards
		Lauds and Laurels Awards of the UCI Alumni Association
		Award of International Center for Fundamental Physics (Moscow), for Junior Scientists, 1995, 1996
		The Franklin Medal, awarded by Benjamin Franklin Institute Committee on Science and the Arts, 1992
	www.physics.uci.edu /NEW/awards.shtml (1529 words)

	Continuum 4 - Retrorama : Guests : Speculative Fiction and Pop Culture Convention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He graduated from the University of WA in 1995 with joint honours in Fine Arts and English Literature, and currently works full time as a freelance artist and author, concentrating mostly on writing and illustrating picture books.
		The Red Tree recently won the Patricia Wrightson prize in the NSW Premier’s Book Awards, has been translated into several languages, and was awarded the 'le Prix Octogones 2003’ prize by the Centre International d'Etudes en Litterature de Jeunesse in France.
		Charles Stross is the author of several SF and fantasy novels, including Iron Sunrise, The Atrocity Archives, Accelerando, and the Merchant Princes fantasy series.
	www.continuum.org.au /c4_guests.htm (783 words)

	FWOMP Interview with Ann McCaffrey
		She received the Hugo Award in 1968 at the World Science Fiction Convention for best novella for WEYR SEARCH, which was later incorporated into DRAGONFLIGHT, the first of the DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN series of novels.
		She received the Nebula Award in 1969 for DRAGONRIDERS, which was also later incorporated into the novelDRAGONFLIGHT.
		There are almost too many awards to list that this creative lady has been blessed with!
	www.fwomp.com /int_ann_mccaf.htm (876 words)

	eidolon.net: Australian SF Online
		In a record haul for a non-WorldCon in Australia, the awards presented at last night's Ceremony at the 2003 Australian National SF Convention—Perth's Swancon 2003—included the Ditmars, the Peter McNamara Award, the A. Bertram Chandler Award and two sets of Tin Ducks.
		The 2002 Aurealis Awards were presented at a ceremony in South Carlton, VIC on Friday 28-March, 2003.
		Voting forms were mailed and final nominees for the 2003 Australian SF ("Ditmar") Awards released today, with Sean Williams dominating the Novel category, the contents of the first Agog!
	www.eidolon.net (763 words)

	Gregory Benford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He is a two-time winner of the Nebula Award, Benford has also won the John W.
		Campbell Award, the Australian Ditmar Award, the 1995 Lord Foundation Award for achievement in the sciences, and the 1990 United Nations Medal in Literature.
		It has received Nebula Award, Campbell Award, Ditmar Award, and British SF Award
	www.natur.cuni.cz /il1/~vpetr/Benford.htm (181 words)

	Alcor 2002 Conference - Speaker Biographies
		It also won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, the Australian Ditmar Award, and the British Science Fiction Award.
		He chaired the Fourth and Fifth Foresight Conferences on Nanotechnology, was corecipient of the 1998 Feynman Prize for Nanotechnology for theory, and was corecipient of the ACM's Kanellakis Award for Theory and Practice, the 2000 RSA Award in Mathematics, and the IEEE Kobayashi Award.
		In 1997, Rose was awarded the Busse Research Prize by the World Congress of Gerontology.
	www.alcor.org /printable.cgi?fname=conferences/2002/bios.html (2067 words)

	ReadingGroupGuides.com - The Rebel by Jack Dann
		He is a recipient of the Nebula Award, the Australian Aurealis Award (twice), the Ditmar Award (three times), the World Fantasy Award, and the Premios Gilgamés de Narrativa Fantastica award.
		It won the Australian Aurealis Award in 1997, was #1 on The Age bestseller list, and a story based on the novel was awarded the Nebula Award.
		Dann is also the co-editor (with Janeen Webb) of the groundbreaking Australian anthology Dreaming Down-Under, which Peter Goldsworthy has called "the biggest, boldest, most controversial collection of original fiction ever published in Australia." It has won Australia's Ditmar Award and is the first Australian book ever to win the prestigious World Fantasy Award.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/rebel2.asp (607 words)

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