Exciting news! Defying Doomsday has been shortlisted for multiple Aurealis, Tin Duck, Ditmar and Norma K Hemming awards!
Defying Doomsday won the Ditmar Award for Best Collected Work. 🎉 And two short stories in Defying Doomsday picked up Ditmar and Tin Duck awards! Scroll down for more details.
Aurealis Awards:
We are excited to have shortlistings for:
BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY – “Did We Break the End of the World?” by Tansy Rayner Roberts
BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVELLA – “Did We Break the End of the World?” by Tansy Rayner Roberts
BEST ANTHOLOGY – Defying Doomsday edited by Tsana Dolichva and Holly Kench
Find more of the amazing works shortlisted for Aurealis Awards here.
Tin Duck Awards:
We are excited to have been nominated for:
BEST WA SHORT WRITTEN WORK – “To Take into the Air my Quiet Breath” by Stephanie Gunn – WIN
BEST WA PRODUCTION – Defying Doomsday edited by Tsana Dolichva and Holly Kench
You can find out more about the Tin Duck Awards here.
Ditmar Awards:
We are excited to have shortlistings for:
BEST NOVELLA OR NOVELETTE – “Did We Break the End of the World?” by Tansy Rayner Roberts – WIN
BEST COLLECTED WORK – Defying Doomsday edited by Tsana Dolichva and Holly Kench – WIN
Find more of the amazing works shortlisted for the Ditmar Awards here.
Norma K Hemming Award:
From the award website, “The Norma K Hemming Award is given to mark excellence in the exploration of themes of race, gender, sexuality, class or disability in a speculative fiction work (e.g. science fiction, fantasy, horror) by Australian citizens and/or residents”.
We are excited to have been shortlisted for:
LONG WORK – Defying Doomsday edited by Tsana Dolichva and Holly Kench
SHORT WORK – “Tea Party” by Lauren E Mitchell
SHORT WORK – “Two Somebodies Go Hunting” by Rivqa Rafael
SHORT WORK – “Did We Break the End of the World?” by Tansy Rayner Roberts
(which is more than a third of the short work finalists)
You can find out more about the Norma K Hemming Award, and the other works shortlisted, here.