Australian Science Fiction Media Awards

Australian Science Fiction Media Awards were first presented in 1984 at the Australian National Media Convention. The awards were run between 1984 and 1997, but it (and the Australian National Media Convention) were folded into the Australian National Science Fiction Convention and the Ditmar Awards in 1999ASFMA Award - Wikipedia
==History==
In 1988, they were called Robbies. In 1989 they were renamed the Australasian Science Fiction Media Awards, as the eligibility that and subsequent years included New Zealand.
=== Amalgamation with the ASNSFC ===
In his 1996 article/call for unity, Ian Gunn raised the fact that the NatCons for both the Australian National Media Convention and the Australian National Science Fiction Convention were combined/would be combined in 1994, 1996 and 1997, and that the fandoms for each were a) too small to sustain separate conventions and b) had significant overlap in attendees. He also proposed combining the Awards with the Ditmar Awards, with the Artwork categories (professional and non-professional fan works) be combined with Audio/Visual, because, as he put it "...there isn't a great amount of [professional] radio/film/stage/TV SF produced in this country, but it'd be nice to have a category they could be slotted into if something really worthwhile comes along.""A Call for Unity" by Ian Gunn; Thyme, Issue 111, p 9, September 1996 He also advocated scrapping the fan-fiction zine category, as the number of nominations were too low to justify keeping it. 
==1984 (Australian Science Fiction Media Awards)==
They were presented at Medtrek '84, held 10–11 March 1984, in Sydney.
Best Media Fanzine: Chronicles
Best Media Fan Writer: Sue Bursztynski
Best Media Fan Artist: Sue Campbell
== 1985 (Australian Science Fiction Media Awards)==
They were presented at Con Amore, held June 8–10, 1985, in Brisbane.
Best Media Fanzine: Chronicles
Best Media Fan Writer: Sue Bursztynski
Best Media Fan Artist: Lynn Henricks
==1986 (Australian Science Fiction Media Awards) ==
They were presented at Galactic Tours Convention, held Mar 7-10, in Melbourne.
Best Media Fanzine: Chronicles
Best Media Fan Writer: Sue Bursztynski
Best Media Fan Artist: Robert Jan
Best Amateur Audio-Visual Production: Sale of 23rd Century (Ian McLean & the Harpic Productions team)
==1987 (Australian Science Fiction Media Awards)==
They were presented at Eccentricon, held July 3–6, 1987, in Hawkesbury, N.S.W.).
Best Media Fanzine: Chronicles
Best Media Fan Writer: Susan Clarke
Best Media Fan Artist: Robert Jan
Best Amateur Audio-Visual Production: Perfect Botch (Ian McLean & the Harpic Productions team)
==1988 (Robbies)==
In 1988, they were called "Robbies."
They were presented at Zencon II, held 14–16 October 1988, in Melbourne.
Nominated Best Media Fanzine:
*A for Andromeda
*Australian Playbeing
*Chronicles
*Newspeak
*Spock
*Timeloop
Nominated Best Media Fan Writer:
*Edwina Harvey
*Gail Neville
*Mark Try
*Karen Herkes
*Alan Stewart
Nominated Best Media Fan Artist:
*Gail Adams
*David Kenyon
*Phil Wlodarczyk
*Ian Gunn
*Mark Try
Best Amateur Audio-Visual Production: No Award, insufficient nominees
==1989 (Australasian Science Fiction Media Awards) ==
In 1989, they were renamed the "Australasian Science Fiction Media Awards."
They were presented at Conspire, held 17–20 March 1989, in Canberra.
Best Writer: Nikki White
Best Artist: Gail Adams
Best Fanzine: Spock
Best Amateur Audio-Visual Production: No Award, due to insufficient nominees
==1990 (Australasian Science Fiction Media Awards)==
They were presented at Huttcon '90, held 23–25 November 1990, in Melbourne.
Nominated Best Media Fanzine:
*Starwalking Newsletter
*Enarraré, edited by Ellen Parry, Annie Hamilton, Maria Letters and Christine Poulson
*Spock
*Psychodalek's
*The Captain's Log (listed as Captain's Log)
Nominated Best Media Fanwriter:
*Ana Dorfstad
*Edwina Harvey
*Moira Dahlberg
*Jan McNally
*Sue Isle
Nominated Best Media Fanartist:
*Marianne Plumridge
*Wendy Purcell
*Bruce Mitchell
*Ian Gunn
*Phil Wlodarczyk
Best Amateur Audio-Visual Production: No Award
==1991 (Australasian Science Fiction Media Awards)==
They were presented at Vampiricon, held 11–13 October 1991, in Melbourne.
Best Fan Media Newsletter: Ethel the Aardvark
Best Fan Media Zine: Spock
Best Fan Media Writer: Alan Stewart
Best Media Artist: Ian Gunn
Best Amateur Audio-Visual Production: HuttCon '90 Opening Ceremony, Danny Heap
== 1992 (Australasian Science Fiction Media Awards) ==
They were presented at HongCon '92, held 6–8 June 1992, in Adelaide.
Best Fan Artist: Steven Scholz
Best Fan Writer: Martin Riley
Best Fiction Zine: Steve and Martin's Excellant Fanzine, Steve Scholz & Martin Riley
Best Newszine: (three-way tie)
*Just Alice, Adam Jenkins
*Captain's Log, Gail Adams (for Austrek)
*Ethel the Aardvark, Alan Stewart (for the Melbourne Science Fiction Club)
Best Audio-Visual Production: James Bond etc, George Ivanoff
==1993 (Australasian Science Fiction Media Awards)==
They were presented at Defcon, held 5–7 June 1993, in New Zealand.
Best Fan Newsletter: Ethel the Aardvark, Alan Stewart and Paul Ewins
Best Fan Writer: Hazel Nair
Other categories: insufficient nominees
==1994 (Australasian Science Fiction Media Awards)==
They were presented at Constantinople, held 1–4 April 1994, in Melbourne.
Nominated Best Fan Writer:
*James Allen
*Paul Ewins
*Terry Frost
*Jan MacNally
*Martin Reilly
*Katharine Shade
Nominated Best Fan Artist:
*Ian Gunn
*Darren Reid
*Steve Scholtz
*Kerri Valkova
*Phil Wlodarczyk
Nominated Best Newsletter:
*Awaken
*Blacklight
*Ethel the Aardvark
*Get Stuffed
*Thyme
Nominated Best Fan Fiction Zine:
*Black Light
*Nekros
*Spock
*Steve and Martin's Excellant Fanzine, Steve Scholz & Martin Riley
*Yukkies
Nominated Best Amateur Audio-Visual Production:
*Concave Opening Ceremony, Russell Devlin
*Beky's Brain Phone Answering Message, Danny Heap
* Star Wars Tribute @ Jedi 10th, Darren Maxwell
*Starwalking Video, Karen Ogden
*Starwalking II Closing Ceremony, The Bastards (Danny Heap and Paul Ewins)
==1995 (Australasian Science Fiction Media Awards)==
They were presented at Basicon, held 21 October 1995, in Melbourne.
Nominated Best Fan Writer:
*Chris Ballis
*Paul Ewins
*Ian Gunn
*Karen Pender-Gunn
Nominated Best Fan Artist:
*Ian Gunn
*Tracy Hamilton
*Darren Reid
*Catherine Scholz
*Steve Scholz
*Kerri Valkova
Nominated Best Newszine:
*Coztume (Gail Adams)
*Ethel the Aardvark (Paul Ewins)
*Pink (Karen Pender-Gunn)
*Severed Head (B. J. Stevens)
*The Communicator (Derek Screen)
*Thyme (Alan Stewart)
Nominated Best Fiction Zine:
*Bobby & Mike #1 (Peter & Jimmy Reilly)
*Spock (Katharine Shade)
*Strange Matter (Sian O'Neale)
*The Mentor (Ron Clarke)
Nominated Best Amateur Audio-Visual Production:
*Constantinople Closing Ceremony (Performance) by George Ivanoff & Ian Gunn
*Constantinople Masquerade Video (Video Compilation) by Carol Tilley
*Constantinople Opening Ceremony (Video/Performance) by George Ivanoff & Ian Gunn
*Constantinople Party Animation (Computer Animation) by Kerri Valkova
==1996 (Australasian Science Fiction Media Awards) ==
They were presented at the Festival of the Imagination 1996, held 4–8 April 1996, in Perth.
Nominated Best Fan Fiction Zine:
*Ethel the Aardvark, Paul Ewins
*Ka Farag Gatri
*The Mentor, Ron Clarke
*Strange Matter, Sian O'Neale
Nominated Best Fan Newsletter:
*Gallifreyan Graffiti
*Oscillation Overthruster, Sue Ann Barber
*Thyme, Alan Stewart
Nominated Best Media Fan Writer:
*Terry Frost
*Ian Gunn
*Cheryl Morgan
*Karen Pender-Gunn
*Grant Watson
Nominated Best Media Artist:
*Ian Gunn
*Tracy Hamilton
*Darren Reid
*Colin Sharpe
*Kerri Valkova
Nominated Best Amateur Audio-Visual Production:
*Basicon Opening Ceremony (E.B.H. [Channel 31])
*Opening/Closing Ceremonies: Force One (Danny Heap & H. Gibbens)
*The Dalek Tapes (Albert Q.)
==1997 (Australasian Science Fiction Media Awards)==
They were presented at Basicon 2 held September 27–28, 1997, in Melbourne.
Nominated Best Fan Fiction Zine:
*Alliance, Cavell Gleeson & Jeremy Sadler
*Babyloney 5, Peter Reilly
Nominated Best Fan Newsletter:
*The Communicator, Derek Screen
*Frontier, Katharine Maxwell (Shade)
*Oscillation Overthruster, Sue Ann Barber
*Thyme, Alan Stewart
Nominated Best Media Fan Writer:
*Sue Ann Barber
*Ian Gunn
*Karen Pender-Gunn
*Paul Ewins
*George Ivanoff
*Margaret Walsh
Nominated Best Media Fan Artist:
*Tracy Hamilton
*Kerri Valkova
*Ian Gunn
*Steve Scholz
*Phil Wlodarczyk
Nominated Best Amateur Audio-Visual Production:
*Enterprise Web Site, David Barker
*Star Trek 30th Anniversary Tribute Video (screened at Multiverse II), Danny Heap
*Zero G (3RRR radio program), Robert Jan
==References==
Category: Media Fandom
Category:1984 Awards
Category:1980s Awards
Category:1990s Awards
Category:Multifandom Awards