Ditmar Award results
The Ditmar Award is Australia's oldest and best-known science fiction, fantasy and horror award, presented annually since 1969, usually at the Australian "Natcon". The historical nominations and results (listed in boldface) of the Award follow. 1982: Tschaicon, Melbourne. There was an award from the committee, in the form of a miniature Ditmar Award, to Marc Ortlieb for Best Toastmastering. 1984: Eureka!con, Melbourne. "There were insufficient nominations for the William Atheling Jr Award." 1985: Advention '85, Adelaide. The awards ceremony included presentation of the A. Bertram Chandler Award to Lee Harding, and another three special awards  to Damien Broderick, for "Transmitters"; John Foyster, for past work in fandom; and the Nova Mob, for going on for a long time.(The A. Bertram Chandler Award is a separate award.) 1992: Syncon, Sydney. The awards ceremony included presentation of five special awards from the Syncon committee to Jack R. Herman, Eric B. Lindsay, Ron Clarke, Sue Clarke, and Shayne McCormack. 2000: Swancon 2000, Perth. An awards ceremony was held 16 Dec 2000; the actual trophies were presented later at Swancon 2001. 2001: Swancon 2001: Masquerade, Perth. Best Professional Achievement. "Two items ruled ineligible; category withdrawn" 2011: Swancon Thirty Six  | Natcon Fifty, Perth. There was a version of the ballot on which the cover design by Lisa L. Hannett for "The Girl With No Hands" was nominated as cover art under Best Artwork. When it was reclassified as cover design under Best Achievement, cover art by Andrew J. McKiernon for "Savage Menace and Other Poems of Horror" got onto the ballot under Best Artwork. 2020: Swancon 2020, Perth. (The convention was cancelled.) "There were insufficient nominations for the Best Artwork and Best Fan Artist categories." There was a preliminary ballot on which Bruce Gillespie was nominated for Best Fan  Writer "for writing in "SF Commentary" and ANZAPA articles". 2021: Conflux, Canberra. William Atheling, Jr. Award for Criticism or Review. Some categories had more than five nominees due to ties, and some had fewer due to insufficient nominations.