The short list for this years’ Victorian Chronos Awards has been announced with a nice surprise: Steve Cameron’s Anywhere But Earth short story ‘So Sad, The Lighthouse Keeper’ has been shortlisted in the short fiction category. Go Steve!
The awards will be announced at Continuum in Melbourne on the weekend of 8-11 June.
Best Long Fiction
- Black Glass, Meg Mundell (Scribe Publications)
- Mole Hunt, Paul Collins (Ford Street Publishing)
- The Key to Starveldt, Foz Meadows (Ford Street Publishing)
- The Last Days of Kali Yuga, Paul Haines (Brimstone Press)
- Scape e-zine, edited by Peta Freestone
- Changing Yesterday, Sean McMullen (Ford Street Publishing)
- Thief of Lives, Lucy Sussex (Twelfth Planet Press)
- No Award
Best Short Fiction
- Neverspring, Peta Freestone (in M-BRANE SF #25)
- The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt, Paul Haines (in The Last Days of Kali Yuga)
- Gamer’s Challenge, George Ivanoff (by Ford Street Publishing)
- One Last Interruption Before We Begin, Stephanie Lai (in Steampowered II: More Lesbian Steampunk Stories)
- So Sad, the Lighthouse Keeper, Steve Cameron (in Anywhere But Earth)
- No Award
Best Fan Writer
- Jason Nahrung
- Alexandra Pierce
- Peta Freestone
- No Award
Best Fan Artist
- Nalini Haynes
- Marta Tesoro
- Rebecca Ing
- Rachel Holkner
- No Award
Best Fan Written Work
- Dear Space Diary, Sam Mellor (Blog – Fiction)
- Tiptree, and a collection of her short stories, Alexandra Pierce (in Randomly Yours, Alex)
- Interview with Meg Mundell, Nalini Haynes (in Dark Matter 3)
- No Award
Best Fan Artwork
- Girl Torque, Nalini Haynes (Cover for Dark Matter 3)
- Dangerous Penguins, Marta Tesoro
- Blue Locks, Rebecca Ing (Scape 2)
- No Award
Best Fan Publication
- The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond
- Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Alexandra Pierce
- Bad Film Diaries, Grant Watson
- Dark Matter, edited by Nalini Haynes
- No Award
Best Achievement
- Trailer for Gamer’s Challenge, Henry Gibbens (Ford Street Publishing)
- Continuum 7 Opening Ceremony Video, Rachel Holkner (Continuum 7)
- Conquilt, Rachel Holkner and Jeanette Holkner (Continuum 7)
Award Not Presented
The award for Best Artwork is not being presented due to insufficient nominations being received.