Chronos Awards 2011
The Chronos Awards are the science fiction & fantasy popular choice awards for the state of Victoria, Australia. For more information see this explanation of the Chronos awards, eligibility and the process, written by Danny Oz and visit this website.
Best Long Fiction nominees
Guardian of the Dead, Karen Healey (Little, Brown)
Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott (Pan MacMillan Australia)
And the winner is: Madigan Mine by Kirstyn McDermott
Best Short Fiction nominees
“Albert & Victoria/Slow Dreams”, Lucy Sussex
“Her Gallant Needs”, Paul Haines
“The Scoundrel’s Wife”, Ben Langdon
“Bread and Circuses”, Felicity Dowker
And the winner is: “Her Gallant Needs”, Paul Haines
Best Artwork nominee
Australis Imaginarium, Shaun Tan
And the winner is: Australis Imaginarium, Shaun Tan
Best Fan Written Work
Review: The Secret Feminist Cabal by Helen Merrick, reviewed by Alexandra Pierce
Review: Soulless by Gail Carriger, Alexandra Pierce
“Deathless by Catherynne Valente – A spoiler free review”, Ian Mond
And the winner is: Review: The Secret Feminist Cabal by Helen Merrick, reviewed by Alexandra Pierce
Best Fan Artwork
Continuum 6 Props, Rachel Holkner
And the winner is: Continuum 6 Props, Rachel Holkner
Best Fan Writer
Alexandra Pierce
Chuck McKenzie
Ian Mond
Bruce Gillespie
And the winner is: Alexandra Pierce
Best Fan Publication
“Boxing Day Super Mega Podcast”, Alexandra Pierce, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Jonathan Strahan, Grant Watson and Ian Mond
Galactic Suburbia, Alex Pierce, Alisa Krasnostein and Tansy Rayner Roberts
The Writer and the Critic, Ian Mond and Kirstyn McDermott
Bad Film Diaries, Grant Watson
Live Boxcutters Doctor Who at AussieCon IV, Josh Kinal and John Richards
And the winner is: Live Boxcutters Doctor Who at AussieCon IV, Josh Kinal and John Richards
Best Achievement
“Snapshot 2010”, Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge, Rachel Holkner, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wesseley
Programming: AussieCon IV, Sue Ann Barber and Grant Watson
And the winner is: Programming: AussieCon IV, Sue Ann Barber and Grant Watson
A number of recipients were not present, including Shaun Tan who was absent, being in Europe to receive the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for literature!
Previously published in Dark Matter issue 4, July 2011.
