Hi All,

[This is being widely cross-posted. Apologies for the duplication.]

If you haven't done it already, you've got until midnight tomorrow to
nominate for the Ditmar Awards. The categories are as follows:

Professional Categories:
Best Novel
Best Novella or Novelette
Best Short Story
Best Collected Work
Best Artwork

Fan Categories:
Best Fan Writer
Best Fan Artist
Best Fan Publication in any Medium

Special Awards for works not eligible in existing categories:
Best New Talent
Best Achievement
William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review

The category explanations and full rules can be found here:

http://wiki.sf.org.au/Ditmar_rules

For those of you who don't know, the Ditmar Awards are peer-voted awards
presented at the National Convention each year. They are one of the main
features of a Natcon. Anyone involved in Australian fandom can nominate,
but only members of this year's Natcon (Conjecture in Adelaide in June)
and last year's Natcon (Swancon in Perth in March) can vote for the
finalists.

Note that the novels, stories, art, collections or people with the
_most_ nominations in each category will appear on the final ballot.
Just being nominated doesn't guarantee you'll make it onto the ballot.
So don't think that just because you know someone else has nominated
something that you love that it will get on the ballot. If there was
something published or created in 2008 that you think deserves
recognition, then please send a nomination to the committee. And don't
feel you have to nominate for every category; if there are only one or
two things that you know of and want considered (such as just the
professional categories, or just the fan categories) then you can just
include those in your nomination. (There's no nomination form, so just
include the award category and nominated work or person and, optionally,
a short explanation. Make sure to include your name and, if you think
the committee mightn't recognise your name, the name of someone more
active in fandom who can vouch for you.)

Email your nominations to ditmars@... as soon as possible!

And thank you to everyone who has nominated so far; this has been one of
the most discussed and supported Ditmar procedures for some time, and
it's appreciated.

CYa,
JEREMY