The Ditmar Awards have been awarded at the Australian National Science Fiction conventions since 1969 in order to recognise achievements in Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror.
Nominees and Winning Stories from Semiprozines
Best Novella
- “Night Heron’s Curse”, Thoraiya Dyer (in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #37)
- “Painlessness”, Kirstyn McDermott (in GUD: Greatest Uncommon Denominator, Issue 2, Spring 2008) WINNER
Best Short Story
- “This Is Not My Story”, Dirk Flinthart (in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #37) WINNER (Tied)