The Australian Ditmar Awards, as well as the Tin Duck Awards, were handed out this weekend at Swancon, the 47th Australian National Science Fiction Convention. We detailed the award and the nominees in this article.
The winners are:
Best Novel: Saturn Returns by Sean Williams (published by Orbit)
Best Novella/Novelette: “A Lady of Adestan” by Cat Sparks (Orb #7)
Best Short Story: “The Dark and What It Said” by Rick Kennett (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #28)
Best Collected Work (tie): The New Space Opera edited by Jonathan Strahan & Gardner Dozois (HarperCollins); and
     Fantastic Wonder Stories edited by Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)
Best Art Work: Nick Stathopolous for the Rynemonn cover (Coeur De Lion)
Best Fan Writer: Robert Hood
Best Fan Art: Exterminate! Dalek Postcards by Kathryn Linge
Best Fan Production: 2007 Snap Shot Project—interviews with influential members of the Australian speculative fiction scene conducted by Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Kathryn Linge, Kaaron Warren, and Rosie Clarke
Best Fanzine: Not If You Were the Last Short Story on Earth edited by Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts.
Best Professional Achievement: Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-Operative Ltd
Best Fan Achievement: Alisa Krasnostein for ASiF! (Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus!)
Best New Talent: Tehani Wessely
William Atheling Jr Award: Grant Watson for “The Bad Film Diaries” (Borderlands #9)

The Tin Duck Awards, specifically for work by Western Australian writers, artists, and fans, went to:
Best WA Professional Long Work: Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts by Simon Haynes (Fremantle Press)
Best WA Professional Short Work: “The Sun People” by Sue Isle (Shiny #2)
Best WA Professional Production: The New Space Opera edited by Jonathan Strahan & Gardner Dozois (HarperCollins)
Best WA Fan Production: ASiF! edited by Alisa Krasnostein
Best WA Fan Written Work (tie): Alisa Krasnostein for “Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth”; and
     Sarah Parker for “Blog Like It’s the End of the World”
Best WA Professional Artwork: Sarah Xu
Best WA Fan Art (tie): John Parker; and
     Sarah Xu
Peter MacNamara Achievement Award: Bruce Gillespie
Marg Hughes (Mumfan) Award: Alicia Smith and Rob Masters
Silver Swan Award: Danny Oz