The 2005 Australian National Science Fiction Achievement 'Ditmar' Awards were presented at Thylacon in Tasmania this weekend.

Winners:

 
Best Novel
The Crooked Letter, Sean Williams (HarperCollins Australia)
 
Best Collected Work
Black Juice, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin Australia)
 
Best Novella/Novelette
"The Last Days of Kali Yuga", Paul Haines (NFG Magazine, August 2004)
 
Best Short Story
"Singing My Sister Down", Margo Lanagan (Black Juice)
 
Best Professional Artwork
Kerri Valkova for the cover to The Black Crusade (Chimaera Publications)
 
Best Professional Achievement
Clarion South committee
 
Fan Achievement
Conflux convention committee
 
Fan Artist
Sarah Xu
 
Fanzine
The Bullsheet, ed Edwina Harvey & Ted Scribner
 
Fan Writer
Bruce Gillespie
 
Best New Talent
Paul Haines
 

Awards also presented, but not Ditmars:

Jonathan Strahan