The Chandler Award is presented by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation for "Outstanding Achievement in Australian Science Fiction".

It is named in recognition of the contribution that science fiction writer A. Bertram Chandler made to Australian science fiction, and because of his patronage of the Foundation.

Unlike the Ditmars, this award is decided upon by a jury and, although nominally an annual award presented in conjunction with the Australian National Science Fiction Convention, is not necessarily presented every year.

The first Chandler Award was presented in 1992 to Van Ikin at the National Science Fiction Convention - SynCon '92.[1]

Winners

Year Winner Ref.
1992 Van Ikin [1]
1993 Merv Binns
1994 George Turner
1995 Wynne Whiteford
1996 Grant Stone
1997 Susan Batho
1999 Graham Stone
2001 John Bangsund
2002 John Foyster
2003 Lucy Sussex
2006 Lee Harding
2007 Bruce Gillespie
2009 Rosaleen Love
2010 Damien Broderick
2011 Paul Collins
2012 Richard Harland
2013 Russell B. Farr
2014 Danny Oz
2015 Donna Maree Hanson
2016 James Allen
2017 Bill Wright
2018 Edwina Harvey
2019 Alan Stewart
2020 Gillian Polack [2]
2021 Perry Middlemiss [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Chandler Award". SFE The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  2. ^ "Polack Wins Chandler Award". Locus Online. 2020-12-09. Archived from the original on 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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