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	— australian long fiction/novel —
2025	The Underhistory, Kaaron Warren
2024	The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, Garth Nix
2023	36 Streets, T. R. Napper
2022	The Bridge, J. S. Breukelaar
2021	The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth Nix
2020	The Year of the Fruit Cake, Gillian Polack
2019	City of Lies, Sam Hawke
2018	Crossroads of Canopy, Thoraiya Dyer
2017	The Grief Hole, Kaaron Warren
2016	Lament for the Afterlife, Lisa L. Hannett
2015	(tie) The Lascar's Dagger, Glenda Larke
2015	(tie) Thief's Magic, Trudi Canavan
2014	Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead, Robert Hood
2013	Sea Hearts, Margo Lanagan
2012	The Courier's New Bicycle, Kim Westwood
2011	Power and Majesty, Tansy Rayner Roberts
2010	Slights, Kaaron Warren
2009	Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan
2008	Saturn Returns, Sean Williams
2007	The Pilo Family Circus, Will Elliott
2006	Geodesica: Ascent, Sean Williams & Shane Dix
2005	The Crooked Letter, Sean Williams
2004	The Etched City, K. J. Bishop
2003	Echoes of Earth, Sean Williams & Shane Dix
2002	Lirael, Garth Nix
2001	Evergence 2: The Dying Light, Sean Williams & Shane Dix
2000	Teranesia, Greg Egan [award declined]
1999	The Resurrected Man, Sean Williams
1998	The White Abacus, Damien Broderick
1997	The Scarlet Rider, Lucy Sussex
1996	Mirrorsun Rising, Sean McMullen
1995	Permutation City, Greg Egan
1994	The Destiny Makers, George Turner
1993	Quarantine, Greg Egan
1992	Wormwood, Terry Dowling
1991	Rynosseros, Terry Dowling
1990	Lake of the Sun, Wynne Whiteford
1989	Striped Holes, Damien Broderick
1988	“For as Long as You Burn”, Terry Dowling
1987	Bard III: The Wild Sea, Keith Taylor
1986	Illywhacker, Peter Carey
1985	Beast of Heaven, Victor Kelleher
1984	Yesterday's Men, George Turner
1983	“The Man Who Walks Away Behind the Eyes”, Terry Dowling
1982	The Man Who Loved Morlocks, David J. Lake
1981	The Dreaming Dragons, Damien Broderick
1980	Australian Gnomes, Robert Ingpen
1979	Beloved Son, George Turner
1978	The Luck of Brin's Five, Cherry Wilder
1977	Walkers on the Sky, David J. Lake
1976	The Big Black Mark, A. Bertram Chandler
1975	The Bitter Pill, A. Bertram Chandler
1973	“Let It Ring”, John Ossian
1972	“Fallen Spaceman”, Lee Harding
1971	“The Bitter Pill”, A. Bertram Chandler
1970	“Dancing Gerontius”, Lee Harding
1969	False Fatherland, A. Bertram Chandler
	— australian novella or novelette —
2025	Ghost of the Neon God, T. R. Napper
2024	Bitters, Kaaron Warren
2023	(tie) “The Smell of Waiting”, Kaaron Warren
2023	(tie) “Remnants and Bad Water”, Kaaron Warren
2022	Ariadne, I Love You, J. Ashley-Smith
2021	Flyaway, Kathleen Jennings
2019	Cabaret of Monsters, Tansy Rayner Roberts
2018	Girl Reporter, Tansy Rayner Roberts
2017	“Did We Break the End of the World?”, Tansy Rayner Roberts
2016	“Of Sorrow and Such”, Angela Slatter
2015	“The Legend Trap”, Sean Williams
2014	“The Home for Broken Dolls”, Kirstyn McDermott
2013	“Sky”, Kaaron Warren
2012	“The Past Is a Bridge Best left Burnt”, Paul Haines
2011	“The Company Articles of Edward Teach”, Thoraiya Dyer
2010	“Wives”, Paul Haines
2009	“Painlessness”, Kirstyn McDermott
2008	“A Lady of Adestan”, Cat Sparks
2007	“The Devil in Mr Pussy (Or how I found God inside my wife)”, Paul Haines
2006	“The Grinding House”, Kaaron Warren
2005	“The Last Days of Kali Yuga”, Paul Haines
2004	“La Sentinelle”, Lucy Sussex
	— australian short fiction —
2025	“Bellow of the Steamship Cow”, Aaron Dries
2024	“Jimmy Flip Brings His Little One to Work, and It Comes My Turn to Hold It”, C. H. Pearce
2023	“Everything so slow and quiet”, Kaaron Warren
2022	“The King in Yella”, Kaaron Warren
2021	“The Calenture”, Kaaron Warren
2020	“Whom My Soul Loves”, Rivqa Rafael
2019	“The Heart of Owl Abbas”, Kathleen Jennings
2018	“A Pearl Beyond Price”, Janeen Webb
2017	“No Fat Chicks”, Cat Sparks
2016	“A Hedge of Yellow Roses”, Kathleen Jennings
2015	“The Seventh Relic”, Cat Sparks
2014	“Scarp”, Cat Sparks
2013	“The Wisdom of Ants”, Thoraiya Dyer
2012	“The Patrician”, Tansy Rayner Roberts
2011	(tie) “She Said”, Kirstyn McDermott
2011	(tie) “All the Love in the World”, Cat Sparks
2010	“Seventeen”, Cat Sparks
2009	(tie) “The Goosle”, Margo Lanagan
2009	(tie) “This Is Not My Story”, Dirk Flinthart
2008	“The Dark and What It Said”, Rick Kennett
2007	“The Fear of White”, Rjurik Davidson
2006	“Fresh Young Widow”, Kaaron Warren
2005	“Singing My Sister Down”, Margo Lanagan
2004	“Room for Improvement”, Trudi Canavan
2003	“King of All and the Metal Sentinel”, Deborah Biancotti
2002	(tie) “The Diamond Pit”, Jack Dann
2002	(tie) “Absolute Uncertainty”, Lucy Sussex
2001	(tie) “The Saltimbanques”, Terry Dowling
2001	(tie) “The Devotee”, Stephen Dedman
2000	“Written in Blood”, Chris Lawson
1999	“The Truth About Weena”, David J. Lake
1998	“Niagara Falling”, Janeen Webb & Jack Dann
1997	“The Sword of God”, Russell Blackford
1996	“Schrödinger's Fridge”, Ian Gunn
1995	“Cocoon”, Greg Egan
1994	“Catalyst”, Leanne Frahm
1993	“Closer”, Greg Egan
1992	“Alone in His Chariot”, Sean McMullen
1991	“While the Gate Is Open”, Sean McMullen
1990	“The Quiet Redemption of Andy the House”, Terry Dowling
1989	“My Lady Tongue”, Lucy Sussex
1988	“The Last Elephant”, Terry Dowling
1987	“The Man Who Lost Red”, Terry Dowling
1986	“The Bullet That Grows in the Gun”, Terry Dowling
1985	“Terrarium”, Terry Dowling
1984	“Above Atlas His Shoulders”, Andrew Whitmore
1982	“Where Silence Rules”, Keith Taylor
1981	“Deus Ex Corporus”, Leanne Frahm
1978	“Albert's Bellyfull”, Francis Payne
	— collected work —
2025	Calvaria Fell, Cat Sparks & Kaaron Warren
2024	The Measure of Sorrow: Stories, J. Ashley-Smith
2023	Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts, Aaron Dries
2022	Tool Tales, Ellen Datlow & Kaaron Warren, eds.
2021	Dark Harvest, Cat Sparks
2020	Collision, J. S. Breukelaar
2019	Mother of Invention, Rivqa Rafael & Tansy Rayner Roberts, eds.
2018	Ecopunk!, Cat Sparks & Liz Grzyb
2017	(tie) Defying Doomsday, Tsana Dolichva & Holly Kench, eds.
2017	(tie) Dreaming in the Dark, Jack Dann, ed.
2016	Cranky Ladies of History, Tansy Rayner Roberts & Tehani Wessely, eds.
2015	Kaleidoscope, Alisa Krasnostein & Julia Rios, eds.
2014	The Bride Price, Cat Sparks
2013	Through Splintered Walls, Kaaron Warren
2012	The Last Days of Kali Yuga, Paul Haines
2011	Sprawl, Alisa Krasnostein, ed.
2010	Slice of Life, Paul Haines, ed.
2009	Dreaming Again, Jack Dann, ed.
2008	(tie) The New Space Opera, Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, eds.
2008	(tie) Fantastic Wonder Stories, Russell B. Farr, ed.
2007	The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy Volume Two, Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt, eds.
2006	Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales, Robert Hood & Robin Penn, eds.
2005	Black Juice, Margo Lanagan
2004	(tie) Agog! Terrific Tales, Cat Sparks, ed.
2004	(tie) Forever Shores, Peter McNamara & Margaret Winch, eds.
	— Australian collected work —
2003	Agog! Fantastic Fiction, Cat Sparks, ed.
	— collected work —
2002	Earth Is But a Star, Damien Broderick, ed.
2001	Blackwater Days, Terry Dowling
2000	New Adventures in Sci-Fi, Sean Williams
	— fan publication —
2025	Let the Cat In
2024	Let the Cat In Podcast, Aaron Dries, Kaaron Warren & J. Ashley-Smith
2023	Pratchat Podcast, Ben McKenzie & Elizabeth Flux
2022	Earl Grey Editing, Elizabeth Fitzgerald
2021	The Coode Street Podcast, Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe
2020	(tie) SF Commentary
2020	(tie) Be the Serpent
2019	Earl Grey Editing, Elizabeth Fitzgerald
2018	SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
2017	2016 Australian SF Snapshot, Greg Chapman & Tehani Croft
2016	Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce & Tansy Rayner Roberts
2015	The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott & Ian Mond
2014	Galactic Chat Podcast, Sean Wright, Alex Pierce, Helen Stubbs, David McDonald & Mark Webb
2013	The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott & Ian Mond
2012	The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott & Ian Mond
2011	Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts & Alex Pierce
2010	Steam Engine Time, Bruce Gillespie & Janine Stinson, eds.
2009	Asif! (Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus), Alisa Krasnostein & Gene Melzack
	— fan production —
2008	2007 Snap Shot Project
2007	ASif!: Australian Specfic In Focus, Alisa Krasnostein
2006	The Australian SF Bullsheet (website and newsletter), Edwina Harvey & Edwin Scribner
2004	CSFG, for Elsewhere Book Launch
2002	(tie) Spaced Out
2002	(tie) Mitch? 2: Tarts of the New Millennium, Anthony Mitchell
2001	Angriest Video Store Clerk in the World, Grant Watson
2000	Aussiecon 3 Opening Ceremony Video, Danny Heap
	— international fiction —
1989	Seventh Son, Orson Scott Card
1986	The Compass Rose, Ursula K. Le Guin
1985	Neuromancer, William Gibson
1984	no award
1983	Riddley Walker, Russell Hoban
1982	The Affirmation, Christopher Priest
1981	Timescape, Gregory Benford
1980	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
1979	The White Dragon, Anne McCaffrey
1978	The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien
1977	The Space Machine, Christopher Priest
1976	The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
1975	Protector, Larry Niven
1973	The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov
1972	Ringworld, Larry Niven
1971	no award
1970	Cosmicomics, Italo Calvino
1969	Camp Concentration, Thomas M. Disch
	— contemporary writer —
1969	Brian W. Aldiss
	— publication/fanzine —
2008	Not If You Were the Last Short Story on Earth, Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne, Alexandra Pierce & Tansy Rayner Roberts
2007	HorrorScope, Shane Jiraiya Cummings
2006	Ticonderoga Online, Russell B. Farr
2005	The Australian SF Bullsheet, Edwina Harvey & Edwin Scribner
2004	The Australian SF Bullsheet, Edwina Harvey & Edwin Scribner, ed.
2003	Fables & Reflections, Lily Chrywenstrom, ed.
2002	SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
1999	Metaphysical Review, Bruce Gillespie
1998	Eidolon
1997	Thyme, Alan Stewart
1996	Eidolon, Jeremy G. Byrne, Richard Scriven & Jonathan Strahan, eds.
1995	Thyme, Alan Stewart
1994	Ethel the Aardvark, Paul Ewins
1992	Eidolon, Jeremy G. Byrne, Robin Pen, Richard Scriven, Chris Stronach & Jonathan Strahan, eds.
1991	Australian SF Review, SF Collective
1990	Ethel the Aardvark, M.S.F.C.
1989	Get Stuffed, Jacob Blake
1988	Science Fiction, Van Ikin
1987	Thyme, Roger Weddall & Peter Burns
1986	Metaphysical Review, Bruce Gillespie
1985	Australian SF News, Merv Binns
1984	Rataplan/Ornithopter, Leigh Edmonds
1983	Q36, Marc Ortlieb
1982	Q36, Marc Ortlieb
1981	Q36, Marc Ortlieb
1980	SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
1979	Chunder, John Foyster
1978	Enigma, Van Ikin
1977	SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
1976	Fanew Sletter, Leigh Edmonds
1975	Osiris, Del & Dennis Stocks
1973	SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
1972	SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
1971	The Somerset Gazette, Noel Kerr
1970	The Journal of Omphalistic Epistemology, John Foyster
1969	Australian SF Review, John Bangsund
	— Australian magazine/anthology —
1999	Dreaming Down-Under, Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, eds.
1993	Eidolon, Jeremy G. Byrne, Robin Pen, Richard Scriven, Chris Stronach & Jonathan Strahan, & Keira McKenzie, eds
	— international publication —
1970	Vision of Tomorrow
	— fan writer —
2025	Ian Mond
2024	Leigh Edmonds
2023	Kat Clay
2022	Kat Clay, for interviews and reviews on YouTube and katclay.com
2021	SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
2020	Elizabeth Fitzgerald, for reviews in Skiffy and Fanty
2019	Liz Barr
2018	Stephanie Lai
2017	Foz Meadows
2016	Grant Watson
2015	Tansy Rayner Roberts
2014	Sean Wright, for body of work, including reviews in Adventures of a Bookonaut
2013	Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work including reviews in Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth
2012	Robin Pen, for “The Ballad of the Unrequited Ditmar”
2011	Alexandra Pierce, for body of work including reviews at Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus
2010	Robert Hood, for Undead Backbrain (roberthood.net/blog)
2009	Robert Hood, for Undead Backbrain
2008	Robert Hood, for film reviews on his website
2007	Danny Oz
2006	Shane Jiraiya Cummings
2005	Bruce Gillespie
2004	Bruce Gillespie
2003	Robin Pen
2002	Bruce Gillespie
2001	Robin Pen
2000	Robin Pen
1998	Leanne Frahm
1997	Bruce Gillespie
1996	Ian Gunn
1995	Terry Frost
1994	Bruce Gillespie
1993	Robin Pen
1992	Bruce Gillespie
1991	Bruce Gillespie
1990	(tie) Bruce Gillespie
1990	(tie) Ian Gunn
1989	Bruce Gillespie
1988	Perry Middlemiss
1986	Leigh Edmonds
1985	Leigh Edmonds
1984	Leigh Edmonds
1983	Marc Ortlieb
1982	Marc Ortlieb
1981	Marc Ortlieb
1980	Leanne Frahm
1979	Marc Ortlieb
	— fan artist —
2025	David L Russell
2024	C. H. Pearce
2023	C. H. Pearce
2022	C. H. Pearce, for fanart on Instagram, including “Em and Gyre”, “Lysande”, “Cruelty Free”, and “Rocket Launch Good”
2021	Lyss Wickramasinghe, for fanart on Tumblr including Elsie, Hold On, The Gem and the Other, and Vesuvia Pride
2018	Shauna O'Meara
2016	Kathleen Jennings
2015	Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including Fakecon art and Illustration Friday series
2014	Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including “Illustration Friday”
2013	Kathleen Jennings, for body of work including “The Dalek Game” and “The Tamsyn Webb Sketchbook”
2012	Kathleen Jennings, for work in Errantry, including “The Dalek Game”
2011	Amanda Rainey, for Swancon 36 logo
2010	Dick Jenssen, for body of work
2009	Cat Sparks, for Scary Food Cookbook
2008	Kathryn Linge, for 'Exterminate!' Dalek Postcards
2007	Jon Swabey
2006	Shane Parker
2005	Sarah Xu
2004	Les Petersen, for Battle Elf (Conflux) poster
2003	Cat Sparks
2002	Dick Jenssen
2001	Grant Watson
2000	Catriona Sparks
1999	Ian Gunn
1997	Ian Gunn
1996	Ian Gunn
1995	Ian Gunn
1994	Kerri Valkova
1992	Nick Stathopoulos
1991	Ian Gunn
1989	Ian Gunn
1988	Lewis Morley
1987	Craig Hilton
1986	Nick Stathopoulos
1985	Nick Stathopoulos
1984	Nick Stathopoulos
1983	Marilyn Pride
1982	Marilyn Pride
1981	Marilyn Pride
1980	Marilyn Pride
	— cartoonist —
1984	John Packer
1983	John Packer
	— artwork —
2025	C. H. Pearce for in the aftermath by Jessica Nirvana Ram (Prismatica)
2024	Meg Wright for Red Wallflower (Midnight Echo 18)
2021	Kathleen Jennings for Mother Thorn and other tales of courage and kindness (Serenity)
2019	Likhain for Mother of Invention
2018	Lewis Morley for Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body by Petrie Simon (Peggy Bright)
2017	Shauna O'Meara for Lackington's #12
2016	Cranky Ladies of History, Kathleen Jennings
2015	Kathleen Jennings for Black-Winged Angels by Angela Slatter (Ticonderoga)
2014	Rules of Summer, Shaun Tan
2013	Kathleen Jennings for Midnight and Moonshine (Ticonderoga)
2012	“Finishing School”, Kathleen Jennings
2011	The Lost Thing, Andrew Ruhemann & Shaun Tan
2010	Lewis Morley for Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #42
2009	Tales from Outer Suburbia, Shaun Tan
2008	Nick Stathopoulos for Rynemonn
2007	Andrew Macrae for 26Lies/1Truth (Wheatland Press)
2006	Nick Stathopoulos for Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview by Donna Hanson
2005	Kerri Valkova for The Black Crusade by Richard Harland (Chimaera Publications)
2004	Cat Sparks for Agog! Terrific Tales by Cat Sparks, ed.
	— Australian artwork —
2003	Cat Sparks for Passing Strange
	— artwork —
2001	The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan
2000	Shaun Tan for The Coode Street Review of Science Fiction
1999	Nick Stathopoulos for The Man Who Melted and Dreaming Down-Under by Jack Dann (HarperCollins Australia)
1998	Nick Stathopoulos
1997	Elizabeth Kyle for Dream Weavers by Paul A. Collins, ed.
1996	Cover of Eidolon 19, Shaun Tan
1995	For artwork in Aurealisand Eidolon, Shaun Tan
1994	Nick Stathopoulos for Twilight Beach by Terry Dowling (Aphelion)
1993	Nick Stathopoulos for Blue Tyson by Terry Dowling (Aphelion)
	— new talent —
2025	Sarah K. Balstrup
2024	C. H. Pearce
2023	Aaron Dries
2021	Nikky Lee
2020	Freya Marske
2019	Sam Hawke
2018	Stephanie Lai
2017	Marlee Jane Ward
2016	Rivqa Rafael
2015	Helen Stubbs
2014	Zena Shapter
2013	David McDonald
2012	Joanne Anderton
2011	Thoraiya Dyer
2010	Peter M. Ball
2009	Felicity Dowker
2008	Tehani Wessely
2007	Alisa Krasnostein
2006	Rjurik Davidson
2005	Paul Haines
2004	K. J. Bishop
2003	Lee Battersby
2002	Cat Sparks
2001	Deborah Biancotti
	— dramatic presentation —
1998	Spellbinder 2
1985	Kindred Spirits
1973	“Aussiefan”
	— editor —
1985	Bruce Gillespie
1984	Van Ikin
1983	Van Ikin
	— contribution to australian fandom —
1987	Carey Handfield
	— fan achievement —
2008	Alisa Krasnostein, for ASiF! Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus
2007	Alisa Krasnostein, for establishing Asif
2005	Conflux convention committee
2003	Borderlands: That which scares us..., Simon Oxwell, Grant Watson & Anna Hepworth
	— William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review —
2025	“Nice Safe Emotions: How Murderbot copes with the real world through the fictional, and so do we”, Joanne Anderton
2024	A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley, Claire Fitzpatrick, ed.
2023	Ian Mond, for reviews in Locus
2022	Ian Mond, for reviews in Locus
2021	Terry Frost, for reviews in Terry Talks Movies
2020	FictionMachine reviews, Grant Watson
2019	“The 21st Century Catastrophe: Hyper-capitalism and Severe Climate Change in Science Fiction”, Cat Sparks
2018	“Reflecting on Indigenous Worlds, Indigenous Futurisms and Artificial Intelligence”, Ambelin Kwaymullina
2017	The Rebirth of Rapunzal: A Mythic Biography of the Maiden in the Tower, Kate Forsyth
2016	Letters to Tiptree, Alexandra Pierce & Alisa Krasnostein
2015	“Does Sex Make Science Fiction Soft?”, Tansy Rayner Roberts
2014	(tie) Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce & Tansy Rayner Roberts
2014	(tie) The Reviewing New Who series, David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts & Tehani Wessely
2013	Tansy Rayner Roberts, for “Historically Authentic Sexism in Fantasy. Let’s Unpack That.” (Tor.com)
2012	Alexandra Pierce & Tehani Wessely, for reviews of Vorkosigan Saga, in Randomly Yours, Alex
2011	A Modern Woman's Guide to Classic Who, Tansy Rayner Roberts
2010	The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of Science Fiction Feminisms, Helen Merrick
2009	“Popular Genres and the Australian Literary Community: the Case of Fantasy Fiction”, Kim Wilkins
2008	“The Bad Film Diaries”, Grant Watson
2007	Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Justine Larbalestier
2006	“Divided Kingdom: King Kong vs Godzilla”, Robert Hood
2005	(tie) Robert Hood
2005	(tie) Jason Nahrung
2004	Bruce Gillespie
2003	Jonathan Strahan
2001	“Waking Henson: A Jim Henson Retrospective”, Grant Watson & Simon Oxwell
2000	(tie) Women of Other Worlds, Helen Merrick & Tess Williams
2000	(tie) Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction, Russell Blackford, Van Ikin & Sean McMullen
1999	The MUP Encyclopaedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy, Paul Collins, ed.
1998	“Australia: Australian Contemporary Fantasy”, Sean McMullen & Steven Paulsen
1997	Alan Stewart, for reviews in Thyme
1996	“The Hunt for Australian Horror Fiction”, Bill Congreve, Sean McMullen & Steven Paulsen
1994	“SF Sucks”, James Allen
1993	“Australian SF Art Turns 50”, Sean McMullen
1992	“Going Commercial”, Sean McMullen
1991	“The Non-SF Novels of Philip K. Dick”, Bruce Gillespie
1990	No award, for insufficient nominations
1989	Russell Blackford
1988	“Mirror Reversals and the Tolkien Writing Game”, Van Ikin
1987	“Debased and Lascivious”, Russell Blackford
1986	“Neuromancer”, George Turner
1985	In the Heart or in the Head: An Essay In Time Travel, George Turner
1984	no award
1983	“Kirth Gersen: The Other Demon Prince”, Terry Dowling
1982	“Sing a Song of Daniel”, Bruce Gillespie
1981	“Frederik Pohl as a Creator of Future Societies”, George Turner
1981	“Samuel Delany: Victim of Great Applause”, George Turner
1980	“Paradox as Paradigm: A Review of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson”, Jack Herman
1979	“Women and SF”, Susan Wood
1977	“The And Great Whales Created God”, George Turner
1976	“Paradigm and Pattern: Form and Meaning in The Dispossessed”, George Turner
	— special award —
1983	Robin Johnson
1974	Robin Johnson
1971	Visions of Tomorrow, Ron Graham
1971	SF in the Cinema, John Baxter
	— committee award —
1995	Peter Nicholls
1977	“The Ins and Outs of the Hadhya City State”, Philippa Maddern
	— Pat Terry Award —
1980	Douglas Adams
	— achievement —
2011	Alisa Krasnostein, Kathryn Linge & Rachel Holkner, et al, for Snapshot 2010
2010	Gillian Polack, for the Southern Gothic banquet at Conflux
	— professional achievement —
2009	Angela Challis, for Black: Australian Dark Culture Magazine, and Brimstone Press
2008	Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-Operative Ltd, for five issues in 2007, as well as three electronic Best Of anthologies
2007	Bill Congreve, for Mirrordanse Press and two issues of the Australian Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy
2006	Robert Dobson, Robert Hoge, Kate Eltham & Heather Gammage
2005	Clarion South Team, for negotiating with the US Clarion people, then promoting and establishing Clarion South which gives emerging writer the chance to work with the best in the business
	— Australian professional achievement —
2003	Jonathan Strahan
	— professional achievement —
2002	Dirk Strasser & Stephen Higgins, for for editing and production of Aurealis over so many years
	— Australian production —
2003	Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine (launch)