[This is being sent to many Australian genre-related mailing lists, which means many of us will see it multiple times. Apologies for the inconvenience.]
[Members of SWANCON2015 are eligible to vote in the 2016 Ditmars.]
Ditmar Nominations Open
Nominations for the 2016 Australian SF (“Ditmar”) awards are now open and will remain open until one minute before midnight Brisbane time on Sunday, 31st of January, 2016 (ie. 11.59pm, GMT+10). Postal nominations must be postmarked no later than Friday, 29th of January, 2016.
The current rules, including Award categories can be found at:
http://wiki.sf.org.au/Ditmar_rules
You must include your name with any nomination. Nominations will be accepted only from natural persons active in fandom, or from full or supporting members of Contact 2016, the 2016 Australian National SF Convention. Where a nominator may not be known to the Ditmar subcommittee, the nominator should provide the name of someone known to the subcommittee who can vouch for the nominator’s eligibility.
Convention attendance or membership of an SF club are among the criteria which qualify a person as “active in fandom”, but are not the only qualifying criteria. If in doubt, nominate and mention your qualifying criteria. If you received this email directly, you almost certainly qualify.
You may nominate as many times in as many Award categories as you like,
although you may only nominate a particular person, work or achievement
once. The Ditmar subcommittee, which is organised under the auspices the Standing Committee of the Natcon Business Meeting, will rule on situations where eligibility is unclear. A partial and unofficial eligibility list, to which everyone is encouraged to add, can be found here:
http://wiki.sf.org.au/2016_Ditmar_eligibility_list
While online nominations are preferred, nominations can be made in a number of ways:
1. online, via this form:
http://ditmars.sf.org.au/2016/nominations.html
2. via email to ditmars@sf.org.au; or
3. by post to:
Ditmars
6 Florence Road
NEDLANDS WA 6009
AUSTRALIA