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Awards\/Commendations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n 2020 Aurealis Award Finalist<\/strong> (Best Horror Novella): “Bad Weather” in (Outback Horrors Down Under<\/em>, Things in The Well) Awards\/Commendations 2020 Aurealis Award Finalist (Best Horror Novella): “Bad Weather” in (Outback Horrors Down Under, Things in The Well)2018 Australian Shadows Award Finalist (Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction): \u201cTime and Tide\u201d in Cthulhu Deep Down Under, Volume 2 (IFWG Publishing Australia, 2017)2016 Ditmar Award Finalist (Best Collection) for Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories … <\/p>\n
2018<\/strong> Australian Shadows Award Finalist<\/strong> (Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction): <\/strong>\u201cTime and Tide\u201d in Cthulhu Deep Down Under, Volume 2<\/em> (IFWG Publishing Australia, 2017)
2016 Ditmar Award Finalist<\/strong> (Best Collection) for Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories<\/em> (IFWG Publishing Australia, 2015)
2015 Australian Shadows Award Finalist<\/strong> (Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction) for “The Whimper” from Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories<\/em> (IFWG Publishing Australia, 2015)
2015 Australian Shadows Award<\/strong> <\/span>(Best Collected Work) for Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories<\/em> (IFWG Publishing Australia, 2015)
2014 Australian Shadows Award Finalist<\/strong> (Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction) for “The Shark God Covenant” from Dimension6 Speculative Fiction<\/em> e-zine #3 (Coeur de Lion)
2014 Ditmar Award<\/span><\/strong> (Best Novel) for Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead<\/em> (2013)
2013 Australian Shadows Award Finalist<\/strong> (Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction) for “Soul Killer” in Zombies vs Robots: Diplomacy<\/em> (IDW Publishing, 2012)
2012 Aurealis Award Finalist <\/strong>(Best Horror Short Story) for “Escena de un Asesinato” from the anthology Exotic Gothic 4<\/em>, edited by Danel Olson (PS Publishing)
2012 Australian Shadows Award Finalist<\/strong> (Long Fiction) for “Escena de un Asesinato” from the anthology Exotic Gothic 4<\/em>, edited by Danel Olson (PS Publishing)
2011 Aurealis Award Finalist<\/strong> (Science Fiction Short Story) for “Desert Madonna” from the anthology Anywhere But Earth<\/em>, edited by Keith Stevenson (Coeur De Lion)
2010 Aurealis Award Finalist<\/strong> (Horror Short Story) for “Wasting Matilda” from Zombie Apocalypse!,<\/em> edited by Stephen Jones (Mammoth Books UK\/Running Press US)
2010 Ditmar Award<\/span> <\/strong>(Best Fan Writer) for Undead Backbrain
2009 William Atheling Jnr Award for Criticism or Review <\/strong>— nomination for “George A. Romero: Master of the Living Dead” (2008)
2009 Ditmar Award<\/span><\/strong> (Best Fan Writer) for Undead Backbrain
2009 Ditmar Award Finalist<\/strong> (Best Collection) for Creeping in Reptile Flesh<\/em> (2008)
2009 Ditmar Award Finalist<\/strong> (Best Novella) for “Creeping in Reptile Flesh” (2008)
2009 Ditmar Award Finalist<\/strong> (Best Short Story) for “Moments of Dying” (2008)
2009 Aurealis Award Finalist<\/strong> (Best Anthology\/Collection) for Creeping in Reptile Flesh<\/em> (2008)
2008 Ditmar Award Finalist<\/strong> (Best Fan Writer) for reviews on his website
2008 Ditmar Award Finalist<\/strong> (Best Fan Production) for Daikaiju Limerick Competition (2007)
2007 William Atheling Jnr Award for Criticism or Review <\/strong>— nomination “Man and Super-Monster: A History of Daikaiju Eiga and its Metaphorical Undercurrents”, Borderlands<\/em> #7, 2006 read<\/a>
2006 William Atheling Jnr Award for Criticism or Review <\/span><\/strong>for “Divided Kingdom: King Kong vs Godzilla” (2005) read<\/a>
2006 Ditmar Award for Best Collection<\/span><\/strong> for Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales<\/em> (edited with Robin Pen) (2005)
2005 William Atheling Jnr Award for Criticism or Review <\/strong>for review of Weight of Water<\/em> at HoodReviews<\/a>: “Is this film a ghost story?” (2004) — joint winner with Jason Nahrung
2003 Aurealis Award Honourable Mention<\/strong> (Horror Short Story) for “Number 7” (2002)
2002 Ditmar Award Finalist<\/strong> (Professional Achievement) for Shades<\/em> Series (2001)
2002 Ditmar Award Finalist<\/strong> (Short Story) for “Rotten Times” (2001)
2002 Aurealis Award Finalist<\/strong> (Horror Short Story) for “Rotten Times” (2001)
2001 Ditmar Award Finalist<\/strong> (Short Story) for “That Old Black Graffiti” (2000)
2001 Aurealis Award Finalist<\/strong> (Horror Short Story) for “That Old Black Graffiti” (2000)
2000 Ditmar Award Finalist<\/strong> (Horror Short Story) for “Primal Etiquette” in Orb #0
2000 William Atheling Jnr Award for Criticism or Review<\/strong> — nomination for writings on i.am website<\/em>
1990 Readercon Award (US) runner-up<\/strong> in the Best Collection by a Single Author category for Day-Dreaming on Company Time<\/em> (1988)
1989 Australian Golden Dagger Award runner-up<\/strong> for “Dangerous Specimens”
1988 Australian Golden Dagger Award winner<\/span><\/strong> for “Dead End”
1975 Canberra Times National Short Story Competition winner<\/span><\/strong> for “Orientation”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"