Ditmar Award for Best Fanzine

Since 1969, the Australian National Science Fiction Convention has presented an annual award for which fanzines are eligible. For many of those years, the award has been an award for "Best Australian Fanzine". In 2004 and 2005, the award went to The Australian SF Bullsheet which was available in three formats: print, email, and website. The existence of that case might help to explain why the award category has been open to websites. In 2009, the award category became one for "Best Fan Publication in Any Medium".

1969

• Australian Science Fiction Review, John Bangsund

1970

• The Journal of Omphalistic Epistemology, John Foyster

1971

• The Sommerset Gazette, Noel Kerr

1972

• SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie

1973

• SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie

1974

• No Awards Given

1975

• Osiris, Del and Dennis Stocks

1976

• Fanew Sletter, Leigh Edmonds

1977

• SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie

1978

• Enigma, Van Ikin

1979

• Chunder!, John Foyster

1980

• SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie

1981

• Q36, Marc Ortlieb

1982

• Q36, Marc Ortlieb

1983

• Q36, Marc Ortlieb

1984

• Rataplan, Diane Bangsund and Leigh Edmonds /Ornithopter, Leigh Edmonds

1985

• Australian SF News, Merv Binns

1986

• The Metaphysical Review, Bruce Gillespie

1987

• Thyme, Roger Weddall and Peter Burns

1988

• Science Fiction, Van Ikin

1989

• Get Stuffed, Jacob Blake

1990

• Ethel the Aardvark Melbourne Science Fiction Club

1991

• Australian Science Fiction Review (second series), Science Fiction Collective

1992

• Eidolon, Jeremy Byrne

1993

• Eidolon, Jeremy Byrne

1994

• Ethel the Ardvark, Alan Stewart

1995

• Thyme, Alan Stewart

1996

• Eidolon, J. Byrne, R. Scriven, J. Strahan

1997

• Thyme, Alan Stewart

1998

• Eidolon, J. Byrne, R. Scriven, J. Strahan

1999

• Metaphysical Review, Bruce Gillespie

2000

• The Coode St Review of Science Fiction, Jonathan Strahan and Steven Paulsen

2001

• "Angriest Video Store Clerk in the World" (comic strips), Grant Watson

2002

• SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie

2003

• Fables and Reflections, Lily Chrywenstrom

2004

• The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet, Edwina Harvey and Edwin Scribner

2005

• The Australian Science Fiction Bullsheet, Edwina Harvey and Ted Scribner

2006

• Ticonderoga Online (website), Russell B. Farr

2007

• HorrorScope (website), Shane Jiraiya Cummings

2008

• Not If You Were The Last Short Story On Earth (website), Alisa Krasnostein, Ben Payne, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts

2009

• ASif! (Australian Specfic in Focus) (website), edited by Alisa Krasnostein and Gene Melzack

2010

• Steam Engine Time, Bruce Gillespie and Janine Stinson

2011

• Galactic Suburbia (podcast), Alisa Krasnostein, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Alex Pierce