The Chronos Awards have previously been held annually to honour excellence in Victorian SF, Fantasy and Horror in the year preceding the Continuum at which the awards are presented.

Past Winners

2009

Best Short Fiction

  • “Neverland Blues”, Adam Browne (Dreaming Again)
  • “Painlessness”, Kirstyn McDermott (Greatest Uncommon Denominator #2)

Best Collected Work

  • Dreaming Again, editor Jack Dann (Harper Collins)

Best Fan Writer

  • Mark Smith-Briggs (Horrorscope)

Best Fan Artist

  • Dick Jenssen (Interstellar Ramjet Scoop)

Best Fan Publication

  • Steam Engine Time, editors Bruce Gillespie & Janine Stinson

Ian Gunn Memorial Award

  • Murray MacLachlan

2010

Best Long Fiction

  • Slice of Life, Paul Haines (The Mayne Press)

Best Short Fiction

  • Gamers’ Quest, George Ivanoff (Ford Street Publishing)

Best Artwork

  • “My Extraordinary Life and Death”, Grant Gittus (Fort Street Publishing)

Best Fan Writer

  • Felicity Dowker

Best Fan Artist

  • Ditmar Jenssen

Best Fan Publication

  • Ethel the Aardvark, edited by Murray and Natalie MacLachlan, Sam Rooney (Melbourne Science Fiction Club)

Best Achievement

  • The Halloween Clive Barker Chat, Felicity Dowker (AHWA)

2011

Best Long Fiction

  • Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott (Pan MacMillan Australia)

Best Short Fiction

  • “Her Gallant Needs”, Paul Haines

Best Artwork

  • Australis Imaginarium, Shaun Tan

Best Fan Written Work

  • Review: The Secret Feminist Cabal by Helen Merrick, Alexandra Pierce

Best Fan Artwork

  • Continuum 6 Props, Rachel Holkner

Best Fan Writer

  • Alexandra Pierce

Best Fan Publication

  • Live Boxcutters Doctor Who at AussieCon IV, Josh Kinal and John Richards

Best Achievement

  • Programming: AussieCon IV, Sue Ann Barber and Grant Watson

2012

Best Long Fiction

  • The Last Days of Kali Yuga, Paul Haines (Brimstone Press)

Best Short Fiction

  • “The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt”, Paul Haines (in The Last Days of Kali Yuga)

Best Fan Writer

  • Jason Nahrung

Best Fan Artist

  • Rachel Holkner

Best Fan Written Work

  • “Tiptree, and a collection of her short stories”, Alexandra Pierce (in Randomly Yours, Alex)

Best Fan Artwork

  • “Blue Locks”, Rebecca Ing (Scape 2)

Best Fan Publication

  • The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond

Best Achievement

  • Conquilt, Rachel Holkner and Jeanette Holkner (Continuum 7)

Infinity Award

  • Merv Binns

2013

Best Long Fiction

  • Salvage by Jason Nahrung (Twelfth Planet Press)

Best Short Fiction

  • “The Mornington Ride” by Jason Nahrung in Epilogue, edited by Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing)

Best Fan Writer

  • Nalini Haynes

Best Fan Written Work

  • “Reviewing New Who” series by David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts and Tehani Wessely

Best Fan Artist

  • Dick Jenssen

Best Fan Artwork

  • “The Entellechy” by Dick Jenssen, cover art for Interstellar Ramjet Scoop for ANZAPA 267 edited by Bill Wright

Best Fan Publication

Best Achievement

  • Continuum 8: Craftonomicon (51st Australian National SF Convention) Program by Julia Svaganovic, Emma Hespa Mann, and Caitlin Noble

2014

Best Long Fiction

  • Gamers’ Rebellion by George Ivanoff (Ford Street Publishing)

Best Short Fiction

  • No Award

Best Artwork

  • Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia)

Best Fan Publication in any Medium

  • SF Commentary edited by Bruce Gillespie

Best Achievement

  • Gamers’ Rebellion book trailer by Henry Gibbens