1985 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award


Best Australian Long Fiction
Win	The Beast of Heaven	Victor Kelleher
Nomination	The Last Amazon	A. Bertram Chandler
Nomination	The Suburbs of Hell	Randolph Stow
Nomination	The Wild Ones	A. Bertram Chandler

Best Australian Short Fiction
Win	The Terrarium	Terry Dowling
Nomination	Resurrection	Damien Broderick
Nomination	The Maze Man	Terry Dowling
Nomination	Three Star Trek	Ron Ferguson

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Dramatic Presentation
Win	Kindred Spirits	ABC
Nomination	Beach Blanket Tempest	Unknown-Play
Nomination	Boiling Frog	Unknown-Play
Nomination	Iceman (direction) (IMDB)	Fred Schepisi
Nomination	Iceman (Musical score) (IMDB)	Bruce Smeaton
Nomination	Thief of Sydney	Unknown-Movie

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Artist, Cartoonist or Illustrator
Win	----	Nick Stathopoulos
Nomination	----	Kerrie Hanlon
Nomination	----	Craig Hilton
Nomination	----	Peter Reading

Best Australian SF or Fantasy Editor
Win	----	Bruce Gillespie
Nomination	----	Paul Collins
Nomination	----	Philip Gore
Nomination	----	Van Ikin

Best Australian Fan Writer
Win	----	Leigh Edmonds
Nomination	----	Leanne Frahm
Nomination	----	David Grigg
Nomination	----	Yvonne Rousseau

Best Australian Fanzine
Win	Australian Science Fiction News	Mervyn R. Binns
Nomination	Rataplan	Leigh Edmonds
Nomination	Science Fiction	Van Ikin
Nomination	The Mentor	Ron L. Clarke

Best International Long Fiction
Win	Neuromancer	William Gibson
Nomination	Damiano's Lute	R. A. MacAvoy
Nomination	Native Tongue	Suzette Haden Elgin
Nomination	The Final Encyclopedia	Gordon R. Dickson