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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 6h

We hold the meeting live at the Burns Club in Kambah, feel free to join us in person if you like, or if you would like to join us via zoom we will have the link available here on Discord soon.

Hope to see you there!

Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 6h

If you feel like you can be part of the committee, please feel free to put your hand up to join us, or at the very least, come along to understand how it works. Even if you're not on the committee you can still be part of the conversation.

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 6h

I swear it's not as boring as it sounds. It's where members can hear our reports, ask questions of the board, and talk about what we plan to do and talk about what we'd like to see as part of the guild.

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 6h

Hey all! The CSFG have our AGM tonight at 7:30pm at The Burns Club in Kambah. (Zoom link available on our discord) For those that may not know it's our formal, yearly meeting where we gather to review the organization's performance, finances, and elect new leaders.

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Zena Shapter @zenashapter.bsky.social · 5d

Come with me as I journey to Canberra for a long weekend of literary and iconic treats! #conflux19 @csfg.org.au

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

We will have a limited run of posters available for purchase of our amazing cover by MadDog Ink. as well as copies of the anthology available for you!

Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

It’s Official! CSFG’s latest anthology, “Never Say Die” will launch at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra on November 10th. Come join us for a night of readings and minglings with the writers.

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Thank you to all the nominees and winner!

#AustralasianShadows #ConfluxSpeculativeFictionConventions #CSFG #Ditmar

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Novel Award:

The Winner is:

The Dead Spot
by Caroline Angel

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux #AHWA

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Paul Haines Award:

The Winner is:

Redhead Town
By Deborah Sheldon

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux #AHWA

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Short Fiction Award:

The Winner is:
Archive of the Dead
by Pamela Jeffs

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Rocky Wood Award:

The Winner is:
Long be mightmar'd by Kyla Ward

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Comic Book Works:

The Winner is:
Gormand Go by Jason Franks

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Edited Works:

The Winner is:
Death in the Mouth Vol2:
By Sloane Leong and Cassie Hart

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Collected Works:

The Winner is:
Black Days & Bloody Nights
By Greg Chapman

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Poetry:

The Winner is:
Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud by Lee Murray

You Swallowed Your Tongue by Geneve Flynn

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

copes with the real world through fiction, and so do we' in 'Speculative Insight'

Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Leigh Blackmore for 'A Dark Magician Meets a Victorian Sleuth' in 'Dead Reckonings: A Review of Horror and the Weird in Arts 36'
Rjurik Davidson for 'Critical Choices: Time Travel and Identity' in 'Speculative Insight'

The Winner is:
oanne Anderton for 'Nice Safe Emotions: How Murderbot

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Joanne Anderton for 'Nice Safe Emotions: How Murderbot copes with the real world through fiction, and so do we' in 'Speculative Insight'
Kyla Ward for 'Long Benightnar'd - on dreams in Gothic and Weird Fiction'

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review nominees:

The Winner is:
Gillian Polack for 'A Thing Called the Glugs of Gosh: CJ Dennis and Satirical Fantasy' in 'Aurealis 171'
Ian Mond for reviews in 'Locus'

#ConfluxSpeculativeFictionConventions #CSFG #Ditmar

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Best New Talent Nominees:

J. J. Carpenter
K. A. Burgess
Sarah K. Balstrup
Jeff Clulow

The Winner is:
Sarah K. Balstrup

#ConfluxSpeculativeFictionConventions #CSFG #Ditmar

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

'SF Commentary' edited by Bruce Gillespie (fanzine)
'Terry Talks Movies' with Terry Frost (YouTube)
The Winner is:
'Let the Cat In' with Kaaron Warren, Aaron Dries and J. Ashley-Smith (podcast)
#ConfluxSpeculativeFictionConventions #CSFG #Ditmar

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Best Fan Publication in Any Medium nominees:

'Going Prose' with A. D. Ellicott and C.Z. Tacks (podcast)
'Ethel the Aardvark' edited by LynC (fanzine)
'Let the Cat In' with Kaaron Warren, Aaron Dries and J. Ashley-Smith (podcast)
'Ornithopter' edited by Leigh Edmonds (journal)

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Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild @csfg.org.au · 9d

Lyss Wickramasinghe for fan art of 'Dragon Age: Inquisition',
'Love and Deepspace', and Cat Brannock from 'The Aurora Cycle' on Facebook

The Winner is:
David Russell for artwork in 'Ethel the Aardvark' and 'SF Commentary'
#ConfluxSpeculativeFictionConventions #CSFG #Ditmar

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