Dreaming Down-Under
Dreaming Down-Under is a 1998 speculative fiction anthology edited by Jack Dann and Janeen Webb. It was first published in Australia in November 1998 by Voyager Books in trade paperback. In 1999 and 2000 it was released as two separate volumes. The UK edition came out in 2000 from Swift Publishers, and the United States edition from Tor Books in hardcover (2001) and paperback (2002).
The collection won the 1999 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology and the 1999 Ditmar Award for Best Australian Magazine or Anthology. It was shortlisted for the 1998 Aurealis Award’s Peter McNamara Conveners’ Award for Excellence and finished 16th out of 20 in the Locus Award for Best Anthology.
Dreaming Down-Under includes 31 stories by 30 authors. Several stories received recognition in other awards, including "The Truth About Weena" by David J. Lake, which won the 1998 Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story, and stories like "To Avalon" (Jane Routley), "Queen of Soulmates" (Sean McMullen), and "The Marsh Runners" (Paul Brandon) being nominated for Aurealis awards. Stephen Dedman’s "A Walk-On Part in the War" won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story. Other Aurealis nominees from the collection included "The Third Rail" by Aaron Sterns, "Jetsam" by Kerry Greenwood, "Real Men" by Rosaleen Love, and "The Body Politic" by Tess Williams.
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