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Headquarters location | Ringwood, Victoria |
Fiction genres | Speculative fiction |
Official website | Official site |
Orb Publications is a publisher based in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine Orb Speculative Fiction.
Orb Publications began publishing the Orb Speculative Fiction magazine in 1999. [1]
Orb Speculative Fiction (also known simply as Orb) was first released in 1999 and was edited by Sarah Endacott. In 2002 Orb #2 was a short-list nominee in the Ditmar Awards for best collected work but lost to Earth Is But a Star, edited by Damien Broderick. [2]
Orb again was nominated for best collected work in 2005 and 2008 for the issues six and seven respectively. [3] [4] Two authors have won awards for their stories featured in Orb. Sue Isle's " The Woman of Endor" won the 2001 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story and Cat Sparks' " A Lady of Adestan" won the 2008 Ditmar Award for best novella as well as being a finalist in the 2007 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story. [3] [4] The magazine has also featured ten other short stories which have been finalists at the Aurealis and Ditmar Awards. [3] [4]
Country of origin | ![]() |
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Headquarters location | Ringwood, Victoria |
Fiction genres | Speculative fiction |
Official website | Official site |
Orb Publications is a publisher based in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine Orb Speculative Fiction.
Orb Publications began publishing the Orb Speculative Fiction magazine in 1999. [1]
Orb Speculative Fiction (also known simply as Orb) was first released in 1999 and was edited by Sarah Endacott. In 2002 Orb #2 was a short-list nominee in the Ditmar Awards for best collected work but lost to Earth Is But a Star, edited by Damien Broderick. [2]
Orb again was nominated for best collected work in 2005 and 2008 for the issues six and seven respectively. [3] [4] Two authors have won awards for their stories featured in Orb. Sue Isle's " The Woman of Endor" won the 2001 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story and Cat Sparks' " A Lady of Adestan" won the 2008 Ditmar Award for best novella as well as being a finalist in the 2007 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story. [3] [4] The magazine has also featured ten other short stories which have been finalists at the Aurealis and Ditmar Awards. [3] [4]