Biography

Payne was born in 1953 in Scotland. In 1967 Payne emigrated to Australia. Payne won his first award in 1978 with his work "Albert's Bellyful" which won the Ditmar Award

Ditmar Award

The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...

 for best Australian short fiction. In 1995 he won the Aurealis Award for best horror short story

Aurealis Award for best horror short story

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers"...

 with his chapbook

Chapbook

A chapbook is a pocket-sized booklet. The term chap-book was formalized by bibliophiles of the 19th century, as a variety of ephemera , popular or folk literature. It includes many kinds of printed material such as pamphlets, political and religious tracts, nursery rhymes, poetry, folk tales,...

 "Olympia" beating works by Terry Dowling

Terry Dowling

Terence William Dowling, born at Lystra Private Hospital , is an Australian writer, freelance journalist, award-winning critic, editor, game designer and reviewer...

, Leanne Frahm

Leanne Frahm

Leanne Frahm is an Australian writer of speculative short fiction.-Biography:Frahm was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1946. She received her first nomination for her work in 1978 when she was a finalist for the 1979 Ditmar Award for best fan writer. The following year she won the best...

, Philip Neilsen

Philip Neilsen

Philip Max Neilsen is an Australian poet, fiction writer for adults, young adults and children, and editor. He is professor of creative writing and English at the Queensland University of Technology.-Biography:...

, and Kaaron Warren

Kaaron Warren

Kaaron Warren is an Australian author of horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels.She is the author of the short story collections The Grinding House, which won the 2006 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards and Dead Sea Fruit...

. Payne has a wife and child and is currently living outside Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Work	Category	Result
1978	Ditmar Award Ditmar Award The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...	"Albert's Bellyful"	Best Australian short fiction	Won
1995	Aurealis Award Aurealis Award Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.-History:...	"Olympia"	Best horror short story Aurealis Award for best horror short story The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers"...	Won

Short fiction

• "Albert's Bellyful" (1977) in Yggdrasil February 1977
• "What the Stone of Ciparri Says" (1995) in Bloodsongs
  Bloodsongs
  Bloodsongs magazine was created by Steve Proposch and Chris A. Masters in 1993 as a vehicle for original horror fiction. It was published by Bambada Press in Melbourne Australia from 1993 to 1997....
  
   #6 (ed. Steve Proposch)
• "Olympia" (1995)