Orb Publications is a publisher based in Ringwood, Victoria, Australia.

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.

[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.