Only two days left to get your 2018 Aurealis Awards entries in. It’s important to remember that ALL eligible Australian work published for the first time between January 1 and December 31, 2018, must be entered by midnight on December 7, even work intended for publication after the December 7 cut off date.
Don’t be late – get your entries in now!
There is now less than one month until entries close for the 2018 Aurealis Awards. It’s important to remember that ALL eligible Australian work published for the first time between January 1 and December 31, 2018, must be entered by December 7, even work intended for publication after the December 7 cut off date.
Please take care to check the updated entries received list and get your entries in!
We’re very excited to announce that the Aurealis Awards ceremony will be held in Melbourne on the evening of Saturday 4 May, 2019. Further details of venue and exact time to be confirmed, but lock it into your calendar!
Entries for the Sara Douglass Book Series Award close on Friday 31 August, 2018. If you or someone you know had an Australian speculative fiction series of at least two books that was considered finished in 2015, 2016 or 2017, make sure it is entered! More information here.
Here is a list of current entries as at 9pm Tuesday 28 August.
A reminder to ensure all eligible series for the Sara Douglass Book Series Award are entered by August 31, 2018.
Unlike the rest of the main Aurealis Awards categories (which close December 7), the Sara closes in August:
There have already been nearly 30 series submitted, ranging from two books to seven books each, but there are many more we know are eligible!
Remember, there are NO restrictions on when the series BEGAN, for the Sara, only when it is considered concluded. A series is eligible for the Sara if it is considered CONCLUDED during the eligibility period – this year, that means series ending in 2015, 2016 or 2017. The phrase used – “considered concluded” – is important. The expectation is that publishers and authors have no CURRENT expectation of there being further books in the series. We know sometimes a new book comes out several years later, when inspiration strikes unexpectedly!
The same rules about reprints applies though, as per the other Aurealis Awards categories, that is, if the series was originally published in the 1990s but it was reprinted (eg: as an omnibus) in 2017, that does not mean it is eligible for the Award. The exception would be if a new work was added to the series within the eligibility period of 2015/16/17.
The panel has already begun their reading and the judges are very excited about the quality of the entries so far.
We’ve just posted an update of entries for the 2018 Aurealis Awards. With fewer than 200 entries across the categories so far, we know we have a fair way to go, and our judges truly appreciate all eligible work being entered as early as possible! See the current list here.
Authors, please check with your publisher to ensure they are entering your work, or make arrangements to submit it yourself – we aim to be as inclusive as possible and absolutely hate to see things left out.
Entries for the Aurealis Awards close December 7, 2018 for all eligible Australian work first published in the 2018 calendar year.
Entries for the SARA DOUGLASS BOOK SERIES AWARD close August 31, 2018.
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1 June 2018
2018 Aurealis Awards now open for entries
2018 Aurealis Awards overseers the Continuum Foundation (ConFound) announces that the 2018 Aurealis Awards are now open for entries.
The Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier awards for speculative fiction, are for works created by an Australian citizen or permanent resident, and published for the first time between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018.
Full guidelines and FAQ can be found on the Aurealis Awards website:
https://aurealisawards.org/rules/
https://aurealisawards.org/faq/
We strongly encourage publishers and authors to enter all works published in the first half of the year by August 2018, then subsequent publications as they are released; our judges appreciate having time to consider each entry carefully.
The Aurealis Awards judges welcome electronic entries in all categories, including novels, short stories, novellas, illustrated work / graphic novels, collections, anthologies, children’s and young adult fiction. The Aurealis Awards management team recognises the financial burden of entering multiple works in multiple categories to some authors, editors and publishers at independent small presses. We accept epub and mobi files, although PDF may be provided if no other format is available (particularly for graphic works). Print may also be supplied.
The Sara Douglass Book Series Award, for series ending between 2015-2017, is also being run this year. Entries for this special award close on 31 August, 2018. More information is available at https://aurealisawards.org/the-sara-douglass-book-series-award/
Finalists of all award categories will be announced early in 2019 and winners announced at a ceremony to take place in Melbourne in the first half of the year. For more information on the awards or for the entry form, visit the Aurealis Awards website at https://aurealisawards.org/.
For more information contact the judging coordinator Tehani Croft at aajudges@gmail.com.
