2016 Aurealis Awards are now open for entries.

The Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier awards for Speculative Fiction, are for works of speculative fiction written by an Australian citizen, or permanent resident, and published for the first time between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2016.

We strongly encourage publishers and authors to enter all works published in the first half of the year immediately, and all new works as soon after publication as possible.

Entries close on 07 December 2016, and all entries must be physically received by 31 December 2016. Finalists will be announced early in 2017 and winners announced as part of the Swancon convention in Perth, over Easter 2017. For more information on the awards or for the entry form, visit the Aurealis Awards website at www.aurealisawards.org

For more information contact the Awards convenor, PRK, at aurealisawards@gmail.com or judging coordinator Katharine Stubbs aajudges@gmail.com.