Every year, we are fortunate that people from all over Australia volunteer their time and expertise to judge for the Aurealis Awards. They are amazing, they work extremely hard, and each year bring you the best of the best Australian spec fic has to offer. There were a record number of applications for judging positions this year, giving us the opportunity to share the load more widely and draw in a range of new experiences to our panels. Please welcome this year’s wonderful teams!

CHILDREN’S PANEL
Miffy Farquharson (panel convenor)
Kerry Armstrong
Liz Barr
Mim Crase
Sharon Smith

YA NOVEL PANEL
Caitlin Chisholm (panel convenor)
Alexa Shaw
Andrew Finegan
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Michael Barrett

YA SHORT STORY PANEL
Linda Sengsourinho (panel convenor)
Anna Hepworth
Caitlin Wardle
Elspeth Lamorte
Heidi Kneale

FANTASY NOVEL PANEL
PRK (panel convenor)
Kimberly Chandler
Jake Kalago
Laura Birch
Nathan Phillips

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL PANEL
Cathie Tasker (panel convenor)
Astrid Edwards
Dianne De Bellis
Lorraine Cormack
Simon Petrie

HORROR NOVEL / NOVELLA PANEL
Heather Iveson (panel convenor)
Christine Yunn-Yu Sun
Craig Hildebrand
Eugen Bacon
Hayley Baxter

FANTASY NOVELLA PANEL
Mark Fazackerley (panel convenor)
E E Montgomery
Jennifer Rowland
Rachel Nightingale
Stuart Dunstan

FANTASY SHORT STORY PANEL
Rob Porteous (panel convenor)
Earl Livings
Georgina Ballantine
Paige Belfield
Paula Boer

SCIENCE FICTION NOVELLA PANEL
Gene Melzack (panel convenor)
Chloe Townson
Chris Lampard
Natalie Haigh
Zohal Arbabzada

SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY PANEL
Zara Baxter (panel convenor)
Brie Hawthorne
Fergus McCartan
Joanna Kasper
Lindsey Hodder

HORROR SHORT STORY PANEL
Emma Kate (panel convenor)
Glenn George
Holly Harper
Michael Grey
Tom Woodward

ANTHOLOGIES / COLLECTIONS PANEL
Carol Ryles (panel convenor)
Deb Gates
Dorothy-Jane Daniels
Ion Newcombe
Jessica Harvie

ILLUSTRATED WORK / GRAPHIC NOVEL PANEL
Lynne Green (panel convenor)
Jess Howard
Justin Randall
Shel Sweeney
TR Napper

SARA DOUGLASS BOOK SERIES AWARD
Katharine Stubbs
Stephanie Gunn
Tehani Croft

We will be posting their bios on the Judges page of the website very soon, so you can get to know them a little better.