The Aurealis Awards management team, on behalf of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild, would like to congratulate the winners of this year’s Awards. We also take this opportunity to once again thank the judging panels for all their hard work making the difficult decisions of shortlists and the winning works, the CSFG committee for organising the ceremony, and all the creators and publishers who continue to make the Aurealis Awards Australia’s premier speculative fiction award each year.
BEST CHILDREN’S FICTION
The Wintrish Girl, Melanie La’Brooy (University of Queensland Press)
BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY
“Tastes like Home”, Kiera Lesley (Andromeda Spaceways Magazine #86)
BEST HORROR SHORT STORY
“They Call Me Mother”, Geneve Flynn (Classic Monster Unleashed, Crystal Lake Publishing and Black Spot Books)
BEST FANTASY SHORT STORY
“The Icecutter’s Daughter”, Aiki Flinthart (The Art of Being Human, FableCroft Publishing)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY
“As Though I Were a Little Sun”, Grace Chan (Fireside Magazine #102)
BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL / ILLUSTRATED WORK
The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness, Matt Ottley (Dirt Lane Press)
BEST COLLECTION
Here be Leviathans, Chris Flynn (University of Queensland Press)
BEST ANTHOLOGY
This All Come Back Now, Mykaela Saunders (Ed.) (University of Queensland Press)
BEST HORROR NOVELLA
“Kookaburra Cruel”, Aaron Dries (Damnation Games, Clan Destine Press)
BEST FANTASY NOVELLA
Winterbloom, Kirstyn McDermott (Brain Jar Press)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVELLA
Resembling Lepus, Amanda Kool (Grey Matter Press)
BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Only a Monster, Vanessa Len (Allen & Unwin)
BEST HORROR NOVEL
The Stone Road, Trent Jamieson (Erewhon Books)
BEST FANTASY NOVEL
Path of Thorns, Angela Slatter (Titan Books)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
36 Streets, T R Napper (Titan Books)
CONVENORS’ AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
The Phantom Never Dies [podcast], Maria Lewis (Nova)
Read what the judges had to say here!
https://read.bookcreator.com/90DG3VzetCY2m2OMn8TnlQyCjeA3/oITTRrxUQcW3SvEkhuY6ZA
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