We are delighted to announce that the 2025 Aurealis Awards are now open for immediate entry.
The 2025 Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier awards for speculative fiction, are for works created by an Australian citizen or permanent resident published for the first time between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025.
We strongly encourage publishers and authors to enter all works published already this year by September 30, 2025, then subsequent publications as they are released. We have introduced a tiered entry fee structure to help encourage early entry, in order to allow our judges time to consider each entry carefully.
Entries for the Aurealis Awards main categories close on November 30, 2025. Please note this is inclusive of all work scheduled for publication in December.
Full guidelines and FAQ can be found on the Aurealis Awards website:
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 files, although PDF may be provided if no other format is available (particularly for graphic works). Print may also be supplied.
Finalists of all Award categories will be announced early in 2026 and winners announced at a ceremony to take place in the February For more information on the Awards or for the entry forms, visit the Aurealis Awards website at https://aurealisawards.org/.
For more information contact the judging coordinator Tehani Croft at aajudges@gmail.com.
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