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2024 Aurealis Awards Shortlist Announcement

Posted on April 15, 2025 by aaconvenor

Now in its 30th year, the 2024 Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier speculative fiction award, attracted more than 830 entries across 15 categories, including 34 nominations in the tri-annual Sara Douglass Book Series Award (totalling over 120 books), and record numbers … Continue reading →

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2024 Convenors’ Award for Excellence Nominations

Posted on April 14, 2025 by aaconvenor

Each year we make the eligible nominations received for the annual Convenors’ Award for Excellence public. There are several reasons for this: It is very important to note that this list is NOT a shortlist – it is simply a list … Continue reading →

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2024 Aurealis Awards ceremony

Posted on April 9, 2025 by aaconvenor

The 2024 Aurealis Awards ceremony will take place online at 4pm AEST on Sunday 4 May, 2025. While we regret that the anticipated in-person event won’t be possible due to external factors which have impacted the organisation in recent months, … Continue reading →

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Aurealis Awards: Behind the Curtain podcast

Posted on January 17, 2025 by aaconvenor

Check this out! The very excellent Alexandra Pierce has published the first episode of our 30th anniversary celebratory podcast, Aurealis Awards: Behind the Curtain. In this podcast, Alex talks to people who have organised and judged for the Aurealis Awards … Continue reading →

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2024 Deadline Approaching

Posted on December 7, 2024 by aaconvenor

Only one week left to get your entries in for the 2024 Aurealis Awards! Check out the current list of entries and make sure your Australian-created work is in the mix!https://aurealisawards.org/entries/

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One month left to get your Aurealis Awards entries in!

Posted on November 17, 2024 by aaconvenor

Entries for the 2024 Aurealis Awards close on Sunday 15 December, 2024. Don’t miss your opportunity to enter eligible Australian speculative fiction work! A few reminders: The 2024 Aurealis Awards are for works of original speculative fiction by authors, editors … Continue reading →

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2024 Aurealis Awards are open for entry

Posted on August 6, 2024 by aaconvenor

We are delighted to announce that the 2024 Aurealis Awards, our 30th year of celebrating Australia’s best speculative fiction, are now open for immediate entry. The 2024 Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier awards for speculative fiction, are for works created by an Australian … Continue reading →

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Aurealis Awards 2024 – Call for Judges

Posted on June 4, 2024 by aaconvenor

Please read the following information carefully before submitting your application as we cannot make exceptions to the requirements. We are seeking expressions of interest from Australian residents who would like to judge for the 2024 Aurealis Awards. Judges are volunteers … Continue reading →

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Sara Douglass Book Series Award is open to entries

Posted on May 20, 2024 by aaconvenor

The judging panel welcomes entries for the 2024 Sara Douglass Book Series Award. The 2024 Award covers all series ending between January 2021 and December 2023. Entries for this special award close September 30, 2024. Please see more information below and … Continue reading →

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2023 Aurealis Awards Winners

Posted on May 18, 2024 by aaconvenor

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 … Continue reading →

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