News: Aurealis Awards Winners

The Aurealis Award winners for 2009 were announced at the thirteenth annual Aurealis Awards ceremony at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Brisbane on Saturday 24 January 2010.

BEST CHILDREN'S NOVEL

• Gabrielle Wang, A Ghost in My Suitcase, Puffin Books

BEST CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED WORK/PICTURE BOOK

• Pamela Freeman andd Kim Gamble, Victor's Challenge, Walker Books Australia

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• Scott Westerfeld, Leviathan Trilogy: Book One, Penguin

BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY

• Cat Sparks, `Seventeen', Masques, CSFG

BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK/GRAPHIC NOVEL

• Nathan Jurevicius, Scarygirl, Allen & Unwin

BEST ANTHOLOGY

• Jonathan Strahan (editor), Eclipse 3, Night Shade Books

BEST COLLECTION

• Greg Egan, Oceanic, Gollancz

BEST HORROR NOVEL

• Honey Brown, Red Queen, Penguin Australia

BEST HORROR SHORT STORY
(tied)

• Paul Haines, `Wives', X6, Coeur de Lion Publishing
• Paul Haines, `Slice of Life — A Spot of Liver', Slice of Life, The Mayne Press

BEST FANTASY NOVEL

• Trudi Canavan, Magician's Apprentice, Orbit

BEST FANTASY SHORT STORY
(tied)

• Christopher Green, `Father's Kill', Beneath Ceaseless Skies, #24
• Ian McHugh, `Once a Month, On a Sunday', Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #40, Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-operative Ltd

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• Andrew McGahan, Wonders of a Godless World, Allen & Unwin

BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY

• Peter M. Ball, `Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens', Abyss & Apex Magazine, May 2009

PETER MCNAMARA CONVENORYS' AWARD' Award

• Justin Ackroyd, proprietor, Slow Glass Books

The KRIS HEMBBURY ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD for Emerging Artists

• Kathleen Jennings

Judges Reports

Download a list of Judges' Reports below:
Science Fiction Novel: SFNovel.pdf
Science Fiction Short Story: SFShort.pdf
Fantasy Novel: FantasyNovel.pdf
Fantasy Short Story: FantasyShort.pdf
Horror: Horror.pdf
Anthology/Collection: antho.pdf
Young Adult: ya.pdf
Children's: childrens.pdf

Download a complete history of Aurealis Award winners.
WORD (1.1Mb) / PDF (712k)

The Aurealis Awards have a significant history behind them now. Since the Awards' first ceremony, both the field of literature and the vibrancy of the Australian speculative fiction community have grown substantially. This list of past winners and finalists is not only a great guide to a basic bookshelf selection of the best Australian works, it is also a useful survey of more than a decade's worth of signficant topics and themes, a who's who of the genre locally and the growth of the Australian publishing industry's commitment to the genre.

Source: www.aurealisawards.com