News: 2009 Australian Shadows Award winners

In a historic first, three Australian women have swept all before them to win all categories of the Australian Shadows Award. The award is issued by the Australian Horror Writers Association and is the highest honour for horror, dark fantasy, and paranormal fiction in Australia and New Zealand.

The winners are:

Long Fiction:

Slights by Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot)

Edited Publication:

Grants Pass, edited by Jennifer Brozek & Amanda Pillar (Morrigan Books)

Short Fiction:

"Six Suicides" by Deborah Biancotti (A Book of Endings)

This year is the final year the award will be using the Brom statuettes generously donated as prizes by Altair Australia.

Judges reports from the guest judges and preliminary judging panel can be read here.

Source: AHWA