Thursday, March 21, 2013

2012 Aurealis Awards finalists

SpecFaction NSW, the organizers of the Aurealis Awards, the annual literary award for excellence in Australian speculative fiction, have announced the finalists for the 2012 Aurealis Awards. This year, almost 750 entries were received in thirteen categories. The winners of the 2012 Aurealis Awards and the Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award will be announced on 18th May in a ceremony held at The Independent Theatre in North Sydney.

FANTASY NOVEL
“Bitter Greens” by Kate Forsyth (Random House Australia)
“Stormdancer” by Jay Kristoff (Tor UK)
“Sea Hearts” by Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)
“Flame of Sevenwaters” by Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan Australia)
“Winter Be My Shield” by Jo Spurrier (HarperVoyager)

FANTASY SHORT STORY
“Sanaa’s Army” by Joanne Anderton (Bloodstones, Ticonderoga Publications)
“The Stone Witch” by Isobelle Carmody (Under My Hat, Random House)
“First They Came” by Deborah Kalin (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 55)
“Bajazzle” by Margo Lanagan (Cracklescape, Twelfth Planet Press)
“The Isles of the Sun” by Margo Lanagan (Cracklescape, Twelfth Planet Press)

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
“Suited” by Jo Anderton (Angry Robot)
“The Last City” by Nina D’Aleo (Momentum)
“And All the Stars” by Andrea K Host (self-published)
“The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf” by Ambelin Kwaymullina (Walker Books)
“Confusion of Princes” by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
“The Rook” by Daniel O’Malley (Harper Collins)

SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY
“Visitors” by James Bradley (Review of Australian Fiction)
“Significant Dust” by Margo Lanagan (Cracklescape, Twelfth Planet Press)
“Beyond Winter’s Shadow” by Greg Mellor (Wild Chrome, Ticonderoga Publications)
“The Trouble with Memes” by Greg Mellor (Wild Chrome, Ticonderoga Publications)
“The Lighthouse Keepers’ Club” by Kaaron Warren (Exotic Gothic 4, PS Publishing)

HORROR NOVEL
“Bloody Waters” by Jason Franks (Possible Press)
“Perfections” by Kirstyn McDermott (Xoum)
“Blood and Dust” by Jason Nahrung (Xoum)
“Salvage” by Jason Nahrung (Twelfth Planet Press)

HORROR SHORT STORY
“Sanaa’s Army” by Joanne Anderton (Bloodstones, Ticonderoga Publications)
“Elyora” by Jodi Cleghorn (Rabbit Hole Special Issue, Review of Australian Fiction)
“To Wish Upon a Clockwork Heart” by Felicity Dowker (Bread and Circuses, Ticonderoga Publications)
“Escena de un Asesinato” by Robert Hood (Exotic Gothic 4, PS Publishing)
“Sky” by Kaaron Warren (Through Splintered Walls, Twelfth Planet Press)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
“Dead, Actually” by Kaz Delaney (Allen & Unwin)
“And All the Stars” by Andrea K. Host (self-published)
“The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf” by Amberlin Kwaymullina (Walker Books)
“Sea Hearts” by Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)
“Into That Forest” by Louis Nowra (Allen & Unwin)

YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY
“Stilled Lifes x 11” by Justin D’Ath (Trust Me Too, Ford Street Publishing)
“The Wisdom of the Ants” by Thoraiya Dyer (Clarkesworld)
“Rats”by Jack Heath (Trust Me Too, Ford Street Publishing)
“The Statues of Melbourne” by Jack Nicholls (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 56)
“The Worry Man” by Adrienne Tam (self-published)

CHILDREN’S FICTION (told primarily through words)
“Brotherband: The Hunters” by John Flanagan (Random House Australia)
“Princess Betony and the Unicorn” by Pamela Freeman (Walker Books)
“The Silver Door” by Emily Rodda (Scholastic)
“Irina the Wolf Queen” by Leah Swann (Xoum Publishing)

CHILDREN’S FICTION (told primarily through pictures)
“Little Elephants” by Graeme Base (author and illustrator) (Viking Penguin)
“The Boy Who Grew Into a Tree” by Gary Crew (author) and Ross Watkins (illustrator) (Penguin Group Australia)
“In the Beech Forest” by Gary Crew (author) and Den Scheer (illusrator) (Ford Street Publishing)
“Inside the World of Tom Roberts” by Mark Wilson (author and illustrator) (Lothian Children’s Books)

ILLUSTRATED BOOK / GRAPHIC NOVEL
“Blue” by Pat Grant (author and illustrator) (Top Shelf Comix)
“It Shines and Shakes and Laughs” by Tim Molloy (author and illustrator) (Milk Shadow Books)
“Changing Ways #2” by Justin Randall (author and illustrator) (Gestalt Publishing)

ANTHOLOGY
“The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011” edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (Ticonderoga Publications)
“Bloodstones” edited by Amanda Pillar (Ticonderoga Publications)
“The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume 6” edited by Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books)
“Under My Hat” edited by Jonathan Strahan (Random House)
“Edge of Infinity” edited by Jonathan Strahan (Solaris Books)

COLLECTION
“That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote” by K. J. Bishop (self-published)
“Metro Winds” by Isobelle Carmody (Allen & Unwin)
“Midnight & Moonshine” by Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter (Ticonderoga Publications)
“Living with the Dead” by Martin Livings (Dark Prints Press)
“Through Splintered Walls” by Kaaron Warren (Twelfth Planet Press)

Congratulations and good luck to all the finalists!

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