Aurealis Awards news

The Aurealis Awards, the speculative fiction awards ceremony for Australian writers, will be held on Saturday, 18th May 2013 at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney. Unfortunately, it will be the last year it will be run by SpecFaction NSW, the organising body for the awards.

The list of finalists of note are as follows:

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)

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