The winners of this year’s Aurealis Awards have been announced. They are:
Fantasy Novel: Ember and Ash by Pamela Freeman (Hachette)
Fantasy Short Story: “Fruit of the Pipal Tree” by Thoraiya Dyer (After the Rain, FableCroft Publishing)
Science Fiction Novel: The Courier’s New Bicycle by Kim Westwood (HarperVoyager)
Science Fiction Short Story: “Rains of la Strange” by Robert N Stephenson (Anywhere but Earth, Coeur de Lion)
Horror Novel: No Shortlist or Winning Novel—Two Honorable Mentions Awarded to:
The Broken Ones by Stephen M. Irwin (Hachette)
The Business of Death by Trent Jamieson (Hachette)
Horror Short Story (tie):
“The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt” by Paul Haines (The Last Days of Kali Yuga, Brimstone Press)
“The Short Go: a Future in Eight Seconds” by Lisa L. Hannett (Bluegrass Symphony, Ticonderoga Publications)
Young Adult Novel: Only Ever Always by Penni Russon (Allen & Unwin)
Young Adult Short Story: “Nation of the Night” by Sue Isle (Nightsiders, Twelfth Planet Press)
Children’s Fiction (told primarily through words): City of Lies by Lian Tanner (Allen & Unwin)
Children’s Fiction (told primarily through pictures): Sounds Spooky by Christopher Cheng (author) and Sarah Davis (illustrator) (Random House Australia)
Illustrated Book / Graphic Novel (tie):
Hidden by Mirranda Burton (author and illustrator) (Black Pepper)
The Deep: Here be Dragons by Tom Taylor (author) and James Brouwer (illustrator) (Gestalt Publishing)
Anthology: Ghosts by Gaslight edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers (HarperVoyager)
Collection: Bluegrass Symphony by Lisa Hannett (Ticonderoga Publications)
In addition, they awarded:
Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award to Galactic Suburbia podcast—Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Andrew Finch (producer) Kris Hembury
Encouragement Award: Emily Craven of Adelaide
We detailed the nominees in this article.