Aurealis Awards 2016
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Natcon,
Brisbane, Australia :
March 25, 2016
Eligibility Year: 2015
Eligibility Year: 2015
Sf Novel
- Winner: Illuminae, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Clade, James Bradley (Penguin)
- Crossed, Evelyn Blackwell (self-published)
- Renegade, Joel Shepherd (self-published)
- Their Fractured Light, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Twinmaker: Fall, Sean Williams (Allen & Unwin)
Sf Novella
- Winner: “By Frogsled and Lizardback to Outcast Venusian Lepers”, Garth Nix (Old Venus)
- Blood and Ink, Jack Bridges (Prizm)
- “The Molenstraat Music Festival”, Sean Monaghan (Asimov's Sep 2015)
Sf Short Story
- Winner: “All the Wrong Places”, Sean Williams (Meeting Infinity)
- “2B”, Joanne Anderton (Insert Title Here)
- “Alchemy and Ice”, Charlotte Nash (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #61)
- “The Marriage of the Corn King”, Claire McKenna (Cosmos 12 Jan 2015)
- “Witnessing”, Kaaron Warren (The Canary Press #6)
Fantasy Novel
- Winner: Day Boy, Trent Jamieson (Text)
- The Dagger's Path, Glenda Larke (Hachette Australia)
- In the Skin of a Monster, Kathryn Barker (Allen & Unwin)
- Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club, Alison Goodman (HarperCollins)
- Skin, Ilka Tampke (Text)
- Tower of Thorns, Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan Australia)
Fantasy Novella
- Winner: “Defy the Grey Kings”, Jason Fischer (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 20 Aug 2015)
- “Broken Glass”, Stephanie Gunn (Hear Me Roar)
- “The Flowers that Bloom Where Blood Touches Earth”, Stephanie Gunn (Bloodlines)
- “Haunting Matilda”, Dmetri Kakmi (Cthulhu: Deep Down Under)
- “Lodloc and the Bear”, Steve Cameron (Dimension6 #6)
- “Of Sorrow and Such”, Angela Slatter (Tor.com)
Fantasy Short Story
- Winner: “The Giant's Lady”, Rowena Cory Daniells (Legends 2)
- “Almost Days”, D. K. Mok (Insert Title Here)
- “Blueblood”, Faith Mudge (Hear Me Roar)
- “Husk and Sheaf”, Suzanne Willis (SQ Mag Sep 2015)
- “The Jellyfish Collector”, Michelle Goldsmith (Review of Australian Fiction Vol 13 #6)
- “A Shot of Salt Water”, Lisa L. Hannett (The Dark May 2015)
Horror Novel
- Winner: Day Boy, Trent Jamieson (Text)
Horror Novella
- Winner: “The Miseducation of Mara Lys”, Deborah Kalin (Cherry Crow Children)
- “The Cherry Crow Children of Haverny Wood”, Deborah Kalin (Cherry Crow Children)
- “Night Shift”, Dirk Flinthart (Striking Fire)
- “Ripper”, Angela Slatter (Horrorology)
- “Sleepless”, Jay Kristoff (Slasher Girls and Monster Boys)
- “Wages of Honey”, Deborah Kalin (Cherry Crow Children)
Horror Short Story
- Winner: “Bullets”, Joanne Anderton (In Sunshine Bright and Darkness Deep)
- “Breaking Windows”, Tracie McBride (Aurealis #84)
- “The Briskwater Mare”, Deborah Kalin (Cherry Crow Children)
- “Consorting with Filth”, Lisa L. Hannett (Blurring the Line)
- “Heirloom Pieces”, Lisa L. Hannett (Apex Feb 2015)
- “Self, Contained”, Kirstyn McDermott (The Dark Feb 2015)
Anthology
- Winner: Bloodlines, Amanda Pillar, ed. (Ticonderoga)
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Nine, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris)
- Focus 2014: highlights of Australian short fiction, Tehani Wessely, ed. (FableCroft)
- Hear Me Roar, Liz Grzyb, ed. (Ticonderoga)
- Meeting Infinity, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris)
- The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2014, Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, eds. (Ticonderoga)
Collection
- Winner: To Hold the Bridge, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
- The Abandonment of Grace and Everything After, Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Brimstone)
- Cherry Crow Children, Deborah Kalin (Twelfth Planet)
- The Fading, Carole Nomarhas (self-published)
- The Finest Ass in the Universe, Anna Tambour (Ticonderoga)
- Striking Fire, Dirk Flinthart (FableCroft)
Graphic Novel/illustrated Work
- Winner: The Singing Bones, Shaun Tan (Allen & Unwin)
- The Diemenois, Jamie Clennett (Hunter)
- Fly The Colour Fantastica, Anonymous, ed. (Veriko Operative)
- The Undertaker Morton Stone Vol. 1, Gary Chaloner, Ben Templesmith & Ashley Wood (Gestalt)
- Unmasked Vol. 1: Going Straight Is No Way to Die, Christian Read (Gestalt)
Young Adult Novel
- Winner: In the Skin of a Monster, Kathryn Barker (Allen & Unwin)
- Day Boy, Trent Jamieson (Text)
- The Fire Sermon, Francesca Haig (HarperVoyager)
- The Hush, Skye Melki-Wagner (Penguin Random House Australia)
- Illuminae, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club, Alison Goodman (HarperCollins)
Young Adult Short Story
- Winner: “The Miseducation of Mara Lys”, Deborah Kalin (Cherry Crow Children)
- “Blueblood”, Faith Mudge (Hear Me Roar)
- “The Heart of the Labyrinth”, D. K. Mok (In Memory: A Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett)
- “In Sheep's Clothing”, Kimberly Gaal (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #61)
- “The Nexus Tree”, Kimberly Gaal (The Never Never Land)
- Welcome to Orphancorp, Marlee Jane Ward (Seizure)
Children's Fiction
- Winner: A Single Stone, Meg McKinlay (Walker Books Australia)
- Bella and the Wandering House, Meg McKinlay (Fremantle)
- The Cut-Out, Jack Heath (Allen & Unwin)
- The Mapmaker Chronicles: Prisoner of the Black Hawk, A. L. Tait (Hachette Australia)
- A Week Without Thursday, Angelica Banks (Allen & Unwin)
Sara Douglass Book Series
- Winner: The Watergivers: The Last Stormlord (2009), Stormlord Rising (2010), Stormlord’s Exile (2011), Glenda Larke (HarperVoyager)
- Creature Court: Power and Majesty (2010), Shattered City (2011), Reign of Beasts (2012), Tansy Rayner Roberts (HarperVoyager)
- Sevenwaters: Daughter of the Forest (2000), Son of the Shadows (2001), Child of the Prophecy (2002), Heir to Sevenwaters (2009), Seer of Sevenwaters (2011), Flame of Sevenwaters (2013), Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan Australia)
- The Chronicles of King Rolen’s Kin: The King’s Bastard (2010), The Uncrowned King (2010), The Usurper (2010), The King’s Man (2012), King Breaker (2013), Rowena Cory Daniells (Solaris)
- The Laws of Magic: Blaze of Glory (2007), Heart of Gold (2007), Word of Honour (2008), Time of Trial (2009), Moment of Truth (2010), Hour of Need (2011), Michael Pryor (Random House Australia)
- The Lumatere Chronicles: Finnikin of the Rock (2008), Froi of the Exiles (2011), Quintana of Charyn (2012), Melina Marchetta (Penguin Random House)
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