Aurealis Awards 2008
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Brisbane :
January 26, 2008
Eligibility Year: 2007
Eligibility Year: 2007
Golden Aurealis Novel
- Winner: The Company of the Dead, David Kowalski (Pan Macmillan)
Golden Aurealis Short Story
- Winner: “Hollywood Roadkill”, Cat Sparks (On Spec #69)
Sf Novel
- Winner: The Company of the Dead, David Kowalski (Pan Macmillan)
- Dark Space, Marianne De Pierres (Orbit)
- Remote Control, Jack Heath (Pan Macmillan)
- Saturn Returns, Sean Williams (Orbit)
Sf Short Story
- Winner: “Hollywood Roadkill”, Cat Sparks (On Spec #69)
- “Arctica”, Cat Sparks (Fantastic Wonder Stories)
- “The Eyes of Erebus”, Chris McMahon (Daikaiju! 2 - Revenge of the Giant Monsters)
- “Lonely as Life”, Simon Brown (Fantastic Wonder Stories)
- “Whitey”, Penelope Love (Shadow Plays)
Fantasy Novel
- Winner: Heaven's Net Is Wide, Lian Hearn (Hachette)
- The Gods of Amyrantha, Jennifer Fallon (Voyager)
- Heart of Gold, Michael Pryor (Random House)
- The Moving Water, Sylvia Kelso (Five Star)
- Song of the Shiver Barrens, Glenda Larke (Voyager)
Fantasy Short Story
- Winner: “Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again”, Garth Nix (Jim Baen's Universe Apr 2007)
- “An Account of an Experiment by Adam Browne”, Adam Browne (Orb #7)
- “The Angel Wood”, Angela Slatter (Shimmer Nov 2006)
- “A Lady of Adestan”, Cat Sparks (Orb #7)
- “The Perfume Eater”, R. J. Astruc (Strange Horizons 17 Jul 2007)
Horror Novel
- Winner: Blood of Dreams, Susan Parisi (Penguin Australia)
Horror Short Story
- Winner: “The Jeweller of Second-Hand Roe”, Anna Tambour (Subterranean #7)
- “Black Betty”, Ben Peek (Lone Star Stories)
- “The Dark and What It Said”, Rick Kennett (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #28)
- “Special Perceptions”, Richard Harland (At Ease with the Dead)
- “Toother”, Terry Dowling (Eclipse)
Young Adult Novel
- Winner: Skyfall, Anthony Eaton (UQP)
- Cybele's Secret, Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan)
- Extras, Scott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse)
- Heart of Gold, Michael Pryor (Random House)
- Taste of Lightning, Kate Constable (Allen & Unwin)
Young Adult Short Story
- Winner: “A Scar for Leida”, Deborah Biancotti (Fantastic Wonder Stories)
- “Bad Luck, Trouble, Death and Vampire Sex”, Garth Nix (Eclipse)
- “Cast Off”, Tracey Rolfe (Fantastic Wonder Stories)
- “Holly and Iron”, Garth Nix (Dark Alchemy)
- “Yamabushi Kaidan and the Smoke Dragon”, Shane Jiraiya Cummings (Fantastic Wonder Stories)
Children's Long Fiction
- Winner: The Butterfly in Amber (The Chain of Charms 6), Kate Forsyth (Pan Macmillan)
- Winner: The Cat's Eye Shell (The Chain of Charms 4), Kate Forsyth (Pan Macmillan)
- Winner: The Herb of Grace (The Chain of Charms 3), Kate Forsyth (Pan Macmillan)
- Winner: The Lightning Bolt (The Chain of Charms 5), Kate Forsyth (Pan Macmillan)
- Winner: The Silver Horse (The Chain of Charms 2), Kate Forsyth (Pan Macmillan)
- Dragon Moon, Carole Wilkinson (Black Dog Books)
- The Key to Rondo, Emily Rodda (Omnibus Books)
- A Mystery of Wolves, Isobelle Carmody (Penguin Books)
Children's Short Fiction
- Winner (tie): Kumiko and the Dragon, Briony Stewart (UQP)
- Winner (tie): World of Monsters, Marc McBride (Scholastic Australia)
- Ock Von Fiend, Luke Edwards (Omnibus Books)
- Tashi and the Mixed Up Monster, Anna Fienberg & Barbara Fienberg (Allen & Unwin)
Peter Mcnamara Convenors' Award
- Winner: Rynemonn, Terry Dowling (Coeur de Lion Publications)
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