Aurealis Awards 2020
science fiction awards database
Eligibility Year: 2019
Sf Novel
- Winner: Aurora Rising, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Daughter of Bad Times, Rohan Wilson (Allen & Unwin)
- The Glad Shout, Alice Robinson (Affirm)
- The Subjects, Sarah Hopkins (Text)
- The Trespassers, Meg Mundell (University of Queensland Press)
- The Year of the Fruit Cake, Gillian Polack (IFWG Australia)
Sf Novella
- Winner: “Scapes Made Diamond”, Shauna O'Meara (Interzone Mar/Apr 2019)
- Prisoncorp, Marlee Jane Ward (Seizure)
- “Ventiforms”, Sean Monaghan (Asimov's Jan/Feb 2019)
- “You Will Remember Who You Were”, Cat Sparks (Dimension6 #16)
Sf Short Story
- Winner: “Wreck Diving”, Joanne Anderton (Aurealis #123)
- “Canute”, R. P. L. Johnson (SNAFU: Last Stand)
- “Micro”, Angela Meyer (Kill Your Darlings 6 May 2019)
- “Riding the Snails”, Jason Fischer (War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia)
- “Sky Tears”, Mike Adamson (Alien Dimensions #17)
- “What We Named the Needle”, Freya Marske (Analog Jul/Aug 2019)
Fantasy Novel
- Winner: Angel Mage, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
- Darkdawn, Jay Kristoff (HarperCollins)
- Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town, Michael Pryor (Allen & Unwin)
- The Harp of Kings, Juliet Marillier (Macmillan Australia)
- Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom, P. M. Freestone (Scholastic)
- The Wailing Woman, Maria Lewis (Little, Brown)
Fantasy Novella
- Winner: “Scapes Made Diamond”, Shauna O'Meara (Interzone Mar/Apr 2019)
- “The Final Prologue”, Christopher Sequeira (Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not)
- “Like Ripples on a Blank Shore”, J. S. Breukelaar (Collision: Stories)
- “The Orchard”, Ephiny Gale (Andromeda Spaceways Sep 2019)
- “Out of Darkness”, Chris Mason (Tales of the Lost Volume 1: We All Lose Something)
- “To Hell and Back”, Michael Pryor (Aurealis #120)
Fantasy Short Story
- Winner: “Dragon by Subscription”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Patreon)
- “1078 Reasons”, Aidan Doyle (Translunar Travelers Lounge 15 Aug 2019)
- “CurioQueens”, Ephiny Gale (Constellary Tales Dec 2019)
- “Good Dog, Alice”, Juliet Marillier (Wonderland)
- “Loose Stones”, Joanne Anderton (Infinite Threads)
- “Pigshit and Gold”, Aiki Flinthart (Dimension6 #18)
Horror Novel
- Winner: The Rich Man's House, Andrew McGahan (Allen & Unwin)
- Body Farm Z, Deborah Sheldon (Severed)
- Chuwa: The Rat People of Lahore, Brian Craddock (Broken Puppet)
- Remains, Andrew Cull (IFWG Australia)
- A Riddle in Bronze, Simon Haynes (Bowman)
Horror Novella
- Winner: Into Bones Like Oil, Kaaron Warren (Meerkat)
- Supermassive Black Mass, Matthew R. Davis (Short Sharp Shocks! #12)
- “Yellowheart”, Alan Baxter (Served Cold)
Horror Short Story
- Winner: “Vivienne and Agnes”, Chris Mason (Beside the Seaside: Tales from the Day Tripper)
- “Loose Stones”, Joanne Anderton (Infinite Threads)
- “The Mark”, Grace Chan (Verge 2019: Uncanny)
- “The Moth Tapes”, J. Ashley Smith (Aurealis #117)
- “Of Meat and Man”, Jason Fischer (SNAFU: Last Stand)
- “Pilgrimage”, Matthew R. Davis (Breach #10)
- “The Unwrapping”, Terry Dowling (Echoes)
Anthology
- Winner: Mission Critical, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris)
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 13, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris)
- Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories, Michael Earp, ed. (Walker Australia)
- Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not, Christopher Sequeira, ed. (IFWG Australia)
Collection
- Winner: Collision: Stories, J. S. Breukelaar (Meerkat)
- Blackbirds Sing, Aiki Flinthart (CAT)
- Five Dragons, Pamela Jeffs (Four Ink)
- Men and Machines I: Space Operas and Special Ops, Charlie Nash (Flying Nun)
- Scar Tissue and Other Stories, Narrelle M. Harris (Clan Destine)
- Stray Bats, Margo Lanagan (Small Beer)
Graphic Novel/illustrated Work
- Winner: Black Magick, Greg Rucka & Nicola Scott (Image)
- Haphaven, Norm Harper & Louie Joyce (Lion Forge)
- Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Museum, Renée Tremi (Allen & Unwin)
- Super Nova, Krys Saclier & Rebecca Timmis (Ford Street)
- Yahoo Creek, Tohby Riddle (Allen & Unwin)
Young Adult Novel
- Winner: Aurora Rising, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Dev1at3, Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Ghost Bird, Lisa Fuller (University of Queensland Press)
- The Harp of Kings, Juliet Marillier (Macmillan Australia)
- I Heard the Wolf Call My Name, K. S. Nikakis (SOV)
- Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom, P. M. Freestone (Scholastic)
Young Adult Short Story
- Winner: The Jindabyne Secret, Jo Hart (Deadset)
- “Dragon by Subscription”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Patreon)
- “Each City”, Ellen Van Neerven (Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOZYA Stories)
- Glass-Heart, K. S. Nikakis (SOV Media)
- “Rats”, Marlee Jane Ward (Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOZYA Stories)
- “Seaweed”, Andrea Teare (Breach #11)
Children's Fiction
- Winner: The Dog Runner, Bren MacDibble (Allen & Unwin)
- Elementals: Scorch Dragons, Amie Kaufman (HarperCollins)
- The Glimme, Emily Rodda & Marc McBride (Omnibus)
- Jinxed!: The Curious Curse of Cora Bell, Rebecca McRitchie, illustrated by Sharon O'Connor (HarperCollins)
- The Lost Stone of SkyCity, HM Waugh (Fremantle)
- Race for the Red Dragon, Rebecca Lim (Allen & Unwin)
Convenors' Award
- Winner: “Watermarks: Science Fiction, Mitigation and the Mosaic Novel Structure in Australian Climate Fiction”, Jason Nahrung (PhD thesis, University of Queensland)
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Announced online July 25, 2020
Announced online July 25, 2020
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