Aurealis Awards 1997
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Melbourne, Australia :
Feb 28, 1997
Eligibility Year: 1996
Eligibility Year: 1996
Sf Novel
- Winner: Metal Fatigue, Sean Williams (HarperCollins Australia)
- Map of Power, Tess Williams (Random House Australia/Arrow)
- Privateer, Simon Brown (HarperCollins Australia)
Sf Short Story
- Winner: “Borderline”, Leanne Frahm (Borderline)
- “The Embargo Traders”, Geoffrey Maloney (Aurealis #16 1995)
- “His Own, The Star Alphecca”, Terry Dowling (Eidolon #20 Summer 1996)
- “The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse”, Terry Dowling (Interzone #106 Apr 1996)
- “The Mark of Thetis”, Simon Brown (Eidolon #21 Fall 1996)
Fantasy Novel
- Winner (tie): Enchanter and Starman: The Axis Trilogy, Sara Douglass (HarperCollins Australia)
- Winner (tie): The Memory Cathedral, Jack Dann (Bantam)
- Cairo Jim and the Alabastron of Forgotten Gods, Geoffrey McSkimming (Hodder Headline/Starlight)
- Equinox: The Second Book of Ascension, Dirk Strasser (Pan Macmillan)
- The Price of Wisdom, Shannah Jay (Pan Macmillan)
Fantasy Short Story
- Winner: “The Sword of God”, Russell Blackford (Dream Weavers)
- “Green Monkey Dreams”, Isobelle Carmody (Green Monkey Dreams)
- “Of Fingers and Foreskins”, Sara Douglass (Eidolon #21 Fall 1996)
- “Our Swimmer”, Tim Richards (Letters to Francesca)
- “Tattoo”, Matthew Condon (Original Sin)
Horror Novel
- Winner: no award
Horror Short Story
- Winner: “Passing the Bone”, Sean Williams (Eidolon #20 Summer 1996)
- “Beckoning Nightframe”, Terry Dowling (Eidolon Publications #22/23 Spring 1996)
- “The Bloom of Decay”, Patricia MacCormack (Bloodsongs #7)
- “The Hanging People”, Kaaron Warren (Bloodsongs #7)
- “Never Seen by Waking Eyes”, Stephen Dedman (F&SF Aug 1996)
Young Adult Novel
- Winner (tie): The Broken Wheel, Kerry Greenwood (HarperCollins Australia)
- Winner (tie): Mirror, Mirror, Hillary Bell (Hodder Headline)
- Beyond the Hanging Wall, Sara Douglass (Hodder Headline)
- Firedancer, Victor Kelleher (Penguin)
- The Mask of Caliban, Michael Pryor (Hodder Headline)
Young Adult Short Story
- Winner: “Green Monkey Dreams”, Isobelle Carmody (Green Monkey Dreams)
- “At the Edge of the Sea”, Keith Taylor (Dream Weavers)
- “B'ku, B'ku”, Gillian Rubenstein (Annie's Brother's Suit)
- The Pipe, James Moloney (Lothian Books)
- The Wizard and Me, Dave Luckett (Omnibus)
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