From Tehani:
We all need a bit of joy in our lives right now, so it is with great pleasure we present the Aurealis Awards finalists for 2019. Congratulations to all the finalists, and a huge thanks to our panelists who have persevered through fire, flood and plague to deliver these shortlists, which contain a glorious diversity of work for your delectation. It’s a really important time to support your local creators, so if you are able, go hunt down some great reads today!
BEST CHILDREN’S FICTION
- Scorch Dragons, Amie Kaufman (HarperCollins Publishers)
- Race for the Red Dragon, Rebecca Lim (Allen & Unwin)
- The Dog Runner, Bren MacDibble (Allen & Unwin)
- Jinxed!: The Curious Curse of Cora Bell, Rebecca McRitchie (author) & Sharon O’Connor(illustrator) (HarperCollins Publishers)
- The Glimme, Emily Rodda (Omnibus Books)
- The Lost Stone of SkyCity, Heather Waugh (Fremantle Press)
BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL / ILLUSTRATED WORK
- Haphaven, Norm Harper & Louie Joyce (Lion Forge)
- Yahoo Creek, Tohby Riddle (Allen & Unwin)
- Black Magick, Greg Rucka & Nicola Scott (Image Comics)
- Super Nova, Krys Saclier (Ford Street Publishing)
- Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery, Renee Treml (Allen & Unwin)
BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY
- The Jindabyne Secret, Jo Hart (Deadset Press)
- Glass-Heart, K S Nikakis (SOV Media)
- “Dragon by Subscription”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Patreon, self-published)
- “Seaweed”, Andrea Teare (Breach #11)
- “Each City”, Ellen Van Neerven (Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOZYA Stories, Walker Books Australia)
- “Rats”, Marlee Jane Ward (Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOZYA Stories, Walker Books Australia)
BEST HORROR SHORT STORY
- “Loose Stones”, Joanne Anderton (Infinite Threads, )
- “The Mark”, Grace Chan (Verge 2019: Uncanny)
- “Pilgrimage”, Matthew R Davis (Breach #10)
- “The Unwrapping”, Terry Dowling (Echoes)
- “Of Meat and Man”, Jason Fischer (SNAFU: Last Stand, Cohesion Press)
- “Vivienne and Agnes”, Chris Mason (Beside the Seaside – Tales from the Day Tripper)
- “The Moth Tapes”, J Ashley Smith (Aurealis #117, Chimaera Publications)
BEST HORROR NOVELLA
- “Yellowheart”, Alan Baxter (Served Cold)
- “Supermassive Black Mass”, Matthew R Davis (Short Sharp Shocks! #21)
- “Into Bones Like Oil”, Kaaron Warren (Into Bones Like Oil)
BEST FANTASY SHORT STORY
- “Loose Stones”, Joanne Anderton (Infinite Threads, Brio Books)
- “1078 Reasons”, Aidan Doyle (Translunar Travelers Lounge)
- “Pigshit and Gold”, Aiki Flinthart (Dimension6 #18, coeur de lion)
- “CurioQueens”, Ephiny Gale (Constellary Tales Magazine #4)
- “Good Dog, Alice”, Juliet Marillier (Wonderland, Titan books)
- “Dragon by Subscription”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Patreon, self-published)
BEST FANTASY NOVELLA
- “Like Ripples on a Blank Shore”, J S Breukelaar (Collision: Stories, Meerkat Press)
- “The Orchard”, Ephiny Gale (Andromeda Spaceways Magazine #76)
- “Out of Darkness“, Chris Mason (Tales of the Lost, Things in the Well)
- “‘Scapes Made Diamond”, Shauna O’Meara (Interzone 280)
- “To Hell and Back”, Michael Pryor (Aurealis #120, Chimaera Publications)
- “The Final Prologue”, Christopher Sequeira (Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not, IFWG Publishing Australia)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY
- “Sky Tears”, Mike Adamson (Alien Dimensions #17, Maldek House)
- “Wreck Diving”, Joanne Anderton (Aurealis #123, Chimaera Publications)
- “Riding the Snails”, Jason Fischer (War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia, Clan Destine Press)
- “Canute”, RPL Johnson (SNAFU: Last Stand, Cohesion Press)
- “What We Named the Needle”, Freya Marske (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Issue Jul/Aug 2019, Penny Publications)
- “Micro”, Angela Meyer (Kill Your Darlings, Speculative Fiction and Fantasy Showcase 2019)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVELLA
- “Ventiforms”, Sean Monaghan (Asimov’s Science Fiction)
- “‘Scapes Made Diamond”, Shauna O’Meara (Interzone 280)
- “You Will Remember Who You Were”, Cat Sparks (Dimension6 #16)
- Prisoncorp, Marlee Jane Ward (Seizure)
BEST COLLECTION
- Collision: Stories, J S Breukelaar (Meerkat Press)
- Blackbirds Sing, Aiki Flinthart (CAT Press)
- Scar Tissue and Other Stories, Narrelle M Harris (Clan Destine Press)
- Five Dragons, Pamela Jeffs (Four Ink Press)
- Stray Bats, Margo Lanagan (Small Beer Press)
- Men and Machines I: Space Operas and Special Ops, Charlie Nash (Flying Nun Publications)
BEST ANTHOLOGY
- Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories, Michael Earp (Ed.) (Walker Books Australia)
- Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not, Christopher Sequeira (Ed.) (IFWG Publishing Australia)
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 13, Jonathan Strahan (Ed.) (Solaris)
- Mission: Critical, Jonathan Strahan (Ed.) (Solaris)
BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
- The Darkest Bloom, P M Freestone (Scholastic)
- Ghost Bird, Lisa Fuller (UQP)
- Aurora Rising, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Dev1at3, Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- The Harp of Kings, Juliet Marillier (Macmillan Australia)
- I Heard The Wolf Call My Name, K S Nikakis (SOV Media)
BEST HORROR NOVEL
- Chuwa: The Rat People of Lahore, Brian Craddock (Broken Puppet Books)
- Remains, Andrew Cull (IFWG Pub Aus)
- A Riddle in Bronze, Simon Haynes (Bowman Press)
- The Rich Man’s House, Andrew McGahan (Allen & Unwin)
- Body Farm Z, Deborah Sheldon (Severed Press)
BEST FANTASY NOVEL
- Angel Mage, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
- Darkdawn, Jay Kristoff (HarperCollins Publishers)
- The Wailing Woman, Maria Lewis (Little, Brown Book Group)
- The Harp of Kings, Juliet Marillier (Macmillan Australia)
- The Darkest Bloom, P M Freestone (Scholastic)
- Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town, Michael Pryor (Allen & Unwin)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
- The Subjects, Sarah Hopkins (Text Publishing)
- Aurora Rising, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- The Trespassers, Meg Mundell (UQP)
- The Year of the Fruit Cake, Gillian Polack (IFWG Publishing Australia)
- The Glad Shout, Alice Robinson (Affirm Press)
- Daughter of Bad Times, Rohan Wilson (Allen & Unwin)
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