2006 Aurealis Awards
January 29th, 2007 by Alan Chudnow
For those that follow genre awards, the Aurealis Awards, begun in 1995, recognize the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. There are six divisions and twelve awards. For each division there is a Best Novel or Long Fiction Award and Best Short Story or Short Fiction Award.
The 11th Annual Awards were announced over the weekend.
- Golden Aurealis (Selected from the winners of the other divisions below)
Novel: The Pilo Family Circus, Will Elliott (ABC Books)
Short Story: "The Arrival", Shaun Tan (Lothian) - Science Fiction
Novel: K-Machines, Damien Broderick (Avalon)
Short Story: “The Seventh Letter”, Sean Williams (Bulletin Summer Reading Edition)
- Horror
Novel (split): The Pilo Family Circus, Will Elliott (ABC Books) / Prismatic, Edwina Grey (Lothian)
Short Story: “Dead of Winter”, Stephen Dedman (Weird Tales #339)
- Fantasy
Novel: Wildwood Dancing, Juliet Marillier (Pan MacMillan)
Short Story: “A Fine Magic”, Margo Lanagan (Eidolon I)
- Young Adult
Novel: Monster Blood Tattoo: Book One. Foundling, D.M. Cornish (Omnibus)
Short Story: "The Arrival", Shaun Tan (Lothian) - Children’s
Novel: Melissa Queen of Evil, Mardi McConnochie (Pan Macmillan)
Short Fiction (split): “The True Story of Mary Who Wanted to Stand on Her Head”, Jane Godwin (Allen & Unwin) / “Woolvs in the Sitee”, Margaret Wild, Anne Spudvilas (Penguin)
[From Talking Squid via SF Signal]
