2012 Aurealis Awards announced
The winners of the 2012 Aurealis Awards were announced at a ceremony in Sydney on 18 May, with Margo Lanagan picking up four awards, including best fantasy novel and joint winner of best young adult novel.
The full list of winners is:
Best Fantasy Novel
- Sea Hearts (Margo Lanagan, A&U)
Best Science Fiction Novel
- The Rook (Daniel O’Malley, HarperCollins)
Best Horror Novel
- Perfections (Kirstyn McDermott, Xoum)
Best Young Adult Novel (joint winners)
- Dead, Actually (Kaz Delaney, A&U)
- Sea Hearts (Margo Lanagan, A&U)
Best Children’s Fiction (told primarily through words)
- Brotherband: The Hunters (John Flanagan, Random House)
Best Children’s Fiction (told primarily through pictures)
- Little Elephants (Graeme Base, Viking)
Best Illustrated Book / Graphic Novel
- Blue (Pat Grant, Top Shelf Comix)
Best Anthology
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Six (ed by Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books)
Best Collection
- That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote (K J Bishop, self-published)
Best Fantasy Short Story
- ‘Bajazzle’ (Margo Lanagan, from Cracklescape, Twelfth Planet Press)
Best Science Fiction Short Story
- ‘Significant Dust’ (Margo Lanagan, from Cracklescape, Twelfth Planet Press)
Best Horror Short Story
- ‘Sky’ (Kaaron Warren, from Through Splintered Walls, Twelfth Planet Press)
Best Young Adult Short Story
- ‘The Wisdom of the Ants’ (Thoraiya Dyer, Clarkesworld)
Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award for Excellence
- Kate Eltham
Kris Hembury Encouragement Awards
- Laura Goodin.
This is the final year that SpecFaction NSW will host the Aurealis Awards in Sydney, with next year’s event to be hosted by Conflux in Canberra.
To see the books shortlisted for this year’s awards, click here.
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