2012 Aurealis Award Winners

It was a busy weekend for SFnal awards -- not just on my side of the globe, but Down Under as well, where the Aurealis Awards were announced at a ceremony in Sydney.

It's a long list, but I haven't detected any space limitation for blogs yet, so here they all are:

Best Children’s Fiction (Told Primarily Through Words): Brotherband: The Hunters by John Flanagan (Random House Australia)

Best Children’s Fiction (Told Primarily Through Pictures): Little Elephants by Graeme Base (Viking Penguin)

Best Young Adult Short Story: "The Wisdom Of The Ants" by Thoraiya Dyer (Clarkesworld)

Best Young Adult Novel (Joint Winners):
 Dead, Actually by Kaz Delaney (Allen & Unwin)
 Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)

Best Illustrated Book / Graphic Novel: Blue by Pat Grant (Top Shelf Comix)

Best Collection: That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote by K. J. Bishop (Self-Published)

Best Anthology: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 6 Edited by Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books)

Best Horror Short Story: "Sky" by Kaaron Warren (Through Splintered Walls, Twelfth Planet Press)

Best Horror Novel: Perfections by Kirstyn McDermott (Xoum)

Best Fantasy Short Story: "Bajazzle" by Margo Lanagan (Cracklescape, Twelfth Planet Press)

Best Fantasy Novel: Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)

Best Science Fiction Short Story: "Significant Dust" by Margo Lanagan (Cracklescape, Twelfth Planet Press)

Best Science Fiction Novel: The Rook by Daniel O’Malley (Harper Collins)

Peter Mcnamara Convenors’ Award For Excellence: Kate Eltham

Kris Hembury Encouragement Award: Laura Goodin


Congratulations to all of the winners, particularly to Margo Lanagan, who took a full 25% of the available trophies.