Aurealis Awards 2009
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Brisbane :
January 24, 2009
Eligibility Year: 2008
Eligibility Year: 2008
Sf Novel
- Winner: Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait, K. A. Bedford (Edge)
- Chaos Space, Marianne de Pierres (Orbit)
- The Daughters of Moab, Kim Westwood (HarperVoyager)
- Earth Ascendant, Sean Williams (Orbit)
- Hal Spacejock: No Free Lunch, Simon Haynes (Fremantle Press)
Sf Short Story
- Winner: “The Empire”, Simon Brown (Dreaming Again)
- “Black and Bitter, Thanks”, Nathan Burrage (The Workers' Paradise)
- “Delivery”, Trent Jamieson (Cosmos #21)
- “The Fifth Star in the Southern Cross”, Margo Lanagan (Dreaming Again)
- “Fleshy”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (2012)
Fantasy Novel
- Winner: The Two Pearls of Wisdom, Alison Goodman (HarperCollins)
- Amberlight, Sylvia Kelso (Juno)
- Heir to Sevenwaters, Juliet Marillier (Macmillan Australia)
- The Riven Kingdom, Karen Miller (HarperVoyager)
- Tender Morsels, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)
Fantasy Short Story
- Winner: “Sammarynda Deep”, Cat Sparks (Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy)
- “Dresses, Three”, Angela Slatter (Shimmer v2n4)
- “The Last Deflowerer”, Karen Maric (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #32)
- “Night Heron's Curse”, Thoraiya Dyer (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #37)
- “Nightship”, Kim Westwood (Dreaming Again)
Horror Novel
- Winner: The Séance, John Harwood (Jonathan Cape)
- The Economy of Light, Jack Dann (PS Publishing)
- Ghostlines, Nick Gadd (Scribe Publications)
Horror Short Story
- Winner: “Painlessness”, Kirstyn McDermott (Greatest Uncommon Denominator (GUD( #2)
- “Bitter Dreams”, Ian McHugh (L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXIV)
- “Day Boy”, Trent Jamieson (Murky Depths #4)
- “In from the Snow”, Lee Battersby (Dreaming Again)
- “Pale Dark Soldier”, Deborah Biancotti (Midnight Echo #1)
Anthology
- Winner: The Starry Rift, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Viking)
- Dreaming Again, Jack Dann, ed. (HarperVoyager)
- The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fourth Annual Volume, Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt, eds. (MirrorDanse Books)
Collection
- Winner: Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, Sean Williams, edited by Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)
- Creeping in Reptile Flesh, Robert Hood (Altair Australia Books)
Illustrated Book/graphic Novel
- Winner: Tales from Outer Suburbia, Shaun Tan (Allen & Unwin)
- The Art of Graeme Base, Julie Watts, illustrated by Graeme Base (Penguin/Viking)
- The Cloudchasers, Steven Hunt & David Richardson (ABC Books)
- The Floods Family Files, Colin Thompson (Random House Australia)
Young Adult Novel
- Winner: Finnikin of the Rock, Melina Marchetta (Penguin/Viking)
- The Changeling, Sean Williams (Angus & Robertson)
- Monster Blood Tattoo, Book Two: Lamplighter, D. M. Cornish (Omnibus Books)
- The Stone Key, Isobelle Carmody (Penguin/Viking)
- The Two Pearls of Wisdom, Alison Goodman (HarperCollins)
Young Adult Short Story
- Winner: “Cracks”, Trent Jamieson (Shiny #2)
- “Eye of the Beholder”, Kevin MacLean (Misspelled)
- “The Tailor of Time”, Deborah Biancotti (Clockwork Phoenix)
- “This Is Not My Story”, Dirk Flinthart (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #37)
Children's Novel
- Winner: The Wizard of Rondo, Emily Rodda (Omnibus Books)
- The Changeling [and] The Dust Devils, Sean Williams (Angus & Robertson)
- Dragon Dawn, Carole Wilkinson (Black Dog Books)
- Moonshadow, Eye of the Beast, Simon Higgins (Random House Australia)
- Thomas Trew and the Island of Ghosts, Sophie Masson (Hodder Children's)
Children's Illustrated Work/picture Book
- Winner: Escape!, Under Siege, Race to the Ruins, The Heavy Crown (The Wolf Kingdom series), Richard Harland, illustrated by Laura Peterson (Omnibus Books)
- Curly and the Fent, Sally Morgan & Ezekiel, Ambelin and Blaze Kwaymullina (Random House Australia)
- Tashi and the Phoenix, Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg & Kim Gamble (Allen & Unwin)
- Thorn Castle, Giant's Lair, Black Crypt, Wizardry Crag (The Sorcerer's Tower series), Ian Irvine, illustrated by David Cornish (Omnibus Books)
- Twisted Tales, Richard Tulloch, illustrated by Terry Denton (Random House Australia)
Peter Mcnamara Convenors' Award
- Winner: Jack Dann
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