Where and When:
Brisbane :
January 24, 2009
Eligibility Year:
2008
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)
Illustrated Book/graphic Novel
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