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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Aurealis Awards - Winners Discover the best Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror of 2009.
The winners were announced at the thirteenth annual Aurealis Awards ceremony at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts in Brisbane on Saturday 24 January 2010.
2009 WINNERS
peter mcnamara convenors' award
Justin Ackroyd, Proprietor, Slow Glass Books
best science fiction novel
Andrew McGahan, Wonders of a Godless World, Allen & Unwin
best science fiction short story
Peter M. Ball, ‘Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens’, Apex Magazine May 2009
best fantasy novel
Trudi Canavan, Magician's Apprentice, Orbit
best fantasy short story - Joint winners
Christopher Green, ‘Father’s Kill’, Beneath Ceaseless Skies #24
Ian McHugh, 'Once a Month, On a Sunday’, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #40, Andromeda Spaceways Publishing Co-operative Ltd
best horror novel
Honey Brown, Red Queen, Penguin Australia
best horror short story - Joint winners
Paul Haines, 'Wives', X6, Coeur de Lion Publishing
Paul Haines, 'Slice of Life - A Spot of Liver', The Mayne Press
best anthology
Jonathan Strahan (editor), Eclipse 3, Night Shade Books
best collection
Greg Egan, Oceanic, Gollancz
best illustated book/graphic novel
Nathan Jurevicius, Scarygirl, Allen & Unwin
best young adult novel
Scott Westerfeld, Leviathan Trilogy: Book One, Penguin
best young adult short story
Cat Sparks, ‘Seventeen’, Masques, CSFG
best children’s (8-12 years) novel
Gabrielle Wang, A Ghost in My Suitcase, Puffin Books
best children’s (8-12 years) short fiction/illustrated work/picture book
Pamela Freeman (author), Kim Gamble (illustrator), Victor's Challenge, Walker Books Australia
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