Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novella

Australian fantasy writing award

Aurealis Award for best fantasy novella

Awarded for| Excellence in fantasy fiction novels
Country| Australia
Presented by| Chimaera Publications,
Continuum Foundation
First awarded| 2015
Currently held by| Shauna O'Meara
Website| Official site

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers".[2] To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year;[3] the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.[4]

Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. Categories currently include science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative young adult fiction—with separate awards for novels and short fiction—collections, anthologies, illustrative works or graphic novels, children's books, and an award for excellence in speculative fiction.[2] The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchmark in science fiction and fantasy. The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has identified the award as an honour to be taken seriously.[5]

The results are decided by a panel of judges from a list of submitted nominees; the long-list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of finalists.[2] Ties can occur if the panel decides both entries show equal merit, however they are encouraged to choose a single winner.[6] The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award's management team.[7]

This article lists all the short-list nominees and winners in the best fantasy novella category. Alan Baxter and Tansy Rayner Roberts share the record for most nominations (3), while Jason Fischer, Stephanie Gunn, Nikky Lee, Kirstyn McDermott, and Angela Slatter follow, each having been nominated twice. This is as of the 2021 Awards, as the winners were announced in late May 2022.

## Winners and nominees

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In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the story's eligibility; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature" article. Entries with a blue background have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list. If the short story was originally published in a book with other stories rather than by itself or in a magazine, the book title is included after the publisher's name.

*  Winners and joint winners
*  Nominees on the shortlist

Year  | Author(s)  | Novella  | Publisher or publication  | Ref

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2015 | Jason Fischer* | "Defy the Grey Kings" | Beneath Ceaseless Skies (#180) | [8][9]
Steve Cameron | "Lodloc and The Bear" | coeur de lion (Dimension6) | [8]
Stephanie Gunn | "Broken Glass" | Ticonderoga Publications (Hear Me Roar)
Stephanie Gunn | "The Flowers that Bloom Where Blood Touches the Earth" | Ticonderoga Publications (Bloodlines)
Dmetri Kakmi | "Haunting Matilda" | Horror Australis (Cthulhu: Deep Down Under)
Angela Slatter | "Of Sorrow and Such" | Tor.com
2016 | Andrea K. Höst* | "Forfeit" | (self-published) (The Towers, the moon) | [10][11]
Alan Baxter | "Raven's First Flight" | Cohesion Press (SNAFU: Black Ops) | [10]
Jason Fischer | "By the Laws of Crab and Woman" | Review of Australian Fiction (Vol 17, No 6)
Rose Mulready | The Bonobo's Dream | Seizure Press
Kirstyn McDermott | "Burnt Sugar" | PS Publishing (Dreaming in the Dark)
Angela Slatter | "Finnegan's Field" | Tor.com
2017 | Devin Madson* | In Shadows We Fall | (self-published) | [12][13]
Alan Baxter | The Book Club | PS Publishing | [12]
Nathan Burrage | "Remnants" | coeur de lion (Dimension6 11)
Kate Forsyth & Kim Wilkins | The Silver Well | Ticonderoga Publications
Kirstyn McDermott | "Braid" | Review of Australian Fiction (Vol 24, No 1)
Faith Mudge | Humanity for Beginners | Less Than Three Press
2018 | Garth Nix* | "The Sword in the Stone" | Penguin Random House Australia
(The Book of Magic)  | [14][15]
Michael Gardner | "This Side of the Wall" | Metaphorosis Magazine (January 2018) | [14]
Juliet Marillier | "Beautiful" | Ticonderoga Publications (Aurum)
Tansy Rayner Roberts | Merry Happy Valkyrie | Twelfth Planet Press
David Versace | "The Dressmaker and the Colonel's Coat" | (self-published)
(Mnemo's Memory and Other Fantastic Tales)
Janeen Webb | The Dragon's Child | PS Publishing
2019 | Shauna O'Meara* | "Scapes Made of Diamond" | Interzone (#280) | [16][17]
J. S. Breukelaar | "Like Ripples on a Blank Shore" | Meerkat Press (Cohesion: Stories) | [16]
Ephiny Gale | "The Orchard" | Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (#76)
Chris Mason | "Out of Darkness" | Things in the Well (Tales of the Lost Vol 1)
Michael Pryor | "To Hell and Back" | Aurealis (#120)
2020 | Nikky Lee*  | "Dingo and Sister"  | Andromeda Spaceways Magazine (#78)  | [18][19]
Thoraiya Dyer | "Generation Gap"  | Clarkesworld (#161)  | [18]
Lisa L. Hannett | "By Touch and By Glance"  | Ticonderoga Publications (Songs for Dark Seasons)
Nikky Lee | "Karkinos"  | Deadset Press (Cancer)
Tansy Rayner Roberts | The Frost Fair Affair | (self-published)
2021 | Amy Laurens*  | Bones of the Sea | Inkprint Press | [20]
Tansy Rayner Roberts | "Echo and Narcissus"  | Sheep Might Fly | [20]
Rebecca Fraser | "The Little One" | IFWG (Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract)
Alan Baxter | "Mother in Bloom"  | 13th Dragon Books (The Gulp)
Suzanne J. Willis | The Scarab Children of Montague | Falstaff Books

## See also

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* Ditmar Award, an Australian science fiction award established in 1969

## References

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1. ^ "Eon by Alison Goodman". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
2. ^ a b c "Aurealis Awards – About Us". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
3. ^ "Aurealis Awards – Rules and Conditions". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2009.
4. ^ Nahrung, Jason (2 February 2007). "Horror a hit". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers. Archived from the original on 4 April 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
5. ^ Koval, Ramona (presenter) (5 February 2009). Spotlight on speculative fiction writers (mp3) (Radio broadcast). ABC Radio and Regional Content. Event occurs at 1:18–2:16. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009.
6. ^ "Guidelines for Judges". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
7. ^ "Aurealis Awards – FAQ". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
8. ^ a b ANNOUNCEMENT: 2015 Aurealis Awards Shortlists, WASFF, retrieved 14 March 2016
9. ^ The Winners of the 2015 Aurealis Awards, WASFF, 25 March 2016, retrieved 25 March 2016
10. ^ a b 2016 Aurealis Awards shortlist announcement, WASFF, 20 February 2017, retrieved 22 February 2017
11. ^ Announcing the Winners of the 2016 Aurealis Awards!, WASFF, 14 April 2017, retrieved 22 April 2017
12. ^ a b 2017 Aurealis Awards shortlist announcement!, WASFF, 15 February 2018, retrieved 12 March 2018
13. ^ aurealis awards WINNER, WASFF, 31 March 2018, retrieved 1 April 2018
14. ^ a b 2018 Aurealis Awards shortlist announcement!, Continuum Foundation, 20 February 2019, retrieved 25 April 2019
15. ^ 2018 Aurealis Awards Winners, Continuum Foundation, 5 May 2019, retrieved 5 May 2019
16. ^ a b 2019 Aurealis Awards shortlist announcement, WASFF, 25 March 2020, retrieved 4 April 2020
17. ^ "Aurealis Awards 2019 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
18. ^ a b "Aurealis Awards 2020 finalists announced". Books+Publishing. 6 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
19. ^ "Aurealis Awards 2020 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 9 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
20. ^ a b "sfadb: Aurealis Awards 2022". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

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