Aurealis Award for best young-adult short story

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Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story
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Awarded for Excellence in young-adult speculative fiction short stories
Presented by Chimaera Publications,
SpecFaction NSW
Country Australia
First awarded 1995
Currently held by Margo Lanagan
Official website Official site

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW 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 November of the prior year and 31 October of the current 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 novels, children's illustrative work or picture book, 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 young-adult short story category. Of the 11 winners, Margo Lanagan has won the award three times and Isobelle Carmody has won it twice. Lanagan also holds the record for most nominations, with ten, and Dirk Flinthart has the most nominations without winning, having been a losing finalist three times.

Contents

[edit] Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the book'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) Short story Publisher or publication Ref
1995 No award given — — [8]
1996 Carmody, IsobelleIsobelle Carmody* "Green Monkey Dreams" Viking Press (Green Monkey Dreams) [9][10]
1996 Luckett, DaveDave Luckett The Wizard and Me Omnibus Books [9]
1996 Moloney, JamesJames Moloney The Pipe Lothian Books [9]
1996 Rubinstein, GillianGillian Rubinstein "B'ku, B'ku" Hyland House (Annie's Brother's Suit) [9][10]
1996 Taylor, KeithKeith Taylor "At the Edge of the Sea" Penguin Books (Dream Weavers) [9][10]
1997 Starke, RuthRuth Starke* The Twist in the Tale Lothian Books [11]
1997 Sheryl Gardner The Peppercorn Tree Lothian Books [11]
1997 Julie Ireland "Hanging by a Thread" HarperCollins (Hanging by a Thread and Other Stories) [10][11]
1998 No award given — — [12]
1999 No award given — — [13]
2000 Lanagan, MargoMargo Lanagan* "The Queen's Notice" Allen & Unwin (White Time) [10][14]
2000 Caswell, BrianBrian Caswell "Avalon" Hodder Headline (Tales from the Wasteland) [10][14]
2000 Lanagan, MargoMargo Lanagan "The Boy Who Didn't Yearn" Allen & Unwin (White Time) [10][14]
2000 Lanagan, MargoMargo Lanagan "Midsummer Mission" Allen & Unwin (White Time) [10][14]
2000 Lanagan, MargoMargo Lanagan "White Time" Allen & Unwin (White Time) [10][14]
2001 Carmody, IsobelleIsobelle Carmody* Dreamwalker Lothian Books [15]
2001 Nix, GarthGarth Nix "Lightning Bringer" Simon & Schuster (Love & Sex: Ten Stories of Truth) [10][15]
2002 No award given — — [16]
2003 No award given — — [17]
2004 Lanagan, MargoMargo Lanagan* "Singing My Sister Down" Allen & Unwin (Black Juice) [10][18]
2004 Chris Barnes "The Glass Flower" CSFG Publishing (Encounters) [10][18]
2004 Congreve, BillBill Congreve "The Shooter at Heartrock Waterhole" Viking Press (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm) [10][18]
2004 Lanagan, MargoMargo Lanagan "Rite of Spring" Allen & Unwin (Black Juice) [10][18]
2005 Nix, GarthGarth Nix "Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case" Allen & Unwin (Across the Wall: Tales of the Old Kingdom and Elsewhere) [10][19]
2005 Flinthart, DirkDirk Flinthart "The Red Priest's Homecoming" Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine [19]
2006 Tan, ShaunShaun Tan* The Arrival Lothian Books [20]
2006 Biancotti, DeborahDeborah Biancotti "The Dying Light" Eidolon Books (Eidolon I) [10][20]
2006 Brown, SimonSimon Brown "Leviathan" Eidolon Books (Eidolon I) [10][20]
2006 Lanagan, MargoMargo Lanagan "Baby Jane" Allen & Unwin (Red Spikes) [10][20]
2006 Lanagan, MargoMargo Lanagan "A Feather in the Breast of God" Allen & Unwin (Red Spikes) [10][20]
2006 Lanagan, MargoMargo Lanagan "Forever Upward" Allen & Unwin (Red Spikes) [10][20]
2007 Biancotti, DeborahDeborah Biancotti* "A Scar for Leida" Ticonderoga Publications (Fantastic Wonder Stories) [10][21]
2007 Cummings, Shane JiraiyaShane Jiraiya Cummings "Yamabushi Kaidan and the Smoke Dragon" Ticonderoga Publications (Fantastic Wonder Stories) [10][21]
2007 Nix, GarthGarth Nix "Bad Luck, Trouble, Death and Vampire Sex" Eclipse [21]
2007 Nix, GarthGarth Nix "Holly and Iron" Allen & Unwin (Dark Alchemy) [10][21]
2007 Rolfe, TraceyTracey Rolfe "Cast Off" Ticonderoga Publications (Fantastic Wonder Stories) [10][21]
2008 Jamieson, TrentTrent Jamieson* "Cracks" Shiny [22]
2008 Biancotti, DeborahDeborah Biancotti "The Tailor of Time" Norilana Books (Clockwork Phoenix) [10][22]
2008 Flinthart, DirkDirk Flinthart "This Is Not My Story" Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine [22]
2008 Maclean, KevinKevin Maclean "Eye of the Beholder" DAW Books (Misspelled) [10][22]
2009 Sparks, CatCat Sparks* "Seventeen" CSFG Publishing (Masques) [10][23]
2009 Anderton, JoanneJoanne Anderton "Dragon Bones" Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine [23]
2009 Isle, SueSue Isle "Paper Dragons" Shiny [23]
2009 McHugh, IanIan McHugh "Once A Month, On A Sunday" Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine [23]
2009 Roberts, Tansy RaynerTansy Rayner Roberts "Like Us" Shiny [23]
2010 Lanagan, MargoMargo Lanagan "A Thousand Flowers" Allen & Unwin (Zombies Vs Unicorns) [24]
2010 Doyle, AidanAidan Doyle "Inksucker" Fablecroft Publishing (Worlds Next Door) [25]
2010 Flinthart, DirkDirk Flinthart "One Story, No Refunds" Shiny [25]
2010 Landelius, KaiaKaia Landelius & Tansy Rayner Roberts "Nine Times" Fablecroft Publishing (Worlds Next Door) [25]
2010 White, JenJen White "An Ordinary Boy" Tangled Bank Press (The Tangled Bank) [25]

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

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  2. ^ a b c "Aurealis Awards – About Us". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-08-15. http://www.aurealisawards.com/AboutUs.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
  3. ^ "Aurealis Awards – Rules and Conditions". Aurealis Awards. http://www.aurealisawards.com/Rules.htm#Entries. Retrieved 2009-11-08. 
  4. ^ Nahrung, Jason (2007-02-02). "Horror a hit". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21153270-5003424,00.html. Retrieved 2009-12-01. 
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  25. ^ a b c d "2010 Aurealis Awards finalists announced". SpecFaction NSW. Archived from the original on 2011-05-30. http://www.webcitation.org/5z3uTl7Xb. Retrieved 2011-04-23. 

[edit] External links
  • Retired awards: Golden Aurealis (novel, short story)
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