SF NOVEL

• Fallen Gods, Jonathan Blum & Kate Orman (Telos Publishing)
• Blue Box, Kate Orman (BBC Worldwide)
• Orphans of Earth, Sean Williams & Shane Dix (HarperCollins)
• Terminator Gene, Ian Irvine (Simon & Schuster Australia)
• Wyrmhole, Jay Caselberg (Roc)

SF SHORT STORY

• "Louder Echo", Brendan Duffy (Agog! Terrific Tales)
• "Acquired Tastes", Stephen Dedman (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #9)
• "Amy's Stars", Sue Isle (Orb #5 Apr 2003)
• "Sigmund Freud & the Feral Freeway", Martin Livings (Agog! Terrific Tales)
• "State of Oblivion", Kaaron Warren (Elsewhere)

FANTASY NOVEL

• Abhorsen, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
• The Aware (Isles of Glory Book 1), Glenda Larke (HarperCollins)
• The Etched City, K. J. Bishop (Prime Books)
• Grass for His Pillow, Lian Hearn (Hodder)
• Voyage of the Shadowmoon, Sean McMullen (Tor)

FANTASY SHORT STORY

• "La Sentinelle", Lucy Sussex (Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural)
• "Hope Chest", Garth Nix (Firebirds)
• "In the Bookshadow", Marianne de Pierres (Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores)
• "Tireki and the Wind", Lily Chrywenstrom (Fables & Reflections #4)

HORROR NOVEL

• Born of the Sea, Victor Kelleher (Viking/Penguin)
• The Autumn Castle (Europa Suite 1), Kim Wilkins (HarperCollins)
• The Lamplighter, Anthony O'Neill (HarperCollins)

HORROR SHORT STORY

• "Love is a Stone", Simon Brown (Gathering the Bones)
• "Amy's Stars", Sue Isle (Orb #5 Apr 2003)
• "Blake's Angel", Janeen Webb (Gathering the Bones)
• "Kijin Tea", Kyla Ward (Agog! Terrific Tales)
• "The Wind Shall Blow For Ever Mair", Stephen Dedman (Gathering the Bones)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (tie)

• Abhorsen (Book 3 of The Old Kingdom Trilogy), Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
• Dragonkeeper, Carole Wilkinson (Black Dog Books)
• The Silken Road to Samarkand (The Sinbad Chronicles Book 2), Janeen Webb (HarperCollins)

YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY

• no award

CHILDREN'S LONG FICTION

• The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 1: Mister Monday (Keys of the Kingdom Book 1), Garth Nix (Scholastic)
• Dragonkeeper, Carole Wilkinson (Black Dog Books)
• Eustace, Catherine Jinks (Allen & Unwin)
• Jumpman Rule 2, James Valentine (Random House)
• Max Remy Superspy: The Hollywood Mission, Deborah Abela (Random House)

CHILDREN'S SHORT FICTION

• Lily Quench and the Lighthouse of Skellig Mor, Natalie Jane Prior (Hodder Headline)
• Emily Eyefinger and the Balloon Bandits, Duncan Ball (HarperCollins)
• Lily Quench and the Magicians' Pyramid, Natalie Jane Prior (Hodder Headline)
• Tashi and the Royal Tomb, Anna Fienberg & Barbara Fienberg, illustrated by Kim Gamble (Allen & Unwin)
• Wolfchild, Roseanne Hawke (Lothian)