GOLDEN AUREALIS NOVEL

• The Black Crusade, Richard Harland (Chimaera Publications)

GOLDEN AUREALIS SHORT STORY

• "Singing My Sister Down", Margo Lanagan (Black Juice)

SF NOVEL

• Less Than Human, Maxine McArthur (Warner Aspect)
• Heirs of Earth, Sean Williams & Shane Dix (HarperCollins)
• Nylon Angel, Marianne de Pierres (Orbit)
• Orbital Burn, K. A. Bedford (Edge Publishing)
• The Rebel, Jack Dann (HarperCollins)

SF SHORT STORY

• "Come to Daddy", Brendan Duffy (Agog! Smashing Stories)
• "Absolution", Barbara Robson (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #15)
• "Bush of Ghosts", Geoffrey Maloney (Tales from the Crypto-System)
• "Desiree", Stephen Dedman (Oceans of the Mind #10)
• "Home by the Sea", Cat Sparks (Orb #6)

FANTASY NOVEL

• The Crooked Letter, Sean Williams (HarperCollins)
• Brilliance of the Moon, Lian Hearn (Hodder)
• Giants of the Frost, Kim Wilkins (HarperCollins)
• Snow, Fire, Sword, Sophie Masson (Random House)
• Tainted, Glenda Larke (HarperCollins)

FANTASY SHORT STORY (tie)

• "Catabolic Magic", Richard Harland (Aurealis #32 2004)
• "Weavers of Twilight", Louise Katz (Agog! Smashing Stories)
• "Alsiso", K. J. Bishop (The Alsiso Project)
• "The Gift of Hindsight", Paul Haines (Aurealis #32 2004)
• "Tales of Nireym", Lee Battersby (Orb #6)

HORROR NOVEL

• The Black Crusade, Richard Harland (Chimaera Publications)
• Fire in the Shell, Josephine Pennicott (Simon & Schuster)
• Giants of the Frost, Kim Wilkins (HarperCollins)

HORROR SHORT STORY

• "The Last Days of Kali Yuga", Paul Haines (NFG #14)
• "The Border", Richard Harland (Agog! Smashing Stories)
• "Dr Who (or the day I learned to love Tom Baker)", Ben Peek (Forever Shores)
• "Kathleen, Furnished with Bees", Alinta Thornton (Dark Animus #5)
• "Twilight of the Idols", Stephen Dedman (Conqueror Fantastic)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• Midnighters, Book One: The Secret Hour, Scott Westerfeld (HarperCollins/Eos)
• Flesh & Blood, Jackie French (HarperCollins)
• Hot Nights, Cool Dragons, Matt Zurbo (Allen & Unwin)
• Undine, Penni Russon (Random House)

YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY

• "Singing My Sister Down", Margo Lanagan (Black Juice)
• "The Glass Flower", Chris Barnes (Encounters)
• "Rite of Spring", Margo Lanagan (Black Juice)
• "The Shooter at Heartrock Waterhole", Bill Congreve (The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm)

CHILDREN'S LONG FICTION

• How To Live Forever, Colin Thompson (Random House)
• Claire de Lune, Cassandra Golds (Penguin)
• The Pearl of Tiger Bay, Gabrielle Wang (Penguin)
• Ranger's Apprentice, The Ruins of Gorlan, John Flanagan (Random House)
• Snow, Fire, Sword, Sophie Masson (Random House)

CHILDREN'S SHORT FICTION

• Beneath the Surface, Gary Crew & Steven Woolman (Hodder)
• The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard, Gregory Rogers (Allen & Unwin)
• Emily Eyefinger and the Ghost Ship, Duncan Ball (HarperCollins)
• There Was Once a Boy Called Tashi, Anna Fienberg, Barbara Fienberg & Kim Gamble, illus3 (Allen & Unwin)
• The Very Messy Inspection, Stephen Axelsen (Random House)

PETER MCNAMARA CONVENORS' AWARD

• Cat Sparks
• Geoffrey Maloney
• John Marsden
• Sophie Masson
• Kim Wilkins