GOLDEN AUREALIS SHORT STORY

• The Arrival, Shaun Tan (Lothian)

GOLDEN AUREALIS NOVEL

• The Pilo Family Circus, Will Elliott (ABC Books)

SF NOVEL

• K-Machines, Damien Broderick (Avalon)
• Geodesica: Descent, Sean Williams & Shane Dix (HarperCollins)
• Hydrogen Steel, K. A. Bedford (Edge Publishing)
• Underground, Andrew McGahan (Allen & Unwin)

SF SHORT STORY

• "The Seventh Letter", Sean Williams (Bulletin Summer Reading Edition)
• "Aftermath", David Conyers (Agog! Ripping Reads)
• "Dark Ages", Lee Battersby (Through Soft Air)
• "Down to the Tethys Sea", Stephen Dedman (SF Chronicle #266)

FANTASY NOVEL

• Wildwood Dancing, Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan)
• Blaze of Glory, Michael Pryor (Random House)
• Heart of the Mirage, Glenda Larke (HarperCollins)
• The Silver Road, Grace Dugan (Penguin)
• Voidfarer, Sean McMullen (Tor)

FANTASY SHORT STORY

• "A Fine Magic", Margo Lanagan (Eidolon 1)
• "Dark Ages", Lee Battersby (Through Soft Air)
• "The Revenant", Lucy Sussex (Eidolon 1)
• "See Here, See There", Anna Tambour (Agog! Ripping Reads)
• "Why the Balloon Man Floats Away", Stephanie Campisi (Fantasy #4)

HORROR NOVEL (tie)

• The Pilo Family Circus, Will Elliott (ABC Books)
• Prismatic, Edwina Grey (Lothian)
• Carnies, Martin Livings (Lothian)
• The Mother, Brett McBean (Lothian)

HORROR SHORT STORY

• "Dead of Winter", Stephen Dedman (Weird Tales #339)
• "Dead Sea Fruit", Kaaron Warren (Fantasy #4)
• "Hieronymous Boche", Chris Lawson (Eidolon 1)
• "Winkie", Margo Lanagan (Red Spikes)
• "Woman Train", Kaaron Warren (The Outcast: An Anthology of Strangers and Exiles)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• Monster Blood Tattoo: Book One, Foundling, D. M. Cornish (Omnibus)
• The King's Fool, Amanda Holohan (ABC Books)
• The Last Days, Scott Westerfeld (Penguin)
• Magic Lessons, Justine Larbalestier (Penguin)
• Wildwood Dancing, Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan)

YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY

• The Arrival, Shaun Tan (Lothian)
• "Baby Jane", Margo Lanagan (Red Spikes)
• "The Dying Light", Deborah Biancotti (Eidolon 1)
• "A Feather in the Breast of God", Margo Lanagan (Red Spikes)
• "Forever Upward", Margo Lanagan (Red Spikes)
• "Leviathan", Simon Brown (Eidolon 1)

CHILDREN'S NOVEL

• Melissa Queen of Evil, Mardi McConnochie (Pan Macmillan)
• Fantastica: The Sunken Kingdom series, Kim Wilkins (Omnibus)
• A Fox Called Sorrow, Isobelle Carmody (Penguin)
• Oakleaf Bearers, John Flanagan (Random House)
• Twighlight in the Land of Nowhen, Nury Vittachi (Allen & Unwin)

CHILDREN'S SHORT FICTION (tie)

• The True Story of Mary Who Wanted to Stand on Her Head, Jane Godwin (Allen & Unwin)
• Woolvs in the Sitee, Margaret Wild & Anne Spudvilas (Penguin)
• The Magic Violin, Victor Kelleher & Stephen Michael King (Penguin)