2013 Aurealis Award Winners

The winners have been announced for the 2013 Aurealis Awards, honoring SF, fantasy, and horror by Australians:

Best Science Fiction Novel

• Lexicon, Max Barry (Hachette)

• Trucksong, Andrew Macrae (Twelfth Planet)
• A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists, Jane Rawson (Transit Lounge)
• True Path, Graham Storrs (Momentum)
• Rupetta, Nike Sulway (Tartarus)

Best Science Fiction Short Story

• “Air, Water and the Grove”, Kaaron Warren (The Lowest Heaven)

• “The Last Tiger”, Joanne Anderton (Daily Science Fiction 5/17/13)
• “Mah Song”, Joanne Anderton (The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories)
• “Seven Days in Paris”, Thoraiya Dyer (Asymmetry)
• “Version 4.3.0.1”, Lucy Stone (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #57)

Best Fantasy Novel

• A Crucible of Souls, Mitchell Hogan (self-published)

• Lexicon, Max Barry (Hachette Australia)
• These Broken Stars, Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner (Allen & Unwin)
• Newt’s Emerald, Garth Nix (Jill Grinberg Literary Management)
• Ink Black Magic, Tansy Rayner Roberts (FableCroft)

Best Fantasy Short Story

• The Last Stormdancer, Jay Kristoff (Thomas Dunne)

• “The Touch of the Taniwha”, Tracie McBride (Fish)
• “Cold, Cold War”, Ian McHugh (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 6/13/13)
• “Short Circuit”, Kirstie Olley (Oomph: A Little Super Goes a Long Way)
• “The Year of Ancient Ghosts”, Kim Wilkins (The Year of Ancient Ghosts)

Best Horror Novel

• Fairytales for Wilde Girls, Allyse Near (Random House Australia)

• The Marching Dead, Lee Battersby (Angry Robot)
• The First Bird, Greig Beck (Momentum)
• Path of Night, Dirk Flinthart (FableCroft)

Best Horror Short Story

• “The Year of Ancient Ghosts”, Kim Wilkins (The Year of Ancient Ghosts)

• “Fencelines”, Joanne Anderton (The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories)
• “The Sleepover”, Terry Dowling (Exotic Gothic 5)
• “The Home for Broken Dolls”, Kirstyn McDermott (Caution: Contains Small Parts)
• “The Human Moth”, Kaaron Warren (The Grimscribe’s Puppets)

Best Young Adult Novel (Tie)

• These Broken Stars, Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner (Allen & Unwin)
• Fairytales for Wilde Girls, Allyse Near (Random House Australia)

• The Big Dry, Tony Davies (Harper Collins)
• Hunting, Andrea Host (self-published)
• The Sky So Heavy, Claire Zorn (University of Queensland Press)

Young Adult Short Story

• “By Bone-Light”, Juliet Marillier (Prickle Moon)

• “Mah Song”, Joanne Anderton (The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories)
• “Morning Star”, D.K. Mok (One Small Step)
• “The Year of Ancient Ghosts”, Kim Wilkins (The Year of Ancient Ghosts)

Best Collection

• The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, Joanne Anderton (FableCroft)

• Asymmetry, Thoraiya Dyer (Twelfth Planet)
• Caution: Contains Small Parts, Kirstyn McDermott (Twelfth Planet)
• The Bride Price, Cat Sparks (Ticonderoga)
• The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Kim Wilkins (Ticonderoga)

Best Anthology (Tie)

• The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012, Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, eds. (Ticonderoga)
• One Small Step: An Anthology of Discoveries, Tehani Wessely, ed. (FableCroft)

• Dreaming of Djinn, Liz Grzyb, ed. (Ticonderoga)
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Of The Year: Volume Seven, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Night Shade)
• Focus 2012: Highlights of Australian Short Fiction, Tehani Wessely, ed. (FableCroft)

Best Children’s Fiction

• The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie, Kirsty Murray (Allen & Unwin)

• Kingdom of the Lost, Book 2: Cloud Road, Isobelle Carmody (Penguin Group Australia)
• Refuge, Jackie French (Harper Collins)
• Song for a Scarlet Runner, Julie Hunt (Allen & Unwin)
• Rules of Summer, Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia)
• Ice Breaker: The Hidden 1, Lian Tanner (Allen & Unwin)

Best Illustrated Book/Graphic Novel (Tie)

• Burger Force, Jackie Ryan (self-published)
• The Deep Vol. 2: The Vanishing Island, Tom Taylor & James Brouwer (Gestalt)

• Savage Bitch, Steve Carter & Antoinette Rydyr (Scar Studios)
• Mr Unpronounceable Adventures, Tim Molloy (Milk Shadow)
• Peaceful Tomorrows Volume Two, Shane W Smith (Zetabella)

Winners were announced on April 5, 2014 at the annual Aurealis Awards ceremony at the Great Hall, University House, Australian National University, Canberra. Details at the Aurealis Awards website.