2019 Aurealis Awards Finalists

Best Science Fiction Novel

• The Subjects, Sarah Hopkins (Text)
• Aurora Rising, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
• The Trespassers, Meg Mundell (University of Queensland Press)
• The Year of the Fruit Cake, Gillian Polack (IFWG Australia)
• The Glad Shout, Alice Robinson (Affirm)
• Daughter of Bad Times, Rohan Wilson (Allen & Unwin)

Best Science Fiction Novella

• “Ventiforms”, Sean Monaghan (Asimov’s 1-2/19)
• “‘Scapes Made Diamond”, Shauna O’Meara (Interzone 3-4/19)
• “You Will Remember Who You Were”, Cat Sparks (Dimension6 #16)
• Prisoncorp, Marlee Jane Ward (Seizure)

Best Science Fiction Short Story

• “Sky Tears”, Mike Adamson (Alien Dimensions #17)
• “Wreck Diving”, Joanne Anderton (Aurealis #123)
• “Riding the Snails”, Jason Fischer (War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia)
• “Canute”, R.P.L. Johnson (SNAFU: Last Stand)
• “What We Named the Needle”, Freya Marske (Analog 7-8/19)
• “Micro”, Angela Meyer (Kill Your Darlings 5/6/19)

Best Fantasy Novel

• Angel Mage, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
• Darkdawn, Jay Kristoff (HarperCollins)
• The Wailing Woman, Maria Lewis (Little, Brown)
• The Harp of Kings, Juliet Marillier (Macmillan Australia)
• Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom, P.M. Freestone (Scholastic)
• Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town, Michael Pryor (Allen & Unwin)

Best Fantasy Novella

• “Like Ripples on a Blank Shore”, J.S. Breukelaar (Collision: Stories)
• “The Orchard”, Ephiny Gale (Andromeda Spaceways 9/19)
• “Out of Darkness”, Chris Mason (Tales of the Lost Volume 1: We All Lose Something)
• “‘Scapes Made Diamond”, Shauna O’Meara (Interzone 3-4/19)
• “To Hell and Back”, Michael Pryor (Aurealis #120)
• “The Final Prologue”, Christopher Sequeira (Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not)

Best Fantasy Short Story

• “Loose Stones”, Joanne Anderton (Infinite Threads)
• “1078 Reasons”, Aidan Doyle (Translunar Travelers Lounge 8/15/19)
• “Pigshit and Gold”, Aiki Flinthart (Dimension6 #18)
• “CurioQueens”, Ephiny Gale (Constellary Tales 12/19)
• “Good Dog, Alice”, Juliet Marillier (Wonderland)
• “Dragon by Subscription”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Patreon)

Best Horror Novel

• Chuwa: The Rat People of Lahore, Brian Craddock (Broken Puppet)
• Remains, Andrew Cull (IFWG Australia)
• A Riddle in Bronze, Simon Haynes (Bowman)
• The Rich Man’s House, Andrew McGahan (Allen & Unwin)
• Body Farm Z, Deborah Sheldon (Severed)

Best Horror Novella

• “Yellowheart”, Alan Baxter (Served Cold)
• Supermassive Black Mass, Matthew R. Davis (Short Sharp Shocks! #21)
• Into Bones Like Oil, Kaaron Warren (Meerkat)

Best Horror Short Story

• “Loose Stones”, Joanne Anderton (Infinite Threads)
• “The Mark”, Grace Chan (Verge 2019: Uncanny)
• “Pilgrimage”, Matthew R. Davis (Breach #10)
• “The Unwrapping”, Terry Dowling (Echoes)
• “Of Meat and Man”, Jason Fischer (SNAFU: Last Stand)
• “Vivienne and Agnes”, Chris Mason (Beside the Seaside: Tales from the Day Tripper)
• “The Moth Tapes”, J. Ashley Smith (Aurealis #117)

Best Young Adult Novel

• Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom, P.M. Freestone (Scholastic)
• Ghost Bird, Lisa Fuller (University of Queensland Press)
• Aurora Rising, Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
• Dev1at3, Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
• The Harp of Kings, Juliet Marillier (Macmillan Australia)
• I Heard the Wolf Call My Name, K.S. Nikakis (SOV)

Best Young Adult Short Story

• The Jindabyne Secret, Jo Hart (Deadset)
• Glass-Heart, K.S. Nikakis (SOV Media)
• “Dragon by Subscription”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Patreon)
• “Seaweed”, Andrea Teare (Breach #11)
• “Each City”, Ellen Van Neerven (Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOZYA Stories)
• “Rats”, Marlee Jane Ward (Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOZYA Stories)

Best Children’s Fiction

• Elementals: Scorch Dragons, Amie Kaufman (HarperCollins)
• Race for the Red Dragon, Rebecca Lim (Allen & Unwin)
• The Dog Runner, Bren MacDibble (Allen & Unwin)
• Jinxed!: The Curious Curse of Cora Bell, Rebecca McRitchie, illustrated by Sharon O’Connor (HarperCollins)
• The Glimme, Emily Rodda & Marc McBride (Omnibus)
• The Lost Stone of SkyCity, HM Waugh (Fremantle)

Best Collection

• Collision: Stories, J.S. Breukelaar (Meerkat)
• Blackbirds Sing, Aiki Flinthart (CAT)
• Scar Tissue and Other Stories, Narrelle M. Harris (Clan Destine)
• Five Dragons, Pamela Jeffs (Four Ink)
• Stray Bats, Margo Lanagan (Small Beer)
• Men and Machines I: Space Operas and Special Ops, Charlie Nash (Flying Nun)

Best Anthology

• Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories, Michael Earp, ed. (Walker Australia)
• Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not, Christopher Sequeira, ed. (IFWG Australia)
• The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 13, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris)
• Mission: Critical, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Solaris)

Best Graphic Novel/Illustrated Work

• Haphaven, Norm Harper & Louie Joyce (Lion Forge)
• Yahoo Creek, Tohby Riddle (Allen & Unwin)
• Black Magick, Greg Rucka & Nicola Scott (Image)
• Super Nova, Krys Saclier & Rebecca Timmis (Ford Street)
• Sherlock Bones and the Natural History Mystery, Renée Treml (Allen & Unwin)

Winners will be announced in an awards ceremony in Melbourne, Australia. For more, see the official website.

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