2022 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Winners

Best Novel

• WINNER: Butcherbird, Cassie Hart (Huia) 

• Gateway to Dark Stars, Kate Haley (self-published)
• Silent Sorrow, Russell Kirkpatrick (IFWG)
• The King of Faerie, A.J. Lancaster (Camberion)
• A Force of Nature, Janna Ruth (self-published)
• Foxhunt, Rem Wigmore (Queen of Swords)

Best Youth Novel

• WINNER: Fire’s Caress, Lani Wendt Young (One Tree) 

• Welcome to the Inbetween, Kate Haley (self-published)
• A Lair of Bones, Helen Scheuerer (Alchemy)
• The Thaumagician’s Revenge, Gareth Ward (Walker)
• Spark Hunter, Sonya Wilson (Ahoy!/The Cuba)

Best Novella/Novelette

• WINNER: The Impossible Resurrection of Grief, Octavia Cade (Stelliform)

• Raven’s Haven for Women of Magic, Anna Kirtlan (self-published)
• Heart and Hearth, Anna Klein (Bonnetpunk)
• Scales, Tails, and Hagfish, Octavia Cade (Te Herenga Waka University)
• Monsters and Manuscripts, Jamie Sands (Grey Kelpie)
• Against the Grain, Melanie Harding-Shaw (self-published)

Best Short Story

• WINNER: “Data Migration”, Melanie Harding-Shaw (Strange Horizon 7/12/21) 

• “I Will Teach You Magic”, Andi C. Buchanan (Cossmass Infinities 1/10/21)
• “Worm Blood”, Octavia Cade (The Dark 4/21)
• “Breath”, S.A. McKenzie (All Worlds Wayfarer Magazine Issue XI)
• “Clutch. Stick. Shift”, Tehnuka (Mermaids Monthly 7/21)

Best Collected Work

• WINNER: Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy Vol 3, Marie Hodgkinson, ed. (Paper Road)

• Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson, and Other Stories, Jack Remiel Cottrell (Canterbury University)
• Middle Distance: Long Stories of Aotearoa New Zealand, Craig Gamble, ed. (Te Herenga Waka University)
• Alt-ernate, Melanie Harding-Shaw (self-published)
• SEEDS, Tabatha Wood (Wild Wood)

Best Professional Artwork

• WINNER: Cover of Foxhunt, Laya Rose

• Cover of The Last Fallen Star, Vivienne To
• Cover of Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy Vol 3, Rebekah Tisch
• Cover and Illustrations for The Memory Thief, Keiran Rynhart

Best Professional Production/Publication

• WINNER: “What You Need Right Now is a Nice Soothing Horror Story”, Tabatha Wood (The Spinoff 8/19/21)

• Project Tempest podcast, CJ Halbard
• Ritual Cast episodes 23-35, Rycon Roleplays
• Lore Olympus chapters 138-190, Rachel Smythe

Best Dramatic Presentation

• WINNER: Wellington Paranormal (series 3)

• Creamerie

New Talent

• WINNER: Graci Kim 

• Chloe Gong
• Angelique Kasmara

Best Fan Production/Publication

• WINNER: Phoenixine, John & Jo Toon (Phoenix Science Fiction Society)

Best Fan Writing

• WINNER: “Wormholes and Workers”, Andi C. Buchanan (Vector Magazine #294)

• “SITREP”, Alex Lindsay (Phoenixine)
• “Bibliophiles Report”, John Toon and Simon Litten (Phoenixine)
• “Review of Philip Pullmans Serpentine”, Stephen Litten (My Opinion on Various Books)
• “Pass the Rules”, Jo Toon (Phoenixine)
• “Triumvirate”, Jo Toon (self-published)
• “This Book’s About What?”, Tabatha Wood (Divination Hollow)

Best Fan Artwork

• WINNER (TIE): “Jinx”, Jules
• WINNER (TIE): “Deva”, Michelle Kan

• “Toanga”, Michelle Kan

Services to Fandom

• WINNER: Michelle Kan

• Matthew Pavletich

For more information, see the SFFANZ website.

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