One more day of enforced banishment from the keyboard, so I'll give you the winners of the Australian Aurealis Awards for 2006.

Congratulations to all the winners. You rock:)

Science Fiction

Novel

K-Machines. Damien Broderick (Avalon)

Short story

The Seventh Letter. Sean Williams (Bulletin Summer Reading Edition

Fantasy

Novel

Wildwood Dancing. Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan)

Short story

A Fine Magic. Margo Lanagan (Eidolon 1)

Horror

Novel (tie)

The Pilo Family Circus. Will Elliott (ABC Books)

Prismatic. Edwina Grey (Lothian)

Short Story

Dead of Winter. Stephen Dedman (Weird Tales)

Young Adult

Novel

Monster Blood Tattoo. DM Cornish (Omnibus)

Short Story

The Arrival. Shaun Tan (Lothian)

Childrens'

Novel

Melissa, Queen of Evil. Mardi McConnochie (Pan Macmillan)

Short story (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)

Golden Aurealis

Novel

The Pilo Family Circus. Will Elliott (ABC Books)

Short Story

The Arrival. Shaun Tan (Lothian)

hope the enforced banishment has helped somewhat?