27-Jan-2008
The winners of the 2007 Aurealis Awards have been announced.
The Gods of Amyrantha was
shortlisted in the Fantasy section which was an honour, but up against such a strong field, I can't say I was even remotely expecting it to win. In fact, I was quite sure GOA
wouldn't win and made a few choice wagers with friends to that effect, so in a way, I
did win... quite a bit actually... LOL There will be many collections of chocolate, a bottle of wine and a few cash exchanges in the coming days, as the debts are settled... hahahaha
Anyway, congrats to all the winners, and particularly to the delightful Terry Dowling, winner of the Peter McNamara Convenors' Award for Excellence. There's an award I am sure nobody could disagree with.
And the Aurealis Award goes to...
| best science fiction novel |
| David Kowalski, The Company of the Dead, Pan Macmillan
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| best science fiction short story |
| Cat Sparks, ‘Hollywood Roadkill’, On Spec, #69 |
| best fantasy novel |
| Lian Hearn, Heaven’s Net is Wide, Tales of the Otori The First Book, Hachette Livre |
| best fantasy short story |
| Garth Nix, ‘Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz go to War Again’, Jim Baen’s Universe, April 2007 |
| best horror novel |
| Susan Parisi, Blood of Dreams, Penguin Group (Australia) |
| best horror short story |
| Anna Tambour, ‘The Jeweller of Second-Hand Roe’, Subterranean, #7 |
| best young adult novel |
| Anthony Eaton, Skyfall, UQP |
| best young adult short story |
| Deborah Biancotti, ‘A Scar for Leida’, Fantastic Wonder Stories, Ticonderoga Publications |
| best children’s (8-12 years) long fiction |
| Kate Forsyth, The Silver Horse, The Chain of Charms 2, Pan Macmillan
Kate Forsyth, The Herb of Grace, The Chain of Charms 3, Pan Macmillan
Kate Forsyth, The Cat’s Eye Shell, The Chain of Charms 4, Pan Macmillan
Kate Forsyth, The Lightning Bolt, The Chain of Charms 5, Pan Macmillan
Kate Forsyth, The Butterfly in Amber, The Chain of Charms 6, Pan Macmillan |
| best children’s (8-12 years) short fiction (tied) |
| Marc McBride, World of Monsters, Scholastic Australia and
Briony Stewart, Kumiko and the Dragon, UQP
|
| Peter McNamara Convenors' Award for Excellence |
| Terry Dowling, Rynemonn, Coeur de Lion Publications Terry Dowling has long been a respected writer of science fiction and supporter of the speculative fiction community. In 2007 his book Rynemonn was released. This work is theculmination of the exceptional Tom Rynosseros stories that Dowling haspublished over more than a decade. His work fits comfortably next to genre fiction writers such as Ray Bradbury or Ursula K. LeGuin. His literary skill and richness of storytelling equally bring to mind comparisons with writers such as Isak Dinesen and Thornton Wilder. Therefore, the convening judges of the Aurealis Awards 2007 have awarded the Peter McNamara Convenors' Award for Excellence to Terry Dowling for Rynemonn, his magnum opus of the Tom Rynosseros/Tom Tyson saga. |
| GOLDEN AUREALIS |
| Novel: | David Kowalski, The Company of the Dead, Pan Macmillan |
| Short Story: | Cat Sparks, ‘Hollywood Roadkill’, On Spec, #69 |
Goodwork getting shortlisted and winning the chocolate and wine xD
I'm not surprised with any of those actually. The "best children?s (8-12 years) long fiction" was the least surprise for me as my sister is in love with that series.
Congrats to allthe winners anyway.
Posted By Mary / Posted At 1/27/08 1:10 PM
I'm surprised Lian Hearn's book won. I've read her series and while it's quite good, I would have classed it as YA, not adult fantasy.
I really like Terry's work, though, so it's good to see him acknowledged.
Posted By Karen / Posted At 1/27/08 7:48 PM
I've read her books too, although not Heaven's Net is Wide. But I wouldn't classify them at YA. Some of the stuff in there is not for that age group.
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