Aurealis Awards 2019 winners announced           

The winners of the 2019 Aurealis Awards, presented for science fiction, fantasy and horror writing in Australia, have been announced.

The winners in each category are:

Best science fiction novel

• Aurora Rising (Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, A&U)

Best fantasy novel 

• Angel Mage (Garth Nix, A&U)

Best horror novel 

• The Rich Man’s House (Andrew McGahan, A&U)

Best graphic novel/illustrated work

• Black Magick (Greg Rucka & Nicola Scott, Image Comics)

Best children’s fiction

• The Dog Runner (Bren MacDibble, A&U)

Best young adult novel

• Aurora Rising (Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, A&U)

Best collection

• Collision: Stories (J S Breukelaar, Meerkat Press)

Best anthology

• Mission: Critical (ed by Jonathan Strahan, Solaris)

Best horror novella

• Into Bones Like Oil (Kaaron Warren, Meerkat Press)

Best fantasy novella

• Scapes Made Diamond (Shauna O’Meara, Interzone 280)

Best sci-fi novella

• Scapes Made Diamond (Shauna O’Meara, Interzone 280)

Best YA short story

• The Jindabyne Secret (Jo Hart, Deadset Press)

Best fantasy short story

• ‘Dragon by Subscription’ (Tansy Rayner Roberts, Patreon, self-published)

Best horror short story

• ‘Vivienne and Agnes’ (Chris Mason, Beside the Seaside – Tales from the Day Tripper, self-published)

Best sci-fi short story

• ‘Wreck Diving’ (Joanne Anderton, Aurealis #123, Chimaera Publications)

Convenors award for excellence

• Watermarks: Science Fiction, Mitigation and the Mosaic Novel Structure in Australian Climate Fiction (Jason Nahrung, PhD thesis, University of Queensland).

For more information, see the Aurealis Awards website.

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