Aurealis Award for best collection

Aurealis Award for best collection

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The Aurealis Award design is often placed on the winning book's cover as a promotional tool.[1]
Awarded for Excellence in speculative fiction collections
Country Australia
Presented by Chimaera Publications,
WASFF
First awarded 2008
Currently held by Garth Nix
Official website Official site

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers".[2] To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year;[3] the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.[4]

Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. Categories currently include science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative young-adult fiction—with separate awards for novels and short fiction—collections, anthologies, illustrative works or graphic novels, children's books, and an award for excellence in speculative fiction.[2] The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchmark in science fiction and fantasy. The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has identified the award as an honour to be taken seriously.[5]

The results are decided by a panel of judges from a list of submitted nominees; the long-list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of finalists.[2] The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award's management team.[6]

This article lists all the short-list nominees and winners in the best collection category. The award for best collection was first awarded in 2008 along with two other categories; best anthology and best illustrated book or graphic novel to replace the discontinued Golden Aurealis awards.[2][6]

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the book's eligibility; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature" article. Entries with a blue background have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list.

  *   Winners and joint winners
  *   Nominees on the shortlist

Year Author & Editor Collection Publisher Ref
2008 Williams, SeanSean Williams & Russell B. Farr (editor)* Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams Ticonderoga Publications [7]
2008 Hood, RobertRobert Hood Creeping in Reptile Flesh Altair Australia Books [7]
2009 Egan, GregGreg Egan*[I] Oceanic Gollancz [8]
2009 Biancotti, DeborahDeborah Biancotti & Alisa Krasnostein (editor) A Book of Endings Twelfth Planet Press [8]
2009 Haines, PaulPaul Haines & Geoffrey Maloney (editor) Slice of Life The Mayne Press [8]
2009 Matthews, RobbieRobbie Matthews & Donna Hanson (editor) Johnny Phillips Werewolf Detective Australian Speculative Fiction [8]
2010 Slatter, AngelaAngela Slatter* The Girl With No Hands Ticonderoga Publications [9]
2010 Davidson, RjurikRjurik Davidson The Library of Forgotten Books PS Publishing [10]
2010 Franklin, BobBob Franklin Under Stones Affirm Press [10]
2010 Slatter, AngelaAngela Slatter Sourdough and Other Stories Tartarus Press [10]
2010 Warren, KaaronKaaron Warren Dead Sea Fruit Ticonderoga Publications [10]
2011 Hannett, Lisa L.Lisa L. Hannett* Bluegrass Symphony Ticonderoga Publications [11]
2011 Biancotti, DeborahDeborah Biancotti Bad Power Twelfth Planet Press [12]
2011 Haines, PaulPaul Haines Last Days of Kali Yuga Brimstone Press [12]
2011 Isle, SueSue Isle Nightsiders Twelfth Planet Press [12]
2011 Rayner Roberts, TansyTansy Rayner Roberts Love and Romanpunk Twelfth Planet Press [12]
2012 Bishop, K. J.K. J. Bishop* That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote K. J. Bishop [13]
2012 Carmody, IsobelleIsobelle Carmody Metro Winds Allen & Unwin [14]
2012 Hannett, Lisa L.Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter Midnight and Moonshine Ticonderoga Publications [14]
2012 Livings, MartinMartin Livings Living With the Dead Dark Prints Press [14]
2012 Warren, KaaronKaaron Warren Through Splintered Walls Twelfth Planet Press [14]
2013 Anderton, JoanneJoanne Anderton* The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories FableCroft Publishing [15][16]
2013 Dyer, ThoraiyaThoraiya Dyer Asymmetry Twelfth Planet Press [15]
2013 McDermott, KirstynKirstyn McDermott Caution: Contains Small Parts Twelfth Planet Press [15]
2013 Sparks, CatCat Sparks The Bride Price Ticonderoga Publications [15]
2013 Wilkins, KimKim Wilkins The Year of Ancient Ghosts Ticonderoga Publications [15]
2014 Hannett, Lisa L.Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter* The Female Factory Twelfth Planet Press [17]
2014 Love, RosaleenRosaleen Love Secret Lives Twelfth Planet Press [18]
2014 McHugh, IanIan McHugh Angel Dust Ticonderoga Publications [18]
2014 Petrie, SimonSimon Petrie Difficult Second Album: more stories of Xenobiology, Space Elevators, and Bats Out Of Hell Peggy Bright Books [18]
2014 Slatter, AngelaAngela Slatter The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings Tartarus Press [18]
2014 Slatter, AngelaAngela Slatter Black-Winged Angels Ticonderoga Publications [18]
2015 Nix, GarthGarth Nix* To Hold the Bridge Allen & Unwin [19]
2015 Cummings, Shane JiraiyaShane Jiraiya Cummings The Abandonment of Grace and Everything After Brimstone Press [20]
2015 Flinthart, DirkDirk Flinthart Striking Fire FableCroft Publishing [20]
2015 Kalin, DeborahDeborah Kalin Cherry Crow Children Twelfth Planet Press [20]
2015 Nomarhas, CaroleCarole Nomarhas The Fading (self-published) [20]
2015 Tambour, AnnaAnna Tambour The Finest Ass in the Universe Ticonderoga Publications [20]

^ I Greg Egan declined to accept the award for Oceanic.[21]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Eon by Alison Goodman". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Aurealis Awards – About Us". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-08-15. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  3. ↑ "Aurealis Awards – Rules and Conditions". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  4. ↑ Nahrung, Jason (2007-02-02). "Horror a hit". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
  5. ↑ Koval, Ramona (presenter) (2009-02-05). Spotlight on speculative fiction writers (mp3) (Radio broadcast). ABC Radio and Regional Content. Event occurs at 1:18–2:16. Archived from the original on 2010-04-02.
  6. 1 2 "Aurealis Awards – FAQ". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
  7. 1 2 "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Aurealis Awards 2009 Anthology/Collection Judges’ Report" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  9. ↑ "2010 Aurealis Award winners" (PDF). SpecFaction NSW. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Aurealis Awards Finalists 2010" (PDF). SpecFaction NSW. Archived from the original on 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  11. ↑ "2011 Aurealis Award winners" (PDF). SpecFaction NSW. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Aurealis Awards Finalists 2010" (PDF). SpecFaction NSW. Archived from the original on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2012-04-28.
  13. ↑ "2012 Aurealis Award winners" (PDF). SpecFaction NSW. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "2012 Aurealis Awards finalists announced" (PDF). SpecFaction NSW. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 "2013 Aurealis Awards finalists announced" (PDF). Conflux. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
  16. ↑ ">"2013 Aurealis Awards Winners". Conflux. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  17. ↑ "And the winners are...". Conflux. 2015-04-12.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 2014 Aurealis Awards finalists announced, Conflux, retrieved 2015-03-08
  19. ↑ The Winners of the 2015 Aurealis Awards, WASFF, 2016-03-25, retrieved 2016-03-25
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 ANNOUNCEMENT: 2015 Aurealis Awards Shortlists, WASFF, retrieved 2016-03-14
  21. ↑ "Finalists and Winners". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2010-04-05.

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