2022 Aurealis Award Winners
The winners of the 2022 Aurealis Award have been announced. The winners in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- WINNER: 36 Streets by TR Napper (Titan)
- Hovering by Rhett Davis (Hachette AU)
- The Stranger by Kathryn Hore (Allen & Unwin)
- Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz (Hamish Hamilton)
- Bootstrap by Georgina Young (Text)
- WINNER: The Path of Thorns by Angela Slatter (Titan)
- The Not So Chosen One by Kate Emery (Text)
- The Stone Road by Trent Jamieson (Erewhon)
- A Restless Truth by Freya Marske (Tor)
- Blitz by Daniel O’Malley (HarperCollins)
- Honour Among Ghosts by Sean Williams (Allen & Unwin)
- WINNER: The Stone Road by Trent Jamieson (Erewhon)
- Sallow Bend by Alan Baxter (Cemetery Dance)
- Scavengers by Robert Hood (Clan Destine)
- The Stranger by Kathryn Hore (Allen & Unwin)
- The Path of Thorns by Angela Slatter (Titan)
See the press release for details for the winners in all categories. Our congrats to all the winners and nominees.
2022 Aurealis Awards Finalists
The finalists for the 2022 Aurealis Awards have been announced. The nominees in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- Hovering by Rhett Davis (Hachette AU)
- The Stranger by Kathryn Hore (Allen & Unwin)
- 36 Streets by TR Napper (Titan)
- Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz (Hamish Hamilton)
- Bootstrap by Georgina Young (Text)
- The Not So Chosen One by Kate Emery (Text)
- The Stone Road by Trent Jamieson (Erewhon)
- A Restless Truth by Freya Marske (Tor)
- Blitz by Daniel O’Malley (HarperCollins)
- The Path of Thorns by Angela Slatter (Titan)
- Honour Among Ghosts by Sean Williams (Allen & Unwin)
- Sallow Bend by Alan Baxter (Cemetery Dance)
- Scavengers by Robert Hood (Clan Destine)
- The Stranger by Kathryn Hore (Allen & Unwin)
- The Stone Road by Trent Jamieson (Erewhon)
- The Path of Thorns by Angela Slatter (Titan)
See Locus for all the nominees in all categories.
Winners will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in Melbourne or perhaps online.
2021 Aurealis Award Winners
The winners of the 2021 Aurealis Award have been announced. The winners in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- WINNER: Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker (Allen & Unwin)
- The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry (Hachette Australia)
- Stealing Time by Rebecca Bowyer (self-published)
- Papa Lucy & The Boneman by Jason Fischer (Outland Entertainment)
- Aurora’s End by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Deepwater King by Claire McKenna (HarperCollins Publishers)
- WINNER: Dark Rise by C S Pacat (Allen & Unwin)
- Supermums: And So It Begins by Meg Grace (self-published)
- The Rose Daughter by Maria Lewis (Piatkus / Hachette / Little Brown)
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (Tor)
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Mantle)
- All the Murmuring Bones by Angela Slatter (Titan Books)
- WINNER: Holly and the Nobodies by Ben Pienaar (HellBound Books)
- The Bridge by J S Breukelaar (Meerkat Press)
- Midnight in the Chapel of Love by Matthew R. Davis (JournalStone Publishing)
- Papa Lucy & The Boneman by Jason Fischer (Outland Entertainment)
- The Airways by Jennifer Mills (Picador Australia)
See the press release for details for the winners in all categories. Our congrats to all the winners and nominees.
2021 Aurealis Awards Finalists
The finalists for the 2021 Aurealis Awards have been announced. The nominees in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker (Allen & Unwin)
- The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry (Hachette Australia)
- Stealing Time by Rebecca Bowyer (self-published)
- Papa Lucy & The Boneman by Jason Fischer (Outland Entertainment)
- Aurora’s End by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Deepwater King by Claire McKenna (HarperCollins Publishers)
- Supermums – And So It Begins by Meg Grace (self-published)
- The Rose Daughter by Maria Lewis (Piatkus / Hachette / Little Brown)
- A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (Tor)
- Dark Rise by C S Pacat (Allen & Unwin)
- She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan (Mantle)
- All the Murmuring Bones by Angela Slatter (Titan Books)
- The Bridge by J S Breukelaar (Meerkat Press)
- Midnight in the Chapel of Love by Matthew R. Davis (JournalStone Publishing)
- Papa Lucy & The Boneman by Jason Fischer (Outland Entertainment)
- The Airways by Jennifer Mills (Picador Australia)
- Holly and the Nobodies by Ben Pienaar (HellBound Books)
See the official press release for the all the nominees in all categories.
Winners will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in Melbourne or perhaps online.
2020 Aurealis Award Winners
The winners of the 2020 Aurealis Award have been announced. The winners in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- WINNER: The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay (Scribe)
- WINNER: Repo Virtual by Corey J. White (Tordotcom)
- Ghost Species by James Bradley (Penguin Random House)
- Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Fauna by Donna Mazza (Allen & Unwin)
- The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall (Simon & Schuster Australia)
- WINNER: The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
- Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke (Transworld)
- Monstrous Heart by Claire McKenna (HarperCollins)
- The Vanishing Deep by Astrid Scholte (Allen & Unwin)
- Conquist by Dirk Strasser (Chimaera)
- The Ninth Sorceress by Bonnie Wynne (Talem)
- WINNER: None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney (Allen & Unwin)
- Soul Survivor by Daniel de Lorne (Scarlo)
- An Enigma in Silver by Simon Haynes (Bowman)
- Monstrous Heart by Claire McKenna (Harper Voyager)
- Gutterbreed by Marty Young (Eclectic Trio)
Locus has the details for the winners in all categories. Our congrats to all the winners and nominees.
2020 Aurealis Awards Finalists
The finalists for the 2020 Aurealis Awards have been announced. The nominees in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- Ghost Species by James Bradley (Penguin Random House)
- Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Fauna by Donna Mazza (Allen & Unwin)
- The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay (Scribe)
- The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall (Simon & Schuster Australia)
- Repo Virtual by Corey J. White (Tordotcom)
- Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke (Transworld)
- Monstrous Heart by Claire McKenna (HarperCollins)
- The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
- The Vanishing Deep by Astrid Scholte (Allen & Unwin)
- Conquist by Dirk Strasser (Chimaera)
- The Ninth Sorceress by Bonnie Wynne (Talem)
- Soul Survivor by Daniel de Lorne (Scarlo)
- An Enigma in Silver by Simon Haynes (Bowman)
- None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney (Allen & Unwin)
- Monstrous Heart by Claire McKenna (Harper Voyager)
- Gutterbreed by Marty Young (Eclectic Trio)
See the official press release for the all the nominees in all categories.
Winners will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in Melbourne or perhaps online.
2019 Aurealis Award Winners
The winners of the 2019 Aurealis Award have been announced. The winners in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- WINNER: Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- The Subjects by Sarah Hopkins (Text)
- The Trespassers by Meg Mundell (University of Queensland Press)
- The Year of the Fruit Cake by Gillian Polack (IFWG Australia)
- The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson (Affirm)
- Daughter of Bad Times by Rohan Wilson (Allen & Unwin)
- WINNER: Angel Mage by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
- Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff (HarperCollins)
- The Wailing Woman by Maria Lewis (Little, Brown)
- The Harp of Kings by Juliet Marillier (Macmillan Australia)
- Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom by P.M. Freestone (Scholastic)
- Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town by Michael Pryor (Allen & Unwin)
- WINNER: The Rich Man’s House by Andrew McGahan (Allen & Unwin)
- Chuwa: The Rat People of Lahore by Brian Craddock (Broken Puppet)
- Remains by Andrew Cull (IFWG Australia)
- A Riddle in Bronze by Simon Haynes (Bowman)
- Body Farm Z by Deborah Sheldon (Severed)
Locus has the details for the winners in all categories. Our congrats to all the winners and nominees.
2019 Aurealis Awards Finalists
The finalists for the 2019 Aurealis Awards have been announced. The nominees in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- The Subjects by Sarah Hopkins (Text)
- Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- The Trespassers by Meg Mundell (University of Queensland Press)
- The Year of the Fruit Cake by Gillian Polack (IFWG Australia)
- The Glad Shout by Alice Robinson (Affirm)
- Daughter of Bad Times by Rohan Wilson (Allen & Unwin)
- Angel Mage by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
- Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff (HarperCollins)
- The Wailing Woman by Maria Lewis (Little, Brown)
- The Harp of Kings by Juliet Marillier (Macmillan Australia)
- Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom by P.M. Freestone (Scholastic)
- Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town by Michael Pryor (Allen & Unwin)
- Chuwa: The Rat People of Lahore by Brian Craddock (Broken Puppet)
- Remains by Andrew Cull (IFWG Australia)
- A Riddle in Bronze by Simon Haynes (Bowman)
- The Rich Man’s House by Andrew McGahan (Allen & Unwin)
- Body Farm Z by Deborah Sheldon (Severed)
See the official press release for the all the nominees in all categories.
Winners will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in Melbourne or perhaps online.
2018 Aurealis Awards Finalists
The finalists for the 2018 Aurealis Awards have been announced. The nominees in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- Scales of Empire by Kylie Chan (HarperCollins)
- Obsidio by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- Lifel1k3 by Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin)
- A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer (Ventura)
- Dyschronia by Jennifer Mills (Picador)
- The Second Cure by Margaret Morgan (Penguin Random House)
- Devouring Dark by Alan Baxter (Grey Matter)
- The Dark Days Deceit by Alison Goodman (HarperCollins)
- City of Lies by Sam Hawke (Penguin Random House)
- Lightning Tracks by A. A. Kinsela (Plainspeak)
- The Witch Who Courted Death by Maria Lewis (Hachette)
- We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson (self-published)
- The Bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett (Allen & Unwin)
- The Years of the Wolf by Craig Cormick (IFWG)
- Tide of Stone by Kaaron Warren (Omnium Gatherum)
See the official press release for the all the nominees in all categories.
Winners of the 2018 Aurealis Awards will be announced at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in Melbourne on Saturday May 4, 2019.
2017 Aurealis Award Winners
The winners of the 2017 Aurealis Award have been announced. The winners in the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel categories are:
- WINNER: From the Wreck by Jane Rawson (Transit Lounge)
- Closing Down by Sally Abbott (Hachette Australia)
- Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman (Hachette Australia)
- Year of the Orphan by Daniel Findlay (Penguin Random House Australia)
- An Uncertain Grace by Krissy Kneen (Text)
- Lotus Blue by Cat Sparks (Skyhorse)
- WINNER: Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff (HarperCollins)
- Crossroads of Canopy by Thoraiya Dyer (Tor)
- Gwen by Goldie Goldbloom (Fremantle)
- Cassandra by Kathryn Gossow (Odyssey)
- Gap Year In Ghost Town by Michael Pryor (Allen & Unwin)
- Wellside by Robin Shortt (Candlemark & Gleam)
- WINNER: Soon by Lois Murphy (Transit Lounge)
- Aletheia by J. S. Breukelaar (Crystal Lake)
- Who’s Afraid Too? by Maria Lewis (Hachette Australia)
Locus has the details for the winners in all categories. Our congrats to all the winners and nominees.