Aurealis Awards - najlepsza australijska fantastyka
Ogłosozno finalistów tegorocznych Aurealis Awards – nagrody dla najlepszej australijskiej fantastyki, przyznawanej przez The Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation.
Nagroda przyznawana jest od 1995 roku, kiedy ufundował ją fantastyczny magazyn Aurealis. Jak podają organizatorzy, tegoroczną shortlistę wybrano spośród ponad 800 zgłoszeń. Zwycięzcy zostaną ogłoszeni podczas ceremonii Aurealis Awards, która ma odbyć się w czasie Swanconu w Perth – w długi weekend świąteczny.
Oto nominacje!
Najlepsza powieść science fiction
- Closing Down, Sally Abbott (Hachette Australia)
- Terra Nullius, Claire G. Coleman (Hachette Australia)
- Year of the Orphan, Daniel Findlay (Penguin Random House Australia)
- An Uncertain Grace, Krissy Kneen (Text)
- From the Wreck, Jane Rawson (Transit Lounge)
- Lotus Blue, Cat Sparks (Skyhorse)
Najlepsza mikropowieść science fiction
- This Silent Sea, Stephanie Gunn (Review of Australian Fiction #166)
- I Can See the Ending, Will Kostakis (Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology)
- The Wandering Library, D.K. Mok (Ecopunk!)
- Island Green, Shauna O’Meara (Ecopunk!)
- Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body, Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright)
- Girl Reporter, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Book Smugglers)
Najlepsze opowiadanie science fiction
- “The Missing Years”, Lyn Battersby (Andromeda Spaceways #66)
- “A Little Faith”, Aiki Flinthart (Like a Woman)
- “Cards and Steel Hearts”, Pamela Jeffs (Lawless Lands: Tales from the Weird Frontier)
- “One Small Step“, Amie Kaufman (Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology)
- “Conversations with an Armoury”, Garth Nix (Infinity Wars)
- “Hurk + Dav”, Alfie Simpson (Breach #01)
Najlepsza powieść fantasy
- Crossroads of Canopy, Thoraiya Dyer (Tor)
- Gwen, Goldie Goldbloom (Fremantle)
- Cassandra, Kathryn Gossow (Odyssey)
- Godsgrave, Jay Kristoff (HarperCollins)
- Gap Year In Ghost Town, Michael Pryor (Allen & Unwin)
- Wellside, Robin Shortt (Candlemark & Gleam)
Najlepsza mikropowieść fantasy
- The Book Club, Alan Baxter (PS)
- “Remnants”, Nathan Burrage (Dimension6 #11)
- “The Cunning Woman’s Daughter”, Kate Forsyth & Kim Wilkins (The Silver Well)
- In Shadows We Fall, Devin Madson (self-published)
- “Braid”, Kirstyn McDermott (Review of Australian Fiction #161)
- Humanity for Beginners, Faith Mudge (Less Than Three)
Najlepsze opowiadanie fantasy
- “Hamelin’s Graves”, Freya Marske (Andromeda Spaceways #69)
- “The Curse is Come Upon Me, Cried”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Please Look After This Angel & Other Winged Stories)
- “The Little Mermaid, in Passing”, Angela Slatter (Review of Australian Fiction #147)
- “Duplicity”, J. Ashley Smith (Dimension6 #11)
- “The Rainmaker Goddess, Hallowed Shaz”, Marlee Jane Ward (Feminartsy 4/6/17)
- “Oona Underground”, Lili Wilkinson (Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology)
Najlepszy horror
- Aletheia, J.S. Breukelaar (Crystal Lake)
- Who’s Afraid Too?, Maria Lewis (Hachette Australia)
- Soon, Lois Murphy (Transit Lounge)
Najlepszy horror – mikropowieść
- The Mailman, Jeremy Bates (Ghillinnein)
- Hope and Walker, Andrew Cull (Vermillion)
- “Grind”, Michael Grey (Pacific Monsters)
- “The Stairwell”, Chris Mason (Below The Stairs: Tales from the Cellar)
- “No Good Deed”, Angela Slatter (New Fears)
- “Furtherest”, Kaaron Warren (Dark Screams Volume 7)
Najlepszy horror – opowiadanie
- “Reef”, Kat Clay (SQ Mag 5/17)
- “Outside, a Drifter”, Lisa L. Hannett (Looming Low Volume 1)
- “Angel Hair”, Deborah Sheldon (Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories)
- “The Endless Below”, Alfie Simpson (Breach #02)
- “Old Growth”, J. Ashley Smith (SQ Mag 5/17)
- “On the Line”, J. Ashley Smith (Midnight Echo #12)
Najlepsza powieść young adult
- In The Dark Spaces, Cally Black (Hardie Grant Egmont)
- Ida, Alison Evans (Echo, Bonnier Australia)
- Frogkisser!, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin)
- This Mortal Coil, Emily Suvada (Puffin UK)
- Psynode, Marlee Jane Ward (Seizure)
- The Undercurrent, Paula Weston (Text)
Najlepsze opowiadanie young adult
- “One Small Step“, Amie Kaufman (Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology)
- “I Can See the Ending”, Will Kostakis (Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology)
- “Competition Entry #349”, Jaclyn Moriarty (Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology)
- “First Casualty”, Michael Pryor (Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology)
- Girl Reporter, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Book Smugglers)
- “Oona Underground”, Lili Wilkinson (Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology)
Najlepszy tekst dla dzieci
- How to Bee, Bren MacDibble (Allen & Unwin)
- The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone, Jaclyn Moriarty (Allen & Unwin)
- The Shop at Hoopers Bend, Emily Rodda (HarperCollins Australia)
- The Exile, Jo Sandhu (Penguin Random House Australia)
- Accidental Heroes, Lian Tanner (Allen & Unwin)
- Nevermoor, Jessica Townsend (Hachette Australia)
Najlepszy zbiór
- The Birdcage Heart & Other Strange Tales, Peter M. Ball (Brain Jar)
- The Silver Well, Kate Forsyth & Kim Wilkins (Ticonderoga)
- Beneath the Floating City, Donna Maree Hanson (self-published)
- Singing My Sister Down and Other Stories, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)
- Please Look After This Angel & Other Winged Stories, Tansy Rayner Roberts (self-published)
- Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories, Deborah Sheldon (IFWG Australia)
Najlepsza antologia
- Midnight Echo #12, Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Anthony Ferguson, eds. (Australasian Horror Writers Association)
- The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2015, Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, eds. (Ticonderoga)
- Dimension6: Annual Collection 2017, Keith Stevenson, ed. (coeur de lion)
- Infinity Wars, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Rebellion/Solaris)
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 11, Jonathan Strahan, ed. (Rebellion/Solaris)
Najlepsza powieść graficzna/praca ilustrowana
- Action Tank, Mike Barry (self-published)
- Dungzilla, James Foley (Fremantle)
- Tintinnabula, Margo Lanagan (Little Hare)
- Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts, Craig Phillips (Allen & Unwin)
- Changing Ways: Book 3, Justin Randall (Gestalt)
- Home Time, Campbell Whyte (Penguin Random House Australia)
