Aurealis Award winners announced

The 2013 Aurealis Award winners were announced at a ceremony in Canberra on Saturday 5 April.

The winning titles were:

Science-fiction novel

• Lexicon (Max Barry, Hachette)

Fantasy novel

• A Crucible of Souls (Mitchell Hogan, self-published)

Horror novel

• Fairytales for Wilde Girls (Allyse Near, Random House)

Young adult novel (tied)

• These Broken Stars (Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner, A&U)
• Fairytales for Wilde Girls (Allyse Near, Random House)

Anthology (tied)

• The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012 (ed by Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene, Ticonderoga Publications)
• One Small Step, An Anthology of Discoveries (ed by Tehani Wessel, FableCroft Publishing) (ed by Tehani Wessel, FableCroft Publishing)

Collection

• The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories (Joanne Anderton, FableCroft Publishing)

Children’s book

• The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie (Kirsty Murray, A&U)

Illustrated book or graphic novel (tied)

• Burger Force (Jackie Ryan, self-published)
• The Deep Vol 2: The Vanishing Island (Tom Taylor & James Brouwer, Gestalt Publishing)

Fantasy short fiction

• ‘The Last Stormdancer’ (Jay Kristoff, Thomas Dunne Books)

Science-fiction short fiction

• ‘Air, Water and the Grove’ (Kaaron Warren, The Lowest Heaven, Pandemonium Press)

Horror short fiction

• ‘The Year of Ancient Ghosts’ (Kim Wilkins, The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Ticonderoga Publications)

Young adult short fiction

• ‘By Bone-light’ (Juliet Marillier, Prickle Moon, Ticonderoga Publications).

The full list of finalists is available here.

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