The nominations for the 11th annual Aurealis Awards have been announced.

The winners will be announced at what promises to be a lavish ceremony in Brisbane on January 27, hosted by the effervescent team of Kim Wilkins, Sean Williams, and Gardner Dozois. For details, see the Aurealis Award homepage. Note well there is a cover charge of $27.50, which I feel compelled to opine is inadvisably stiff.

And the nominees are:

Science Fiction novels

• K. A. Bedford, Hydrogen Steel
• Damien Broderick, K-Machines
• Andrew McGahan, Underground
• Sean Williams & Shane Dix, Geodesica Ascent

Science Fiction short stories

• Lee Battersby, “Dark Ages”
• David Conyers, “Aftermath”
• Stephen Dedman, “Down to the Tethys Sea”
• Sean Williams, “The Seventh Letter”

Horror novels

• Will Elliott, The Pilo Family Circus
• Edwina Grey, Prismatic
• Martin Livings, Carnies
• Brett McBean, The Mother

Horror short stories

• Stephen Dedman, “Dead of Winter”
• Margo Lanagan, “Winkie”
• Chris Lawson, “Hieronymus Boche”
• Kaaron Warren, “Dead Sea Fruit”
• Kaaron Warren, “Woman Train”

Fantasy novels

• Grace Dugan, The Silver Road
• Glenda Larke, Heart of the Mirage
• Juliet Marillier, Wildwood Dancing
• Sean McMullen, Voidfarer
• Michael Pryor, Blaze of Glory

Fantasy short stories

• Lee Battersby, “Dark Ages”
• Stephanie Campisi, “Why the Balloon Man Floats Away”
• Margo Lanagan, “A Fine Magic”
• Lucy Sussex, “The Revenant”
• Anna Tambour, “See Here, See There”

Young Adult novels

• D.M. Cornish, Monster Blood Tattoo Book One: Foundling
• Amanda Holohan, The King’s Fool
• Justine Larbalestier, Magic Lessons
• Juliet Marillier, Wildwood Dancing
• Scott Westerfeld, The Last Days

Young Adult short stories

• Deborah Biancotti, “The Dying Light”
• Simon Brown, “Leviathan”
• Margo Lanagan, “A Feather in the Breast of God”
• Margo Lanagan, “Baby Jane”
• Margo Lanagan, “Forever Upward”
• Shaun Tan, The Arrival

Children’s novels

• Isobelle Carmody, A Fox Called Sorrow
• John Flanagan, Oakleaf Bearers
• Mardie McConnochie, Melissa, Queen of Evil
• Nury Vittachi, Twilight in the Land of Nowhen
• Kim Wilkins, Fantastica: The Sunken Kingdom Series

Children’s short stories

• Jane Godwin, “The True Story of Mary Who Wanted to Stand on Her Head”
• Margaret Wild & Anne Spudvilas, “Woolvs in the Sittee”
• Victor Kelleher & Stephen Michael King, “The Magic Violin”