Aurealis Award winners

Courtesy of Jonathan Strahan and Ben Payne…

Golden Aurealis
Novel: The Pilo Family Circus, Will Elliott (ABC Books)
Short Story: The Arrival, Shaun Tan (Lothian)

Science Fiction
Novel: K-Machines, Damien Broderick (Avalon)
Short Story: “The Seventh Letter”, Sean Williams (Bulletin Summer Reading Edition)

Horror
Novel (split): The Pilo Family Circus, Will Elliott (ABC Books) / Prismatic, Edwina Grey (Lothian)
Short Story: “Dead of Winter”, Stephen Dedman (Weird Tales #339)

Fantasy
Novel: Wildwood Dancing, Juliet Marillier (Pan MacMillan)
Short Story: “A Fine Magic”, Margo Lanagan (Eidolon I)

Young Adult
Novel: Monster Blood Tattoo: Book One. Foundling, D.M. Cornish (Omnibus)
Short Story: The Arrival, Shaun Tan (Lothian)

Children’s
Novel: Melissa Queen of Evil, Mardi McConnochie (Pan Macmillan)
Short Fiction (split): “The True Story of Mary Who Wanted to Stand on Her Head”, Jane Godwin (Allen & Unwin) / “Woolvs in the Sitee”, Margaret Wild, Anne Spudvilas (Penguin)

Peter McNamara Convenor’s Award
Bill Congreve

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» Ben Payne said: { Jan 28, 2007 - 01:01:41 }

Hi Chris,

The Golden Aurealis for novels actually went to The Pilo Family Circus.

Cheers

Ben

» Chris Lawson said: { Jan 28, 2007 - 02:01:33 }

Corrected. Thanks, Ben.

But now I’m *really* confused. As if it wasn’t enough that Shaun Tan’s wordless 128-page graphic novel won two awards under short story, now we find that the outstanding book of the year was tied with another book in its subcategory.

There’s only one thing better than winning an award, and that’s picking holes in the process :-)

» Ellen Datlow said: { Jan 29, 2007 - 04:01:07 }

Ties are a long and honorable part of award giving. There have been ties for the World Fantasy Award. What’s the big deal?

» Chris Lawson said: { Jan 29, 2007 - 07:01:27 }

It’s not the tie, Ellen, it’s that it tied in its subcategory and then won the Golden Aurealis for outstanding novel of the year — in which case, why did it tie in its subcategory instead of winning outright?

The answer of course is quite mundane — the Golden Aurealis is chosen by the convenors from the judge’s picks. And of course the convenors will have their own opinions that may differ from that of the judges. But, you know, if there’s a chance to stir up a bit of talk about the awards…

» Ellen Datlow said: { Jan 30, 2007 - 03:01:58 }

Ah yes. I can see the perplexity..but you solved the mystery :-)

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