- Aurealis Award
Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual
literary award forAustralia nscience fiction ,fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.Categories ("divisions")
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Science Fiction
*Fantasy
* Horror
* Young Adult
** Best Young Adult Novel
** Best Young Adult Short Story
* Children's
** Best Children's Long Fiction
** Best Children's Short Fiction
* "Golden Aurealis "
* "Peter McNamara Convenors' Award for Excellence "History
The Aurealis Award was established in
1995 by "Chimaera Publications ", the publishers of "Aurealis Magazine". Unlike the other major Australianspeculative fiction award, theDitmar Award , it divides work into sub-genre and age categories, and is judged.The award was originally given out in the following divisions: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Young Adult. Two separate awards are given in each division, one for novels and one for short stories. A fifth category for Children's books was added in
2001 for fiction for 8-12 year olds, with separate awards for "Short Fiction" and "Long Fiction". The Young Adult and Children's categories cover books in all three speculative fiction genres.Submissions within a division are reviewed by a three judge panel, which selects each year's finalists and winners for their respective division. One of the judges on each panel is also the panel
Convenor .Two changes to the award structure were introduced in
2004 . The awards are now administered by " [http://www.fantasticqueensland.com/ Fantastic Queensland] ", a volunteer group that promotes Australian speculative fiction. A new division was added, "Golden Aurealis ", for both short stories and books, drawn from the winners of the other divisions.There is also an associated [http://www.clarionsouth.org/aurealisawards/divisions.html "Peter McNamara Conveners' Award for Excellence"] for "a particular achievement in speculative fiction or related areas in the relevant year, but may also take into account achievements over a number of years. This may also be for a non-fiction work, a collection or anthology, an art work, or for a body of work that brings credit and/or attention to the speculative fiction genre in that year". The award was originally known as "Convenors' Award for Excellence" and was renamed in
2002 afterPeter McNamara (d.2004 ), the original award Convenor, shortly after he was diagnosed with an incurable disease. It is given out at the discretion of the Convenors.External links
* [http://www.aurealisawards.com/ Official Aurealis Awards Web site]
* [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis.html The Aurealis Award listings at the Locus Index to SF Awards]
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