Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Short Story

As part of the Aurealis Awards, the Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Short Story is given annually to the best young adult short story written in the science fiction, fantasy or horror genre by an Australian author.

List of winners

1995

"No award"

1996

*Winner:
**Isobelle Carmody, "Green Monkey Dreams" (from Green Monkey Dreams)
*Finalists:
**Dave Luckett, "The Wizard and Me"
**James Moloney, "The Pipe"
**Gillian Rubenstein, "B'ku, B'ku" (from Annie's Brother's Suit)
**Keith Taylor, "At the Edge of the Sea" (from Dreamweavers)

1997

*Winner:
**Ruth Starke, "The Twist in the Tale"
*Finalists:
**Sheryl Gardner, "The Peppercorn Tree"
**Julie Ireland, "Hanging by a Thread" (from Hanging by a Thread and Other Stories)

1998

"No award"

1999

"No award"

2000

*Winner:
**Margo Lanagan, "The Queen's Notice" (from White Time)
*Finalists:
**Brian Caswell, "Avalon" (from Tales from the Wasteland)
**Margo Lanagan, "The Boy Who Didn't Yearn" (from White Time)
**Margo Lanagan, "Midsummer Mission (from White Time)
**Margo Lanagan, "White Time" (from White Time)

2001

*Winner:
**Isobelle Carmody, "Dreamwalker"
*Finalist:
**Garth Nix, "Lightning Bringer" (from )

2002

"No award"

2003

"No award"

2004

*Winner:
**Margo Lanagan, "Singing My Sister Down" (from Black Juice)
*Finalists:
**Chris Barnes, "The Glass Flower" (from )
**Bill Congreve, "The Shooter at Heartrock Waterhole (from The Faery Reel)
**Margo Lanagan, "Rite of Spring" (from Black Juice)

2005

*Winner:
**Garth Nix, "Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case" (from )
*Finalist:
**Dirk Flinthart, "The Red Priest's Homecoming" (from Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, #17)

2006

*Winner:
**Shaun Tan, "The Arrival"
*Finalists:
**Deborah Biancotti, "The Dying Light" (from Eidolon I)
**Simon Brown, "Leviathan" (from Eidolon I)
**Margo Lanagan, "A Feather in the Breast of God" (from Red Spikes)
**Margo Lanagan, "Baby Jane" (from Red Spikes)
**Margo Lanagan, "Forever Upward" (from Red Spikes)

2007

*Winner:
**Deborah Biancotti, "A Scar for Leida" (from Fantastic Wonder Stories)
*Finalists:
**Shane Jiraiya Cummings, "Yamabushi Kaidan and the Smoke Dragon" (from Fantastic Wonder Stories)
**Garth Nix, "Bad Luck, Trouble, Death and Vampire Sex" (from Eclipse, #1)
**Garth Nix, "Holly and Iron" (from Dark Alchemy)
**Tracey Rolfe, "Cast Off" (from Fantastic Wonder Stories)

External links

* [http://www.aurealisawards.com/ Aurealis Awards]