Aurealis Award for Best Children's Short Fiction

As part of the Aurealis Awards, the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Short Fiction is given annually to the best children's short form piece of fiction written in the science fiction, fantasy or horror genre by an Australian author.

List of winners

2001

*Winner:
**Jackie French, "Cafe on Callisto"
*Finalists:
**Kim Caraher, "Zip Zap"
**Claire Carmichael, "Saving Aunt Alice"
**Christine Harris, "Hairy Legs"
*Honourable mentions:
**Paul Collins, "Movie World"
**Andrew Whitmore, "The Ark of Dreams"

2002

*Winner:
**Anna Fienberg & Kim Gamble, "Tashi and the Haunted House"
*Finalists:
**Andrew Chapman, "In the Blink of an Eye" (from Reel Trouble, Spinouts Sapphire)
**Gary Crew & Marc McBride, "Old Ridley"
**Terry Denton, "The Golden Udder"
**Justin d'Ath, "The Two Natalies" (from Reel Trouble, Spinouts Sapphire)

2003

*Winner:
**Natalie Jane Prior, "Lily Quench and the Lighthouse of Skellig Mor"
*Finalists:
**Duncan Ball, "Emily Eyefinger and the Balloon Bandits"
**Anna Fienberg & Barbara Fienberg, "Tashi and the Royal Tombs"
**Roseanne Hawke, "Wolfchild"
**Natalie Jane Prior, "Lily Quench and the Magicians' Pyramid"

2004

*Winner:
**Gary Crew & Steven Wollman, "Beneath the Surface"
*Finalists:
**Stephen Axelsen, "The Very Messy Inspection"
**Duncan Ball, "Emily Eyefinger and the Ghost Ship"
**Anna Fienberg & Barbara Fienberg, "There Was Once a Boy Called Tashi"
**Gregory Rogers, "The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard"
*Highly commended:
**John Marsden, "A Roomful of Magic"

2005

*Winner:
**Stephen Axelsen, ""
*Finalists:
**Goldie Alexander, "The Space Gypsies" (from The School Magazine, #7)
**Stephen Axelsen, ""
**Gary Crew & Jeremy Geddes, "The Mystery of Eilean Mor"

2006

*Joint winners:
**Jane Godwin, "The True Story of Mary Who Wanted to Stand on Her Head"
**Margaret Wild & Anne Spudvilas, "Woolvs in the Sitee"
*Finalist:
**Victor Kelleher & Stephen Michael King, "The Magic Violin"

2007

*Joint winners:
**Marc McBride, "World of Monsters"
**Briony Stewart, "Kumiko and the Dragon"
*Finalists:
**Luke Edwards, "Ock Von Fiend"
**Anna Fienberg & Barbara Fienberg, "Tashi and The Mixed Up Monster"

External links

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