Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Short Story information
Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
Awarded for
Excellence in fantasy fiction short stories
Country
Australia
Presented by
Chimaera Publications, Continuum Foundation
First awarded
1995
Currently held by
Tansy Rayner Roberts
Website
Official site
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers".[2] To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year;[3] the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.[4]
Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. Categories currently include science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative young adult fiction—with separate awards for novels and short fiction—collections, anthologies, illustrative works or graphic novels, children's books, and an award for excellence in speculative fiction.[2] The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchmark in science fiction and fantasy. The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has identified the award as an honour to be taken seriously.[5] Independently of Chimaera, the publishing industry announces results and winners especially when a publisher's author has won an award, genre databases list the award and its winners and libraries and review sites recommend books on the basis they have won the award.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
The results are decided by a panel of judges from a list of submitted nominees; the long-list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of finalists.[2] Ties can occur if the panel decides both entries show equal merit, however they are encouraged to choose a single winner.[13] The judges may declare a "no award" if there is unanimous agreement that none of the nominees are worthy.[13] The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award's management team.[14]
This article lists all the short-list nominees and winners in the best fantasy short story category, as well as short stories that have received honourable mentions or have been highly commended. Since 2003, honourable mentions and high commendations have been awarded intermittently. Thoraiya Dyer holds the record for most wins, having won three times. Angela Slatter holds the record for most nominations, having been nominated seven times. Adam Browne, Kaaron Warren, and Suzanne J. Willis share the record for most nominations without winning, each having been losing finalists three times.
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^Nahrung, Jason (2 February 2007). "Horror a hit". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
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^"Aurealis Awards 2022 winners announced | Books+Publishing". Books + Publishing. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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^"Allen & Unwin - Australia". www.allenandunwin.com. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^"Overview of Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^rodmclary (18 March 2024). "2023 Aurealis Awards - Queensland Reviewers Collective". Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^Walton, Chloe (18 March 2024). "Fremantle Press and Get YA Words Out anthology shortlisted for an Aurealis Award". Fremantle Press. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^"Aurealis Award Winners 2022 - Science Fiction and Fantasy written by Australian authors". Yarra Plenty Regional Library. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
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