WINNERS: 2011 Aurealis Awards

Posted on May 14, 2012 by John DeNardo in Awards // 0 Comments

The winners of the 2011 Aurealis Awards have been announced:

CHILDREN’S FICTION (told primarily through words): City of Lies, by Lian Tanner
CHILDREN’S FICTION (told primarily through pictures): Sounds Spooky, by Christopher Cheng (author) and Sarah Davis (illustrator)
YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY: “Nation of the Night,” by Sue Isle
YOUNG ADULT NOVEL: Only Ever Always, by Penni Russon
ILLUSTRATED BOOK/GRAPHIC NOVEL (Tie)
- Hidden, by Mirranda Burton (author and illustrator)
- The Deep: Here be Dragons, by Tom Taylor (author) and James Brouwer (illustrator)
COLLECTION: Bluegrass Symphony, by Lisa Hannett
ANTHOLOGY: Ghosts by Gaslight, edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers
HORROR SHORT STORY
- “The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt,” by Paul Haines
- “The Short Go: a Future in Eight Seconds,” by Lisa L. Hannett
HORROR NOVEL: No shortlist and no winning novel
FANTASY SHORT STORY: “Fruit of the Pipal Tree,” by Thoraiya Dyer
FANTASY NOVEL: Ember and Ash, by Pamela Freeman
SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY: “Rains of la Strange,” by Robert N Stephenson
SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL: The Courier’s New Bicycle, by Kim Westwood
PETER MCNAMARA CONVENORS AWARD: Galactic Suburbia podcast – Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Andrew Finch (producer)
KRIS HEMBURY ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD: Emily Craven of Adelaide