Aurealis Award Winners announced

Last week the winners of the 2011 Aurealis Awards were announced, and I am one happy blogger because just about all my fav shortlisted authors took out the top prize. These awards recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers. Selected winners are below:

CHILDREN'S FICTION (told through words)

The Keepers, Lian Tanner

 

CHILDREN'S FICTION (told through pictures)

The Boy and the Toy, Sonya Hartnett (author) and Lucia Masciullo (illustrator)

YOUNG ADULT Short Story

'A Thousand Flowers', Margo Lanagan (Zombies and Unicorns)

YOUNG ADULT Novel

Guardian of the Dead, Karen Healey

(although it was all about Ananda Braxton-Smith's Merrow for me)

HORROR Novel

Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott

FANTASY Novel

Power and Majesty, Tansy Rayner Roberts

(I was with Juliet Marillier's Heart's Blood on this one, although I LOVE Tansy as well)

SCIENCE FICTION Novel

Transformation Space, Marianne de Pierres

 

You can read the full list of winners and Judge's report here:

Aurealis Awards