Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story
Aurealis Award for best science fiction short story | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in science fiction short stories |
Country | Australia |
Presented by | Chimaera Publications, Continuum Foundation |
First awarded | 1995 |
Currently held by | Joanne Anderton |
Website | Official site |
The
Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of
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] The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award's management team.[6]
This article lists all the short-list nominees and winners in the best science fiction 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.
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the story's eligibility; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature" article. Entries with a blue background have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list. If the short story was originally published in a book with other stories rather than by itself or in a magazine, the book title is included after the publisher's name.
* Winners and joint winners
* Nominees on the shortlist
Honourable mentions and high commendations
The honourable mentions and high commendations are announced alongside the list of finalists for their respected year of eligibility.[45] In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the book's eligibility; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature" article. Entries with a grey background have been noted as highly commended; those with a white background have received honourable mentions. If the short story was originally published in a book with other stories rather than by itself or in a magazine, the book title is included after the publisher's name.
* Highly commended
* Honourable mentions
Year | Author | Short story | Publisher or publication | Ref |
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2003 | Shane Brown | "The Earth Equation" | Vision Writers Group (Glimpses) | [8] |
Grace Dugan | "The Wall" | Vision Writers Group (Glimpses) | [8] | |
Trent Jamieson | "Clockwork" | Vision Writers Group (Glimpses) | [8] | |
Cat Sparks |
"Cross the Nullabor to the Sea" | Vision Writers Group (Glimpses) | [8] | |
2005 | Tess Williams* | "How Green Was Their Love" | Borderlands | [8] |
2007 | Dirk Flinthart | "Truckers" | Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine | [8] |
See also
- Ditmar Award, an Australian science fiction award established in 1969
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