The 2017 Aurealis Awards were announced at the Australian National Convention in Perth on March 31.

2017 Aurealis Awards

BEST CHILDREN’S FICTION

• Nevermoor, Jessica Townsend (Hachette Australia)

BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL / ILLUSTRATED WORK

• Changing Ways book 3, Justin Randall (Gestalt)

BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY

• Girl Reporter, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Book Smugglers)

BEST HORROR SHORT STORY

• “Old Growth”, J Ashley Smith (SQ Mag 31, IFWG Publishing Australia)

BEST HORROR NOVELLA

• “The Stairwell”, Chris Mason (Below The Stairs – Tales from the Cellar, Things In The Well)

BEST FANTASY SHORT STORY

• “The Curse is Come Upon Me, Cried”, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Please Look After This Angel & Other Winged Stories, self-published)

BEST FANTASY NOVELLA

• In Shadows We Fall, Devin Madson (self-published)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY

• “Conversations with an Armoury” Garth Nix (Infinity Wars, Solaris)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVELLA

• Girl Reporter, Tansy Rayner Roberts (Book Smugglers)

BEST COLLECTION

• The Silver Well, Kate Forsyth & Kim Wilkins (Ticonderoga Publications)

BEST ANTHOLOGY

• Infinity Wars, Jonathan Strahan (ed.) (Rebellion/Solaris)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

• In The Dark Spaces, Cally Black (Hardie Grant Egmont)

BEST HORROR NOVEL

• Soon, Lois Murphy (Transit Lounge)

BEST FANTASY NOVEL

• Godsgrave, Jay Kristoff (HarperCollins Publishers)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• From the Wreck, Jane Rawson (Transit Lounge)

THE CONVENORS’ AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE

• The Fictional Mother by Tansy Rayner Roberts

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— Russell B Farr (@russellbfarr) March 31, 2018