2013 Aurealis Award Winners

The 2013 Aurealis Award winners were announced at Conflux in Canberra, Australia on April 5.

BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK OR GRAPHIC NOVEL
(tie) Burger Force by Jackie Ryan (self-published)
(tie) The Deep Vol. 2: The Vanishing Island by Tom Taylor and James Brouwer (Gestalt Publishing)

BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK
The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie by Kirsty Murray (Allen & Unwin)

BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT FICTION
“By Bone-light” by Juliet Marillier (Prickle Moon, Ticonderoga Publications)

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
(tie) These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (Allen & Unwin)
(tie) Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near (Random House Australia)

BEST HORROR SHORT FICTION
“The Year of Ancient Ghosts” by Kim Wilkins (The Year of Ancient Ghosts, Ticonderoga Publications)

BEST HORROR NOVEL
Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near (Random House Australia)

BEST FANTASY SHORT FICTION
“The Last Stormdancer” by Jay Kristoff (Thomas Dunne Books)

BEST FANTASY NOVEL
A Crucible of Souls by Mitchell Hogan (self-published)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT FICTION
“Air, Water and the Grove” by Kaaron Warren (The Lowest Heaven, Pandemonium Press)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
Lexicon by Max Barry (Hachette)

BEST ANTHOLOGY
(tie) The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012 by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (Eds), (Ticonderoga Publications)
(tie) One Small Step, An Anthology Of Discoveries by Tehani Wessely (Ed) (FableCroft Publishing)

BEST COLLECTION
The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories by Joanne Anderton (FableCroft Publishing)

THE PETER MCNAMARA CONVENORS’ AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
Jonathan Strahan

KRIS HEMBURY ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD
Tristan Savage