Convenors' Award for excellence (Aurealis Award)

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers".[1] To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year;[2] the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.[3]

Winners

In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the work's eligibility; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature" article.

Year Winner(s) Work (when a single work was cited) Ref
1998 Tan, ShaunShaun Tan artwork in The Rabbits (Lothian)
1999 Dowling, TerryTerry Dowling Antique Futures (MP Books)
2000 Collins, PaulPaul Collins and Meredith Costain editing Spinouts: Bronze (Pearson Education)
2000 Tan, ShaunShaun Tan The Lost Thing (Lothian)
2001 Rodda, EmilyEmily Rodda and Mark McBride The Deltora Quest series (Scholastic)
2001 Rodda, EmilyEmily Rodda and Mark McBride The Deltora Book of Monsters (Scholastic)
2001 McNamara, PeterPeter McNamara
2002 Matthews, RobbieRobbie Matthews
2003 Stathopoulos, NickNick Stathopoulos
2004 Sparks, CatCat Sparks
2005 Stone, GrantGrant Stone
2006 Congreve, BillBill Congreve
2007 Dowling, TerryTerry Dowling Ryneomonn (Coeur de Lion)
2008 Dann, JackJack Dann
2009 Ackroyd, JustinJustin Ackroyd Slow Glass Books (bookshop)
2010 Merrick, HelenHelen Merrick
2011 Krasnostein, AlisaAlisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and producer Andrew Finch Galactic Suburbia (podcast)
2012 Eltham, KateKate Eltham
2013 Strahan, JonathanJonathan Strahan
2014 Night Terrace (audio series)
2015 Pierce, AlexandraAlexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein Letters to Tiptree (Twelfth Planet Press) [4]

References

  1. "Aurealis Awards – About Us". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  2. "Aurealis Awards – Rules and Conditions". Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  3. Nahrung, Jason (2007-02-02). "Horror a hit". The Courier-Mail. Queensland Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
  4. ANNOUNCEMENT: 2015 Aurealis Awards Shortlists, WASFF, retrieved 2016-03-14
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