Best Novel
- The Lascar's Dagger, Glenda Larke (Hachette)
- Bound (Alex Caine 1), Alan Baxter (Voyager)
- Clariel, Garth Nix (HarperCollins)
- Thief's Magic (Millennium's Rule 1), Trudi Canavan (Hachette Australia)
- The Godless (Children 1), Ben Peek (Tor UK)
I have read and reviewed three of these and an argument could be made that they are all equally good at doing something different. Such versatility.
Best Novella or Novelette
- "The Ghost of Hephaestus", Charlotte Nash, in Phantazein (FableCroft Publishing)
- "The Legend Trap", Sean Williams, in Kaleidoscope (Twelfth Planet Press)
- "The Darkness in Clara", Alan Baxter, in SQ Mag 14 (IFWG Publishing Australia)
- "St Dymphna's School for Poison Girls", Angela Slatter, in Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 9, Issue 3 (Review of Australian Fiction)
- "The Female Factory", Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter, in The Female Factory (Twelfth Planet Press)
- "Escapement", Stephanie Gunn, in Kisses by Clockwork (Ticonderoga Publications)
I have read all but one of these but will leave commenting until after the Aurealis Awards. Sufficed to say another strong field
Best Short Story
- "Bahamut", Thoraiya Dyer, in Phantazein (FableCroft Publishing)
- "Vanilla", Dirk Flinthart, in Kaleidoscope (Twelfth Planet Press)
- "Cookie Cutter Superhero", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in Kaleidoscope (Twelfth Planet Press)
- "The Seventh Relic", Cat Sparks, in Phantazein (FableCroft Publishing)
- "Signature", Faith Mudge, in Kaleidoscope (Twelfth Planet Press)
As above.
Best Collected Work
- Kaleidoscope, Alisa Krasnostein and Julia Rios (Twelfth Planet Press)
- The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2013, Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (Ticonderoga Publications)
- Phantazein, Tehani Wessely (FableCroft Publishing)
A tough selection here. My advice, buy all of them :) and decide for yourself :D
Best Artwork
- Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, in Black-Winged Angels (Ticonderoga Publications)
- Cover art, Kathleen Jennings, of Phantazein (FableCroft Publishing)
- Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, in The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings (Tartarus Press)
I am going out on a limb and saying Kathleen Jennings The Bitterwood Bible…
Best Fan Writer
- Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work
- Tsana Dolichva, for body of work
- Bruce Gillespie, for body of work
- Katharine Stubbs, for body of work
- Alexandra Pierce for body of work
- Grant Watson, for body of work
- Sean Wright, for body of work
I won’t comment here for obvious reasons. But thanks to all who nominated me. That’s a good cross section of commentary though I would have put Ian Mond in there somewhere too perhaps.
Best Fan Artist
- Nalini Haynes, for body of work, including "Interstellar Park Ranger Bond, Jaime Bond", "Gabba and Slave Lay-off: Star Wars explains Australian politics", "The Driver", and "Unmasked" in Dark Matter Zine
- Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including Fakecon art and Illustration Friday series
- Nick Stathopoulos, for movie poster of It Grows!
I will have to peruse some links for these.
Best Fan Publication in Any Medium
- Snapshot 2014, Tsana Dolichva, Nick Evans, Stephanie Gunn, Kathryn Linge, Elanor Matton-Johnson, David McDonald, Helen Merrick, Jason Nahrung, Ben Payne, Alex Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Helen Stubbs, Katharine Stubbs, Tehani Wessely, and Sean Wright
- It Grows!, Nick Stathopoulos
- Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alexandra Pierce, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Andrew Finch
- The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond
- Galactic Chat, Sean Wright, Helen Stubbs, David McDonald, Alexandra Pierce, Sarah Parker, and Mark Webb
All great projects.
Best New Talent
- Helen Stubbs
- Shauna O'Meara
- Michelle Goldsmith
All bright and shining lights who are going to make my vote difficult.
William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review
- Reviews in The Angriest, Grant Watson
- The Eddings Reread series, Tehani Wessely, Jo Anderton, and Alexandra Pierce, in A Conversational Life
- Reviews in Adventures of a Bookonaut, Sean Wright
- "Does Sex Make Science Fiction Soft?", in Uncanny Magazine 1, Tansy Rayner Roberts
- Reviews in FictionMachine, Grant Watson
My thinking on the Atheling is that it should probably go to a particular project of criticism to differentiate it from general fan writing or reviewing. So my choices will be between The Eddings Reread, Tansy’s article and FictionMachine.
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