Aurealis Award for best anthology

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Aurealis Award for best anthology
Awarded forExcellence in speculative fiction anthologies
CountryAustralia
Presented byChimaera Publications,
Continuum Foundation
First awarded2008
Currently held byJonathan Strahan
WebsiteOfficial site

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".[2] 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;[3] 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.[4]

Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. Categories currently include science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative young adult fiction—with separate awards for novels and short fiction—collections, anthologies, illustrative works or graphic novels, children's fiction told primarily through words, children's fiction told primarily through pictures, and an award for excellence in speculative fiction.[2] The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchmark in science fiction and fantasy. The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has identified the award as an honour to be taken seriously.[5]

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 anthology category. The award for best anthology was first awarded in 2008 along with two other categories; best collection and best illustrated book or graphic novel to replace the discontinued Golden Aurealis awards.[2][6] Jonathan Strahan has won the award six times, while and Julia Rios have won it twice. Strahan holds the record for most nominations, having received 23 nominations.

Winners and nominees[]

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 blue background have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list.

  *   Winners and joint winners
  *   Nominees on the shortlist

Year Editor(s) Anthology Publisher Ref
2008 Jonathan Strahan* The Starry Rift Viking Children’s Books [7]
2008 Bill Congreve & MirrorDanse Books [7][8]
2008 Jack Dann HarperVoyager [7]
2009 Jonathan Strahan* Night Shade Books [9]
2009 Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan The New Space Opera 2 Harper Eos [9]
2009 & [9]
2009 [9]
2009 Jonathan Strahan Night Shade Books [9]
2010 Jonathan Strahan & * Night Shade Books [10]
2010 Angela Challis & Brimstone Press [11]
2010 [11]
2010 & Scenes from the Second Storey [11]
2010 Jonathan Strahan [11]
2011 Jack Dann & Nick Gevers* HarperVoyager [12]
2011 & The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010 Ticonderoga Publications [13]
2011 & Ishtar [13]
2011 Jonathan Strahan The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 5 Night Shade Books [13]
2011 Jonathan Strahan Life on Mars Viking Press [13]
2012 Jonathan Strahan* The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume 6 Night Shade Books [14]
2012 & The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 Ticonderoga Publications [15]
2012 Bloodstones Ticonderoga Publications [15]
2012 Jonathan Strahan Under My Hat Random House [15]
2012 Jonathan Strahan Edge of Infinity Solaris Books [15]
2013 & * (tie) The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2012 Ticonderoga Publications [16][17]
2013 * (tie) One Small Step, An Anthology of Discoveries [16][17]
2013 Dreaming of Djinn Ticonderoga Publications [16]
2013 Jonathan Strahan The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Seven Night Shade Books [16]
2013 Focus 2012: Highlights of Australian Short Fiction [16]
2014 & Julia Rios* Kaleidoscope [18]
2014 Kisses by Clockwork Ticonderoga Publications [19]
2014 Amok: An Anthology of Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction [19]
2014 Jonathan Strahan Reach for Infinity Solaris Books [19]
2014 Jonathan Strahan Fearsome Magics Solaris Books [19]
2014 Phantazein [19]
2015 * Bloodlines Ticonderoga Publications [20]
2015 Hear Me Roar Ticonderoga Publications [21]
2015 and The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2014 Ticonderoga Publications [21]
2015 Jonathan Strahan Meeting Infinity Solaris [21]
2015 Jonathan Strahan The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 9 Ticonderoga Publications [21]
2015 Focus 2014: highlights of Australian short fiction [21]
2016 Julia Rios & * Year's Best YA Speculative Fiction [22][23]
2016 Jack Dann Dreaming in the Dark PS Publishing [22]
2016 & Defying Doomsday [22]
2016 Jonathan Strahan The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 10 Solaris [22]
2016 In Your Face [22]
2017 Jonathan Strahan* Infinity Wars Solaris [24][25]
2017 Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Midnight Echo 12 [24]
2017 & The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2015 Ticonderoga Publications [24]
2017 Dimension6: Annual Collection 2017 [24]
2017 Jonathan Strahan The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 11 Solaris [24]
2018 Jonathan Strahan* The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 12 Solaris [26][27]
2018 , & Sword and Sonnet Ate Bit Bear [26]
2018 Russell B. Farr Aurum Ticonderoga Publications [26]
2018 & Tansy Rayner Roberts Mother of Invention [26]
2018 Jonathan Strahan Infinity's End Solaris [26]
2019 Jonathan Strahan Mission: Critical Solaris Books [28][29]
2019 Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories Walker Books [28]
2019 Christopher Sequeira Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Was Not [28]
2019 Jonathan Strahan The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 13 Solaris Books [28]
2020 Tsana Dolichva (ed.) Rebuilding Tomorrow Twelfth Planet Press [30][31]
2020 Michael Mohammed Ahmad (ed.) After Australia Affirm Press [30]
2020 Aiki Flinthart and Pamela Jeffs The Zookeeper's Tales of Interstellar Oddities CAT Press [30]
2020 Alis Franklin and Lyss Wickramasinghe (eds.) Unnatural Order CSFG Publishing [30]
2020 Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn (eds.) Black Cranes: Tales of unquiet women Omnium Gatherum [30]
2020 Jonathan Strahan (ed.) Made to Order: Robots and revolution Solaris [30]


See also[]

  • Ditmar Award, an Australian science fiction award established in 1969

References[]

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