Aurealis Award for best horror novel

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Aurealis Award for best horror novel
Awarded forExcellence in horror fiction novels
CountryAustralia
Presented byChimaera Publications,
Continuum Foundation
First awarded1995
Currently held byAndrew McGahan
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 November of the prior year and 31 October 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 books, 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] Ties can occur if the panel decides both entries show equal merit, however they are encouraged to choose a single winner.[6] The judges may declare a "no award" if there is unanimous agreement that none of the nominees are worthy.[6] The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award's management team.[7]

This article lists all the short-list nominees and winners in the best horror novel category, as well as novels that have received honourable mentions or have been highly commended. Since 2005, honourable mentions and high commendations have been awarded intermittently. Kim Wilkins has won the award three times, while two people have won the award twice - Kirstyn McDermott and Kaaron Warren. Wilkins holds the record for most nominations, with five. , Stephen Dedman, and Jason Nahrung share the record for most nominations without winning, each having been nominated twice.

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 Author Novel Publisher Ref
1995 Terry Dowling* An Intimate Knowledge of the Night [8]
1995 Venero Armanno Arrow Books [8]
1995 Carmel Bird UQP [8]
1995 David Brooks The House of Balthus Allen & Unwin [8]
1995 Justine Ettler The River Ophelia Picador [8]
1996 No award given — — [9]
1997 Kim Wilkins* The Infernal Random House [10]
1997 Stephen Dedman Tor Books [10]
1997 Richard Harland Pan Macmillan [10]
1997 Emma Tom Random House [10]
1998 No award given — — [11]
1999 Christine Harris* Foreign Devil Random House [12]
1999 Victor Kelleher Into the Dark Viking Press [12]
1999 Victor Kelleher The Ivory Trail Viking Press [12]
1999 P. Scot-Bernard HarperCollins [12]
2000 Kim Wilkins* The Resurrectionists Voyager Books [13]
2000 Terry Dowling Blackwater Days Eidolon Publications [13]
2001 Kim Wilkins* Angel of Ruin Voyager Books [14]
2001 Cameron Rogers The Music of Razors Penguin Books [14]
2002 A. L. McCann* The White Body of Evening Flamingo [15]
2002 Alison Croggon The Gift Penguin Books [15]
2002 Simon & Schuster [15]
2002 Stephen Dedman Tor Books [15]
2003 Victor Kelleher* Born of the Sea Viking Press [16]
2003 Anthony O'Neill HarperCollins [16]
2003 Kim Wilkins The Autumn Castle Voyager Books [16]
2004 Richard Harland* The Black Crusade Chimaera Publications [17]
2004 Simon & Schuster [17]
2004 Kim Wilkins Giants of the Frost Voyager Books [17]
2005 No award given — — [18]
2006 Will Elliott* The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books [19]
2006 Edwina Grey* Lothian Books [19]
2006 Martin Livings Lothian Books [19]
2006 Brett McBean Lothian Books [19]
2007 Susan Parisi* Blood of Dreams Viking Press [20]
2008 John Harwood* The Seance Jonathan Cape [21]
2008 Jack Dann PS Publishing [21]
2008 Scribe Publications [21]
2009 Honey Brown* Red Queen Penguin Books [22]
2009 [22]
2009 Stephen M. Irwin Hachette [22]
2009 HarperCollins [22]
2009 Kaaron Warren Slights Angry Robot Books [22]
2010 Kirstyn McDermott* Pan MacMillan [23]
2010 Jason Fischer Black House Comics [24]
2010 Trent Jamieson Orbit Books [24]
2011 No award given — — [25]
2012 Kirstyn McDermott* Perfections [26]
2012 Bloody Waters [27]
2012 Jason Nahrung Blood and Dust [27]
2012 Jason Nahrung Salvage [27]
2013 * Fairytales for Wilde Girls Random House Australia [28][29]
2013 Lee Battersby The Marching Dead Angry Robot Books [28]
2013 The First Bird Momentum [28]
2013 Path Of Night [28]
2014 Justine Larbalestier* Razorhurst Allen & Unwin [30]
2014 Alan Baxter Obsidian HarperVoyager [31]
2014 Book of the Dead Momentum [31]
2015 Trent Jamieson* Day Boy Text Publishing [32]
2016 Kaaron Warren* The Grief Hole [33][34]
2016 Kenneth Cook Fear is the Rider Text Publishing [33]
2016 Justine Larbalestier My Sister Rosa Allen & Unwin [33]
2017 * Soon Transit Lounge [35][36]
2017 Aletheia [35]
2017 Maria Lewis Who's Afraid Too? Hachette Australia [35]
2018 Kaaron Warren* Tide of Stone Omnium Gatherum [37][38]
2018 Shirley Barrett The Bus on Thursday Allen & Unwin [37]
2018 Years of the Wolf [37]
2019 Andrew McGahan The Rich Man's House Allen & Unwin [39][40]
2019 Chuwa: The Rat-People of Lahore [39]
2019 Remains [39]
2019 Simon Haynes A Riddle in Bronze [39]
2019 Body Farm Z [39]
2020 Ellie Marney None Shall Sleep Allen & Unwin [41][42]
2020 Soul Survivor Scarlo Media [41]
2020 Simon Haynes An Enigma in Silver Bowman Press [41]
2020 Claire McKenna Monstrous Heart HarperVoyager [41]
2020 Marty Young Gutterbreed Eclectic Trio Press [41]

^ I Publisher names in parentheses indicate the imprint under which the book was published.

Honourable mentions and high commendations[]

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 grey background have been noted as highly commended; those with a white background have received honourable mentions.

  *   Highly commended
  *   Honourable mentions

Year Author(s) Novel Publisher Ref
2005 J. C. Burke* Random House [18]
2007 Keri Arthur Piatkus [18]
2007 David Conyers & John Sunseri The Spiraling Worm Chaosium [18]
2007 Jason Nahrung Hachette Livre [18]
2011 Stephen M. Irwin The Broken Ones Hachette [25]
2011 Trent Jamieson The Business of Death Hachette [25]

See also[]

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

References[]

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