Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel

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Aurealis Award for best science fiction novel
Awarded forExcellence in science fiction novels
CountryAustralia
Presented byChimaera Publications,
Continuum Foundation
First awarded1995
Currently held byAmie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
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 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] 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 science fiction novel category, as well as novels that have received honourable mentions. Since 2003, honourable mentions have been awarded intermittently. Damien Broderick and Jay Kristoff have won the award three times, while five have won it twice – K. A. Bedford, Greg Egan, Amie Kaufman, Sean McMullen, and Sean Williams. Williams holds the record for most nominations with 14. Rory Barnes, James Bradley, Simon Brown, Sara Creasy, , Joel Shepherd, Meagan Spooner, , and 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(s) Novel Publisher Ref
1995 Greg Egan* Distress Millennium [7]
1995 Sean McMullen [7]
1995 Kate Orman Set Piece Virgin Books [7]
1995 Sean Williams & Shane Dix [7]
1996 Sean Williams* Metal Fatigue HarperCollins [8]
1996 Simon Brown HarperCollins [8]
1996 Arrow Books [8]
1997 Damien Broderick* The White Abacus Avon Eos [9]
1997 Damien Broderick & Rory Barnes Zones Moonstone [9]
1997 Simon Brown HarperCollins [9]
1997 Greg Egan Diaspora Millennium [9]
1997 Richard Harland Pan Macmillan [9]
1998 Sean McMullen* The Centurion's Empire Tor Books [10]
1998 Alison Goodman Singing the Dogstar Blues HarperCollins [10]
1998 John Marsden The Night Is for Hunting Pan Macmillan [10]
1998 Kate Orman The New Adventures: Walking to Babylon Virgin Books [10]
1998 Sean Williams Voyager Books [10]
1999 Greg Egan* Teranesia Gollancz [11]
1999 Jonathan Blum & Kate Orman Doctor Who: Unnatural History BBC Books [11]
1999 Damien Broderick & Rory Barnes HarperCollins [11]
1999 Andrew Masterson Picador [11]
1999 Penguin Books [11]
2000 Sean McMullen* The Miocene Arrow Tor Books [12]
2000 James Bradley The Deep Field Sceptre [12]
2000 Sean Williams & Shane Dix The Dying Light Voyager Books [12]
2000 Voyager Books [12]
2001 Sean Williams & Shane Dix* The Dark Imbalance Voyager Books [13]
2001 Penguin Books [13]
2001 Sean McMullen Eyes of the Calculor Tor Books [13]
2001 Joel Shepherd Voyager Books [13]
2002 Damien Broderick* Transcension Tor Books [14]
2002 Bantam Books [14]
2002 Sean Williams & Shane Dix Voyager Books [14]
2003 Jonathan Blum & Kate Orman* Fallen Gods Telos Publishing [15]
2003 Jay Caselberg Roc Books [15]
2003 Ian Irvine Terminator Gene Simon & Schuster [15]
2003 Kate Orman Blue Box BBC Worldwide [15]
2003 Sean Williams & Shane Dix Voyager Books [15]
2004 Maxine McArthur* Less Than Human Warner Aspect [16]
2004 K. A. Bedford Edge Publishing [16]
2004 Jack Dann Flamingo [16]
2004 Marianne de Pierres Nylon Angel Orbit Books [16]
2004 Sean Williams & Shane Dix Voyager Books [16]
2005 K. A. Bedford* Eclipse Edge Publishing [17]
2005 John Birmingham Designated Targets Pan Macmillan [17]
2005 Marianne de Pierres Crash Deluxe Orbit Books [17]
2005 Sean Williams & Shane Dix Voyager Books [17]
2006 Damien Broderick* K-Machines Avalon Publishing Group [18]
2006 K. A. Bedford Edge Publishing [18]
2006 Andrew McGahan Underground Allen & Unwin [18]
2006 Sean Williams & Shane Dix Voyager Books [18]
2007 * Pan Macmillan [19]
2007 Marianne de Pierres Dark Space Orbit Books [19]
2007 Jack Heath Pan Macmillan [19]
2007 Sean Williams Orbit Books [19]
2008 K. A. Bedford* Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait Edge Publishing [20]
2008 Marianne de Pierres Orbit Books [20]
2008 Kim Westwood HarperVoyager [20]
2008 Sean Williams Orbit Books [20]
2008 Simon Haynes Fremantle Press [20]
2009 Andrew McGahan* Wonders of a Godless World Allen & Unwin [21]
2009 Sean Williams The Grand Conjunction Orbit Books [21]
2010 Marianne de Pierres* Orbit Books [22]
2010 Sara Creasy Song of Scarabaeus EOS Books [23]
2010 Marianne de Pierres Orbit Books [23]
2011 Kim Westwood* The Courier's New Bicycle HarperVoyager [24]
2011 Max Barry Machine Man Scribe Publications [25]
2011 Sara Creasy Children of Scarabaeus HarperVoyager [25]
2011 The Waterboys Fremantle Press [25]
2011 Black Glass Scribe Publications [25]
2012 Daniel O'Malley* The Rook HarperCollins [26]
2012 Jo Anderton Suited Angry Robot Books [27]
2012 The Last City Momentum [27]
2012 And All the Stars Andrea K. Hosth [27]
2012 Ambelin Kwaymullina The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf Walker Books [27]
2012 Garth Nix A Confusion of Princes Allen & Unwin [27]
2013 Max Barry* Lexicon Hachette [28][29]
2013 Trucksong [28]
2013 Jane Rawson A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists Transit Lounge [28]
2013 True Path Momentum [28]
2013 Nike Sulway Rupetta Tartarus Press [28]
2014 Marianne de Pierres* Peacemaker Angry Robot [30]
2014 Aurora: Meridian Momentum [31]
2014 Nil By Mouth [31]
2014 The White List Momentum [31]
2014 Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner Their Shattered World Allen & Unwin [31]
2014 Foresight Momentum [31]
2015 Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff* Illuminae Allen & Unwin [32]
2015 Crossed (self-published) [33]
2015 James Bradley Clade Penguin [33]
2015 Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner Their Fractured Light Allen & Unwin [33]
2015 Joel Shepherd Renegade [33]
2015 Sean Williams Twinmaker: Fall Allen & Unwin [33]
2016 Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff* Gemima: The Illuminae Files 2 Allen & Unwin [34]
2016 Jane Abbott Watershed Penguin Random House [35]
2016 S. K. Dunstall Confluence Ace Books [35]
2016 Squid's Grief (self-published) [35]
2016 Daniel O'Malley Stiletto HarperCollins Publishers [35]
2016 Threader [35]
2017 Jane Rawson* From the Wreck Transit Lounge [36][37]
2017 Sally Abbott Closing Down Hachette Australia [36]
2017 Claire G. Coleman Terra Nullius Hachette Australia [36]
2017 Year of the Orphan [36]
2017 Krissy Kneen An Uncertain Grace Text Publishing [36]
2017 Cat Sparks Lotus Blue Skyhorse [36]
2018 Jay Kristoff* Lifel1k3 Allen & Unwin [38][39]
2018 Kylie Chan Scales of Empire HarperCollins Publishers [38]
2018 Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Obsidio Allen & Unwin [38]
2018 Jennifer Mills Dyschronia Picador Australia [38]
2018 Angela Meyer A Superior Spectre [38]
2018 The Second Cure [38]
2019 Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff Aurora Rising Allen & Unwin [40][41]
2019 Sarah Hopkins The Subjects Text Publishing [40]
2019 Gillian Polack The Year of the Fruit Cake [40]
2019 The Trespassers University of Queensland Press [40]
2019 The Glad Shout Affirm [40]
2019 Rohan Wilson Daughter of Bad Times Allen & Unwin [40]
2020 Laura Jean McKay The Animals in That Country Scribe [42][43]
2020 Corey J. White Repo Virtual Tor.com Publishing [42][44]
2020 James Bradley Ghost Species Hamish Hamilton [42]
2020 Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Aurora Burning Allen & Unwin [42]
2020 Donna Mazza Fauna Allen & Unwin [42]
2020 Kate Mildenhall The Mother Fault Simon & Schuster [42]

Honourable mentions[]

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.

Year Author Novel Publisher Ref
2003 Paul Collins Tor Books [45]
2007 Transit Lounge [45]

See also[]

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

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