The Australian Horror Writers Association has announced the winners of the 2011 Australian Shadows Awards:
NOVEL – No award
Honorable
mention: “The Broken Ones” by Stephen M. Irwin
LONG
FICTION: “The Past is a
Bridge Best Left Burnt” by Paul Haines (“The Last Days of Kali Yuga”)
Honorable mentions: “And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living” by Deborah
Biancotti (“Ishtar” edited by Amanda Pillar & K.V. Taylor)
“Sleeping and the Dead” by Cat Sparks (“Ishtar” edited
by Amanda Pillar & K.V. Taylor)
“From
the Teeth of Strange Children” by Lisa L. Hannett (“Bluegrass Symphony”)
COLLECTION: “Tales of Sin and Madness” by Brett McBean
Honorable mentions: “Bluegrass Symphony” by Lisa L. Hannett
“The Last Days of Kali Yuga” by Paul Haines
“Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies” by Lucy Sussex
“Apocrypha
Sequence” (all four volumes) by Shane Jiraiya Cummings
EDITED: “Dead Red Heart” edited by Russell B. Farr
Honorable mentions: “More Scary Kisses” edited by Liz Grzyb
“Midnight Echo 6” edited by David Kernot, David
Conyers & Jason Fischer
“The
Year’s Best Australian Fantasy & Horror” edited by Liz Grzyb & Talie
Helene
SHORT
STORY: “Shovel-Man
Joe” by Amanda J. Spedding (Shades of Sentience/available online here)
Honorable mentions: “Taking It for the Team” by Tracie McBride (Dead Red
Heart)
“The Sea at Night” by Joanne Anderton (Dead Red Heart)
“The Wanderer in Darkness” by Andrew J. McKiernan (Midnight
Echo 6)
“Out
Hunting for Teeth” by Joanne Anderton (Midnight Echo 6)
Congratulations to all!
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3 comments:
How about that? A "No Award" for Best Novel. Very interesting.
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Adam, that is very interesting indeed. Especially since they could have given the award to a novel they considered the best of the year, although not award winning worthy.
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