#aurealis awards

[manic-intent]

The sixth World SF story bundle is out, and my space opera novel ION CURTAIN is part of the collection! So if you haven’t read it yet, please consider picking it up--and all the great books that are keeping it company :D 

Pay as much as you want ((minimum of $5 for 4 books, minimum of $20 for all 10)), and you can choose to use 10% of what you pay to support English PEN, the founding centre of PEN international, a charity that supports the freedom to read and write worldwide. 

Check it out here: https://storybundle.com/scifi 

Selected reviews:

Unto the Godless What Little Remains by Mário Coelho

"Rock'n'roll for the eyes."

– The Times

Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

"Haunting and beautifully nuanced, Signal to Noise is a magical first novel."

– The Guardian

Ion Curtain by Anya Ow

"An addictive space opera"

– Publishers Weekly

Nova Hellas: Stories from Future Greece by Francesca T Barbini and Francesco Verso

"Often underwater, sometimes entirely virtual, facing calamities from austerity to beepocalypse, near future Greece comes to life in these stories. Forget everything you learned in school, on vacation, or from the faded memories of your immigrant γιαγιά. Λοιπόν, this is the real deal."

– Nick Mamatas, author of The Planetbreaker's Son and The Second Shooter

The Love Machine & Other Contraptions by Nir Yaniv

"In short, this collection of short stories is: outstanding. Buy more copies than one if you give special books to people you respect... I don't mean 'outstanding' in relation to other books this year, but in relation to any in any."

– World Fantasy Award nomineee Anna Tambour

& This is How to Stay Alive by Shingai Njeri Kagunda

"A beautiful and rending look at family, loss, and grief, all while sharply dissecting time travel tropes and delivering a powerful message about memory, storytelling, and responsibility. It's a story that hurts in the best of ways, confronting death and healing without losing its sense of humor or its impulse for rebellion."

– Charles Payseur, author of The Burning Day and Other Stories

And What Can We Offer You Tonight by Premee Mohamed

"And What Can We Offer You Tonight is a deep dive into sacred revenge, a vivid, devastating and exquisite story of love and loyalty, among three friends who can ill afford such luxuries."

– L.X. Beckett, author of Gamechanger and Dealbreaker

Hadithi & the State of Black Speculative Fiction by Eugen Bacon and Milton Davis

"Eugen Bacon and Milton Davis come together for Hadithi & The State of Speculative Black Fiction to share a compelling addition to the commentaries and canon of black literature"

– Aurealis

Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders by Aliette de Bodard

"Delightful… Beautiful writing, weird and magical world, fascinating culture and politics, and compelling characters: what more do you need?"

– KJ Charles, author of Slippery Creatures

HebrewPunk by Lavie Tidhar

"Imagine Hard-Boiled Kabbalah... If you like your otherworld fun noir, have I got a book for you!"

– Kage Baker, author of In the Garden of Iden

[ashenhartkrie]

Guys holy shit An Unexpected Party has been shortlisted for an Aurealis Award!!!!

[not-poignant]

🙋‍♀️ for the fanfic ask game

🙋‍♀️ Do any irl people know you write fanfic?

Yes!

A good friend of mine has written Loki/Darcy fanfic (and I believe she started writing fanfiction in the first place because I did). But she is actually a Quite Serious Award Winning Writer Of Original Fiction and adjudicates the Aurealis Awards and a few other things who I am lucky enough to be the beta of (so when I see her book/s in stores I can be like 'I helped edit that' lmao), so like... fanfiction was/is very much a rare diversion for her, and she's not active in fandom.

Another irl friend of mine has written My Hero Academia fanfic.

And another irl friend has written Merlin fic and I think some other fanfict as well!

And one of my partners has over 200 works on AO3 and is amazing. Their user number on AO3 is so old, it's under 200.

I know very talented people even if I don't get to see them very often. We actually don't all read each other's fic, lol. Or if we do, only infrequently.

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From the fandom meme!

[laurajfitzwilson]

Writeblr intro

Hi! I'm Laura and I'm hoping to get involved in writeblr now that I have a first draft under my belt that I can talk about. I'm involved in local writing communities, but I'd love to make some friends online too.

I'm a whisper away from 30 and I write from Wadawurrung Country in Australia. I'm a little sad to see that there doesn't seem to be active tags for Aussie writers, because I think we have a specific brand of humour and it'd be great to connect.

Humour's pretty central to my writing. I like to have gut punching drama as well, but it's pretty rare for me to not offset it with humour. I think the contrast strengthens both kinds of writing. In any case, I like to laugh at my own jokes and I'm not stopping any time soon.

My short story "All My Tuesdays" was published a couple of years ago and was shortlisted for the Aurealis awards, which was an incredible honour.

My current WIP is a fantasy romance novel, The Fool. I've created a sideblog for it: @thefooljinglescloser and the pinned post for it has a blurb. Basically, an unwilling king has to deal with the magicians who killed half his family, political bullshit, a romance he doesn't have time for with a mystery man, and the castle fool, who is out to humiliate him at every opportunity. It's funny, romantic and dramatic.

I've put a lot of effort into the magic system, but the fantasy elements and setting are the least important parts of the book. I have tried and will continue to try to make this a distinctly Australian kind of fantasy setting, colonialism and all, without that being too major a theme. I'm not out to have the characters challenge their flawed society, I just want to write something that is relevant to my setting instead of going with the very UK-centric vibes that most traditional fantasies use.

Anyway, please follow me and/or @thefooljinglescloser if you're interested in any of this! I'll probably follow you back if you do, because like I say, I'm keen to be a part of the community. 💛

[petermball]

Eclectic Projects 005

Eclectic Projects returns after a short hiatus with four original short stories and more from Aurealis and Ditmar award-winning author Peter M. Ball. Dive into this issue to find: A young boy fighting to free his mother from the subterranean prison of the underesea in The Last Stairman.    Friendship and teenage angst put the test beneath hovering alien vessels in Life In The Shadow. A rockstar…

[sebastiangrad604]

Craig Phillips

Craig Phillips has worked as a professional illustrator for the US and Australian publishing industries for twenty years. His client list includes Random House, Scholastic, Simon and Schuster, Hachette, Hardie Grant, Bloomsbury, Oxford University Press and many more. His work has appeared in art anthologies such as The Society of Illustrators Annual, Spectrum Fantastic Art Annual and Luerzers 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide, and has been exhibited at the Museum of American Illustration. Phillips also worked on Neil Gaiman’s American Gods in 2017. His first solo work, titled Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts: Ten Tales from the Deep, Dark Woods (Allen and Unwin, 2017) won the NZ Book Award’s Russell Clark Award for Illustration, a Gold Ledger in the Australian Ledger Awards, a Notable Book in the CBCA Awards and was also a finalist in the Aurealis Awards.

Most recently How Do I Feel? A Dictionary of Emotions was awarded as a Notable Book in the Storylines Book Awards 2021 and was also a Finalist in the 2022 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults.

[mawsonbear]

Short List Excitement

From The Waste Land: three Waste Land stories make the Aurealis cut This week, the savvy judges of the Aurealis Awards (Australia’s premier speculative fiction awards) announced their short lists in the various categories for 2022 publications: https://aurealisawards.org/2023/03/09/2022-aurealis-awards-shortlist-announcement/ And I’m deeply THRILLED to see that THREE stories from the anthology…

[millennial-book-review]

She Who Became the Sun

I (finally) read She Who Became the Sun and I need to talk about it.

She Who Became the Sun is a 2021 fantasy novel by Shelley Parker Chan. It is the first entry in The Radiant Emperor series. It was the author’s debut novel. Upon release, it was a nominee for several literary awards including the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel, the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy and the 2021 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel. “I refuse to be nothing…” In 1345, China…

[tsanasreads]

More Awards News - Aurealis Series and Tiptree

I am a little slow posting this news, but I didn't want it to pass without mention. Not long ago, I posted about the Aurealis Awards short list. The shortlist for the Sara Douglass series award came out a bit later and, though I missed it at the time, I wanted to share it with you all. This is only the second time the Best Series Aurealis will be awarded, so it's very interesting to look at the composition of the shortlist. (You can see the first shortlist at the bottom of this page.) I've included this year's shortlist below, and you can also see it here.

The other award which was recently announced is the Tiptree Award. This one is a bit unusual in that they announce the winner, an honour list and a long list all in one go. The winner this year is Gabriela Damián Miravete for her short story “They Will Dream In the Garden”. You can read the Honour and Long List at the Tiptree website.

2018 Sara Douglass Book Series Award shortlist

Blackthorn & Grim [Dreamer’s Pool (2014), Tower of Thorns (2015), Den of Wolves (2016)], Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan Australia)

Captive Prince [Captive Prince (2014), Prince’s Gambit (2014), Kings Rising (2016)], C S Pacat (Penguin Random House)

Electric Empire [The Diabolical Miss Hyde (2015), The Devious Dr Jekyll (2015), The Dastardly Miss Lizzie (2017)], Viola Carr (HarperCollins Publishers)

The Fire Sermon [The Fire Sermon (2015), The Map of Bones (2016), The Forever Ship (2017)], Francesca Haig (HarperCollins Publishers)

Zeroes [Zeroes (2015), Swarm (2016), Nexus (2017)], Deborah Biancotti, Margo Lanagan & Scott Westerfeld (Allen & Unwin)

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[shopdixi]

🍂Introducing the Regina Aurealis Series🍂 Dixi X Chaser Spaeth out now! “Inspired by the triumphant laurel crowns that once wreathed the temples of emperors and champions, I wanted this set to feel regal and powerful, but also delicate. The rings, especially, I hoped to create a unisex appeal, something that could suit any gender or any occasion. We all have our moments of triumph, from grand awards, to simply getting out of bed in the morning, and every single one of those moments deserves to be celebrated no matter how small.” @aseriesofsteps 🦊www.shopdixi.com https://www.instagram.com/p/B7nyrsRhbZI/?igshid=sw5pem7ayb1e

[tragicophelias]

editor available: genre fiction

So I am unemployed because I worked in retail for a non-essential small business, and the new restrictions from the Australian government mean that there is no way for them to stay open even if they could afford to give their workers shifts. Our welfare system is currently overloaded and I’m one of millions who don’t know when they’ll be able to have access to financial benefits. So consequently;

I am available to edit your genre fiction (prose)

Qualifications: I have experience editing fantasy novels for several people, a Bachelor of Arts in literature, a Masters of Philosophy is creative writing and literature, have presented my original research in Australia and New Zealand, and I have twice been a judge for the ANZ fantasy and science fiction literary award the Aurealis Awards.

Works Accepted: I will accept all prose fiction but specialise in fantasy and young adult. Short stories (>10k), novellas, and novels (priced by word count so anything above 10k and below 120k will be accepted. Enquiries must be made for works higher than 120k and may incur a surcharge.)

Prices: My prices vary between $8AUD/$5USD - $15AUD/$10USD per five thousand words depending on the intensity of the edit required. Payment by Paypal only, 25% upfront. Further details in this tweet.

All works will be protected by a formal signed agreement agreeing on price and ensuring that the work will be kept in confidence by the editor.

I currently have a turnaround of two weeks for light edits and beta reading, and a turnaround of three weeks for intensive edits. These turnarounds are dependent on how many clients I have and the size of the work. 

Please do send an email (elspeth.lamorte@gmail.com) if you have a work you’d like me to edit, or even if you just want to enquire about a work that isn’t ready for editing but you might want me for in future!

[bookstand]

2019 Aurealis Awards Winners

2019 Aurealis Awards Winners

The link below is to an article reporting on the winners of the 2019 Aurealis Awards.

For more visit: https://aurealisawards.org/2020/07/25/2019-aurealis-awards-winners/

[rivqa]

The obligatory award eligibility post

The obligatory award eligibility post

First, let’s get the easy stuff out of the way. I had just one story of my own published in 2018, ‘To Rain Upon One City’ in Resist Fascism (psst, have you seen this gorgeous cover by Geneva B?) It’s eligible for the short story categories of the Locus, Hugo, and Ditmarawards. I was deeply honoured that my editors Bart Leib and Kay Holt saw fit to open the anthology with my far-future, Jewish…

[petermball]

Eclectic Projects 005 Ebook

Eclectic Projects returns after a short hiatus with four original short stories and more from Aurealis and Ditmar award-winning author Peter M. Ball. Dive into this issue to find: A young boy fighting to free his mother from the subterranean prison of the underesea in The Last Stairman.    Friendship and teenage angst put the test beneath hovering alien vessels in Life In The Shadow. A rockstar…

[mareekimberley-blog]

The Sunday Circle: 20 August 2017

This week's Sunday Circle: shut up & write & the awesomeness of In the Dark Spaces #amwriting

I’ve joined Peter M. Ball’s Sunday Circle to help keep my writing on track. Follow along here or join in the fun over at Peter’s blog, Man Versus Bear. What am I working on this week? A bit of work on short stories at the start of the week. Earlier this year I cut a scene from a horror novel I’m working on because it wasn’t working for the story anymore but I saw merit in it  as a stand alone…