The Australian Shadows Awards are annual

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established by the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) in 2005 to honour the best published works of

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written or edited by an Australian/New Zealand/Oceania resident in the previous calendar year.

Awards criteria and history

Works are judged on their overall effect within the horror genre based on the author's skill, delivery, and the work's lasting resonance. Each year, a director is appointed by the AHWA to administer the award. Shortlists for each category are determined by a panel of judges, and the shortlisted nominees are announced in March/April every year. From 2005 to 2008, the Australian Shadows Award evaluated

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, and

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against each other in a single category. In 2009, the award was expanded into three categories: Short Fiction, Long Fiction, and Edited Publication. From 2011, the award was restructured to consist of five categories: Novel; Long Fiction (novellas and novelettes); Short Fiction (short stories); Collection (single author collections); and Edited Publication (anthologies and magazine issues). In 2013, the 'Long Fiction' award category was renamed 'Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction' in honour of New Zealand/Australian author Paul Haines. The Australian Shadows Awards were sponsored by Altair Australia Books in its first two years, through the donation of two statuettes created by dark fantasy artist Brom (supplied by

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). Currently, winners of the awards receive a hand crafted trophy from the masters of the horror special effects industry, Nightshade FX.

Winners and nominees

In the below list, the years correspond to the year of the book's eligibility; the awards are always announced the following year. If the short story was originally published in an anthology with other stories rather than by itself or in a magazine, the anthology title and anthology publisher's name is included.

2005

Judges

* Guest judge:

Kim Wilkins Kim Wilkins (born 22 December 1966) is an Australian writer of popular fiction based in Brisbane, Queensland. She is the author of more than twenty-five mass-market novels, including her debut horror novel, ''The Infernal'' (1997), which won A ...

* Award Director: Marty Young

Winner

* "Father Muerte and the Flesh", Lee Battersby, ''

Aurealis ''Aurealis'' is an Australian speculative fiction magazine published by Chimaera Publications, and is Australia's longest running small-press science-fiction and fantasy magazine. The magazine is based in Melbourne. History and profile ''Aurea ...

#36

Nominees

* "Pater Familias", Lee Battersby, ''

Shadowed Realms ''Shadowed Realms'' was a dark flash fiction online magazine produced by Australian independent publisher Brimstone Press and edited by Angela Challis. A number of stories published in ''Shadowed Realms'' won, or were nominated for, severa ...

'' #3 * ''Shadow Box'', Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Angela Challis (eds) ( Brimstone Press) * "The Red Priest's Homecoming", Dirk Flinthart, ''

Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine ''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'' or ''ASIM'' is a fantasy and science fiction magazine published out of Canberra, ACT, Australia. The publishers of ''ASIM'' describe it as "Australia's Pulpiest SF Magazine". The magazine is current ...

'' #17 * '' The Grinding House'',

Kaaron Warren Kaaron Warren is an Australian author of horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels. She is the author of the short story collections ''Through Splintered Walls'', ''The Grinding House'', and ''Dead Sea Fruit''. Her short st ...

(CSFG Publishing)

2006

Judges

* Judging panel: David Schembri, Miranda Siemienowicz, Mark Smith-Briggs * Guest judge:

Robert Hood Robert Hood (born 1965 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American electronic music producer and DJ. He is a founding member of the group Underground Resistance as a 'Minister of Information' with Mad Mike Banks and Jeff Mills. He is often conside ...

* Award Director: Marty Young

Winner

* '' The Pilo Family Circus'', Will Elliott (

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)

Nominees

* "Father Renoir's Hands", Lee Battersby, '' Through Soft Air'' (

Prime Books Sean Wallace (born January 1, 1976) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologist, editor, and publisher best known for founding the publishing house Prime Books and for co-editing three magazines, '' Clarkesworld Magazine'', '' ...

) * "The Dying Light",

Deborah Biancotti Deborah Biancotti is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography Biancotti was born in 1971 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Her first work was published in 2000 with her short story "The First and Final Game" which was featured in ...

, ''Eidolon I'' ( Eidolon Books) * "The Blow-Off",

Stephen Dedman Stephen Dedman (born 1959) is an Australian author of dark fantasy and science fiction stories and novels. Biography Dedman's short stories have appeared in '' Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'', ''Year's Best SF'', and ''The Best Australian Sci ...

, ''Brutarian'' #47 * "The Bridal Bier", Carol Ryles, ''Eidolon I'' (Eidolon Books)

Honourable mentions

* "Silk and Pearls",

K. J. Bishop Kirsten Jane Bishop is an Australian writer and artist. In 2004, her first book, ''The Etched City'', was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. She is a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best collection. Bibliography Novels * ...

, ''

'' #9 * "The Cup of Nestor", Simon Brown (

Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996 and now run by Farr and Liz Grzyb. The publisher specializes in collections of science fiction short stories. History and current Tico ...

) * '' Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear'',

Terry Dowling Terence William (Terry) Dowling (born 21 March 1947), is an Australian writer and journalist. He writes primarily speculative fiction though he considers himself an "imagier" – one who imagines, a term which liberates his writing from the con ...

(

Cemetery Dance Publications Cemetery Dance Publications is an American specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with ''Cemetery Dance'' magazine, which ...

) * ''The Mother'', Brett McBean (

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)

2007

Judges

* Judging panel: Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Gary Kemble, Mark Smith-Briggs * Guest judge:

Richard Harland Richard Harland (born 15 January 1947 in Yorkshire) is an English fantasy and science fiction writer, living in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1947 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom and migrated to Australia in 1970. He has been an aca ...

* Award Director: Kirstyn McDermott

Winner

* "

Toother "Toother" is a 2007 horror fiction, horror short story by Terry Dowling. Background "Toother" was first published in the United States in 2007 in the science fiction and fantasy anthology ''Eclipse One'', edited by Jonathan Strahan and published ...

, ''Eclipse 1'' (

Night Shade Books Night Shade Books is an American, San Francisco–based imprint, formerly an independent publishing company, that specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Among its publications have been the U.S. edition of Iain M. Banks' novel ''T ...

)

Nominees

* "Between the Memories", Matthew Chrulew, ''

'' #38/39 * "Subtle Invasion",

David Conyers David Conyers (born 30 May 1971) is an Australian author. Conyers writes predominantly science fiction and Lovecraftian horror. Biography Convers was born in Sydney. Most of his childhood was spent in the Adelaide Hills, before moving to M ...

, ''The Black Book of Horror'' (Mortbury Press) * "The Dark and What It Said",

Rick Kennett Rick Kennett'(born 1956) is an Australian writer of science fiction, horror and ghost stories. He is the most prolific and widely published genre author in Australia after Paul Collins (fantasy writer), Paul Collins, Terry Dowling and Greg Egan, ...

, ''

'' #28 * "There Was Darkness",

Martin Livings Martin Livings (born 1970) is an Australian author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. He has been writing short stories since 1990 and has been nominated for both the Ditmar Award and Aurealis Award. Livings resides in Perth, Western Austr ...

, ''Fantastic Wonder Stories'' (

) * ''The Darkness Within'', Jason Nahrung (

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)

Honourable mentions

* '' The Spiraling Worm'', David Conyers & John Sunseri (

Chaosium Chaosium Inc. is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include ''Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game), Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fiction stories of H. P. Lovecraft'', R ...

) * "Cooling the Crows",

, ''In Bad Dreams'' (Eneit Press) * "The Wildflowers", Marty Young, ''Fantastic Wonder Stories'' (

)

2008

Judges

* Judging panel: Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Brett McBean,

Chuck McKenzie Chuck McKenzie is an Australian writer of speculative fiction. Biography McKenzie was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1970. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing & Literature from Deakin University. McKenzie's varied work histor ...

* Guest judge: Sarah Endacott * Award Director: Kirstyn McDermott

Winner

* "The Claws of Native Ghosts", Lee Battersby, ''The Beast Within'' (Graveside Books)

Nominees

* "This Way To The Exit",

Sara Douglass Sara Warneke (2 June 1957 – 27 September 2011), better known by her pen name Sara Douglass, was an Australian fantasy writer who lived in Hobart, Tasmania. She was a recipient of the Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel. Biography A ...

, ''Dreaming Again'' ( HarperVoyager) * "Rick Gets A Job", Jason Fischer, ''

'' #37 * "Lakeside", Christopher Green, ''Dreaming Again'' (HarperVoyager) * "Her Collection of Intimacy", Paul Haines, ''Black: Australian Dark Culture'' #2

2009

Judges

* Judging panel: Craig Bezant, Stephanie Gunn,

* Guest judges:

Bill Congreve Bill Congreve is an Australian writer, editor and reviewer of speculative fiction. He has also published the work of Australian science fiction and horror writers under his MirrorDanse imprint. Biography Congreve's first work was published in ...

(Short Fiction), James Doig (Edited Publication),

(Long Fiction) * Award Director: Shane Jiraiya Cummings

Long Fiction

Winner

* '' Slights'',

(

Angry Robot Angry Robot is a British-based publishing house dedicated to producing modern adult science fiction and fantasy, or as they call it “SF, F and WTF?!?”. The Nottingham-based company first released books in the UK in 2009, and since September 2 ...

)

Nominees

* ''A Book of Endings'',

(Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Red Queen'', Honey Brown ( Penguin Australia) * "Wives", Paul Haines, ''X6'' (Coeur de Lion Publishing) * ''The Dead Path'',

Stephen M. Irwin Stephen M Irwin (born December, 1966) is an Australian screenwriter, producer and novelist, best known for ''Harrow'' (2018) and '' Secrets & Lies'' (2014). Biography Irwin was born in Brisbane, Queensland and is the second youngest of six child ...

(

Hachette Australia Hachette () is a French publisher. Founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif, the company later became L. Hachette et Compagnie, Librairie Hachette, Hachette SA and Hachette Livre in France. After acquiring an Australian publisher, Hachette ...

)

Edited Publication

Winner

* ''Grants Pass'',

Jennifer Brozek Jennifer Brozek (born December 9, 1970) is an American freelance author, game design writer, editor, and small press publisher. Career Before becoming a full-time writer, Brozek was a software QA engineer working on a wide range of projects, inc ...

& Amanda Pillar (Morrigan Books)

Nominees

* ''Festive Fear'', Stephen Clark (Tasmaniac Publications) * ''

'' #42, Stuart Mayne (

Chimaera Publications Chimaera Publications is a publisher based in Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia. The company currently publishes the speculative fiction magazine ''Aurealis'' as well as running the Aurealis Awards. History Chimaera Publications begun publi ...

)

Short fiction

Winner

* "Six Suicides", Deborah Biancotti, ''A Book of Endings'' (Twelfth Planet Press)

Nominees

* "The Emancipated Dance",

Felicity Dowker Felicity Dowker is a speculative fiction writer from Victoria, Australia. She is predominantly recognised as a writer in the horror genre. In 2009, she won the Ditmar Award (Australian SF Award) for Best New Talent. Her story "Jesse's Gift" was ...

, ''Midnight Echo'' #2 * "Busking", Jason Fischer, ''Midnight Echo'' #3 * "The Message",

Andrew J. McKiernan Andrew J McKiernan (born 1970, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian speculative fiction writer and Illustrator. Andrew J McKiernan is a member of the Australian Horror Writers Association, and was Art Director for Aurealis Magazine for eight yea ...

, ''Midnight Echo'' #2 * "The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfalls",

, '' Exotic Gothic 3'',

Ash-Tree Press Ash-Tree Press is a Canadian company that publishes supernatural and horror literature. The press has reprinted notable collections of ghostly stories by such writers as R. H. Malden, A. N. L. Munby, L. T. C. Rolt, Margery Lawrence, and Ele ...

2010

Judges

* Judging panel: Craig Bezant, Stephanie Gunn, Jeff Ritchie * Guest judges:

(Short Fiction),

Rocky Wood Rocky Wood (19 October 1959 – 1 December 2014) was a New Zealand-born Australian writer and researcher best known for his books about horror author Stephen King. He was the first author from outside North America or Europe to hold the posi ...

(Edited Publication),

(Long Fiction) * Award Director: Shane Jiraiya Cummings

Long Fiction

Winner

* ''Under Stones'', Bob Franklin (

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)

Nominees

* ''Bleed'', Peter M. Ball ( Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Guardian of the Dead'', Karen Healy ( Allen & Unwin) * ''Madigan Mine'', Kirstyn McDermott ( Picador Australia) * ''The Girl With No Hands'', Angela Slatter (

)

Edited Publication

Winner

* ''Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears'', Angela Challis & Marty Young (eds) ( Brimstone Press)

Nominees

* ''Midnight Echo'' #4, Lee Battersby (ed) ( Australian Horror Writers Association) * ''Scary Kisses'', Liz Grzyb (ed) (

) * ''Scenes From the Second Storey'', Amanda Pillar & Pete Kempshall (eds) (Morrigan Books)

Short fiction

Winner

* "She Said", Kirstyn McDermott, ''Scenes from the Second Storey'' (Morrigan Books)

Nominees

* "Bread and Circuses",

, ''Scary Kisses'' (

) * "Brisneyland by Night", Angela Slatter, ''Sprawl'' ( Twelfth Planet Press) * "All The Clowns In Clowntown",

, ''Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears'' ( Brimstone Press) * "Dream Machine",

, ''Scenes from the Second Storey'' (Morrigan Books)

2011

Judges

* Judging panel: Marty Young, James A. Moore

Novel

Winner

* No award

Honourable mention

* ''The Broken Ones'',

(

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)

Long Fiction

Winner

* "The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt", Paul Haines, ''The Last Days of Kali Yuga'' ( Brimstone Press)

Nominees

* "And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living",

, ''Ishtar'' (Gilgamesh Press) * "Sleeping and the Dead",

Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor and publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horror writer Rob Hood, Spar ...

, ''Ishtar'' (Gilgamesh Press) * "From the Teeth of Strange Children", Lisa L. Hannett, ''Bluegrass Symphony'' (

)

Short fiction

Winner

* "Shovel Man Joe", Amanda J. Spedding, ''Shades of Sentience''

Nominees

* "Out Hunting for Teeth", Joanne Anderton, ''Midnight Echo'' #6 * "The Sea at Night", Joanne Anderton, ''Dead Red Heart'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * "Taking It for the Team", Tracie McBride, ''Dead Red Heart'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * "The Wanderer in Darkness",

, ''Midnight Echo'' #6

Edited Publication

Winner

* ''Dead Red Heart'',

Russell B. Farr Russell B. Farr is an Australian editor and writer of speculative fiction. Biography Farr was born in Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Williams and Stephen Dedman. I ...

(ed) (

)

Nominees

* ''More Scary Kisses'', Liz Grzyb (ed) (Ticonderoga Publications) * ''Midnight Echo #6'', David Kernot,

and Jason Fischer (eds) ( Australian Horror Writers Association) * ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'', Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (eds) (Ticonderoga Publications)

Collection

Winner

* ''Tales of Sin and Madness'', Brett McBean (Thunderstorm Books/Legume Man Books)

Nominees

* ''Bluegrass Symphony'', Lisa L. Hannett (Ticonderoga Publications) * ''The Last Days of Kali Yuga'', Paul Haines (Brimstone Press) * ''Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies'',

Lucy Sussex Lucy Sussex (born 1957 in New Zealand) is an author working in fantasy and science fiction, children's and teenage writing, non-fiction and true crime. She is also an editor, reviewer, academic and teacher, and currently resides in Melbourne, Aus ...

(Ticonderoga Publications) * ''Apocrypha Sequence'', Shane Jiraiya Cummings (self-published)

2012

Judges

* Short Stories/Collections/Edited Works panel: Steve Gerlach, Greg Chapman, Stephen Clark * Novels/Novellas panel: Gerry Huntman, Jenny Blackford, B. Michael Radburn

Novel

Winner

* ''Perfections'', Kirstyn McDermott (Xoum Publishing)

Nominees

* ''The Corpse Rat King'', Lee Battersby (

Angry Robot Books Angry Robot is a British-based publishing house dedicated to producing modern adult science fiction and fantasy, or as they call it “SF, F and WTF?!?”. The Nottingham-based company first released books in the UK in 2009, and since September 2 ...

) * ''Blood and Dust'', Jason Nahrung (Xoum Publishing)

Long Fiction

Winner

* "Sky",

, ''Through Splintered Walls'' (Twelfth Planet Press)

Nominees

* "Critique", Daniel I. Russell (Dark Continents Publishing) * "Escena de un Asesinato",

, '' Exotic Gothic 4'' (

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)

Short fiction

Winner

* "Birthday Suit",

, ''Living with the Dead'' (Dark Prints Press)

Nominees

* "To Wish On A Clockwork Heart",

, ''Bread and Circuses'' (Ticonderoga Publications) * "Pigroot Flat", Jason Fischer, ''Midnight Echo'' #8 * "Birthday Suit", Martin Livings, ''Living with the Dead'' (Dark Prints Press) * "They Don't Know That We Know What They Know",

, ''Midnight Echo'' #8 * "Creek", Kaaron Warren, ''Through Splintered Walls'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Mountain", Kaaron Warren, ''Through Splintered Walls'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "Road", Kaaron Warren, ''Through Splintered Walls'' (Twelfth Planet Press) * "A Monstrous Touch", Marty Young, ''Dangers Untold'' (Alliteration Ink)

Edited Publication

Winner

* ''Surviving The End'', Craig Bezant (Dark Prints Press)

Nominees

* ''Cthulhu Unbound 3'',

and Brian M. Sammons (eds) (Permuted Press) * ''The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror'', Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (eds) (

)

Collection

Winner

* ''Through Splintered Walls'',

(Twelfth Planet Press)

Nominees

* ''Bread and Circuses'', Felicity Dowker (Ticonderoga Publications) * ''Living With The Dead'', Martin Livings (Dark Prints Press)

2013

Judges

* Short Stories/Collections/Edited Works panel: Steve Gerlach, Gitte Christensen, Lee Pletzers * Novels/Novellas panel: Gerry Huntman, Geoff Brown,

Novel

Winner

* ''809 Jacob Street'', Marty Young (Black Beacon Books)

Nominees

* ''Undead Kelly'', Timothy Bowden (Severed Press) * ''Topsiders'', Scott Tyson (Legume Man Books)

Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

* "The Unwanted Women of Surrey",

, ''Queen Victoria's Book of Spells'' (

Tor Books Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese sci ...

)

Nominees

* "Soul Killer",

, ''Zombies vs Robots: Diplomacy'' (

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly re ...

) * "The Home For Broken Dolls", Kirstyn McDermott, ''Caution: Contains Small Parts'' (Twelfth Planet Press)

Short fiction

Winner

* "Caterpillars", Debbie Cowens, ''Baby Teeth - Bite Sized Tales of Terror'' (Paper Road Press)

Nominees

* "Nip, Tuck, Zip, Pluck", John Paul Fitch, ''Psychopomp Volume 4'' (Artifice Comics) * "Fence Lines", Joanne Anderton, ''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'' (FableCroft Publishing) * "The Nest", C. S. McMullen, ''Nightmare Magazine'' #12 * "The Dead Way", J. C. Hart, ''Baby Teeth - Bite Sized Tales of Terror'' (Paper Road Press)

Edited Publication

Winner

* ''Baby Teeth - Bite Sized Tales of Terror'', Dan Rabarts and

Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English-Moroccan mixed martial arts fighter and criminal. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rabat, ...

(eds) (Paper Road Press)

Nominees

* ''Midnight Echo #9'', Geoff Brown (ed) ( Australian Horror Writers Association) * ''A Killer Among Demons'', Craig Bezant (ed) (Dark Prints Press) * ''Star Quake 1'', Sophie Yorkston (ed) (IFWG Publishing)

Collection

Winner

* ''The Bone Chime Song and other stories'',

Jo Anderton Jo Anderton is a writer of fantasy, horror, and other types of speculative fiction. She has been a finalist for and won multiple awards for her work. Anderton is a marketing co-ordinator for an Australian book distributor, but spends her night ...

(FableCroft Publishing)

Nominees

* There was no nominee shortlist in 2013.

2014

Judges

* Short Stories/Collections/Edited Works panel: Christine Ferdinands, Natalie Satakovski, B. R. de Loryn * Novels/Novellas panel: Jay Caselberg (novellas only), Kathy Williams-DeVries, Lee Pletzers, B. R. de Loryn

Novel

Winner

* ''Wolf Creek: Origin'', Aaron Sterns and Greg McLean (

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)

Nominees

* ''Suicide Forest'', Jeremy Bates (Ghillinnein Books) * ''Book of the Dead'', Greig Beck (Momentum Books) * ''Dark Deceit'', Lauren Dawes (Momentum Books) * ''Davey Ribbon'', Matthew Tait (HodgePodge Press)

Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

* ''Dreams of Destruction'', Shane Jiraiya Cummings (self-published)

Nominees

* ''Ghost Camera'', Darcy Coates (self-published) * "The Shark God Covenant",

, ''Dimension6'' #3

Short fiction

Winner

* "Shadows of the Lonely Dead", Alan Baxter, ''Suspended in Dusk'' (Books of the Dead Press)

Nominees

* "Mephisto", Alan Baxter, ''

Daily Science Fiction ''Daily Science Fiction'' is an email and online magazine devoted to publishing science fiction stories that was founded in 2010. Per the title, it is a daily publication, publishing each weekday, edited by Jonathan Laden and Michele Barasso. O ...

'' * "Mummified Monk", Rebecca Fung, ''Daylight Dims Volume 2'' * "Bones", Michelle Jager, ''SQ Mag'' #14 * "Last Year When We Were Young", Andrew J. McKiernan, ''Last Year When We Were Young'' (Satalyte Publishing)

Edited Publication

Winner

* ''SQ Mag'' #14, Sophie Yorkston (ed) (IFWG Publishing)

Nominees

* ''SNAFU'', Geoff Brown and Amanda J. Spedding (eds) (Cohesion Press) * ''Suspended in Dusk'', Simon Dewar (ed) (Books of the Dead Press)

Collection

Winner

* ''Last Year When We Were Young'',

(Satalyte Publishing)

Nominees

* There was no nominee shortlist in 2014.

2015

The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

* ''In Vaulted Halls Entombed'', Alan Baxter

Nominees

* ''The Haunting of Gillespie House'', Darcy Coates * ''Night Shift'', Dirk Flinthart * ''The Whimper'',

Edited Works

Winner

* ''Blurring the Line'', Marty Young

Nominees

* ''Bloodlines'', Amanda Pillar * ''Lighthouses'', Cameron Trost * ''Midnight Echo 11'',

Collected works

Winner

* ''Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories'', Rob Hood

Nominees

* ''The Abandonment of Grace and Everything After'', Shane Jiraiya Cummings * ''Cherry Crow Children'', Deborah Kalin

Short fiction

Winner

* "Mine Intercom", Kaaron Warren

Nominees

* "The Bone Maiden", Greg Chapman * "Eight Seconds", Pandora Hope * "El Caballo Muerte",

* "Perfect Little Stitches", Deborah Sheldon

Comics/Graphic Novels

Winner

* ''The Road to Golgotha'', G. N. Braun & Amanda J. Spedding

Nominees

* ''Troll'', Michael Michalandos * ''The Monster'', Ben Rosenthal * ''Undad'', Shane W. Smith

The Rocky Wood Award for Non-fiction and Criticism

Winner

* ''The Literary Gothic'', Marija Elektra Rodriguez

Novels

Winner

* ''The Catacombs'', Jeremy Bates

Nominees

* ''The Haunting of Blackwood House'', Darcy Coates * ''The Transgressions Cycle: The Mother'', Mike Jones * ''The Transgressions Cycle: The Reparation'', Mike Jones * ''The Big Smoke'', Jason Nahrung

2016

Award Director: Claire Fitzpatrick

Short fiction

Winner

* "His Shining Day",

(''Dreaming in the Dark'')

Nominees

* "D Is for Death", Pete Aldin (''C is for Chimera'') * "Midnight in the Graffiti Tunnel",

(''Dreaming in the Dark'') * "Protege", Anthony Ferguson (''Monsters Among Us'') * "No Other Men in Mitchell", Rose Hartley (''Nightmare'' 2/16) * "Selfie",

(''SQ Mag'' 5/16) * "What the Sea Wants", Deb Sheldon (''SQ Mag'' 2/16) * "Uncontainable", Helen Stubbs (''

Apex Magazine ''Apex Magazine'', also previously known as ''Apex Digest'', is an American horror and science fiction magazine. This subscription webzine, ''Apex Magazine'', contains short fiction, reviews, and interviews. It has been nominated for several awar ...

'' 12/16) * "All Roll Over",

(''In Your Face'') * "Fade to Grey",

Janeen Webb Janeen Webb (''née'' Pemberton) is an Australian writer, critic and editor, working mainly in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Biography The daughter of a Second World War Australian Army commando and salesman, Webb was brought up in ...

(''Dreaming in the Dark'')

Collected works

Winner

* ''Crow Shine'', Alan Baxter (Ticonderoga)

Nominees

* ''Concentration'',

Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...

(PS) * ''Everything Is Fine'',

Grant Stone Grant Stone is an Australian librarian. He was the founder of Swancon. He was a radio presenter on the radio station RTRFM of the ''Faster Than Light Radio Show'', as well as being the main force in the Murdoch University library special collec ...

(Racket House)

Edited Work

Winner

* ''Dead of Night'', Shane Jiraiya Cummings, ed. (Australian Horror Writers Association)

Nominees

* ''Dreaming in the Dark'', Jack Dann, ed. (PS Australia) * ''At the Edg'e'', Dan Rabarts &

, eds. (Paper Road)

Novel

Winner

* ''The Grief Hole'', Kaaron Warren (IFWG)

Nominees

* ''Hollow House'', Greg Chapman (Omnium Gatherum) * ''The Devil’s Prayer'', Luke Gracias (self-published) * ''Presumed Dead'',

(self-published) * ''The Invasion'', Brett McBean (Sinister Grin) * ''Into the Mist'',

(Cohesion) * ''Unbidden'', TJ Park (HarperImpulse) * ''Devil Dragon'', Deborah Sheldon (Severed)

Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

* "Tipuna Tapu", Dan Rabarts (''And Then…: The Great Big Book of Awesome Adventure Tales'', Vol I)

Nominees

* "Box Of Bones", Jeremy Bates (Ghillinnein) * "Served Cold", Alan Baxter (''Dreaming in the Dark'') * "The Eschatologist", Greg Chapman (Voodoo) * "The Heart of the Mission", Matthew R. Davis (Oz Horror Con) * "Burnt Sugar", Kirstyn McDermott (''Dreaming in the Dark'')

2017

Award Director: J. Ashley Smith

The Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism

Winner

* ''The Body Horror Book'', Claire Fitzpatrick (Oscillate Wildly Press)

Nominees

* "101 Weird Writers #46 –

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", Kat Clay (''Weird Fiction Review'') * ''Literary Serial Killer Fiction: The Evolution of a Genre'', William Cook (Victoria University, Wellington NZ) * ''It Follows is the Millennial STD Parable of Our Time'', Maria Lewis (SBS) * "A Shared Ambition: Horror Writers in Horror Fiction", Kyla Lee Ward (AHWA, ''Midnight Echo'' #12)

Written Work in a Comic/Graphic Novel

No award.

Edited Work

Winner

* ''Cthulhu Deep Down Under'' Volume 1, Steve Proposch,

Christopher Sequeira Christopher Sequeira (also published as Chris G.C. Sequeira, Christopher G.C. Sequeira, C.G.C. Sequeira) is a Sydney-based Australian editor, writer and artist who works predominantly in the speculative fiction (horror, fantasy, science fiction, ...

& Bryce J. Stevens (IFWG Publishing)

Nominees

* ''Midnight Echo'' #12, Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Anthony P. Ferguson (AHWA) * ''Below the Stairs – Tales from the Cellar'', Steven Dillon (Things in the Well)

Collected Work

Winner

* ''Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories'', Deborah Sheldon (IFWG Publishing)

Nominees

* ''Singing My Sister Down and Other Stories'',

Margo Lanagan Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction. Biography She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to Melbourne circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to Sydne ...

( Allen & Unwin)

Short fiction

Winner

* "The Banksia Boys", Matthew J. Morrison (''

'' #66)

Nominees

* "Outside a Drifter", Lisa L. Hannett (''Looming Low'' Vol.1, Dim Shores Press) * "The Hand Walker", Rue Karney (''Pacific Monsters'', Fox Spirit Press) * "The Circle Line",

(''Between the Tracks'', Things in the Well) * "The Little Mermaid", in Passing, Angela Slatter (''The Review of Australian Fiction'', April 2017) * "The Big Reveal", David Stevens (''Kaleidotrope'')

The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

* "Ismail's Expulsion", Brian Craddock (''Between the Tracks'', Things in the Well)

Nominees

* "Hope and Walker", Andrew Cull (Vermillion2One) * "This Impossible Gift", Matthew R. Davis (''Midnight Echo'' #12, AHWA) * "No Good Deed", Angela Slatter (''New Fears'',

Titan Books Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of Titan Entertainment Group, which was established in 1981. The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cinema reference books; and graphic novels and ...

) * "Furtherest",

(''Dark Screams'' Vol. 7, Cemetery Dance) * "Eden in the End", Ashlee Scheuerman (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing)

Novel

Winner

* ''Corpselight'' (Verity Fassbinder Book 2), Angela Slatter (Jo Fletcher Books)

Nominees

* ''Aletheia'', J. S. Breukelaar (Crystal Lake Publishing) * ''Slithers'', W. W. Mortensen (Self Published) * ''Soon'', Lois Murphy (

Transit Lounge Transit Lounge Publishing is an independent Australian literary small press founded in Melbourne in 2005. It publishes literary fiction, narrative and trade non-fiction. The books it publishes show the diversity of Australian culture. Distribut ...

) * ''Providence Place'', Matthew Tait (Dark Crib Publications)

2018

Award Director: Silvia Brown

Poetry

Winner

* "Revenants of the Antipodes", Kyla Lee Ward (''HWA Poetry Showcase, Volume V'')

Nominees

* "Polarity", Jay Caselberg (''The Literary Hatchet'' 8-9/18) * "The Middle of the Night", Rebecca Fraser (''Breach'' #09) * "Your Mortician Knows", Bee Nielsen (''A Little Ray of Obsidian Black'') * "Matinee", Hester J. Rook (''Chrome Baby'' 4/12/18)

Written Work in a Comic/Graphic Novel

Winner

* ''The Demon: Hell is Earth'', Andrew Constant, Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy & Chris Sotomayor (DC)

Edited Work

Winner

* ''Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Horror'',

, ed. (Adrenaline)

Nominees

* ''Behind the Mask'', Steve Dillon, ed. (Oz Horror Con) * ''Cthulhu: Land of the Long White Cloud and Cthulhu Deep Down Under'', Volume 2, Steve Proposch,

& Bryce J. Stevens, eds. (IFWG)

Collected Work

Winner

* ''Shadows on the Wall'', Steven Paulsen (IFWG Publishing)

Nominees

* ''Singing My Sister Down and Other Stories'',

( Allen & Unwin) * ''Bones'', Andrew Cull (Vermillion2One) * ''The Dalziel Files'', Brian Craddock (Broken Puppet Books) * ''Exploring Dark Fiction #2: A Primer to Kaaron Warren'', Eric J. Guignard, ed. (Dark Moon) * ''Beneath the Ferny Tree'', David Schembri (Close-Up)

Short fiction

Winner

* "Riptide", Dan Rabarts (''Suspended in Dusk II'')

Nominees

* "The House of Jack’s Girls", Lee Battersby (''PseudoPod'' 10/12/18) * "The Ward of Tindalos", Debbie Cowens & Matt Cowens (''Cthulhu: Land of the Long White Cloud'') * "Planned and Expected", Piper Mejia (''Breach'' #09) * "Slither", Jason Nahrung (''Cthulhu Deep Down Under, Volume 2'')

The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

* "The Black Sea", Chris Mason (''Beneath the Waves: Tales from the Deep'')

Nominees

* "Time and Tide", Robert Hood (''Cthulhu Deep Down Under, Volume 2'') * "Thylacines", Deborah Sheldon (''Severed'') * "Love Thee Better",

(''Creatures: The Legacy of Frankenstein'')

Novel

Winner

* ''Tide of Stone'', Kaaron Warren (Omnium Gatherum)

Nominees

* ''Devouring Dark'', Alan Baxter (Grey Matter) * ''Teeth of the Wolf'', Dan Rabarts &

(Raw Dog Screaming) * ''Contrition'', Deborah Sheldon (IFWG)

References

;General
Australian Horror Writers Association "Australian Shadows Awards"
(Accessed 2 May 2015).
Australian Horror Writers Association Facebook page
(Accessed 2 May 2015).
Crabb, Brendan. (30 April 2015). "Shadows of the Lonely Dead picks up award for Jamberoo author Alan Baxter" ''Kiama Independent''.2009 Australian Shadows Award: Finalists
(Accessed 16 May 2010).

{Dead link, date=October 2019 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes (Accessed 12 September 2009).

(Accessed 14 February 2009).

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090318045236/http://blogs.abc.net.au/articulate/2009/03/western-austral.html Kemble, Gary. (13 March 2009). "Lee Battersby Snares 2nd Australian Shadows Award" ABC News (Articulate).] (Accessed 21 March 2009).
Siemienowicz, Miranda (16 March 2007). "News: Australian Shadows winner announced". ''HorrorScope''(10 June 2019) "2018 Australian Shadows Awards Winners". ''Locus Mag''

External links

Australian Shadows Awards page of AHWA websiteAustralian Shadows Facebook page
Australian literary awards Awards established in 2005