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The Australian Shadows Awards, also known as the Australasian Shadows Awards, are annual
literary awards A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded Literature, literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award c ...
established by the
Australian Horror Writers Association The Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) is a non-profit organisation that commenced in 2003 with the goal of providing a unified voice and sense of community for Australians, Australian writers of dark fiction (Horror fiction, horror an ...
(AHWA) in 2005 to honour the best published works of
horror fiction Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare an audience. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defin ...
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
novels A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose and published as a book. The word derives from the for 'new', 'news', or 'short story (of something new)', itself from the , a singular noun use of the neuter plural of '' ...
,
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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 Dark fantasy, also called fantasy horror, is a subgenre of fantasy literary, artistic, and cinematic works that incorporates disturbing and frightening themes. The term is ambiguously used to describe stories that combine horror fiction, horror ...
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 In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and g ...
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 Au ...
* Award Director: Marty Young


Winner

* "Father Muerte and the Flesh", Lee Battersby, '' Aurealis'' #36


Nominees

* "Pater Familias", Lee Battersby, '' Shadowed Realms'' #3 * ''Shadow Box'',
Shane Jiraiya Cummings Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born 24 April 1974) is an Australians, Australian Horror fiction, horror and fantasy author and Editing, editor. He lives in Sydney. Cummings is best known as a short story writer. He has had more than 100 short stories ...
& Angela Challis (eds) (
Brimstone Press Brimstone Press was an Australia, Australian independent publisher of dark fiction (Horror fiction, horror and dark fantasy). Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in Western Australia. The first publicatio ...
) * "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 currently ...
'' #17 * '' The Grinding House'', Kaaron Warren (CSFG Publishing)


2006


Judges

* Judging panel: David Schembri, Miranda Siemienowicz, Mark Smith-Briggs * Guest judge:
Robert Hood Robert Hood (born 1965) 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 considered to be one of the fo ...
* Award Director: Marty Young


Winner

* ''
The Pilo Family Circus ''The Pilo Family Circus'' is a 2006 horror novel by Australian author Will Elliott. Premise It follows the story of Jamie, who, after a random incident of nearly hitting a clown with his car, finds himself being stalked by three sadistic clo ...
'',
Will Elliott Will Elliott (born 1979) is an Australian horror and fantasy writer living in Brisbane, Queensland. He currently tutors at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Profile Elliott dropped out of a law degree at the age of 20 when he developed s ...
(
ABC Books An alphabet book is a type of children's book giving basic instruction in an alphabet. Intended for young children, alphabet books commonly use pictures, simple language and alliteration to aid language learning. Alphabet books are published ...
)


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, ''Eidolon I'' ( Eidolon Books) * "The Blow-Off",
Stephen Dedman Stephen Dedman (born 1959) is an Australian writer 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, '' Shadowed Realms'' #9 * "The Cup of Nestor", Simon Brown (
Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996, which specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories. Farr now runs the publisher alongside Liz Grzyb, an award winni ...
) * '' Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear'',
Terry Dowling Terence William (Terry) Dowling (born 21 March 1947), is an Australian writer and journalist. He is primarily a writer of speculative fiction but refers to himself as an "imagier" – one who imagines, a term which liberates his writing from th ...
(
Cemetery Dance Publications Cemetery Dance is an American company known for their specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense and their horror magazine of the same name. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. Ce ...
) * ''The Mother'', Brett McBean ( Lothian Books)


2007


Judges

* Judging panel:
Shane Jiraiya Cummings Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born 24 April 1974) is an Australians, Australian Horror fiction, horror and fantasy author and Editing, editor. He lives in Sydney. Cummings is best known as a short story writer. He has had more than 100 short stories ...
, Gary Kemble, Mark Smith-Briggs * Guest judge: Richard Harland * Award Director: Kirstyn McDermott


Winner

* " Toother",
Terry Dowling Terence William (Terry) Dowling (born 21 March 1947), is an Australian writer and journalist. He is primarily a writer of speculative fiction but refers to himself as an "imagier" – one who imagines, a term which liberates his writing from th ...
, ''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 '' ...
)


Nominees

* "Between the Memories", Matthew Chrulew, '' Aurealis'' #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 Conyers was born in Sydney. Most of his childhood was spent in the Adelaide Hills, before moving to Melb ...
, ''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 fiction, horror and Ghost story, ghost stories. He is the most prolific and widely published genre author in Australia after Paul Collins (fantasy writer), Paul Collins, T ...
, ''
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 currently ...
'' #28 * "There Was Darkness", Martin Livings, ''Fantastic Wonder Stories'' (
Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996, which specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories. Farr now runs the publisher alongside Liz Grzyb, an award winni ...
) * ''The Darkness Within'', Jason Nahrung (
Hachette Livre Hachette Livre S.A. (; simply known as Hachette) is a French publishing, publishing group that was based in Paris. It was founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif which later became successively L. Hachette et Compagnie, Librairie Hachette, ...
)


Honourable mentions

* '' The Spiraling Worm'',
David Conyers David Conyers (born 30 May 1971) is an Australian author. Conyers writes predominantly science fiction and Lovecraftian horror. Biography Conyers was born in Sydney. Most of his childhood was spent in the Adelaide Hills, before moving to Melb ...
& John Sunseri (
Chaosium Chaosium Inc. ( ) is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford (game designer), Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include ''Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game), Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fic ...
) * "Cooling the Crows", Kaaron Warren, ''In Bad Dreams'' (Eneit Press) * "The Wildflowers", Marty Young, ''Fantastic Wonder Stories'' (
Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996, which specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories. Farr now runs the publisher alongside Liz Grzyb, an award winni ...
)


2008


Judges

* Judging panel:
Shane Jiraiya Cummings Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born 24 April 1974) is an Australians, Australian Horror fiction, horror and fantasy author and Editing, editor. He lives in Sydney. Cummings is best known as a short story writer. He has had more than 100 short stories ...
, 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 history ...
* 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 July 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 great ...
, ''Dreaming Again'' (
HarperVoyager HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the " Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins is h ...
) * "Rick Gets A Job", Jason Fischer, ''
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 currently ...
'' #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,
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 history ...
* Guest judges: Bill Congreve (Short Fiction), James Doig (Edited Publication), Martin Livings (Long Fiction) * Award Director:
Shane Jiraiya Cummings Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born 24 April 1974) is an Australians, Australian Horror fiction, horror and fantasy author and Editing, editor. He lives in Sydney. Cummings is best known as a short story writer. He has had more than 100 short stories ...


Long fiction


Winner

* '' Slights'', Kaaron Warren (
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'', Deborah Biancotti (Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Red Queen'', Honey Brown (
Penguin Australia Penguin Books Limited is a Germany, German-owned English publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers the Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the ...
) * "Wives", Paul Haines, ''X6'' (Coeur de Lion Publishing) * ''The Dead Path'', Stephen M. Irwin (
Hachette Australia Hachette Livre S.A. (; simply known as Hachette) is a French publishing group that was based in Paris. It was founded in 1826 by Louis Hachette as Brédif which later became successively L. Hachette et Compagnie, Librairie Hachette, 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) * '' Aurealis'' #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 publis ...
)


Short fiction


Winner

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


Nominees

* "The Emancipated Dance", Felicity Dowker, ''Midnight Echo'' #2 * "Busking", Jason Fischer, ''Midnight Echo'' #3 * "The Message", Andrew J. McKiernan, ''Midnight Echo'' #2 * "The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfalls", Kaaron Warren, '' 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: Kaaron Warren (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 pos ...
(Edited Publication),
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 history ...
(Long Fiction) * Award Director:
Shane Jiraiya Cummings Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born 24 April 1974) is an Australians, Australian Horror fiction, horror and fantasy author and Editing, editor. He lives in Sydney. Cummings is best known as a short story writer. He has had more than 100 short stories ...


Long fiction


Winner

* ''Under Stones'', Bob Franklin (
Affirm Press Affirm Press is a Melbourne-based book publisher. History In 2010, Affirm Press began publishing several books a year as a part-time operation between Martin Hughes, former editor of ''The Big Issue'', and Graeme Wise, founder of The Body Shop A ...
)


Nominees

* ''Bleed'', Peter M. Ball ( Twelfth Planet Press) * ''Guardian of the Dead'', Karen Healy (
Allen & Unwin George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It became one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and established an Australian ...
) * ''Madigan Mine'', Kirstyn McDermott ( Picador Australia) * ''The Girl With No Hands'', Angela Slatter (
Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996, which specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories. Farr now runs the publisher alongside Liz Grzyb, an award winni ...
)


Edited Publication


Winner

* ''Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears'', Angela Challis & Marty Young (eds) (
Brimstone Press Brimstone Press was an Australia, Australian independent publisher of dark fiction (Horror fiction, horror and dark fantasy). Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in Western Australia. The first publicatio ...
)


Nominees

* ''Midnight Echo'' #4, Lee Battersby (ed) (
Australian Horror Writers Association The Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) is a non-profit organisation that commenced in 2003 with the goal of providing a unified voice and sense of community for Australians, Australian writers of dark fiction (Horror fiction, horror an ...
) * ''Scary Kisses'', Liz Grzyb (ed) (
Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996, which specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories. Farr now runs the publisher alongside Liz Grzyb, an award winni ...
) * ''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", Felicity Dowker, ''Scary Kisses'' (
Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996, which specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories. Farr now runs the publisher alongside Liz Grzyb, an award winni ...
) * "Brisneyland by Night", Angela Slatter, ''Sprawl'' ( Twelfth Planet Press) * "All The Clowns In Clowntown", Andrew J. McKiernan, ''Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears'' (
Brimstone Press Brimstone Press was an Australia, Australian independent publisher of dark fiction (Horror fiction, horror and dark fantasy). Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in Western Australia. The first publicatio ...
) * "Dream Machine",
David Conyers David Conyers (born 30 May 1971) is an Australian author. Conyers writes predominantly science fiction and Lovecraftian horror. Biography Conyers was born in Sydney. Most of his childhood was spent in the Adelaide Hills, before moving to Melb ...
, ''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'', Stephen M. Irwin (
Random House Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...
)


Long fiction


Winner

* "The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt", Paul Haines, ''The Last Days of Kali Yuga'' (
Brimstone Press Brimstone Press was an Australia, Australian independent publisher of dark fiction (Horror fiction, horror and dark fantasy). Brimstone Press was established in 2004 by Shane Jiraiya Cummings and was based in Western Australia. The first publicatio ...
)


Nominees

* "And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living", Deborah Biancotti, ''Ishtar'' (Gilgamesh Press) * "Sleeping and the Dead",
Cat Sparks Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 11 September 1965, Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australians, Australian science fiction writer, editor and Publishing, publisher. Publishing As manager and editor of Agog! Press with her partner, Australian horr ...
, ''Ishtar'' (Gilgamesh Press) * "From the Teeth of Strange Children", Lisa L. Hannett, ''Bluegrass Symphony'' (
Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996, which specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories. Farr now runs the publisher alongside Liz Grzyb, an award winni ...
)


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", Andrew J. McKiernan, ''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, Perth, Western Australia. In 1996 he founded Ticonderoga Publications publishing works by authors such as Sean Willi ...
(ed) (
Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996, which specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories. Farr now runs the publisher alongside Liz Grzyb, an award winni ...
)


Nominees

* ''More Scary Kisses'', Liz Grzyb (ed) (Ticonderoga Publications) * ''Midnight Echo #6'', David Kernot,
David Conyers David Conyers (born 30 May 1971) is an Australian author. Conyers writes predominantly science fiction and Lovecraftian horror. Biography Conyers was born in Sydney. Most of his childhood was spent in the Adelaide Hills, before moving to Melb ...
and Jason Fischer (eds) (
Australian Horror Writers Association The Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) is a non-profit organisation that commenced in 2003 with the goal of providing a unified voice and sense of community for Australians, Australian writers of dark fiction (Horror fiction, horror an ...
) * ''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 Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born 24 April 1974) is an Australians, Australian Horror fiction, horror and fantasy author and Editing, editor. He lives in Sydney. Cummings is best known as a short story writer. He has had more than 100 short stories ...
(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) * ''Blood and Dust'', Jason Nahrung (Xoum Publishing)


Long fiction


Winner

* "Sky", Kaaron Warren, ''Through Splintered Walls'' (Twelfth Planet Press)


Nominees

* "Critique", Daniel I. Russell (Dark Continents Publishing) * "Escena de un Asesinato",
Robert Hood Robert Hood (born 1965) 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 considered to be one of the fo ...
, '' Exotic Gothic 4'' (
PS Publishing PS Publishing is an independent book publisher based in Hornsea, UK. Background PS Publishing was founded in 1999 by Peter Crowther.Martin Livings, ''Living with the Dead'' (Dark Prints Press)


Nominees

* "To Wish On A Clockwork Heart", Felicity Dowker, ''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", Andrew J. McKiernan, ''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'',
David Conyers David Conyers (born 30 May 1971) is an Australian author. Conyers writes predominantly science fiction and Lovecraftian horror. Biography Conyers was born in Sydney. Most of his childhood was spent in the Adelaide Hills, before moving to Melb ...
and Brian M. Sammons (eds) (Permuted Press) * ''The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror'', Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene (eds) (
Ticonderoga Publications Ticonderoga Publications is an Australian independent publishing house founded by Russell B. Farr in 1996, which specializes in science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories. Farr now runs the publisher alongside Liz Grzyb, an award winni ...
)


Collection


Winner

* ''Through Splintered Walls'', Kaaron Warren (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,
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 history ...


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", Kaaron Warren, ''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. History Tor was founded by Tom Doherty, ...
)


Nominees

* "Soul Killer",
Robert Hood Robert Hood (born 1965) 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 considered to be one of the fo ...
, ''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) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...
) * "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 mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
(eds) (Paper Road Press)


Nominees

* ''Midnight Echo #9'', Geoff Brown (ed) (
Australian Horror Writers Association The Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) is a non-profit organisation that commenced in 2003 with the goal of providing a unified voice and sense of community for Australians, Australian writers of dark fiction (Horror fiction, horror an ...
) * ''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 (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 (
Penguin Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae () of the order Sphenisciformes (). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is equatorial, with a sm ...
)


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 Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born 24 April 1974) is an Australians, Australian Horror fiction, horror and fantasy author and Editing, editor. He lives in Sydney. Cummings is best known as a short story writer. He has had more than 100 short stories ...
(self-published)


Nominees

* ''Ghost Camera'', Darcy Coates (self-published) * "The Shark God Covenant",
Robert Hood Robert Hood (born 1965) 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 considered to be one of the fo ...
, ''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'' was an American online science fiction magazine originally founded in September 2010 and edited by Jonathan Laden and Michele Barasso. New stories were published each weekday. On 11 August 2022 the magazine announced it ...
'' * "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'', Andrew J. McKiernan (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'',
Robert Hood Robert Hood (born 1965) 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 considered to be one of the fo ...


Edited works


Winner

* ''Blurring the Line'', Marty Young


Nominees

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


Collected works


Winner

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


Nominees

* ''The Abandonment of Grace and Everything After'',
Shane Jiraiya Cummings Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born 24 April 1974) is an Australians, Australian Horror fiction, horror and fantasy author and Editing, editor. He lives in Sydney. Cummings is best known as a short story writer. He has had more than 100 short stories ...
* ''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", Martin Livings * "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", Richard Harland (''Dreaming in the Dark'')


Nominees

* "D Is for Death", Pete Aldin (''C is for Chimera'') * "Midnight in the Graffiti Tunnel",
Terry Dowling Terence William (Terry) Dowling (born 21 March 1947), is an Australian writer and journalist. He is primarily a writer of speculative fiction but refers to himself as an "imagier" – one who imagines, a term which liberates his writing from th ...
(''Dreaming in the Dark'') * "Protege", Anthony Ferguson (''Monsters Among Us'') * "No Other Men in Mitchell", Rose Hartley (''Nightmare'' 2/16) * "Selfie",
Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
(''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 fiction magazine, horror and science fiction magazine. This subscription webzine, ''Apex Magazine'', contains short fiction, reviews, and interviews. It has been ...
'' 12/16) * "All Roll Over", Kaaron Warren (''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, as well as an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, the majority being as editor or c ...
(PS) * ''Everything Is Fine'', Grant Stone (Racket House)


Edited Work


Winner

* ''Dead of Night'',
Shane Jiraiya Cummings Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born 24 April 1974) is an Australians, Australian Horror fiction, horror and fantasy author and Editing, editor. He lives in Sydney. Cummings is best known as a short story writer. He has had more than 100 short stories ...
, ed. (Australian Horror Writers Association)


Nominees

* ''Dreaming in the Dark'', Jack Dann, ed. (PS Australia) * ''At the Edg'e'', Dan Rabarts &
Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
, 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'',
Rick Kennett Rick Kennett'(born 1956) is an Australian writer of science fiction, Horror fiction, horror and Ghost story, ghost stories. He is the most prolific and widely published genre author in Australia after Paul Collins (fantasy writer), Paul Collins, T ...
(self-published) * ''The Invasion'', Brett McBean (Sinister Grin) * ''Into the Mist'',
Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
(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 –
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , art name , was a Japanese writer active in the Taishō period in Japan. He is regarded as the "father of the Japanese short story", and Japan's premier literary award, the Akutagawa Prize, is named after him. He took his own life at the age ...
", 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 Maria Lewis is an author, screenwriter and pop culture commentator from Australia. Early life and education Lewis was born in New Zealand on the South Island before moving to the Gold Coast, Queensland. She started her journalism career as ...
(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 Shane Jiraiya Cummings (born 24 April 1974) is an Australians, Australian Horror fiction, horror and fantasy author and Editing, editor. He lives in Sydney. Cummings is best known as a short story writer. He has had more than 100 short stories ...
& 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 Sydney ...
(
Allen & Unwin George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It became one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and established an Australian ...
)


Short fiction


Winner

* "The Banksia Boys", Matthew J. Morrison (''
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 currently ...
'' #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", Martin Livings (''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 the British entertainment company Titan Entertainment, which was established as Titan Books in 1981. The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cine ...
) * "Furtherest", Kaaron Warren (''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'',
Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
, 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,
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, eds. (IFWG)


Collected Work


Winner

* ''Shadows on the Wall'', Steven Paulsen (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 Sydney ...
(
Allen & Unwin George Allen & Unwin was a British publishing company formed in 1911 when Sir Stanley Unwin purchased a controlling interest in George Allen & Co. It became one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century and established an Australian ...
) * ''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", Kaaron Warren (''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 &
Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
(Raw Dog Screaming) * ''Contrition'', Deborah Sheldon (IFWG)


2019

The winners were announced in June 2019:


Poetry


Winner

* "Taxonomy of Captured Roses", Hester J. Rook (''Kaleidotrope,'' Autumn '19)


Nominees

* "Separation", Jay Caselberg (''The Literary Hatchet'' #23) * "Please Do Not Feed the Animals", Anne Casey (''out of emptied cups'') * "Ode to a Black Hole", Charles Lovecraft (''Spectral Realms'' Winter '19) * "Brine and Vanishings", Hester J. Rook (''Luminality'' #21) * "Boat of a Million Years", Kyla Lee Ward (''The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities'')


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

* ''Midnight Echo'' Volume 14, Deborah Sheldon, ed. (Australasian Horror Writers Association)


Nominees

* ''Beside the Seaside: Tales from the Day-Tripper'', Steve Dillon, ed. (self-published) * ''Trickster's Treats'', Volume 3: The Seven Deadly Sins Edition, Marie O'Regan &
Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
, eds. (self-published)


Collected Work


Winner

* ''Served Cold'', Alan Baxter (Grey Matter)


Nominees

* ''Collision: Stories,'' J. S. Breukelaar (Meerkat) * ''Figments and Fragments'', Deborah Sheldon (IFWG)


Short fiction


Winner

* "Steadfast Shadowsong", Matthew R. Davis (''Dig Two Graves'')


Nominees

* "The Ocean Hushed the Stones", Alan Baxter (Served Cold) * "Ave Rune", J. S. Breukelaar (''Collision: Stories'') * "Vivienne & Agnes", Chris Mason (''Beside the Seaside: Tales from the Daytripper'')


The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction


Winner

* "Supermassive Black Mass", Matthew R. Davis


Nominees

* "1862", C. J. Halbard (''Man on Fire'') * "Enemy of My Enemy", Rick Kennett (''War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia'') * "Out of Darkness", Chris Mason (''Tales of the Lost,'' Volume 1) * "The Neverwhere Line", Matthew J. Morrison (''Midnight Echo'' #14)


Novel


Winner

* ''Shepherd'',
Catherine Jinks Catherine Jinks (born 1963) is an Australian writer of fiction books for all age groups. She has won many awards including the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award four times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the ...
(Text)


Nominees

* ''The Flower and the Serpent'', Madeleine D'Este (self-published) * ''Fusion'', Kate Richards (Raw Dog Screaming) * ''Contrition'', Deborah Sheldon (IFWG)


Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism


Winner

* "The Danse Macabre", Kyla Lee Ward (The Macabre Modern and Other Morbidities)


Nominees

* ''"''Suffer the Little Children", Kris Ashton (''Aurealis'' #119) * "Horror and the paranormal",
Eugen Bacon Eugen Bacon is an African-Australian computer scientist and author of speculative fiction. She has won or been nominated for national and international awards, including the SFWKate Wilhelm Solstice Award

2020


Poetry


Winner

* "This Soundless Murk", Hester J. Rook (''The Future File'')


Nominees

* "Separation", K.S. Nikakis (''Journey: Seeking the Sacred, Spirit and Soul in the Australian Wilderness'') * "The King of Eyes", P. S. Cottier (''Monstrous'') * "Ode to a Black Hole", P. S. Cottier (''Monstrous'') * "The Tongueless Dead",
Leigh Blackmore Leigh (David) Blackmore (born 1959) is an Australian horror writer, critic, editor, occultist, musician and proponent of post-left anarchy. He was the Australian representative for the Horror Writers of America (1994–95) and served as the ...
(''Spectral Realms'' #13)


Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism


Winner

* "Exploration of Menstruation in Horror and Dark Fiction", Tabatha Wood


Nominees

* ''Queer Vampires in Modern Cinema'', Tabatha Wood * ''Cthulu in California'', Emmet O’Cuana * ''What Makes Good Horror'', Tim Hawken * ''Phantasmagoria and the Earliest Forms of Horror Storytelling'', Maria Lewis * ''Sandalwood and Jade: The Weird and Fantastic Verse of Lin Carter'',
Leigh Blackmore Leigh (David) Blackmore (born 1959) is an Australian horror writer, critic, editor, occultist, musician and proponent of post-left anarchy. He was the Australian representative for the Horror Writers of America (1994–95) and served as the ...


Graphic Novel


Winner

* '' Hellblazer: Rise and Fall'', Tom Taylor


Nominees

* ''DCeased: Unkillables'', Tom Taylor and Karl Mostert (DC Comics) * ''The Mycelium Complex'', Daniel Reed * ''Redback Armageddon'', Nathan Grixti (Self-published) * ''Undad Volume Three'', Katie Walsh-Smith, Miranda Richardson, Tim Stiles, Ryan Lindsay, Shane W Smith, Mitchell Collins and Simon Robins (Self-published)


Edited Work


Winner

* ''Midnight Echo'' Volume 15, Lee Murray, ed. (Australasian Horror Writers Association)


Nominees

* ''Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women'', Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn, eds. (Omnium Gatherum) * ''Hadithi & the State of Black Speculative Fiction'',
Eugen Bacon Eugen Bacon is an African-Australian computer scientist and author of speculative fiction. She has won or been nominated for national and international awards, including the SFWKate Wilhelm Solstice Award Angela Slatter (PS Publishing)


Nominees

* ''Behind the Midnight Blinds'', Marty Young (Things in the Well) * ''Red New Day'', Angela Slatter (Brain Jar Press) * ''Bleak Precision'', Greg Chapman (self-published) * ''Grotesque'', Lee Murray (Things in the Well)


Short fiction


Winner

* "Brumation", Anthony Ferguson (''Midnight Echo'' Volume 15)


Nominees

* “Vision Thing”, Matthew R. Davis (''Black Dogs, Black Tales'') * “Let Shadows Slip Through”, Kali Napier (''New Gothic Review'' 2) * “The Bone Fairy”, Martin Livings (''Midnight Echo'' Volume 15) * “Hideous Armature”, Joanne Anderton (''Midnight Echo'' Volume 15) * “Needles”, Kali Napier (''The Dark'' #62)


The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction


Winner

* "By Touch and By Glance", Lisa L Hannett (''Songs for Dark Seasons'')


Nominees

* “New Wine”, Angela Slatter (''Cursed'') * ''The Attic Tragedy'', Joseph Ashley-Smith * “Barralang, pop. 63”, Deborah Sheldon (''Dimension6'' #19) * “Kua Hinga Te Kauri”, Dan Rabarts (''Outback Horrors Down Under'')


Novel


Winner

* ''Deception Pass'', Matthew Tait (Dark Crib)


Nominees

* ''The Crying Forest'', Venero Armanno (IFWG Publishing) * ''Gutterbreed'', Marty Young (Eclectic Trio) * ''Flyaway'', Kathleen Jennings (Picador)


2021


Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism


Winner

* ''I’m Looking Right At You, HP Lovecraft'',
Jack Dann Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, as well as an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, the majority being as editor or c ...
(IFWG)


Nominees

* ''Vampire Poetry'', Kyla Lee Ward (Hippocampus Press) * ''The Curious Reclassification of Peter Benchley’s Jaws'', Kris Ashton (Aurealis Magazine) * ''Capturing Ghosts on the Page'', Kaaron Warren (Brain Jar Press) * ''Murder Down Under'', Anthony Ferguson (Exposit Books)


Poetry


Winner

* "Cheongsam",
Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
(''Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken'')


Nominees

* “When The Girls Began To Fall”, Geneve Flynn (''Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken.'') * “Sonnet for a Scarecrow”, Rebecca Fraser (Curioser Magazine, issue 1) * “Guest of Honour”, Geneve Flynn (''Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken.'') * “Snip”, P.S. Cottier (Midnight Echo #16) * “Exquisite”,
Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
(''Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken.'')


Graphic Novel


Winner

* ''The Mycelium Complex'' Issue 2, Daniel Reed (Nautilus Illustrations)


Nominees

* ''Frankie’s Drive-In Ozploitation Double Feature'', Aaron Harvie (Badharvie) * '' Goetia'', Robert Buratti (Sub Rosa Publishing)


Edited Work


Winner

* ''Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies'', Deborah Sheldon, ed. (IFWG Publishing)


Nominees

* ''SNAFU: Holy War'', Amanda J. Spedding and Geoff Brown, eds. (Cohesion Press) * ''Midnight Echo'' #16, Tim Hawken, ed. (AHWA)


Collected Work


Winner

* ''Tool tales'', Kaaron Warren (IFWG Publishing)


Nominees

* ''The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales'', Angela Slatter (Tartarus Press) * ''Seeds'', Tabatha Wood (Wild Wood Books) * ''Inanimates'', Joanne Anderton (Brain Jar Press) * ''Danged Black Thing'',
Eugen Bacon Eugen Bacon is an African-Australian computer scientist and author of speculative fiction. She has won or been nominated for national and international awards, including the SFWKate Wilhelm Solstice AwardChuck 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 history ...
(''Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine'') * “The Best Medicine” by Pauline Yates (''Midnight Echo'' #16) * “The Steering Wheel Club” by Kaaron Warren (''Giving the Devil His Due'')


The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction


Winner

* ''Ariadne, I Love You'', J. Ashley-Smith (Meerkat Press)


Nominees

* “The Waiting Room”, Matthew Davis (''It Calls from the Doors'') * ''Cryptid Killers'', Alister Hodge * “The Little One”, Rebecca Fraser (''Coralesque and Other Tales to Disturb and Distract'') * ''Dirty Heads'', Aaron Dries


Novel


Winner

* ''The Girls Left Behind'', J.P. Townley


Nominees

* ''Butcherbird'', Cassie Hart * ''An Ill Wind'', Martin Livings * ''Papa Lucy and the Boneman'', Jason Fischer * ''The Airways'', Jennifer Mills * ''Merfolk'', Jeremy Bates


2022


Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism


Winner

* "The Slow Burn Brilliance of Midnight Mass", Kris Ashton (''Aurealis Magazine'')


Nominees

* "I Don’t Read Horror (and other weird tales)" by
Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
(''Interstellar Flight Magazine'') * "Vampire, the Ageless Monster", Tim Hawken (''Aurealis Magazine'') * ''No Horror Without the Body'', Tabatha Wood (Self-published)


Poetry


Winner

* "Hip Gnomes", P. S. Cottier (''Antipodean SF'')


Nominees

* ''Night Terrors'', L. E. Daniels * "How Does Your Garden Grow?", Gene Flynn (''Hybrid: Misfits, Monsters and Other Phenomena'') * "If I Touch You, You’ll Know", Rebecca Fraser (''Nightmare Fuel Magazine'')


Graphic Novel


Winner

* ''Gorilla My Dreams Team-Up #1: When Freaks Collide'', Big Tim Stiles (Big Tim’s Funny Books)


Nominees

* ''How to Win a Raid'', Emmet O’Cuana (Bird’s Eye Comics) * ''Batrisha and the Creepy Caretaker'', Dillon Naylor (Comicoz)


Edited Work


Winner

* ''Death in the Mouth: An Anthology of Original Horror by People of Colour'', Cassie Hart and Sloane Leong, eds. (self-published)


Nominees

* ''Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories'', Andrew Cull & Gabino Iglesias, eds. (Vermillion2One Press) * ''Midnight Echo'' #17, Greg Chapman, ed. (AHWA)


Collected Work


Winner

* ''Hard Places'', Kirstyn McDermott (Trepidation Publishing)


Nominees

* ''Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts'', Aaron Dries (IFWG Australia) * ''Liminal Spaces: Horror Stories'', Deborah Sheldon (IFWG Australia) * ''The Devil Took Her: Tales of Horror'', Michael Botur (The Sager Group) * ''Reflections'', Tabatha Wood (Wild Wood Books)


Short Fiction


Winner

* "Little Balloons", Aaron Dries (''Cut To Care: A Collection of Little Hurts'')


Nominees

* "Break the Skin If You Have To", Emma Osborne, Cadwell Turnbull and Jess Essey (''Nightmare Magazine'') * "They Call Me Mother", Geneve Flynn (''Classic Monsters Unleashed'') * "The Tub", J. Ashley Smith (''Midnight Echo'' #17)


The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction


Winner

* ''And Then I Woke Up'', Malcolm Devlin (Tor.com)


Nominees

* "Among The Faded Woods", Faith Mudge (''The Art of Being Human'') * "Kookaburra Cruel" by Aaron Dries (''Damnation Games'')


Novel


Winner

* ''The Path of Thorns'', Angela Slatter (Titan Books)


Nominees

* ''The Stone Road'', Trent Jamieson (Erewhon Books) * ''Denizen'', James McKenzie Watson (Viking) * ''Red Ruin'', Ian J. Middleton and Denver Grenell (Self-published)


2023


Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism


Nominees

* ''A Vindication of Monsters'', Claire Fitzpatrick, ed. (IFWG Publishing International) * "Displaced Spirits: Ghosts of the Diaspora" by
Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
(''Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror'') * "Holy Revelations", Grace Chan (''Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror'')


Poetry


Nominees

* "The Broonie", Deborah Sheldon (''Nightmare Fuel Magazine'') * ''Dancers on the Road'', K. S. Nikakis (SOV Media) * "Guiding Star", Tim Jones (''Remains to be Told Dark Tales of Aotearoa'') * "Never Leave the Path", Kyla Lee Ward (''Eternal Haunted Summer'') * "What It Means to be With You", Pauline Yates (''HWA Poetry Showcase'' Volume X)


Graphic Novel


Nominees

* ''Fables of Fear'', Karl Brandt (KB Comics) * ''Monomyth'', David Hazan (Mad Cave Studios) * ''Splitting Sides 2'', David Schembri (North Forest Books) * ''Yuletide Flame'', Hayden Fryer (Siberian Productions)


Edited Work


Nominees

* ''Black Beacon Book of Horror'', Cameron Trost, ed. (Black Beacon Books) * ''Killer Creatures Down Under'', Deborah Sheldon, ed. (IFWG Publishing) * ''Remains to be Told'',
Lee Murray Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub. He was arrested in Rab ...
, ed. (Clan Destine Press) * ''SNAFU Punk’d'', Geoff Brown and Amanda J. Spedding, eds. (Cohesion Press)


Collected Work


Nominees

* ''Bites Eyes'', Matthew R. Davis (Brain Jar Press) * ''Midnight Masquerades'', Greg Chapman (IFWG Publishing International) * ''Precarious Waters'', Pamela Jeffs (Four Ink Press) * ''Stingers'', Noel Osualdini & T.M. McLean (Self-published)


Short Fiction


Nominees

* "All the Eyes That See", Alan Baxter (''Cosmic Horror Monthly'' #42) * ''Camp Never'', J. S. Bruekelaar * ''Death Interrupted'', Pamela Jeffs * "What Bones These Tides Bring", Nikky Lee ''(Remains to be Told Dark Tales of Aotearoa'')


The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction


Nominees

* "After I Found Her", Claire Low (''This Fresh Hell'') * ''Bitters'', Kaaron Warren (Cemetery Dance Books) * ''Those That Pursue Us Yet'', Kyla Ward (Independent Legion Publishing) * "We Called it Graffitiville", Aaron Dries (''Vandal: Stories of Damage'')


Novel


Nominees

* ''Cretaceous Canyon'', Deborah Sheldon (Severed Press) * ''The Graveyard Shift'', Maria Lewis (Angry Robot/Datura) * ''Polyphemus'', Zachary Ashford (Darklit Press) * ''When Ghosts Call Us Home'', Katya de Becerra (Page Street Publishing (US), Pan Macmillan (UK/AU/NZ))


References

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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).

(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''
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External links


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