Aurealis Award for best collection

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers".[2] To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year;[3] the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.[4]

Aurealis Award for best collection
The Aurealis Award design is often placed on the winning book's cover as a promotional tool.[1]
Awarded for	Excellence in speculative fiction collections
Country	Australia
Presented by	Chimaera Publications, Continuum Foundation
First awarded	2008
Currently held by	J. S. Breukelaar
Website	Official site

Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. Categories currently include science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative young adult fiction—with separate awards for novels and short fiction—collections, anthologies, illustrative works or graphic novels, children's books, and an award for excellence in speculative fiction.[2] The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchmark in science fiction and fantasy. The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has identified the award as an honour to be taken seriously.[5]

The results are decided by a panel of judges from a list of submitted nominees; the long-list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of finalists.[2] The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award's management team.[6]

The award for best collection was first awarded in 2008 along with two other categories; best anthology and best illustrated book or graphic novel to replace the discontinued Golden Aurealis awards.[2][6]

This article lists all the short-list nominees and winners in the best collection category. Angela Slatter holds the record for most wins, having won three times. Slatter also holds the record for most nominations, having been nominated eight times.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the book's eligibility; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature" article. Entries with a blue background have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list.

  *   Winners and joint winners
  *   Nominees on the shortlist

Year	Author & Editor	Collection	Publisher	Ref
2008	Sean Williams & Russell B. Farr (editor)*	Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams	Ticonderoga Publications	[7]
2008	Robert Hood	Creeping in Reptile Flesh	Altair Australia Books	[7]
2009	Greg Egan*^[I]	Oceanic	Gollancz	[8]
2009	Deborah Biancotti & Alisa Krasnostein (editor)	A Book of Endings	Twelfth Planet Press	[8]
2009	Paul Haines & Geoffrey Maloney (editor)	Slice of Life	The Mayne Press	[8]
2009	Robbie Matthews & Donna Hanson (editor)	Johnny Phillips Werewolf Detective	Australian Speculative Fiction	[8]
2010	Angela Slatter*	The Girl With No Hands	Ticonderoga Publications	[9]
2010	Rjurik Davidson	The Library of Forgotten Books	PS Publishing	[10]
2010	Bob Franklin	Under Stones	Affirm Press	[10]
2010	Angela Slatter	Sourdough and Other Stories	Tartarus Press	[10]
2010	Kaaron Warren	Dead Sea Fruit	Ticonderoga Publications	[10]
2011	Lisa L. Hannett*	Bluegrass Symphony	Ticonderoga Publications	[11]
2011	Deborah Biancotti	Bad Power	Twelfth Planet Press	[12]
2011	Paul Haines	Last Days of Kali Yuga	Brimstone Press	[12]
2011	Sue Isle	Nightsiders	Twelfth Planet Press	[12]
2011	Tansy Rayner Roberts	Love and Romanpunk	Twelfth Planet Press	[12]
2012	K. J. Bishop*	That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote	K. J. Bishop	[13]
2012	Isobelle Carmody	Metro Winds	Allen & Unwin	[14]
2012	Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter	Midnight and Moonshine	Ticonderoga Publications	[14]
2012	Martin Livings	Living With the Dead	Dark Prints Press	[14]
2012	Kaaron Warren	Through Splintered Walls	Twelfth Planet Press	[14]
2013	Joanne Anderton*	The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories	FableCroft Publishing	[15][16]
2013	Thoraiya Dyer	Asymmetry	Twelfth Planet Press	[15]
2013	Kirstyn McDermott	Caution: Contains Small Parts	Twelfth Planet Press	[15]
2013	Cat Sparks	The Bride Price	Ticonderoga Publications	[15]
2013	Kim Wilkins	The Year of Ancient Ghosts	Ticonderoga Publications	[15]
2014	Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter*	The Female Factory	Twelfth Planet Press	[17]
2014	Rosaleen Love	Secret Lives	Twelfth Planet Press	[18]
2014	Ian McHugh	Angel Dust	Ticonderoga Publications	[18]
2014	Simon Petrie	Difficult Second Album: more stories of Xenobiology, Space Elevators, and Bats Out Of Hell	Peggy Bright Books	[18]
2014	Angela Slatter	The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings	Tartarus Press	[18]
2014	Angela Slatter	Black-Winged Angels	Ticonderoga Publications	[18]
2015	Garth Nix*	To Hold the Bridge	Allen & Unwin	[19]
2015	Shane Jiraiya Cummings	The Abandonment of Grace and Everything After	Brimstone Press	[20]
2015	Dirk Flinthart	Striking Fire	FableCroft Publishing	[20]
2015	Deborah Kalin	Cherry Crow Children	Twelfth Planet Press	[20]
2015	Carole Nomarhas	The Fading	(self-published)	[20]
2015	Anna Tambour	The Finest Ass in the Universe	Ticonderoga Publications	[20]
2016	Angela Slatter*	A Feast of Sorrows	Prime	[21][22]
2016	Alan Baxter	Crow Shine	Ticonderoga Publications	[21]
2016	Jack Dann	Concentration	PS Publishing	[21]
2016	Angela Slatter	Winter Children	PS Publishing	[21]
2017	Kate Forsyth & Kim Wilkins*	The Silver Well	Ticonderoga Publications	[23][24]
2017	Peter M. Ball	The Birdcage Heart & Other Strange Tales	Brain Jar Press	[23]
2017	Donna Maree Hanson	Beneath the Floating City	(self-published)	[23]
2017	Margo Lanagan	Singing My Sister Down and Other Stories	Allen & Unwin	[23]
2017	Tansy Rayner Roberts	Please Look After This Angel & Other Winged Stories	(self-published)	[23]
2017	Deborah Sheldon	Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories	IFWG Publishing	[23]
2018	Shaun Tan*	Tales from The Inner City	Allen & Unwin	[25][26]
2018	Peter M. Ball	Not Quite the End of the World	Brain Jar Press	[25]
2018	Margo Lanagan	Phantom Limbs	PS Publishing	[25]
2018	Kaaron Warren	Exploring Dark Short Fiction 2: A Primer to Kaaron Warren	Dark Moon Books	[25]
2019	J. S. Breukelaar	Collision: Stories	Meerkat Press	[27][28]
2019	Aiki Flinthart	Blackbirds Sing	CAT Press	[27]
2019	Narrelle M. Harris	Scar Tissue and Other Stories	Clan Destine Press	[27]
2019	Pamela Jeffs	Five Dragons	Four Ink Press	[27]
2019	Margo Lanagan	Stray Bats	Small Beer Press	[27]
2019	Charlie Nash	Men and Machines I: Space Operas and Special Ops	Flying Nun Publications	[27]

^ I Greg Egan declined to accept the award for Oceanic.[29]

See also

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

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External links

• Aurealis Awards official site