Australian Shadows Awards

The Australian Shadows Awards are annual literary awards established by the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) in 2005 to honour the best published works of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian/New Zealand/Oceania resident in the previous calendar year.

Australian Shadows Awards
Awarded forExcellence in horror fiction
LocationAustralia
CountryAustralia
Presented byAustralian Horror Writers Association
First awarded2005
WebsiteAustralasian Horror

Awards Criteria & 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, anthologies, and short stories 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 The Franklin Mint). Currently, winners of the awards receive a hand crafted trophy from the masters of the horror special effects industry, Nightshade FX.

Awards 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

Winner

Nominees


2006

Judges
  • Judging panel: David Schembri, Miranda Siemienowicz, Mark Smith-Briggs
  • Guest judge: Robert Hood
  • Award Director: Marty Young

Winner

Nominees

Honourable mentions


2007

Judges

Winner

Nominees

Honourable mentions


2008

Judges

Winner
  • "The Claws of Native Ghosts", Lee Battersby, The Beast Within (Graveside Books)

Nominees


2009

Judges

Long Fiction

Winner

Nominees

Edited Publication

Winner

Nominees

Short Fiction

Winner
  • "Six Suicides", Deborah Biancotti, A Book of Endings (Twelfth Planet Press)

Nominees


2010

Judges

Long Fiction

Winner

Nominees

Edited Publication

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

Nominees

Short Fiction

Winner

Nominees


2011

Judges

Novel

Winner
  • No award

Honourable Mention

Long Fiction

Winner

Nominees
  • "And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living", Deborah Biancotti, Ishtar (Gilgamesh Press)
  • "Sleeping and the Dead", Cat Sparks, Ishtar (Gilgamesh Press)
  • "From the Teeth of Strange Children", Lisa L. Hannett, Bluegrass Symphony (Ticonderoga Publications)

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

Nominees

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 (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

Nominees

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, Exotic Gothic 4 (PS Publishing)

Short Fiction

Winner
  • "Birthday Suit", 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

Collection

Winner

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

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)

Nominees
  • "Soul Killer", Robert Hood, Zombies vs Robots: Diplomacy (IDW Publishing)
  • "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 (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 (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)

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

Nominees
  • Ghost Camera, Darcy Coates (self-published)
  • "The Shark God Covenant", Robert Hood, Dimension6 #3

Short Fiction

Winner
  • "Shadows of the Lonely Dead", Alax Baxter, Suspended in Dusk (Books of the Dead Press)

Nominees
  • "Mephisto", Alan Baxter, Daily Science Fiction
  • "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

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

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
  • 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 Mothers – Mike Jones
  • The Transgressions Cycle: The Reparation – Mike Jones
  • The Big Smoke – Jason Nahrung

2016

Award Director: Claire Fitzpatrick

Best 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 (Dreaming in the Dark)
  • "Protege", Anthony Ferguson (Monsters Among Us)
  • "No Other Men in Mitchell", Rose Hartley (Nightmare 2/16)
  • "Selfie", Lee Murray (SQ Mag 5/16)
  • "What the Sea Wants", Deb Sheldon (SQ Mag 2/16)
  • "Uncontainable", Helen Stubbs (Apex 12/16)
  • "All Roll Over", Kaaron Warren (In Your Face)
  • "Fade to Grey", Janeen Webb (Dreaming in the Dark)

Best Collected Works

Winner
  • Crow Shine, Alan Baxter (Ticonderoga)

Nominees
  • Concentration, Jack Dann (PS)
  • Everything Is Fine, Grant Stone (Racket House)

Best 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 & Lee Murray, eds. (Paper Road)

Best 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 (self-published)
  • The Invasion, Brett McBean (Sinister Grin)
  • Into the Mist, Lee Murray (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", 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)


Best Written Work in a Comic/Graphic Novel

No Award.


Best Edited Work

Winner
  • Cthulhu Deep Down Under Volume 1, Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce 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)


Best Collected Work

Winner
  • Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories, Deborah Sheldon (IFWG Publishing)

Nominees
  • Singing My Sister Down and Other Stories, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)


Best Short Fiction

Winner
  • "The Banksia Boys", Matthew J Morrison (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #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)
  • "Furtherest", Kaaron Warren (Dark Screams Vol.7, Cemetery Dance)
  • "Eden in the End", Ashlee Scheuerman (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing)


Best 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)
  • Providence Place, Matthew Tait (Dark Crib Publications)


2018

Award Director: Silvia Brown

Best 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)

Best Written Work in a Comic/Graphic Novel

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

Best Edited Work

Winner
  • Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Horror, Lee Murray, 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 & Bryce Stevens, eds. (IFWG)

Best Collected Work

Winner
  • Shadows on the Wall, Steven Paulsen (IFWG Publishing)

Nominees
  • Singing My Sister Down and Other Stories, Margo Lanagan (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)

Best 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)

Best Novel

Winner
  • Tide of Stone, Kaaron Warren (Omnium Gatherum)

Nominees
  • Devouring Dark, Alan Baxter (Grey Matter)
  • Teeth of the Wolf, Dan Rabarts & Lee Murray (Raw Dog Screaming)
  • Contrition, Deborah Sheldon (IFWG)


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