2011-02-25

azhure: (dreaming tree)
2011-02-25 10:44 am

Australian Shadows Awards 2010 Finalists

The finalists for the 2010 Australia Shadows Awards have been announced:

LONG FICTION

  • Madigan Mine by Kirstyn McDermott (Picador Australia)
  • The Girl With No Hands by Angela Slatter (Ticonderoga Publications)
  • Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healy (Allen & Unwin)
  • Under Stones by Bob Franklin (Affirm Press)
  • Bleed by Peter M. Ball (Twelfth Planet Press)

EDITED PUBLICATION

  • Macabre: A Journey through Australia’s Darkest Fears, edited by Angela Challis & Marty Young (Brimstone Press)
  • Scenes From The Second Storey, edited by Amanda Pillar & Pete Kempshall (Morrigan Books)
  • Dark Pages 1, edited by Brenton Tomlinson (Blade Red Press)
  • Scary Kisses, edited by Liz Grzyb (Ticonderoga Publications)
  • Midnight Echo #4, edited by Lee Battersby (AHWA)

SHORT FICTION

  • “Bread and Circuses” by Felicity Dowker (Scary Kisses)
  • “Brisneyland by Night” by Angela Slatter (Sprawl)
  • “She Said” by Kirstyn McDermott (Scenes from the Second Storey)
  • “All The Clowns In Clowntown” by Andrew J. McKiernan (Macabre: A Journey through Australia’s Darkest Fears)
  • “Dream Machine” by David Conyers (Scenes from the Second Storey)

Deciding the short list was hard, because the quality of work in 2010 was extremely high.  I really enjoyed my second year of judging, and am somewhat sad that I can’t judge again for 2011.  Congratulations to everyone who made it onto the short list, and believe me when I say that there were many more who deserved to be there.

And this reminds me that I need to work on my judge’s report.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

azhure: (dreaming tree)
2011-02-25 09:16 pm

Australian Shadows Judge’s Report

My Australian Shadows Judge’s Report is now available.

As an informal addendum, I am now a massive fangirl of everything that Angela Slatter and Kirstyn McDermott write.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.