Australian Shadows Awards 2010 Finalists

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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.

Comments

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I want to read The Girl With No Hands so badly.

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It is *awesome*. I heart Angela's work so much.