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It’s Aurealis season!
It’s time once again to get your entries in for Australia’s premier speculative fiction awards. The Aurealis Awards celebrate the year’s best in Australian (and Australian-adjacent) science fiction, fantasy and horror writing. And this year – I’m a judge! I’ve … Continue reading
My Aurealis Surprise
Shortlists for theĀ 2018 Aurealis Awards – Australia’s premier jury-based award for speculative fiction – were announced yesterday. To my considerable surprise, I have stories in not one but two categories! “A Moment’s Peace” from A Hand of Knaves – aka … Continue reading
Fauxcon and the Aurealis Awards
Headlining this after-action report: I did not win an Aurealis Award. The gong in my category, Best Fantasy Short Story, went to the very deserving “Where the Pelican Builds Her Nest” by Thoraiya Dyer from the In Your Face anthology. … Continue reading
When the waveform collapses
Tonight, at a Swancon event in Perth, the Aurealis Awards winners will be announced. By 10 pm local time (or so), I’ll know if I’m an award-winning short story writer or – far more likely – someone who gets to … Continue reading
The importance of rights management
It’s fair to describe the ‘Finished Stories’ folder in my Dropbox as “cluttered”. I mentioned a while ago several of my stories have been accepted for publication but have not yet appeared in print or online, for various reasons. Others … Continue reading