The winners of the 2010 Aurealis Awards, sponsored by HarperVoyager, were announced at a gala event in Sydney on 21st of May.  There were around 600 entries across the thirteen categories.  This year's winners joined the role call of past winners such as Garth Nix, Isobelle Carmody, Sara Douglass, Shaun Tan, Trudi Canavan and Sean Williams.

 

CHILDREN'S FICTION (told primarily through words)
·      The Keepers, Lian Tanner, Allen & Unwin

 

CHILDREN'S FICTION (told primarily through pictures)
·      The Boy and the Toy,  Sonya Hartnett (writer) & Lucia Masciullo (illustrator), Penguin Viking

 

YOUNG ADULT Short Story
·      A Thousand Flowers, Margo Lanagan, Zombies and Unicorns, Allen & Unwin

 

YOUNG ADULT Novel
·      Guardian of the Dead, Karen Healey, Allen & Unwin

 

BEST Illustrated Book/ Graphic Novel
·      Changing Ways Book 1, Justin Randall, Gestalt Publishing

 

BEST COLLECTION
·      The Girl With No Hands, Angela Slatter, Ticonderoga Publications

 

BEST ANTHOLOGY
·      Wings of Fire, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Marianne S. Jablon, Night Shade Books

 

HORROR Short Fiction
·      The Fear, Richard Harland, Macabre: A Journey Through Australia’s Darkest Fears, Brimstone Press

 

HORROR Novel
·      Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott, Pan Macmillan
 
FANTASY Short Story (joint winners)
·      The February Dragon, LL Hannett & Angela Slatter, Scary Kisses, Ticonderoga Publications
·      Yowie, Thoraiya Dyer, Sprawl, Twelfth Planet Press

 

FANTASY Novel
·      Power and Majesty, Tansy Rayner Roberts, HarperVoyager (HarperCollins)

 

SCIENCE FICTION Short Story
·      The Heart of a Mouse, K.J. Bishop, Subterranean Online (Winter 2010)

 

SCIENCE FICTION Novel
·      Transformation Space, Marianne de Pierres, Orbit (Hachette)