The winners of the 2009 Sir Julius Vogel awards have been announced. They are:

Best Novel – Adult: Dark Heart, Russell Kirkpatrick (HarperVoyager, HarperCollins, NZ)

Best Novel – Young Adult: Thornspell by Helen Lowe (Knopf, Random House Children’s Books, USA)

Best Short Story: Under Waves and Over by Grant Stone (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #37, Australia) 

Best Novella/Novelette: Stroke of Enticement by Nalini Singh, in “The Magical Cat” (The Berkley Publishing Group, Penguin; USA)

Best Collected Work: The Invisible Road by Elizabeth Knox (HarperVoyager, HarperCollins, NZ)

Best New Talent: Helen Lowe

Best Professional Publication: Deputy Dan and The Mysterious Midnight Marauder Written by Sally McLennan, Artwork by Joel Liochon

Best Professional Artwork: Emma Weakley – cover artwork for Newtons Sleep (Random Static, Wellington, NZ)

Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form: Skankenstein – the music video (Krafthaus, Wellington, NZ)

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