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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Some recent news items of interest from HorrorScope include:

2009 QWC/Hachette Australia Manuscript Development Program for Fiction Writers now open

News: The John Marsden Prize for Young Australian Writers 2009

News: Applications now open for Regional Arts Fund (NSW) 2010

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At IROSF, Aidan Doyle reports on his Clarion South experience in "Attack of the Killer Sock Puppets: Six Weeks at Clarion South" (registration required).

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Two items of interest from The Age: a feature on Will Elliott and his new book, and "The Fan Force" a piece on "serious acts of fandom".

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The 2009 Australian Shadows Awards are now open for submissions, but there are some changes. HorrorScope has more details.

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On Wednesday, 3rd of June, Margaret Throsby will interview David Eagleman, an American neuroscientist who studies "time perception, synethesia and the way neuroscience will influence the legal system" for her Morning Interview program. Their email newsletter points out that he’s also a science-fiction writer. The full audio will be available for streaming, or for download without the music.

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Some market links:
Spec Fic for Kids Submission Call from Twelfth Planet Press
The Text Prize
Scary Kisses Anthology
A call for articles for AussieCon 4 Blog

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Back in April, Sean Williams linked to a pdf of a paper (now Ditmar award nominated) by Kim Wilkins called "Popular genres and the Australian literary community: the case of fantasy fiction". Check it out.

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The 7th episode of the Terra Incognita Podcast is available, featuring Bill Congreve reading his story Souls Along The Meridian and a review of Maria Quinn's The Gene Thieves by Keith Stevenson. Horrorscope Blog links to their February interview with Congreve.

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Here's some recent author interviews:

Jules Watson

Kate Constable

Richard Harland

Fiona McIntosh

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