The winners of the 2008 Aurealis awards have been announced. These awards are presented to the best Australian sf and fantasy across a number of categories. The full shortlists for these awards were previously posted here.
The winners were:
Best Science Fiction Novel
K. A. Bedford, Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Best Science Fiction Short Story
Simon Brown, "The Empire", Dreaming Again, Harper/Voyager
Best Fantasy Novel
Alison Goodman, The Two Pearls of Wisdom, HarperCollins
Best Fantasy Short Story
Cat Sparks, "Sammarynda Deep", Paper Cities, Senses 5 Press
Best Horror Novel
John Harwood, The Seance, Jonathan Cape Random House Australia
Best Horror Short Story
Kirstyn McDermott, "Painlessness", Greatest Uncommon Denominator #2
Best Anthology
Jonathan Strahan (editor), The Starry Rift, Viking Children's Books
Best Collection
Sean Williams & Russell B Farr (editor), Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams, Ticonderoga Publications
Best Illustated Book/Graphic Novel
Shaun Tan, Tales From Outer Suburbia, Allen & Unwin
Best Young Adult Novel
Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock, Viking Penguin
Best Young Adult Short Story
Trent Jamieson, "Cracks", Shiny #2
Best Children's Novel
Emily Rodda, The Wizard of Rondo, Omnibus Books
Best Children's Illustrated Work/Picture Book
Richard Harland & Laura Peterson (illustrator), Escape!, Under Siege, Race to the Ruins, The Heavy Crown, The Wolf Kingdom series, Omnibus Books
Peter McNamara Convenors' Award for Excellence
Jack Dann
