

“The Miseducation of Mara Lys”, Deborah Kalin ( Cherry Crow Children, Twelfth Planet Press).“The Nexus Tree”, Kimberly Gaal ( The Never Never Land, CSFG).“In Sheep’s Clothing”, Kimberly Gaal ( Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #61).Fly the Colour Fantastica, various authors (Veriko Operative).The Singing Bones, Shaun Tan (Allen & Unwin).Unmasked Vol.1: Going Straight is No Way to Die, Christian Read (Gestalt).The Diemenois, Jamie Clennett (Hunter Publishers).

The Undertaker Morton Stone Vol.1, Gary Chaloner, Ben Templesmith, and Ashley Wood (Gestalt).The Mapmaker Chronicles: Prisoner of the Black Hawk, A.L.Bella and the Wandering House, Meg McKinlay (Fremantle Press).A Single Stone, Meg McKinlay (Walker Books Australia).The Cut-Out, Jack Heath (Allen & Unwin).A Week Without Tuesday, Angelica Banks (Allen & Unwin).The winners as well as the recipient of the Convenors’ Award for Excellence will be announced at a ceremony at the Australian National Convention in Brisbane on March 25. In the inaugural Sara Douglass Book Series Award, nearly 200 books were recommended across 55 series. Judging coordinator Tehani Wessely said there were over 750 entries across the 15 categories. The 2015 Aurealis Awards shortlist has been announced by the Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation.
