The winners have been posted on the website:
http://www.aurealisawards.com/Winners.htm
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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 (GUD), #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