AustLit
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2020
winner By Touch and by Glance 2020 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Songs for Dark Seasons 2020; (p. 195-264) -
Year: 2012
winner Sky 2012 single work novella horror
— Appears in: Through Splintered Walls : A Twelve Planets Collection 2012; Focus 2012 : Highlights of Australian Short Fiction 2013;'Zed has been haunted by the disappearance of a teacher who went missing not long after Zed brought the oddest item for 'show and tell' to school. Now 23, Zed decides to take matters into his own hands and goes out to search for answers. His search takes him to the small town of Sky, somewhere north-west of Sydney. It's known for its 'Cat Food Factory'. It is here that he meets a number of very strange individuals and undergoes experiences that will change him forever... and not for the better.'
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Year: 2011
winner The Past Is a Bridge Best Left Burnt 2010 single work novella horror
— Appears in: The Last Days of Kali Yuga 2010; Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , November no. 56 2012; The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2011 2012; (p. 455-483) 'Self-consciously autobiographical, and yet subtly playful in its interrogation of the nature of dream and reality, it is an extraordinary tour de force of a story. Consisting of many short, often apparently unrelated sections which seem to mirror the narrator's confusion, The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt takes us on a journey through past and present times, in New Zealand and Australia.'
Source: Review of The Last Days of Kali Yuga, in Australian Speculative Fiction in Focus, [posted: 27/05/2011], http://aussiespecficinfocus.wordpress.com/
Sighted 17/05/2012
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Year: 2010
winner y
Under Stones
Mulgrave
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Affirm Press
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2010
Z1667919
2010
selected work
short story
horror
'Dip into the world of Bob Franklin's fiction at your own risk. The calm surface belies a swift undertow and snags galore. These are not horror stories in the traditional sense; they are more unsettling than that.
Under Stones are uneasy tales, set in familiar surrounds. They are journeys into the human psyche and powerful critiques of contemporary Australian society. Bob Franklin pokes and prods at human fears and foibles, revealing with forensic glee truths that you might prefer were, well, left under stones.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Year: 2009
winner y
Slights
London
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Angry Robot
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2009
Z1621190
2009
single work
novel
horror
'STEVIE IS A KILLER.
'But she brings her victims back to life to demand of them: "WHAT DO YOU SEE?"
'Now she's about to find out for herself...
'After an accident in which her mother dies, Stevie has a near-death experience, and finds herself in a room full of people - everyone she's ever annoyed. They clutch at her, scratch and tear at her. But she finds herself drawn back to this place, again and again, determined to unlock its secrets. Which means she has to die, again and again. And Stevie starts to wonder whether other people see the same room... when they die.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
