Australasian Shadows Awards

Awards Criteria and History

Winners and Nominees

2005

Judges

• Guest judge: Kim Wilkins
• Award Director: Marty Young

  Winner

• 'Father Muerte and the Flesh, Lee Battersby, Aurealis'' #36'''

  Nominees

• Pater Familias, Lee Battersby, Shadowed Realms #3
• Shadow Box, Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Angela Challis
• The Red Priest's Homecoming, Dirk Flinthart, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #17
• The Grinding House, Kaaron Warren

  2006

Judges

• Judging panel: David Schembri, Miranda Siemienowicz, Mark Smith-Briggs
• Guest judge: Robert Hood
• Award Director: Marty Young

  Winner

• 'The Pilo Family Circus'', Will Elliott '''

  Nominees

• Father Renoir's Hands, Lee Battersby, Through Soft Air
• The Dying Light, Deborah Biancotti, Eidolon I
• The Blow-Off, Stephen Dedman, Brutarian #47
• The Bridal Bier, Carol Ryles, ''Eidolon I''

  Honourable Mentions

• Silk and Pearls, K. J. Bishop, Shadowed Realms #9
• The Cup of Nestor, Simon Brown
• Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear, Terry Dowling
• The Mother, Brett McBean

  2007

Judges

• Judging panel: Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Gary Kemble, Mark Smith-Briggs
• Guest judge: Richard Harland
• Award Director: Kirstyn McDermott

  Winner

• 'Toother, Terry Dowling, Eclipse 1'' '''

  Nominees

• Between the Memories, Matthew Chrulew, Aurealis #38/39
• Subtle Invasion, David Conyers, The Black Book of Horror
• The Dark and What It Said, Rick Kennett, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #28
• There Was Darkness, Martin Livings, Fantastic Wonder Stories
• The Darkness Within, Jason Nahrung

  Honourable Mentions

• The Spiraling Worm, David Conyers & John Sunseri
• Cooling the Crows, Kaaron Warren, In Bad Dreams
• The Wildflowers, Marty Young, ''Fantastic Wonder Stories''

  2008

Judges

• Judging panel: Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Brett McBean, Chuck McKenzie
• Guest judge: Sarah Endacott
• Award Director: Kirstyn McDermott

  Winner

• 'The Claws of Native Ghosts, Lee Battersby, The Beast Within'' '''

  Nominees

• This Way To The Exit, Sara Douglass, Dreaming Again
• Rick Gets A Job, Jason Fischer, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #37
• Lakeside, Christopher Green, Dreaming Again
• Her Collection of Intimacy, Paul Haines, Black: Australian Dark Culture #2

  2009

Judges

• Judging panel: Craig Bezant, Stephanie Gunn, Chuck McKenzie
• Guest judges: Bill Congreve, James Doig, Martin Livings
• Award Director: Shane Jiraiya Cummings

  Long Fiction

Winner

• 'Slights'', Kaaron Warren '''

  Nominees

• A Book of Endings, Deborah Biancotti
• Red Queen, Honey Brown
• Wives, Paul Haines, X6
• The Dead Path, Stephen M. Irwin

  Edited Publication

Winner

• 'Grants Pass'', Jennifer Brozek & Amanda Pillar '''

  Nominees

• Festive Fear, Stephen Clark
• Aurealis #42, Stuart Mayne

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'Six Suicides, Deborah Biancotti, A Book of Endings'' '''

  Nominees

• The Emancipated Dance, Felicity Dowker, Midnight Echo #2
• Busking, Jason Fischer, Midnight Echo #3
• The Message, Andrew J. McKiernan, Midnight Echo #2
• The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfalls, Kaaron Warren, Exotic Gothic 3, Ash-Tree Press

  2010

Judges

• Judging panel: Craig Bezant, Stephanie Gunn, Jeff Ritchie
• Guest judges: Kaaron Warren, Rocky Wood, Chuck McKenzie
• Award Director: Shane Jiraiya Cummings

  Long Fiction

Winner

• 'Under Stones'', Bob Franklin '''

  Nominees

• Bleed, Peter M. Ball
• Guardian of the Dead, Karen Healy
• Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott
• The Girl With No Hands, Angela Slatter

  Edited Publication

Winner

• 'Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears'', Angela Challis & Marty Young '''

  Nominees

• Midnight Echo #4, Lee Battersby
• Scary Kisses, Liz Grzyb
• Scenes From the Second Storey, Amanda Pillar & Pete Kempshall

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'She Said, Kirstyn McDermott, Scenes from the Second Storey'' '''

  Nominees

• Bread and Circuses, Felicity Dowker, Scary Kisses
• Brisneyland by Night, Angela Slatter, Sprawl
• All The Clowns In Clowntown, Andrew J. McKiernan, Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears
• Dream Machine, David Conyers, ''Scenes from the Second Storey''

  2011

Judges

• Judging panel: Marty Young, James A. Moore

  Novel

Winner

Honourable mention

• The Broken Ones, Stephen M. Irwin

  Long Fiction

Winner

• 'The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt, Paul Haines, The Last Days of Kali Yuga'' '''

  Nominees

• And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living, Deborah Biancotti, Ishtar
• Sleeping and the Dead, Cat Sparks, Ishtar
• From the Teeth of Strange Children, Lisa L. Hannett, ''Bluegrass Symphony''

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'Shovel Man Joe, Amanda J. Spedding, Shades of Sentience'''''

  Nominees

• Out Hunting for Teeth, Joanne Anderton, Midnight Echo #6
• The Sea at Night, Joanne Anderton, Dead Red Heart
• Taking It for the Team, Tracie McBride, Dead Red Heart
• The Wanderer in Darkness, Andrew J. McKiernan, Midnight Echo #6

  Edited Publication

Winner

• 'Dead Red Heart'', Russell B. Farr '''

  Nominees

• More Scary Kisses, Liz Grzyb
• Midnight Echo #6, David Kernot, David Conyers and Jason Fischer
• The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene

  Collection

Winner

• 'Tales of Sin and Madness'', Brett McBean '''

  Nominees

• Bluegrass Symphony, Lisa L. Hannett
• The Last Days of Kali Yuga, Paul Haines
• Matilda Told Such Dreadful Lies, Lucy Sussex
• Apocrypha Sequence, Shane Jiraiya Cummings

  2012

Judges

• Short Stories/Collections/Edited Works panel: Steve Gerlach, Greg Chapman, Stephen Clark
• Novels/Novellas panel: Gerry Huntman, Jenny Blackford, B. Michael Radburn

  Novel

Winner

• 'Perfections'', Kirstyn McDermott '''

  Nominees

• The Corpse Rat King, Lee Battersby
• Blood and Dust, Jason Nahrung

  Long Fiction

Winner

• 'Sky, Kaaron Warren, Through Splintered Walls'' '''

  Nominees

• Critique, Daniel I. Russell
• Escena de un Asesinato, Robert Hood, ''Exotic Gothic 4''

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'Birthday Suit, Martin Livings, Living with the Dead'' '''

  Nominees

• To Wish On A Clockwork Heart, Felicity Dowker, Bread and Circuses
• Pigroot Flat, Jason Fischer, Midnight Echo #8
• They Don't Know That We Know What They Know, Andrew J. McKiernan, Midnight Echo #8
• Creek, Kaaron Warren, Through Splintered Walls
• Mountain, Kaaron Warren, Through Splintered Walls
• Road, Kaaron Warren, Through Splintered Walls
• A Monstrous Touch, Marty Young, ''Dangers Untold''

  Edited Publication

Winner

• 'Surviving The End'', Craig Bezant '''

  Nominees

• Cthulhu Unbound 3, David Conyers and Brian M. Sammons
• The Year's Best Australian Fantasy & Horror, Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene

  Collection

Winner

• 'Through Splintered Walls'', Kaaron Warren '''

  Nominees

• Bread and Circuses, Felicity Dowker
• Living With The Dead, Martin Livings

  2013

Judges

• Short Stories/Collections/Edited Works panel: Steve Gerlach, Gitte Christensen, Lee Pletzers
• Novels/Novellas panel: Gerry Huntman, Geoff Brown, Chuck McKenzie

  Novel

Winner

• '809 Jacob Street'', Marty Young '''

  Nominees

• Undead Kelly, Timothy Bowden
• Topsiders, Scott Tyson

  Paul Haines">Paul Haines (fiction writer)">Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• 'The Unwanted Women of Surrey, Kaaron Warren, Queen Victoria's Book of Spells'' '''

  Nominees

• Soul Killer, Robert Hood, Zombies vs Robots: Diplomacy
• The Home For Broken Dolls, Kirstyn McDermott, ''Caution: Contains Small Parts''

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'Caterpillars, Debbie Cowens, Baby Teeth - Bite Sized Tales of Terror'' '''

  Nominees

• Nip, Tuck, Zip, Pluck, John Paul Fitch, Psychopomp Volume 4
• Fence Lines, Joanne Anderton, The Bone Chime Song and other stories
• The Nest, C. S. McMullen, Nightmare Magazine #12
• The Dead Way, J. C. Hart, ''Baby Teeth - Bite Sized Tales of Terror''

  Edited Publication

Winner

• 'Baby Teeth - Bite Sized Tales of Terror'', Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray '''

  Nominees

• Midnight Echo #9, Geoff Brown
• A Killer Among Demons, Craig Bezant
• Star Quake 1, Sophie Yorkston

  Collection

Winner

• 'The Bone Chime Song and other stories'', Jo Anderton '''

  Nominees

• There was no nominee shortlist in 2013

  2014

Judges

• Short Stories/Collections/Edited Works panel: Christine Ferdinands, Natalie Satakovski, B. R. de Loryn
• Novels/Novellas panel: Jay Caselberg, Kathy Williams-DeVries, Lee Pletzers, B. R. de Loryn

  Novel

Winner

• 'Wolf Creek: Origin'', Aaron Sterns and Greg McLean '''

  Nominees

• Suicide Forest, Jeremy Bates
• Book of the Dead, Greig Beck
• Dark Deceit, Lauren Dawes
• Davey Ribbon, Matthew Tait

  Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• 'Dreams of Destruction'', Shane Jiraiya Cummings '''

  Nominees

• Ghost Camera, Darcy Coates
• The Shark God Covenant, Robert Hood, Dimension6 #3

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'Shadows of the Lonely Dead, Alan Baxter, Suspended in Dusk'' '''

  Nominees

• Mephisto, Alan Baxter, Daily Science Fiction
• Mummified Monk, Rebecca Fung, Daylight Dims Volume 2
• Bones, Michelle Jager, SQ Mag #14
• Last Year When We Were Young, Andrew J. McKiernan, ''Last Year When We Were Young''

  Edited Publication

Winner

• 'SQ Mag'' #14, Sophie Yorkston '''

  Nominees

• SNAFU, Geoff Brown and Amanda J. Spedding
• Suspended in Dusk, Simon Dewar

  Collection

Winner

• 'Last Year When We Were Young'', Andrew J. McKiernan '''

  Nominees

• There was no nominee shortlist in 2014

  2015

The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• In Vaulted Halls Entombed, Alan Baxter

  Nominees

• The Haunting of Gillespie House, Darcy Coates
• Night Shift, Dirk Flinthart
• The Whimper, Robert Hood

  Edited Work

Winner

• 'Blurring the Line'', Marty Young'''

  Nominees

• Bloodlines, Amanda Pillar
• Lighthouses, Cameron Trost
• Midnight Echo 11, Kaaron Warren

  Collected Work

Winner

• 'Peripheral Visions: The Collected Ghost Stories'', Rob Hood'''

  Nominees

• The Abandonment of Grace and Everything After, Shane Jiraiya Cummings
• Cherry Crow Children, Deborah Kalin

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'Mine Intercom'', Kaaron Warren'''

  Nominees

• The Bone Maiden, Greg Chapman
• Eight Seconds, Pandora Hope
• El Caballo Muerte, Martin Livings
• Perfect Little Stitches, Deborah Sheldon

  Comic/Graphic Novel

Winner

• 'The Road to Golgotha'', G. N. Braun & Amanda J. Spedding'''

  Nominees

• Troll, Michael Michalandos
• The Monster, Ben Rosenthal
• Undad, Shane W. Smith

  The Rocky Wood Award for Non-fiction and Criticism

Winner

• 'The Literary Gothic'', Marija Elektra Rodriguez'''

  Novels

Winner

• 'The Catacombs'', Jeremy Bates'''

  Nominees

• The Haunting of Blackwood House, Darcy Coates
• The Transgressions Cycle: The Mother, Mike Jones
• The Transgressions Cycle: The Reparation, Mike Jones
• The Big Smoke, Jason Nahrung

  2016

Short Fiction

Winner

• 'His Shining Day'', Richard Harland '''

  Nominees

• D Is for Death, Pete Aldin
• Midnight in the Graffiti Tunnel, Terry Dowling
• Protege, Anthony Ferguson
• No Other Men in Mitchell, Rose Hartley
• Selfie, Lee Murray
• What the Sea Wants, Deb Sheldon
• Uncontainable, Helen Stubbs
• All Roll Over, Kaaron Warren
• Fade to Grey, Janeen Webb

  Comic/Graphic Novel

Collected Work

Winner

• 'Crow Shine'', Alan Baxter '''

  Nominees

• Concentration, Jack Dann
• Everything Is Fine, Grant Stone

  Edited Work

Winner

• 'Dead of Night'', Shane Jiraiya Cummings, ed. '''

  Nominees

• Dreaming in the Dark, Jack Dann, ed.
• At the Edg'e, Dan Rabarts & Lee Murray, eds.

  Novel

Winner

• 'The Grief Hole'', Kaaron Warren '''

  Nominees

• Hollow House, Greg Chapman
• The Devil's Prayer, Luke Gracias
• Presumed Dead, Rick Kennett
• The Invasion, Brett McBean
• Into the Mist, Lee Murray
• Unbidden, TJ Park
• Devil Dragon, Deborah Sheldon

  Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• 'Tipuna Tapu'', Dan Rabarts '''

  Nominees

• Box Of Bones, Jeremy Bates
• Served Cold, Alan Baxter
• The Eschatologist, Greg Chapman
• The Heart of the Mission, Matthew R. Davis
• Burnt Sugar, Kirstyn McDermott

  2017

The Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism

Winner

• 'The Body Horror Book'', Claire Fitzpatrick '''

  Nominees

• 101 Weird Writers #46 – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Kat Clay
• Literary Serial Killer Fiction: The Evolution of a Genre, William Cook
• It Follows is the Millennial STD Parable of Our Time, Maria Lewis
• A Shared Ambition: Horror Writers in Horror Fiction, Kyla Lee Ward

  Written Work in a Comic/Graphic Novel

Edited Work

Winner

• 'Cthulhu Deep Down Under'' Volume 1, Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce J. Stevens '''

  Nominees

• Midnight Echo #12, Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Anthony P. Ferguson
• Below the Stairs – Tales from the Cellar, Steven Dillon

  Collected Work

Winner

• 'Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories'', Deborah Sheldon '''

  Nominees

• Singing My Sister Down and Other Stories, Margo Lanagan

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'The Banksia Boys'', Matthew J. Morrison '''

  Nominees

• Outside a Drifter, Lisa L. Hannett
• The Hand Walker, Rue Karney
• The Circle Line, Martin Livings
• The Little Mermaid, in Passing, Angela Slatter
• The Big Reveal, David Stevens

  The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• 'Ismail's Expulsion'', Brian Craddock '''

  Nominees

• Hope and Walker, Andrew Cull
• This Impossible Gift, Matthew R. Davis
• No Good Deed, Angela Slatter
• Furtherest, Kaaron Warren
• Eden in the End, Ashlee Scheuerman

  Novel

Winner

• 'Corpselight'', Angela Slatter '''

  Nominees

• Aletheia, J. S. Breukelaar
• Slithers, W. W. Mortensen
• Soon, Lois Murphy
• Providence Place, Matthew Tait

  2018

Poetry

Winner

• 'Revenants of the Antipodes'', Kyla Lee Ward '''

  Nominees

• Polarity, Jay Caselberg
• The Middle of the Night, Rebecca Fraser
• Your Mortician Knows, Bee Nielsen
• Matinee, Hester J. Rook

  Written Work in a Comic/Graphic Novel

Winner

• 'The Demon: Hell is Earth'', Andrew Constant '''

  Nominees

Edited Work

Winner

• 'Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Horror'', Lee Murray, ed. '''

  Nominees

• Behind the Mask, Steve Dillon, ed.
• Cthulhu: Land of the Long White Cloud and Cthulhu Deep Down Under, Volume 2, Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira & Bryce J. Stevens, eds.

  Collected Work

Winner

• 'Shadows on the Wall'', Steven Paulsen '''

  Nominees

• Singing My Sister Down and Other Stories, Margo Lanagan
• Bones, Andrew Cull
• The Dalziel Files, Brian Craddock
• Exploring Dark Fiction #2: A Primer to Kaaron Warren, Eric J. Guignard, ed.
• Beneath the Ferny Tree, David Schembri

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'Riptide'', Dan Rabarts '''

  Nominees

• The House of Jack's Girls, Lee Battersby
• The Ward of Tindalos, Debbie Cowens & Matt Cowens
• Planned and Expected, Piper Mejia
• Slither, Jason Nahrung

  The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• 'The Black Sea'', Chris Mason '''

  Nominees

• Time and Tide, Robert Hood
• Thylacines, Deborah Sheldon
• Love Thee Better, Kaaron Warren

  Novel

Winner

• 'Tide of Stone'', Kaaron Warren '''

  Nominees

• Devouring Dark, Alan Baxter
• Teeth of the Wolf, Dan Rabarts & Lee Murray
• Contrition, Deborah Sheldon

  2019

Poetry

Winner

• '''"Taxonomy of Captured Roses", Hester J. Rook '''

  Nominees

• Separation, Jay Caselberg
• Please Do Not Feed the Animals, Anne Casey
• Ode to a Black Hole, Charles Lovecraft
• Brine and Vanishings, Hester J. Rook
• Boat of a Million Years, Kyla Lee Ward

  Written Work in a Comic/Graphic Novel

Winner

• 'DCeased'', Tom Taylor, '''

  Nominees

• The Eldritch Kid: The Bone War, Christian D. Read
• Matinee, Emmet O'Cuana
• Geebung Polo Club, Jason Fischer,

  Edited Work

Winner

• 'Midnight Echo'' Volume 14, Deborah Sheldon, ed. '''

  Nominees

• Beside the Seaside: Tales from the Day-Tripper, Steve Dillon, ed.
• Trickster's Treats, Volume 3: The Seven Deadly Sins Edition, Marie O'Regan & Lee Murray, eds.

  Collected Work

Winner

• 'Served Cold'', Alan Baxter '''

  Nominees

• Collision: Stories, J. S. Breukelaar
• Figments and Fragments, Deborah Sheldon

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'Steadfast Shadowsong'', Matthew R. Davis '''

  Nominees

• The Ocean Hushed the Stones, Alan Baxter
• Ave Rune, J. S. Breukelaar
• Vivienne & Agnes, Chris Mason

  The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• 'Supermassive Black Mass'', Matthew R. Davis'''

  Nominees

• 1862, C. J. Halbard
• Enemy of My Enemy, Rick Kennett
• Out of Darkness, Chris Mason
• The Neverwhere Line, Matthew J. Morrison

  Novel

Winner

• 'Shepherd'', Catherine Jinks '''

  Nominees

• The Flower and the Serpent, Madeleine D'Este
• Fusion, Kate Richards
• Contrition, Deborah Sheldon

  Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism

Winner

• 'The Danse Macabre'', Kyla Lee Ward '''

  Nominees

• Suffer the Little Children, Kris Ashton
• Horror and the paranormal, Eugen Bacon
• Horror Movies That Mean Something and Childhood Trauma Manifested, Maria Lewis

  2020

Judges

• Short Fiction: Paul Sheldon, Paul Mannering, Chris Jacobs
• Non-Fiction: Rebecca Fraser, Tracie McBride, Al Hodge
• Graphic Novel: Eugen Bacon, Bernie Rutkay, Jason Franks
• Poetry: Kathryn Hore, Lee Murray, Kyla Lee Ward
• Novel: Joanne Anderton, Paul Sheldon, Cem Bilici
• Long Fiction: Al Hodge, Joanne Anderton, Paul Mannering
• Collected Works: Louise Zedda-Sampson, Lynette Watters, Alannah Pearson
• Edited Works: Dominique Davidson, Lynette Watters, Bernie Rutkay

  Poetry

Winner

• 'This Soundless Murk'', Hester J. Rook '''

  Nominees

• Separation, K.S. Nikakis
• The King of Eyes, P. S. Cottier
• Ode to a Black Hole, P. S. Cottier
• The Tongueless Dead, Leigh Blackmore

  Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism

Winner

• 'Exploration of Menstruation in Horror and Dark Fiction'', Tabatha Wood'''

  Nominees

• Queer Vampires in Modern Cinema, Tabatha Wood
• Cthulu in California, Emmet O’Cuana
• What Makes Good Horror, Tim Hawken
• Phantasmagoria and the Earliest Forms of Horror Storytelling, Maria Lewis
• Sandalwood and Jade: The Weird and Fantastic Verse of Lin Carter, Leigh Blackmore

  Graphic Novel

Winner

• ' Hellblazer: Rise and Fall'', Tom Taylor, '''

  Nominees

• DCeased: Unkillables, Tom Taylor and Karl Mostert
• The Mycelium Complex, Daniel Reed
• Redback Armageddon, Nathan Grixti
• Undad Volume Three, Katie Walsh-Smith, Miranda Richardson, Tim Stiles, Ryan Lindsay, Shane W Smith, Mitchell Collins and Simon Robins

  Edited Work

Winner

• 'Midnight Echo'' Volume 15, Lee Murray, ed. '''

  Nominees

• Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn, eds.
• Hadithi & the State of Black Speculative Fiction, Eugen Bacon and Milton Davis, eds.
• Black Dogs, Black Tales – Where the Dogs Don't Die, Tabatha Wood and Cassie Hart, eds.
• Trickster's Treats 4 – Coming, Buried or Not!, Louise Zedda-Sampson and Geneve Flynn, eds.

  Collected Work

Winner

• 'The Heart is a Mirror for Sinners'', Angela Slatter '''

  Nominees

• Behind the Midnight Blinds, Marty Young
• Red New Day, Angela Slatter
• Bleak Precision, Greg Chapman
• Grotesque, Lee Murray

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'Brumation'', Anthony Ferguson '''

  Nominees

• Vision Thing, Matthew R. Davis
• Let Shadows Slip Through, Kali Napier
• The Bone Fairy, Martin Livings
• Hideous Armature, Joanne Anderton
• Needles, Kali Napier

  The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• 'By Touch and By Glance'', Lisa L Hannett '''

  Nominees

• New Wine, Angela Slatter
• The Attic Tragedy, Joseph Ashley-Smith
• Barralang, pop. 63, Deborah Sheldon
• Kua Hinga Te Kauri, Dan Rabarts

  Novel

Winner

• 'Deception Pass'', Matthew Tait '''

  Nominees

• The Crying Forest, Venero Armanno
• Gutterbreed, Marty Young
• Flyaway, Kathleen Jennings

  2021

Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism

Winner

• 'I'm Looking Right At You, HP Lovecraft'', Jack Dann '''

  Nominees

• Vampire Poetry, Kyla Lee Ward
• The Curious Reclassification of Peter Benchley's Jaws, Kris Ashton
• Capturing Ghosts on the Page, Kaaron Warren
• Murder Down Under, Anthony Ferguson

  Poetry

Winner

• 'Cheongsam'', Lee Murray '''

  Nominees

• When The Girls Began To Fall, Geneve Flynn
• Sonnet for a Scarecrow, Rebecca Fraser
• Guest of Honour, Geneve Flynn
• Snip, P.S. Cottier
• Exquisite, Lee Murray

  Graphic Novel

Winner

• 'The Mycelium Complex'' Issue 2, Daniel Reed '''

  Nominees

• Frankie's Drive-In Ozploitation Double Feature, Aaron Harvie
• Goetia, Robert Buratti

  Edited Work

Winner

• 'Spawn: Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies'', Deborah Sheldon, ed. '''

  Nominees

• SNAFU: Holy War, Amanda J. Spedding and Geoff Brown, eds.
• Midnight Echo #16, Tim Hawken, ed.

  Collected Work

Winner

• 'Tool tales'', Kaaron Warren '''

  Nominees

• The Tallow-Wife and Other Tales, Angela Slatter
• Seeds, Tabatha Wood
• Inanimates, Joanne Anderton
• Danged Black Thing, Eugen Bacon

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'A Good Big Brother'', Matt Tighe '''

  Nominees

• Bad Apple by Louise Pieper
• Tagged by Chuck McKenzie
• The Best Medicine by Pauline Yates
• The Steering Wheel Club by Kaaron Warren

  The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• 'Ariadne, I Love You'', J. Ashley-Smith '''

  Nominees

• The Waiting Room, Matthew Davis
• Cryptid Killers, Alister Hodge
• The Little One, Rebecca Fraser
• Dirty Heads, Aaron Dries

  Novel

Winner

• 'The Girls Left Behind'', J.P. Townley'''

  Nominees

• Butcherbird, Cassie Hart
• An Ill Wind, Martin Livings
• Papa Lucy and the Boneman, Jason Fischer
• The Airways, Jennifer Mills
• Merfolk, Jeremy Bates

  2022

Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism

Winner

• 'The Slow Burn Brilliance of Midnight Mass'', Kris Ashton '''

  Nominees

• I Don't Read Horror by Lee Murray
• Vampire, the Ageless Monster, Tim Hawken
• No Horror Without the Body, Tabatha Wood

  Poetry

Winner

• 'Hip Gnomes'', P. S. Cottier '''

  Nominees

• Night Terrors, L. E. Daniels
• How Does Your Garden Grow?, Gene Flynn
• If I Touch You, You'll Know, Rebecca Fraser

  Graphic Novel

Winner

• 'Gorilla My Dreams Team-Up #1: When Freaks Collide'', Big Tim Stiles '''

  Nominees

• How to Win a Raid, Emmet O’Cuana
• Batrisha and the Creepy Caretaker, Dillon Naylor

  Edited Work

Winner

• 'Death in the Mouth: An Anthology of Original Horror by People of Colour'', Cassie Hart and Sloane Leong, eds. '''

  Nominees

• Found: An Anthology of Found Footage Horror Stories, Andrew Cull & Gabino Iglesias, eds.
• Midnight Echo #17, Greg Chapman, ed.

  Collected Work

Winner

• 'Hard Places'', Kirstyn McDermott '''

  Nominees

• Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts, Aaron Dries
• Liminal Spaces: Horror Stories, Deborah Sheldon
• The Devil Took Her: Tales of Horror, Michael Botur
• Reflections, Tabatha Wood

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'Little Balloons'', Aaron Dries '''

  Nominees

• Break the Skin If You Have To, Emma Osborne, Cadwell Turnbull and Jess Essey
• They Call Me Mother, Geneve Flynn
• The Tub, J. Ashley Smith

  The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• 'And Then I Woke Up'', Malcolm Devlin '''

  Nominees

• Among The Faded Woods, Faith Mudge
• Kookaburra Cruel by Aaron Dries

  Novel

Winner

• 'The Path of Thorns'', Angela Slatter '''

  Nominees

• The Stone Road, Trent Jamieson
• Denizen, James McKenzie Watson
• Red Ruin, Ian J. Middleton and Denver Grenell

  2023

Rocky Wood Award for Non-Fiction and Criticism

Winner

• 'A Vindication of Monsters'', Claire Fitzpatrick, ed. '''

  Nominees

• Displaced Spirits: Ghosts of the Diaspora by Lee Murray
• Holy Revelations, Grace Chan

  Poetry

Winner

• 'What It Means to be With You'', Pauline Yates '''

  Nominees

• The Broonie, Deborah Sheldon
• Dancers on the Road, K. S. Nikakis
• Guiding Star, Tim Jones
• Never Leave the Path, Kyla Lee Ward

  Graphic Novel

Winner

• 'Fables of Fear'', Karl Brandt, '''

  Nominees

• Monomyth, David Hazan
• Splitting Sides 2, David Schembri
• Yuletide Flame, Hayden Fryer

  Edited Work

Winner

• 'Killer Creatures Down Under'', Deborah Sheldon, ed. '''

  Nominees

• Black Beacon Book of Horror, Cameron Trost, ed.
• Remains to be Told, Lee Murray, ed.
• SNAFU Punk’d, Geoff Brown and Amanda J. Spedding, eds.

  Collected Work

Winner

• 'Midnight Masquerades'', Greg Chapman '''

  Nominees

• Bites Eyes, Matthew R. Davis
• Precarious Waters, Pamela Jeffs
• Stingers, Noel Osualdini & T.M. McLean

  Short Fiction

Winner

• 'All the Eyes That See'', Alan Baxter '''

  Nominees

• Camp Never, J. S. Bruekelaar
• Death Interrupted, Pamela Jeffs
• What Bones These Tides Bring, Nikky Lee ''

  The Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• 'Bitters'', Kaaron Warren '''

  Nominees

• After I Found Her, Claire Low
• Those That Pursue Us Yet, Kyla Ward
• We Called it Graffitiville, Aaron Dries

  Novel

Winner

• 'When Ghosts Call Us Home'', Katya de Becerra, Pan Macmillan )'''

  Nominees

• Cretaceous Canyon, Deborah Sheldon
• The Graveyard Shift, Maria Lewis
• Polyphemus, Zachary Ashford

  2024

Short Fiction

Winner

• 'Archive of the Dead'', Pamela Jeffs '''

  Nominees

• The Absolute, Aaron Dries
• The Gift, Chuck McKenzie
• We Have Children Now, Anthony O’Connor
• Sleep, Empty, Matt Tighe
• Envelopes, Matt Tighe

  Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction

Winner

• 'Redhead Town'', Deborah Sheldon '''

  Nominees

• The Emporium, Kaaron Warren
• Maleficium, Kyla Lee Ward
• Shattered, Pauline Yates
• Effigy in Flagrante, Matthew R. Davis

  Novel

Winner

• 'The Dead Spot'', Caroline Angel '''

  Nominees

• The Briar Book of the Dead, Angela Slatter
• Jasper Cliff, Joshua Kemp
• Remedy, JS Brukelaar
• The Underhistory, Kaaron Warren

  Collected work

Winner

• 'Black Days and Bloody Nights'', Greg Chapman '''

  Nominees

• Remixed Myths, Jeff Clulow
• The Dark Man, by Referral and Less Pleasant Tales, Chuck McKenzie

  Edited work

• 'Death in the Mouth Volume 2: Original Horror from the Margins'', Sloane Leong and Cassie Hart '''

  Nominees

• Nosferatu Unbound, Steven Paulsen and Christopher Sequeira
• Found 2: More Stories of Found Footage Horror, Andrew Cull and Gabino Iglesias
• Monsters in the Mills, L. E. Daniels and Christa Carmen
• Midnight Echo #19, Dan Rabarts

  Graphic novel or comic

Winner

• 'Gourmand Go'', Jason Franks'''

  Nominees

Rocky Wood Award for Non-fiction and Criticism

Winner

• 'Long be nightmar’d'' '''

  Nominees

• A Little Bit of Adrenaline is my Favourite Medicine, Tee Wood

  Poetry

Winners

• Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud, Lee Murray '
• You Swallowed Your Tongue'', Geneve Flynn '''

  Nominees

• You Had to Learn How to Live After Her, Monica Carroll
• Galérien, Deborah Sheldon
• Hot Enough to Collapse, Eugen Bacon
• Just an Unnerving Sensation, Pauline Yates