E-mail Locus

Where & When: Melbourne, Australia
Eligibility Year: 1996
Judges:
sf: Van Ikin, Alan Stewart, Michael J. Tolley;
fantasy: Gayle Lovett, Peter McNamara, Peter Nicholls;
horror: Chris A. Masters, Steve Proposch, Rod Williams;
young adult: Race Matthews, Sean McMullen, Jenny Pausacker

SF NOVEL

Metal Fatigue, Sean Williams (HarperCollins Australia)

Map of Power, Tess Williams (Random House Australia/Arrow)

Privateer, Simon Brown (HarperCollins Australia)

SF SHORT STORY

"Borderline", Leanne Frahm (Borderline)

"The Embargo Traders", Geoffrey Maloney (Aurealis #16 1995)

"His Own, The Star Alphecca", Terry Dowling (Eidolon #20 Summer 1996)

"The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse", Terry Dowling (Interzone #106 Apr 1996)

"The Mark of Thetis", Simon Brown (Eidolon #21 Fall 1996)

FANTASY NOVEL (tie)

Enchanter and Starman: The Axis Trilogy, Sara Douglass (HarperCollins Australia)

The Memory Cathedral, Jack Dann (Bantam)

Cairo Jim and the Alabastron of Forgotten Gods, Geoffrey McSkimming (Hodder Headline/Starlight)

Equinox: The Second Book of Ascension, Dirk Strasser (Pan Macmillan)

The Price of Wisdom, Shannah Jay (Pan Macmillan)

FANTASY SHORT STORY

"The Sword of God", Russell Blackford (Dream Weavers)

"Green Monkey Dreams", Isobelle Carmody (Green Monkey Dreams)

"Of Fingers and Foreskins", Sara Douglass (Eidolon #21 Fall 1996)

"Our Swimmer", Tim Richards (Letters to Francesca)

"Tattoo", Matthew Condon (Original Sin)

HORROR NOVEL

no award

HORROR SHORT STORY

"Passing the Bone", Sean Williams (Eidolon #20 Summer 1996)

"Beckoning Nightframe", Terry Dowling (Eidolon Publications #22/23 Spring 1996)

"The Bloom of Decay", Patricia MacCormack (Bloodsongs #7)

"The Hanging People", Kaaron Warren (Bloodsongs #7)

"Never Seen by Waking Eyes", Stephen Dedman (F&SF Aug 1996)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (tie)

The Broken Wheel, Kerry Greenwood (HarperCollins Australia)

Mirror, Mirror, Hillary Bell (Hodder Headline)

Beyond the Hanging Wall, Sara Douglass (Hodder Headline)

Firedancer, Victor Kelleher (Penguin)

The Mask of Caliban, Michael Pryor (Hodder Headline)

YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY

"Green Monkey Dreams", Isobelle Carmody (Green Monkey Dreams)

"At the Edge of the Sea", Keith Taylor (Dream Weavers)

"B'ku, B'ku", Gillian Rubenstein (Annie's Brother's Suit)

The Pipe, James Moloney (Lothian Books)

The Wizard and Me, Dave Luckett (Omnibus)