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)