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Eligibility Year: 2000
Judges:
sf: Diane DeBellis, Van Ikin, Paul Voermans;
fantasy: Marian Foster, Peter McNamara, Helen Patrice;
horror: Russell B. Farr, Richard Harland, Sophie Masson;
young adult: John Cohen, Marianne Jablon, Rosaleen Love, Pam McIntyre;
Convenors' Award: Russell B. Farr, Sophie Masson, Rob Riel, Keith Stevenson, Dirk Strasser

SF NOVEL

The Miocene Arrow, Sean McMullen (Tor)

The Deep Field, James Bradley (Sceptre)

Evergence 2: The Dying Light, Sean Williams & Shane Dix (HarperCollins Australia)

Sea as Mirror, Tess Williams (HarperCollins Voyager)

SF SHORT STORY

"Infinite Monkey", Damien Broderick (Eidolon #29/30 Autumn 2000)

"The Devotee", Stephen Dedman (Eidolon #29/30 Autumn 2000)

"The Land Itself", Sean Williams (Eidolon #29/30 Autumn 2000)

"Schrödinger's Catamaran", Adam Browne (Orb #1)

"White Time", Margo Lanagan (White Time)

FANTASY NOVEL

Son of the Shadows, Juliet Marillier (Pan Macmillan Australia)

The Darkness, Anthony Eaton (UQP)

Medalon, Jennifer Fallon (HarperCollins Voyager)

The Nameless Day, Sara Douglass (HarperCollins Voyager)

Vixen, Hoa Pham (Hodder Headline/Sceptre)

FANTASY SHORT STORY

"The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)", Geoffrey Maloney (Aurealis #25/26 Jun/Jul 2000)

"The Boy Who Didn't Yearn", Margo Lanagan (White Time)

"The Fruits of Habit", Christopher Kenworthy (Altair #6/7 2000)

"Goddess and the Geek", Louise Cusack (Mystery, Magic, Voodoo & The Holy Grail)

"The Left Behind", Kaaron Warren (Orb #1)

HORROR NOVEL

The Resurrectionists, Kim Wilkins (HarperCollins)

Blackwater Days, Terry Dowling (Eidolon Publications)

HORROR SHORT STORY

"The First and Final Game", Deborah Biancotti (Altair #6/7 2000)

"Marilyn", Jack Dann (Eidolon #29/30 Autumn 2000)

"A Sentiment Open to Doubt", Stephen Dedman (Ticonderoga Online May 2000)

"Sewercide", Michael Pryor (Aurealis #25/26 Jun/Jul 2000)

"That Old Black Graffiti", Robert Hood (Tales from the Wasteland)

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

Thursday's Child, Sonya Hartnett (Penguin)

Ferren and the Angel, Richard Harland (Penguin)

The Green Prince, Sophie Masson (Hodder Headline)

Horsehead Soup, Rory Barnes (HarperCollins)

Omega, Christine Harris (Random House)

YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY

"The Queen's Notice", Margo Lanagan (White Time)

"Avalon", Brian Caswell (Tales from the Wasteland)

"The Boy Who Didn't Yearn", Margo Lanagan (White Time)

"Midsummer Mission", Margo Lanagan (White Time)

"White Time", Margo Lanagan (White Time)

CONVENORS' AWARD (tie)

The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan (Lothian Books)

Spinouts Bronze, Paul Collins & Meredith Costain, eds. (Pearson Education)

SF Commentary (#76), Bruce Gillespie (The Unrelenting Gaze – George Turner, Non-fiction: A Selection)

Transrealist Fiction: Writing in the Slipstream of Science, Damien Broderick (Greenwood Press)

White Time, Margo Lanagan (Allen & Unwin)