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Aurealian Monks

A couple of weeks ago I went up to Sydney for the Aurealis Awards.  My short story, Inksucker was nominated in the YA short story category.  It didn’t win, but it was wonderful just to be nominated, especially given that

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Aurealis Award Nominations

I’m really excited Inksucker has been shortlisted for an Aurealis Award in the YA Short Story category.  The story was originally published in Worlds Next Door, an anthology edited by Tehani Wessely. It’s also great that a bunch of my fellow

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The Good, the Bad & the Sushi

Great news: the wonderful Shaun Tan won an Oscar for the short film based on his book, The Lost Thing. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/28/3150766.htm I had the chance to meet Shaun at WorldCon in September last year.  He illustrated a story of mine

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Strange Horizons Readers’ Poll

The Strange Horizons Readers’ Poll is almost closed. http://strangehorizons.com/poll/ My story Hokkaido Green is eligible, as is The Duke of Vertumn’s Fingerling, by one of my fellow Clarionites, Elizabeth Carroll.

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Vote Early, Vote Often

It is nomination season for speculative fiction awards. My stories are eligible for a bunch of awards.  The Hugo Awards, the Ditmar Awards and the Chronos Awards are all open for nominations. My eligible stories from last year include: Hokkaido

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Best Fantasy Magazine Story of 2010 Survey

Fantasy Magazine is holding a reader’s poll to choose their favorite story from 2010. http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2011/02/best-fantasy-story-of-2010/ My story Stone Flowers is eligible. My favorite Fantasy stories from last year were: The Gold Silkworm by Tony Pi Stereogram of the Gray Fort,

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Australian Spec Fiction on Sale

From the Aurealis Awards web site: http://www.aurealisawards.com/ Some of Australia’s best SF writers have donated their works to raise money for the awards ceremony. Some of the biggest names in Australian speculative fiction have generously given their novels and short stories

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