Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalists 2011: The Full List Now Out
The full list of finalists for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2011 for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror has now officially been published here. (The award, by the way, is designed by Weta.)
As announced yesterday, I am delighted that The Heir of Night is one of this year’s finalists for Best Novel. I am also particularly pleased that the map from The Heir of Night, drawn by Peter Fitzpatrick, is a finalist for the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Professional Artwork.
If you’re interested in maps and their evolution as part of an epic fantasy like Heir, you may also like to check Peter’s and my guest post on Harper Voyager last year: Introducing The Heir of Night Map. In it Peter describes his process for creating the map, which I personally found fascinating—but then I’m an SFF map geek, so no surprises there.:)
Personally, I think the Sir Julius Vogel Award finalists this year make a very strong showing—a great tribute to the SFF currently being created in New Zealand. But don’t just take my say so: check out some of the works—if you haven’t done so already—and consider coming to ConText and attending the award ceremony.
As you may recall from my post of April 6, I’ll be there and am looking forward to maybe meeting some of you in person if you can make it too.
Best Novel | Barking Death Squirels Douglas A. Van Belle Random Static |
The Heir Of Night Helen Lowe Orbit |
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The Questing Road Lyn McConchie Tor Books |
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Tymon’s Flight Mary Victoria HarperCollins Publishers Australia |
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Geist Philippa Ballantine Ace |
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Best Young Adult Novel | Aria Rowina De Silva AM Publishing, New Zealand |
Ebony Hill Anna Mackenzie Random House |
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Guardian Of The Dead Karen Healey Allen And Unwin |
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Into The Wilderness Mandy Hager Random House |
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Summer Of Dreaming Lyn McConchie Cyberwizard Productions |
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Best Novella / Novelette | A Tale Of The Interferers – Hunger For Forbidden Flesh Paul Haines Available In: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #46 |
L Bill Direen Available In: A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction Random Static |
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Her Gallant Needs Paul Haines Available In: Sprawl Anthology, Twelfth Planet Press |
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Best Short Story | Consumed Lee Murray Available In: A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction Random Static |
High Tide At Hot Water Beach Paul Haines Available In: A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction Random Static |
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The Future Of The Sky Ripley Patton Available In: A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction Random Static |
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The Interview Darian Smith Available In: Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #49 |
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I’ve Seen This Man Paul Haines Available In: Scenes From The Second Storey Morrigan Books |
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Best Collected Work | A Foreign Country – New Zealand Speculative Fiction Anna Caro and Juliet Buchanan (Eds) Random Static |
The Care And Feeding Of Your Lunatic Mage Douglas A. Van Belle Andomeda Spaceways Special Project |
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2010 Semaphore Anthology Marie Hodgkinson (ed) |
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Best Artwork | Barking Death Squirrels Cover Emma Weakley Random Static |
Internal map in Heir Of Night Peter Fitzpatrick Orbit |
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Tymon’s Flight Cover Frank Victoria HarperCollins Publishers Australia Australia |
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Best Dramatic Presentation
Although only one episode from each |
This Is Not My Life – Pilot Episode Executive Producers: Gavin Strawhan Rachel Lang Steven O’Meagher Tim White Producer: Tim Sanders Directors: Rob Sarkies Peter Salmon Associate Producer: Polly Fryer |
Kaitangata Twitch – Pilot Episode Yvonne Mackay Production Shed TV |
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Best Production / Publication | Semaphore Magazine Marie Hodgkinson |
White Cloud Worlds Anthology Paul Tobin (Ed) |
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The Art Of District 9: Weta Workshop Daniel Falconer (Ed) |
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White Cloud Worlds Art Exhibition The New Dowse Art Gallery Leanne Wickham (Curator) |
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Fan Award Nominees |
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Fan Production | Dr Who – Podcast Paul Mannering BrokenSea Audio Productions |
The Cloud Paul Mannering BrokenSea Audio Productions |
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Fan Publication | Novazine Jacqui Smith |
Au Contraire Convention Booklet Au Contraire Committee |
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Fan Writing | Strange Matter John Toon Appearing In: Phoenixine – The Magazine Of The Phoenix Science Fiction Society Inc. |
Musings From Under The Mountain And Novazine Contributions Jacqui Smith Appearing In: Novazine – The Magazine Of Stella Nova |
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Blue Michele Powles Available at her website |
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Uncorked Broderick Wells Appearing In: Novazine – The Magazine Of Stella Nova |
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Fan Artwork | Cover For: StarshipSofa 150 Gino Moretto |