Awards & Winners

Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel

Aurealis Award

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and Conflux Inc to published works to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the current year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people. Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. Categories currently include science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative young-adult fiction—with separate awards for novels and short fiction—collections, anthologies, illustrative works or graphic novels, children's books, and an award for excellence in speculative fiction. The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchmark in science fiction and fantasy. The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has added weight to the honour of the award. The results are decided by a panel of judges from a list of submitted nominees; the long-list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of finalists. Ties can occur if the panel decides that both entries show equal merit, however they are encouraged to choose a single winner. The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award's management team.
Date Established : 1995

Check all the winners of Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel presented under Aurealis Award since 1995 .


Scott Westerfeld

Honored for : Leviathan

Melina Marchetta

Honored for : Finnikin of the Rock

Anthony Eaton

Honored for : Skyfall

D. M. Cornish

Honored for : Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling

Isobelle Carmody

Honored for : Alyzon Whitestarr

Scott Westerfeld

Honored for : The Secret Hour

Garth Nix

Honored for : Abhorsen

Carole Wilkinson

Honored for : Dragonkeeper

Sophie Masson

Honored for : The Hand of Glory

Louise Katz

Honored for : The Other Face of Janus

Sonya Hartnett

Honored for : Thursday's Child

Dave Luckett

Honored for : A Dark Victory

Alison Goodman

Honored for : Singing the Dogstar blues

Catherine Jinks

Honored for : Eye to eye

Isobelle Carmody

Honored for : Greylands

Hillary Bell

Honored for : Mirror, Mirror

Kerry Greenwood

Honored for : The Broken Wheel

Brian Caswell

Honored for : Deucalion

Garth Nix

Honored for : Sabriel