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The Australian Shadows Awards, also known as the Australasian Shadows Awards, are annual literary awards established by the Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) in 2005 to honour the best published works of horror fiction written or edited by an Australian/New Zealand/Oceania resident in the previous calendar year. Awards criteria and history Works are judged on their overall effect within the horror genre based on the author's skill, delivery, and the work's lasting resonance. Each year, a director is appointed by the AHWA to administer the award. Shortlists for each category are determined by a panel of judges, and the shortlisted nominees are announced in March/April every year. From 2005 to 2008, the Australian Shadows Award evaluated novels, anthologies, and short stories against each other in a single category. In 2009, the award was expanded into three categories: Short Fiction, Long Fiction, and Edited Publication. From 2011, the award was restructured to consist of five categories: Novel; Long Fiction (novellas and novelettes); Short Fiction (short stories); Collection (single author collections); and Edited Publication (anthologies and magazine issues). In 2013, the 'Long Fiction' award category was renamed 'Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction' in honour of New Zealand/Australian author Paul Haines. The Australian Shadows Awards were sponsored by Altair Australia Books in its first two years, through the donation of two statuettes created by dark fantasy artist Brom (supplied by The Franklin Mint). Currently, winners of the awards receive a hand crafted trophy from the masters of the horror special effects industry, Nightshade FX. Winners and nominees In the below list, the years correspond to the year of the book's eligibility; the awards are always announced the following year. If the short story was originally published in an anthology with other stories rather than by itself or in a magazine, the anthology title and anthology publisher's name is included. 2005 Judges Guest judge: Kim Wilkins Award Director: Marty Young Winner "Father Muerte and the Flesh", Lee Battersby, Aurealis #36 Nominees "Pater Familias", Lee Battersby, Shadowed Realms #3 Shadow Box, Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Angela Challis (eds) (Brimstone Press) "The Red Priest's Homecoming", Dirk Flinthart, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #17 The Grinding House, Kaaron Warren (CSFG Publishing) 2006 Judges Judging panel: David Schembri, Miranda Siemienowicz, Mark Smith-Briggs Guest judge: Robert Hood Award Director: Marty Young Winner The Pilo Family Circus, Will Elliott (ABC Books) Nominees "Father Renoir's Hands", Lee Battersby, Through Soft Air (Prime Books) "The Dying Light", Deborah Biancotti, Eidolon I (Eidolon Books) "The Blow-Off", Stephen Dedman, Brutarian #47 "The Bridal Bier", Carol Ryles, Eidolon I (Eidolon Books) Honourable mentions "Silk and Pearls", K. J. Bishop, Shadowed Realms #9 "The Cup of Nestor", Simon Brown (Ticonderoga Publications) Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear, Terry Dowling (Cemetery Dance Publications) The Mother, Brett McBean (Lothian Books) 2007 Judges Judging panel: Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Gary Kemble, Mark Smith-Briggs Guest judge: Richard Harland Award Director: Kirstyn McDermott Winner "Toother", Terry Dowling, Eclipse 1 (Night Shade Books) Nominees "Between the Memories", Matthew Chrulew, Aurealis #38/39 "Subtle Invasion", David Conyers, The Black Book of Horror (Mortbury Press) "The Dark and What It Said", Rick Kennett, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #28 "There Was Darkness", Martin Livings, Fantastic Wonder Stories (Ticonderoga Publications) The Darkness Within, Jason Nahrung (Hachette Livre) Honourable mentions The Spiraling Worm, David Conyers & John Sunseri (Chaosium) "Cooling the Crows", Kaaron Warren, In Bad Dreams (Eneit Press) "The Wildflowers", Marty Young, Fantastic Wonder Stories (Ticonderoga Publications) 2008 Judges Judging panel: Shane Jiraiya Cummings, Brett McBean, Chuck McKenzie Guest judge: Sarah Endacott Award Director: Kirstyn McDermott Winner "The Claws of Native Ghosts", Lee Battersby, The Beast Within (Graveside Books) Nominees "This Way To The Exit", Sara Douglass, Dreaming Again (HarperVoyager) "Rick Gets A Job", Jason Fischer, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #37 "Lakeside", Christopher Green, Dreaming Again (HarperVoyager) "Her Collection of Intimacy", Paul Haines, Black: Australian Dark Culture #2 2009 Judges Judging panel: Craig Bezant, Stephanie Gunn, Chuck McKenzie Guest judges: Bill Congreve (Short Fiction), James Doig (Edited Publication), Martin Livings (Long Fiction) Award Director: Shane Jiraiya Cummings Long fiction Winner Slights, Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot) Nominees A Book of Endings, Deborah Biancotti (Twelfth Planet Press) Red Queen, Honey Brown (Penguin Australia) "Wives", Paul Haines, X6 (Coeur de Lion Publishing) The Dead Path, Stephen M. Irwin (Hachette Australia) Edited Publication Winner Grants Pass, Jennifer Brozek & Amanda Pillar (Morrigan Books) Nominees Festive Fear, Stephen Clark (Tasmaniac Publications) Aurealis #42, Stuart Mayne (Chimaera Publications) Short fiction Winner "Six Suicides", Deborah Biancotti, A Book of Endings (Twelfth Planet Press) Nominees "The Emancipated Dance", Felicity Dowker, Midnight Echo #2 "Busking", Jason Fischer, Midnight Echo #3 "The Message", Andrew J. McKiernan, Midnight Echo #2 "The Gaze Dogs of Nine Waterfalls", Kaaron Warren, Exotic Gothic 3, Ash-Tree Press 2010 Judges Judging panel: Craig Bezant, Stephanie Gunn, Jeff Ritchie Guest judges: Kaaron Warren (Short Fiction), Rocky Wood (Edited Publication), Chuck McKenzie (Long Fiction) Award Director: Shane Jiraiya Cummings Long fiction Winner Under Stones, Bob Franklin (Affirm Press) Nominees Bleed, Peter M. Ball (Twelfth Planet Press) Guardian of the Dead, Karen Healy (Allen & Unwin) Madigan Mine, Kirstyn McDermott (Picador Australia) The Girl With No Hands, Angela Slatter (Ticonderoga Publications) Edited Publication Winner Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears, Angela Challis & Marty Young (eds) (Brimstone Press) Nominees Midnight Echo #4, Lee Battersby (ed) (Australian Horror Writers Association) Scary Kisses, Liz Grzyb (ed) (Ticonderoga Publications) Scenes From the Second Storey, Amanda Pillar & Pete Kempshall (eds) (Morrigan Books) Short fiction Winner "She Said", Kirstyn McDermott, Scenes from the Second Storey (Morrigan Books) Nominees "Bread and Circuses", Felicity Dowker, Scary Kisses (Ticonderoga Publications) "Brisneyland by Night", Angela Slatter, Sprawl (Twelfth Planet Press) "All The Clowns In Clowntown", Andrew J. McKiernan, Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears (Brimstone Press) "Dream Machine", David Conyers, Scenes from the Second Storey (Morrigan Books) 2011 Judges Judging panel: Marty Young, James A. Moore Novel Winner No award Honourable mention The Broken Ones, Stephen M. Irwin (Random House) Long fiction Winner "The .... Discover the Lee Pletzers popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lee Pletzers books.