The 2022 Australian Shadows Awards are now closed to submissions.
Full submission and eligibility details can be found here.
The Australian Shadows Awards celebrate the finest in horror and dark fiction published by an Australasian within the calendar year. Works are judged on the overall effect of a work—the skill, delivery, and lasting resonance.
Entries are open across eight categories, including: the Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction (novelettes and novellas) in honour of the New Zealand/Australian author Paul Haines; The Rocky Wood Award for Non-fiction and Criticism named after former HWA president and AHWA member Rocky Wood; short fiction; novels, collected works; edited works; poetry and graphic novels/comics (for works written by an Australian or New Zealand writer).
Previous winners have included Greg McLean, Aaron Sterns, Lee Battersby, Terry Dowling, Paul Haines, Alan Baxter, Brett McBean, Kirstyn McDermott, Bob Franklin, Kaaron Warren, Will Elliott, Deborah Biancotti and Amanda Spedding.
The judges for the 2022 Awards are:
SHORT FICTION | |
Convenor | Paul Sheldon |
Judge | Matt Tighe |
Judge | Peter Bowdidge |
NON-FICTION | |
Convenor | Kathryn Hore |
Judge | Pauline Yates |
Judge | Greg Chapman |
GRAPHIC NOVEL | |
Convenor | Matt Tighe |
Judge | Bernie Rutkay |
Judge | Greg Chapman |
POETRY | |
Convenor | Kyla Lee Ward |
Judge | Louise Zedda-Sampson |
Judge | Kathryn Hore |
NOVEL | |
Convenor | Lynette Watters |
Judge | Emma Nayfie |
Judge | Brett Coster |
LONG FICTION | |
Convenor | Emma Jones |
Judge | Kim Gaal |
Judge | Jeremy Neal |
COLLECTED WORKS | |
Convenor | Paige Belfield |
Judge | Jason Ezra |
Judge | Pauline Yates |
EDITED WORKS | |
Convenor | Craig Bezant |
Judge | C H Celia Pearce |
Judge | Donna Reberger |