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