Sir Julius Vogel Awards 2023 finalists can be found on Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalists – 2023.
Congratulations to the finalists – NZSA members among them!
The Long List contains all the nominations received, in no particular order.
Best Novel
In Pain and Blood, by Aldrea Alien
Sanctuary, by Andi C. Buchanan, Robot Dinosaur Press
Mirror mirror, who’s the killer? by Kura Jane Carpenter
Na Viro, by Gina Cole, Huia Publishers
Murder for a song, by K.M. Jackways
City of Souls, by Mel Harding-Shaw, Coruscate Press
A Rake of His Own, by A.J. Lancaster, Camberion Press
Chevalier & Gawayn: The Ballad of the Dreamer, by Phillip Mann, Quentin Wilson Publishing
The Rogue and the Peasant, by Amberley Martin, Caveline Press
The Demi-Wolf and the Hunter, by Amberley Martin, Caveline Press
Ithaca Bound, by Kirsten McKenzie, Squabbling Sparrows Press
Tremendously Inconveniencing A Great Many Photons, by Simon Petrie
Melody of a Curse, by Janna Ruth
Archangel’s Resurrection, by Nalini Singh, Berkeley Books
Storm Echo, by Nalini Singh, Berkeley Books
Brightest Star, by Andy Southall, Anapur Press
Tarquin the Honest: The Hand of Glodd, by Gareth Ward, Bateman Books
Best Youth Novel
Magnetic, by Helen Vivienne Fletcher
The Wellington Alternate, by Oliver Dace
Foul Lady Fortune, by Chloe Gong
Heat Wave, by Melissa Gunn
The Last Fallen Moon, by Graci Kim, Disney Hyperion
The Rarkyn’s Familiar, by Nikky Lee, Parliament House Press
Black Spiral, by Eileen Merriman
The Carbonite’s Daughter, by Deryn Pittar, IFWG Publishing Australia
The 716, by S.J. Pratt
A Drop of Magic, by Janna Ruth
Onesies and Ouijaboards, by Jamie Sands, Grey Kelpie Studio
Earth’s Embrace, by Lani Wendt Young, Nafanua Press
Mata Lulu, by Lani Wendt Young
Best Novella
Weddings and Witchcraft, by Andi C. Buchanan, Sleepy Squid Press
Data and Divination, by Andi C. Buchanan, Sleepy Squid Press
How to Get a Girlfriend (When You’re a Terrifying Monster), by Marie Cardno, Paper Road Press
Curses and Cousins, by Helen Vivienne Fletcher
Murmurs Of Magic, by K.M. Jackways
Goldie, by Sean Monaghan, Asimon’s Science Fiction
Three Past Desolation Cut, by Grant Stone, Lost Colony Magazine
Best Novelette
The Library, by Helen Vivienne Fletcher, Fablecroft Publishing
How to Marry a Winged King, by A.J. Lancaster, Camberion Press
Provided with Eyes, Thou Departest, by Anthony Lapwood, in Home Theatre, Te Herenga Waka University Press
The Ether of 1939, by Anthony Lapwood, in Home Theatre, Te Herenga Waka University Press
The Source of Lightning, by Anthony Lapwood, in Home Theatre, Te Herenga Waka University Press
Best Short Story
“The Devil Took Her”, by Michael Botur in The Devil Took Her – Tales of Horror
“Frog in My Beer”, by Jacqueline Braesfield, Grey Kelpie Studio
“If We Do Not Fly at Sunset”, by Andi C. Buchanan, Lightspeed Magazine
“The Lending Library of Final Lines”, by Octavia Cade, The Dark
“Pink”, by Octavia Cade, Tākahē Magazine
“You’re Not the Only One”, by Octavia Cade, Clarkesworld
“Anamnesis”, by Jack Remiel Cottrell, NZ Listener
“My Nascent Garden”, by Melanie Harding-Shaw, Analog July/August 2022
“Wall or Hearth”, by Melanie Harding-Shaw
“Taken Time”, by K.M. Jackways
“Commuting”, by S.A. McKenzie
“Greatheart”, by Juliet Marillier, FableCroft Publishing
“The most novelist”, by Zoë Meager, Overland
“Farewell Kelary, Farewell”, by Sean Monaghan, Air and Nothingness Press
“Spool”, by Dan Rabarts, Clan Destine Press
“Kaleidoscopes in the Dark”, by Bethany G. Rogers
“Born from the Drowning Forest”, by James Rowland, Strange Horizons 17 October 2022
“The Meeting of Two Riders”, by James Rowland, Chimeara Publications
“One Last Job”, by Jamie Sands, Grey Kelpie Studio
“From Here”, by Grant Stone, Kaleidotrope
“I Welcome the Ant Colonies in Our House”, by Tehnuka, The Hennepin Review
“My mother was born from an apple”, by Tehnuka
“Elephant Doctor”, by Tehnuka
“The Stars Above Eos”, M. Darusha Wehm, Fireside Press
“A Fearful Hold”, by Rem Wigmore, in What Music They Make: Works Inspired by Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Best Collected Work
The Devil Took Her – Tales of Horror, by Michael Botur, The Sager Group
Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy Volume 4, edited by Emily Brill-Holland
Home Theatre, by Anthony Lapwood, Te Herenga Waka University Press
Kaleidoscopes in the dark, by Bethany G Rogers
Tales From The Tavern, by Jamie Sands, Grey Kelpie Studio
Reflections, by Tabatha Wood
Best Artwork
Cover of Xenocultivars: Stories of Queer Growth, created by Laya Rose
Cover of Last Fallen Moon, created by Vivienne To
Cover of Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy Vol 4, created by Rebecca Hawkes
Mona (Dislyte), created by Deanna Gunn
Miriel and Galadriel, created by Xephia
Best Production/Publication
The Black Archive #61 – Paradise Towers, by John Toon, Diverse Books
Best New Talent
Tehnuka
Oliver Dace
S.J. Pratt
Nikky Lee
Fan Awards
Best Fan Artwork
A little bit of rain, by Ashley Langlocke
Jinx, by Leadambeck
Gentle Dove, by Saeflin
Best Fan Production/Publication
Phoenixine, edited by John and Jo Toon, Phoenix Science Fiction Society
Best Fan Writing
Review of Violet Black, by Dylan Howell, My Opinion on Books
Two Computers Discuss Human Happiness, by Ashley Langlocke
“SITREP”, by Alex Lindsay, as published in Phoenixine
Pass the Rules, by Jo Toon, as published in Phoenixine
Conservation, Red in Tooth and Claw, by Rem Wigmore
No Horror Without the Body: How Body Horror Helped Me Embrace Being Nonbinary, by Tabatha Wood
Services to Fandom
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