Longlist Finalists for this year’s Sir Julius Vogel Awards announced

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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