And the Winners are.....

The Fantasy Awards were won by :

Best Fantasy Novel: The Two Pearls of Wisdom by Alison Goodman
Best Fantasy Short Story: "Sammarynda Deep" by Cat Sparks

NB: The Two Pearls of Wisdom, Eon Dragoneye Reborn and Eon Rise of the Dragoneye are the same book published in different countries under different titles.

Details of the other awards : Aurealis winners are named

Sounds interesting - I'm going ot look into Tender Morsels


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I noticed that Neil Gaiman gave a 5 star rating to Tender Morsels and so has our group member Alisa and that this novel is also a 2009 Printz Contender running at 9th position on Goodreads Listopia: Listopia - Printz Contenders. This novel looks like it has a good chance of winning the Award from reading other comments elsewhere: 2009 Mock Printz

In Australia there are two recognized awards for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction, the Aurealis and the Ditmar. The Aurealis differs to the Ditmar in that it divides work into sub-genre and age categories.

The 2008 Aurealis Awards will be held in Brisbane, Australia on Saturday 24 January when the winners will be announced.

Best fantasy novel finalists are :

The Two Pearls of Wisdom by Alison Goodman
Amberlight by Sylvia Kelso
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
The Riven Kingdom by Karen Miller

There are also Awards for best fantasy short story.

For a list of nominations in all genres and more information on the awards :
2008 Aurealis Awards - Finalists