Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, whose story "The Human Moth" is shortlisted for Best Horror Short Fiction and whose story "Air, Water and the Grove" is shortlisted for Best SF Short Fiction, and Ian McHugh, whose story "Cold, Cold War" is listed for Best Fantasy Short Fiction at the 2013 Aurealis [...]
(and for the last bit of December when we were all flaked out on holidays) CONGRATULATIONS! To Kaaron Warren, whose story "Air, Water and the Grove" has been included in The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2014 from Prime Books. To Alan Baxter, whose story "The Fathomed Wreck To See" and [...]
Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, for continuing to win all of the awards in 2013 and picking up an ACT Publishing Award for Through Splintered Walls. To Zena Shapter, for winning the Glen Miles Short Story Prize with her story "Champions". Covers! Donna Hanson has the cover of (technically) her first [...]
CONGRATULATIONS! To Shauna O'Meara who did indeed win a second placing in the Writers of the Future contest with the story that was shortlisted last month. Yay, Shauna! To Jo Clay (writing as J.T. Clay) whose debut novel, A Single Girl's Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, has been published by [...]
(and other CSFG Member News for September 2013) CONGRATULATIONS! To Alan, who has signed a THREE BOOK DEAL with HarperVoyager Australia! To (and fingers-crossed for) Shauna O'Meara, who has a story among the finalists in the Writes of the Future contest. Upcoming Workshops and Courses Gillian Polack will be commencing [...]
Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, who's novella "Sky" (having cleaned up all the available Australian awards and the Shirley Jackson Award) has been shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award! To Donna Hanson, who's story "She'll be right" has been long-listed for the Carmel Bird Award. To the 3 CSFGers whose stories [...]
Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, whose novella "Sky", having cleaned up all the available Australian national awards, has gone on to win the international Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella! To Simon Petrie, whose novella "Flight 404" won the Sir Julius Vogel Award for best Novella/Novelette! The cover illustration, by original [...]
Welcome! To new CSFG members Helen Stubbs, Patty Jansen and Zena Shapter. Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren, after her swag of Ditmar and Australian Shadows awards, who completed the trifecta for "Sky" with a win at the Aurealis Awards for Best Horror Short Story. To Simon Dewar, whose first pro sale, [...]
Congratulations! To Kaaron Warren for winning... well, pretty much everything on offer: Through Splintered Walls won the Ditmar and Australian Shadows awards for Best Collection and "Sky" won the Ditmar for Best Novella and Australian Shadow for Best Long Fiction. To Nicole Murphy for launching her In Fabula-divino anthology at Conflux 9 [...]
Congratulations! To Kaaron, who was nominated for Ditmar Awards in the Best Novelette or Novella and Best Collected Work categories for her story "Sky" and her collection Through Splintered Walls. "Sky" and Through Splintered Walls were also nominated for Australian Shadows Awards in the Long Fiction and Collection categories, and Kaaron's stories "Creek", [...]