Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalists - 2020
Following are the Finalists for the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for 2020. The Finalists
are for the 2019 calendar year.
You can find the results for the 2020 SJV awards here.
The Long List of nominees is available here.
Professional Award Nominees
Best Novel |
The Dawnhounds
Sascha Stronach
Little Hook Press
The Blacksmith
Barbara Howe
IFWG Australia
Into the Ashes
Lee Murray
Severed Press
The Prince of Secrets
A.J. Lancaster
Camberion Press
Solar Federation
S.E. Mulholland
self-published |
Best Youth Novel |
The Clockhill and the Thief
Gareth Ward
Walker Books Australia
Tyrelia
S.R. Manssen
Manssen Publishing
Ringlet and the Day the Oceans Stopped
Felicity Williams
The Cuba Press
Dragon Rift: Riders of Fire book 3
Eileen Mueller
Phantom Feather Press
Light in my Blood
Jean Gilbert and William Dresden
Rogue House Publishing |
Best Novella / Novelette |
From a Shadow Grave
Andi C. Buchanan
Paper Road Press
We All Fall
Helen Vivinne Fletcher
HVF Publishing
Ventiforms
Sean Monaghan
Asimov's Science Fiction (Jan/Feb 2019)
Would She Be Gone
Melanie Harding-Shaw
self-published
Hunger's Truth
A.J. Fitzwater
Gigantosaurus |
Best Short Story |
“A Shriek Across the Sky”
Casey Lucas
Sponge Magazine
“Losing Face”
Lee Murray
Things in the Well Publications
“Work and Income Gothic”
Jack Remiel Cottrell
Flash Frontier
“The Fisher”
Melanie Harding-Shaw
Newsroom
“Chasing Oumuamua”
Sean Monaghan
Asimov's Science Fiction, issue 5, 2019.
“Proof of Concept”
James Rowland
NewMyths.com |
Best Collected Work |
Into the Mire
Casey Lucas
self-published
Dark Winds over Wellington - Chilling Tales of the Weird & the Strange
Tabatha Wood
Wild Woods Books
Year's Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy: volume 1
edited by Marie Hodgkinson
Paper Road Press
Beyond the City Limits: Fantasy and Science Fiction Anthology
edited by Kura Carpenter
Wicked Unicorn Press
Flash Frontier: Speculative Fiction Issue
Edited by A.J. Fitzwater and Tim Jones
Flash Frontier |
Best Professional Artwork |
Cover for The Dawnhounds
created by Pepper Curry
Cover for Dragon Pearl
created by Vivienne To
Cover for From a Shadow Grave
created by Emma Weakley
Illustrations for Tio Tiamu / The Smelly Giant
created by Laya Rose |
Best Professional Production/Publication |
Swords: The Webcomic
By Matthew Willis
https://swordscomic.com/comic/CCCLVIII/
Haunt.d
Kezia Tubbs
https://gumroad.com/l/hauntd
|
Best Dramatic Presentation |
Doctor Who: The Elysian Blade
David Bishop
BBC Audio |
Fan Award Nominees
Best Fan Artwork |
Wandering Wild
Michelle Kan
Aliens vs Geysers
Kat Oliver
Deet
Laya Rose
Wilder Girls
Laya Rose |
Best Fan Production/ Publication |
Geysercon con book
Produced by Grace Bridges
Plant Life
Laya Rose
Phoenixine
Produced by Lynelle and John Howell
Consequence LARP
Written by Callum Upton, Toby Stewart and Sarah Daymond. |
Best Fan Writing |
“SITREP”
Alex Lindsay
A monthly column in Phoenixine
“Welcome to the Con”
Grace Bridges
In GeyserCon con book |
Special Award Nominees
Best New Talent
(Nominations are numbered to aid clarity — the number has no other significance). |
Denika Mead
Stephen Mulholland
A.J. Lancaster
Melanie Harding-Shaw
Sascha Stronach |
Services to Fandom |
Grace Bridges
Grace Bridges chaired GeyserCon and does a great deal to support writers and artists both nationally and internationally. She represents NZ well on an international stage and encourages young creators to practice and pursue their own dreams. She plays well with others and is a good example of positive fandom.
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Grace Bridges has been an integral member of New Zealand’s fan community for over a decade. A writer, graphic artist, cosplayer, publisher, editor, gamer, speaker, panellist, mentor, and strong community activist.
Grace fully embraces her role as both a creator and a fan of science fiction and fantasy. Her formal roles include serving as chair of the GeyserCon National science fiction and fantasy convention
Rotorua June 2019, as a member of the Core of SpecFicNZ for close to a decade (and President of the group for much of that), and as an active member of Young New Zealand Writers (promoting and developing young creatives in science fiction and fantasy) from 2017 onwards. She promotes New Zealand genre work and fandom both locally and internationally and advocates for a science fiction and fantasy community which encourages inclusiveness for all. Most of Grace’s spare time over the past ten years has been devoted to growing and supporting our fan community—usually while dressed as Capt. Kathryn Janeway or as your favourite TimeLord—making her a highly worthy recipient of this award. |
Services to Science Fiction
Fantasy and Horror |
Melanie Harding-Shaw
Mel has been instrumental in bridging the gap between Kiwi SFF and Worldcon. She has organized a local group of Wellington writers across the SFF spectrum,including those who are familiar with Kiwi fandom and those who have historically worked in the literary scene. She is also coordinating Kiwi SFF participants at CoNZealand, both ensuring a wide variety of voices and encouraging those who might not otherwise attend to consider doing so. She is involved both with SpecFicNZ and the New Zealand Society of Authors to bring all authors of speculative work together to share knowledge and resources and celebrate Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror writing in Aotearoa. |
Note: Nominees are presented in randomised order.
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards recognise excellence in Science Fiction
Fantasy and Horror by New Zealanders.
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards are given for work by fans and professionals that was undertaken
completed or released in the year previous to voting. This year the works being voted on are from 2019. They are voted on by New Zealand fans and are presented at the National Science Fiction convention each year.
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards are administered by SFFANZ
the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand Inc.
SFFANZ supports Science Fiction and Fantasy in New Zealand and can be contacted at enquiries@sffanz.org.nz http://www.sffanz.org.nz |
