The 2010 Aurealis Finalists have been announced.

The YA finalists are:

  • Merrow, Ananda Braxton-­Smith
  • Guardian of the Dead, Karen Healey
  • The Midnight Zoo, Sonya Hartnett
  • The Life of a Teenage Body-­Snatcher, Doug MacLeod
  • Behemoth (Leviathan, #2),Scott Westerfeld

The YA short story finalists are:

  • Inksucker, Aidan Doyle, Worlds Next Door

  • One Story, No Refunds, Dirk Flinthart, Shiny #6
  • A Thousand Flowers, Margo Lanagan, Zombies Vs Unicorns
  • Nine Times, Kaia Landelius & Tansy Rayner Roberts, Worlds Next Door
  • An Ordinary Boy, Jen White, The Tangled Bank

I love that they have a short story award -- not a whole lot of book awards do.

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(via Misrule)

Books -- YALeila RoyComment