Les Aurealis Awards récompensent depuis 1995 les meilleures productions d'auteurs australiens. Voici la liste des nominés pour l'année 2012 : 

Fantasy Novel 
The Undivided, by Jennifer Fallon 
Ember and Ash, by Pamela Freeman 
Stormlord’s Exile, by Glenda Larke 
Debris, by Jo Anderton 
The Shattered City, by Tansy Rayner Roberts 

Fantasy Short Story 
“Fruit of the Pipal Tree,” by Thoraiya Dyer 
“The Proving of Smollett Standforth,” by Margo Lanagan 
“Into the Clouds on High,” by Margo Lanagan 
“Reading Coffee,” by Anthony Panegyris 
“The Dark Night of Anton Weiss,” by D.C. White 

Science Fiction Novel 
Machine Man, by Max Barry 
Children of Scarabaeus, by Sara Creasy 
The Waterboys, by Peter Docker 
Black Glass, by Meg Mundell 
The Courier’s New Bicycle, by Kim Westwood 

Science Fiction Short Story 
“Flowers in the Shadow of the Garden,” by Joanne Anderton 
“Desert Madonna,” by Robert Hood 
“SIBO,” by Penelope Love 
“Dead Low,” by Cat Sparks 
“Rains of la Strange,” by Robert N Stephenson 

Horror Novel 
No award will be presented in this category, but there are two honorable mentions. 
The Broken Ones, by Stephen M. Irwin 
The Business of Death, by Trent Jamieson 

Horror Short Story 
“And the Dead Shall Outnumber the Living,” by Deborah Biancotti 
“The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt,” by Paul Haines 
“The Short Go: a Future in Eight Seconds,” by Lisa L. Hannett 
“Mulberry Boys,” by Margo Lanagan 
“The Coffin Maker’s Daughter,” by Angela Slatter 

Young Adult Novel 
Shift, by Em Bailey 
Secrets of Carrick: Tantony, by Ananda Braxton-Smith 
The Shattering, by Karen Healey 
Black Glass, by Meg Mundell 
Only Ever Always, by Penni Russon 

Young Adult Short Story 
“Nation of the Night,” by Sue Isle 
“Finishing School,” by Kathleen Jennings 
“Seventy-Two Derwents,” by Cate Kennedy 
“One Window,” by Martine Murray 
“The Patrician,” by Tansy Rayner Roberts 

Children’s Fiction (told primarily through words) 
The Outcasts, by John Flanagan 
The Paradise Trap, by Catherine Jinks 
“It Began with a Tingle,” by Thalia Kalkapsakis 
The Coming of the Whirlpool, by Andrew McGahan 
City of Lies, by Lian Tanner 

Children’s Fiction (told primarily through pictures) 
The Ghost of Annabel Spoon, by Aaron Blabey (author and illustrator) 
Sounds Spooky, by Christopher Cheng (author) and Sarah Davis (illustrator) 
The Last Viking, by Norman Jorgensen (author) and James Foley (illustrator) 
The Deep: Here be Dragons, by Tom Taylor (author) and James Brouwer (illustrator) 
Vampyre, by Margaret Wild (author) and Andrew Yeo (illustrator) 

Illustrated Book/Graphic Novel 
Hidden, by Mirranda Burton (author and illustrator) 
Torn, by Andrew Constant (author) and Joh James (illustrator), additional illustrators Nicola Scott, Emily Smith 
Salsa Invertebraxa, by Mozchops (author and illustrator) (Pecksniff Press) 
The Eldritch Kid: Whiskey and Hate, by Christian Read (author) and Michael Maier (illustrator) 
The Deep: Here be Dragons, by Tom Taylor (author) and James Brouwer (illustrator) 

Anthology 
Ghosts by Gaslight, edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers 
Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2010, edited by Liz Grzyb and Talie Helene 
Ishtar, edited by Amanda Pillar and KV Taylor 
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 5, edited by Jonathan Strahan 
Life on Mars, edited by Jonathan Strahan 

Collection 
Bad Power, by Deborah Biancotti 
Last Days of Kali Yuga, by Paul Haines 
Bluegrass Symphony, by Lisa Hannett 
Nightsiders, by Sue Isle 
Love and Romanpunk, by Tansy Rayner Roberts 

(Source : SF Signal)