Tehani Croft Wessely reminds us that, although the closing date for Aurealis Awards entries is in December, the sooner entries are in the better. There is a lot of reading for the judges and early entries take some of the pressure off. Below, shared from her blog, is the latest media release.
Reminder: Aurealis
Awards entries
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2012 Aurealis
Awards – Enter now
The Aurealis
Awards are open for entry, with the end of the entry period starting to loom.
The Aurealis Awards, Australia’s premier
awards for speculative fiction, are for works of speculative fiction written by
an Australian citizen or permanent resident, published for the first time
between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012.
Categories
include novels, short stories, YA, and illustrated works.
Entering work
in the Aurealis Awards is easy and free.
All you need to
do is go to our website www.aurealisawards.com and fill in the online
form. We’ll then send you details of where to send your work for judging.
But hurry!
Entries close midnight 23 December 2012. Why
are we asking for entries now? All our judges are volunteers, and by
encouraging early entry, we ensure that all works are given fair consideration.
Works received very late in the reading period may only have a short time to be
considered (shortlists are released early in 2013), and some categories have
very heavy reading loads. We appreciate
your support in ensuring all entries can receive the attention they deserve by
entering early!
Nominations for
the Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award for Excellence also close on 31 December
2012. This award is for achievement in speculative fiction or related areas. It
may take into account a body of work over a number of years; it can also be for
a work of non-fiction, artwork, electronic or multimedia work, film or TV
released in 2012 that brings credit or attention to the speculative fiction
genres.
Finalists will
be announced in March 2013 with winners presented at a special awards evening
in Sydney in May 2013.
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