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Aurealis Award for Best Young Adult Novel

Annual Australian award for fiction

Summary

Annual Australian award for fiction

Field	Value
name	Aurealis Award for best young adult novel
imagesize	119px
alt	A gold colored circle with the words "aurealis awards" across the middle, and "winner" situated in the lower portion. In the top portion is a smaller black and white circle with various curving lines and a shape of an eye in the middle
caption	The Aurealis Award design is often placed on the winning book's cover as a promotional tool.
awarded_for	Excellence in young adult speculative fiction novels
presenter	Chimaera Publications,
Continuum Foundation
country	Australia
year	1995
holder	Kathryn Barker
website	Official site
status	Active

Continuum Foundation

The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.

Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. Categories currently include science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative young adult fiction—with separate awards for novels and short fiction—collections, anthologies, illustrative works or graphic novels, children's books, and an award for excellence in speculative fiction. The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchmark in science fiction and fantasy. The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has added weight to the honour of the award.

The results are decided by a panel of judges from a list of submitted nominees; the long-list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of finalists. Ties can occur if the panel decides that both entries show equal merit, however they are encouraged to choose a single winner. The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award's management team.

This article lists all the short-list nominees and winners in the best young-adult novel category, as well as novels that have been highly commended. Four people have won the award twice – Isobelle Carmody, Garth Nix, Scott Westerfeld, and most recently Kathryn Barker. Nix and Westerfeld hold the record for most nominations with nine, and Rory Barnes has the most nominations without winning, having been a losing finalist five times.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the book's eligibility; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature" article. Entries with a blue background have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list.

Winners and joint winners

Nominees on the shortlist

A man facing the right focused on his upper body. He is wearing a light brown jacket, and a white shirt.]] [[File:KerryGreenwood.jpg — Sean Williams]] has been a finalist twice, most recently in 2009.

Year	Author(s)	Novel	Publisher	Ref	2021	2023
*	Deucalion	UQP
*	Sabriel	Moonstone
	Ashling	Viking Press
	Witch Bank	Puffin Books
		Pan Macmillan
*	Mirror, Mirror	Hodder Headline
*		Moonstone
	Beyond the Hanging Wall	Voyager Books
	Firedancer	Penguin Books
		Hodder Headline
*	Greylands	Puffin Books
*	Eye to Eye	Puffin Books
		Moonstone
& Rory Barnes	Zones	Moonstone
	Shade's Children	Allen & Unwin
*	Singing the Dogstar Blues	HarperCollins	url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis1999.html	title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 1999 Aurealis Awards	publisher=Locus Online	access-date=2010-01-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424013317/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis1999.html	archive-date= 24 April 2010	url-status=dead }}
	Horsehead Boy	HarperCollins
	Killing Darcy	UQP
		Omnibus Books
		Pan Macmillan
*		Omnibus Books	url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2000.html	title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2000 Aurealis Awards	publisher=Locus Online	access-date=2010-01-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424092453/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2000.html	archive-date= 24 April 2010	url-status=dead }}
	Horsehead Man	HarperCollins
& Rory Barnes	Stuck in Fast Forward	HarperCollins
	Into the Dark	Viking Press
		Viking Press
*	Thursday's Child	Penguin Books	url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2001.html	title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2001 Aurealis Awards	publisher=Locus Online	access-date=2010-01-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424013332/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2001.html	archive-date= 24 April 2010	url-status=live }}
	Horsehead Soup	HarperCollins
	Ferren and the Angel	Penguin Books
	Omega	Random House
		Hodder Headline
*		Angus & Robertson	url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2002.html	title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2002 Aurealis Awards	publisher=Locus Online	access-date=2010-01-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424014414/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2002.html	archive-date= 24 April 2010	url-status=dead }}
		Allen & Unwin
	Lirael	Allen & Unwin
		Penguin Books
	Terra-Farma	Viking Press
*		Hodder Headline	url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2003.html	title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2003 Aurealis Awards	publisher=Locus Online	access-date=2010-01-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424100210/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2003.html	archive-date= 24 April 2010	url-status=live }}
		Pan Books
	Mum, Me, the 19th C	Angus & Robertson
	Fireworks and Darkness	Angus & Robertson
*	Abhorsen	Allen & Unwin
*	Dragonkeeper	Black Dog Books
		HarperCollins
*		Eos	url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2005.html	title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2005 Aurealis Awards	publisher=Locus Online	access-date=2010-01-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423084551/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2005.html	archive-date= 23 April 2010	url-status=live }}
	Flesh and Blood	HarperCollins
	Undine	Random House
	Hot Nights, Cool Dragons	Allen & Unwin
*	Alyzon Whitestarr	Penguin Books	url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2006.html	title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2006 Aurealis Awards	publisher=Locus Online	access-date=2010-01-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420221639/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2006.html	archive-date= 20 April 2010	url-status=dead }}
	Nightpeople	UQP
	Magic or Madness	Penguin Books
	Peeps	Penguin Books
	Uglies	Simon & Schuster
*	Foundling	Omnibus Books	url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2007.html	title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2007 Aurealis Awards	publisher=Locus Online	access-date=2010-01-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423065700/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2007.html	archive-date= 23 April 2010	url-status=dead }}
		ABC Books
	Magic Lessons	Penguin Books
	Wildwood Dancing	Pan Macmillan
		Penguin Books
*	Skyfall	UQP	url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2008.html	title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2008 Aurealis Awards	publisher=Locus Online	access-date=2010-01-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424014424/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2008.html	archive-date= 24 April 2010	url-status=dead }}
	Taste of Lightning	Allen & Unwin
	Cybele's Secret	Pan Macmillan
	Heart of Gold	Random House
	Extras	Simon Pulse
*	Finnikin of the Rock	Viking Press	title= "SFADB: Aurealis Awards 2009"	publisher= SFADB	url= https://www.sfadb.com/Aurealis_Awards_2009	access-date= 29 March 2024	archive-date= 29 March 2024	archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240329034843/https://www.sfadb.com/Aurealis_Awards_2009	url-status= live}}
		Viking Press
	Lamplighter	Omnibus Books
		HarperCollins
		Angus & Robertson
*	Leviathan	Penguin Books	url=http://aurealisawards.com/downloads/YA.pdf	title=Aurealis Awards 2009: Young Adult Judges' Report	publisher=Aurealis Awards	access-date=2010-01-31	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707185355/http://aurealisawards.com/downloads/YA.pdf	archive-date= 7 July 2011	url-status=dead }}
		Pan Macmillan
		Puffin Books
		Allen & Unwin
		HarperCollins
*		Allen & Unwin	url=http://www.aurealisawards.com/winners2010.pdf	title=2010 Aurealis Award winners	publisher=SpecFaction NSW	date=21 May 2011	access-date=2011-05-30	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821155648/http://www.aurealisawards.com/winners2010.pdf	archive-date=21 August 2011	url-status=dead }}
		Black Dog Books
		Penguin Books
		Penguin Books
		Penguin Books
*	Only Ever Always	Allen & Unwin	url=http://www.aurealisawards.com/media-release_winners2011.pdf	title=2011 Aurealis Award winners	publisher=SpecFaction NSW	access-date=2012-05-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903075928/http://www.aurealisawards.com/media-release_winners2011.pdf	archive-date=3 September 2013	url-status=dead }}
	Shift	Hardie Grant Egmont
	Secrets of Carrick: Tantony	Black Dog Books
		Allen & Unwin
	Black Glass	Scribe Publications
* (tie)	Dead, Actually	Allen & Unwin
* (tie)	Sea Hearts	Allen & Unwin
	And All the Stars	Andrea K. Hosth
	**	Walker Books
	Into That Forest	Allen & Unwin
& Meagan Spooner* (tie)	These Broken Stars	Allen & Unwin
* (tie)	Fairytales for Wilde Girls	Random House Australia
	**	HarperCollins
	Hunting	Andrea K. Hösth
	**	University of Queensland Press
*	**	Pan Macmillan Australia	title = And the winners are...	url = http://aurealisawards.org/2015/04/12/and-the-winners-are/	publisher = Conflux	date = 2015-04-12	access-date = 12 April 2015	archive-date = 25 May 2015	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150525060344/http://aurealisawards.org/2015/04/12/and-the-winners-are/	url-status = live }}
		Text Publishing
	Afterworld	Allen & Unwin
	Clariel	Allen & Unwin
		UQP
	Afterworlds	Penguin Books Australia
*	In the Skin of a Monster	Allen & Unwin	title = The Winners of the 2015 Aurealis Awards	url = https://aurealisawards.org/2016/03/25/the-winners-of-the-2015-aurealis-awards/	publisher = WASFF	date = 2016-03-25	access-date = 2016-03-25	archive-date = 9 June 2023	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230609003831/https://aurealisawards.org/2016/03/25/the-winners-of-the-2015-aurealis-awards/	url-status = live }}
	Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club	HarperCollins
	**	HarperVoyager
	Day Boy	Text Publishing
and Jay Kristoff	Illuminae	Allen & Unwin
	Hush	Penguin Random House Australia
*	Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact	HarperCollins Publishers	title = Announcing the Winners of the 2016 Aurealis Awards!	url = https://aurealisawards.org/2017/04/14/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2016-aurealis-awards/	publisher = WASFF	date = 2017-04-14	access-date = 2017-04-22	archive-date = 16 April 2017	archive-url = https://archive.today/20170416210023/https://aurealisawards.org/2017/04/14/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2016-aurealis-awards/	url-status = live }}
	Elegy	Penguin Random House Australia
	**	Penguin Books Australia
	**	Penguin Random House Australia
and Jay Kristoff	Gemima: The Illuminae Files 2	Allen & Unwin
	Goldenhand	Allen & Unwin
*		Hardie Grant Egmont	title = 2017 Aurealis Awards shortlist announcement!	url = https://aurealisawards.org/2018/02/15/2017-aurealis-awards-shortlist-announcement/	publisher = WASFF	date = 2018-02-15	access-date = 2018-03-12	archive-date = 12 March 2018	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180312023053/https://aurealisawards.org/2018/02/15/2017-aurealis-awards-shortlist-announcement/	url-status = live }}
		Bonnier Publishing Australia
		Allen & Unwin
		Puffin UK
	**	Seizure
	**	Text Publishing
& Ezekiel Kwaymullina*		Allen & Unwin	title = 2018 Aurealis Awards Winners	url = https://aurealisawards.org/2019/05/05/2018-aurealis-awards-winners/	publisher = Continuum Foundation	date = 2019-05-05	access-date = 2019-05-05	archive-date = 9 June 2019	archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190609185427/https://aurealisawards.org/2019/05/05/2018-aurealis-awards-winners/	url-status = live }}
		Walker Books Australia
	Lifel1k3	Allen & Unwin
		HarperCollins Publishers
	**	HarperCollins Publishers
		Allen & Unwin
& Jay Kristoff*		Allen & Unwin	date=2020-07-29	title=Aurealis Awards 2019 winners announced	url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/07/29/154412/aurealis-awards-2019-winners-announced/	access-date=2020-08-03	website=Books+Publishing	language=en-AU	archive-date=16 February 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216120222/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/07/29/154412/aurealis-awards-2019-winners-announced/	url-status=live}}
		Scholastic
		University of Queensland Press
		Allen & Unwin
		Macmillan
		SOV Media
*		Allen & Unwin	date=2021-07-09	title=Aurealis Awards 2020 winners announced	url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/07/09/189384/aurealis-awards-2020-winners-announced/	url-status=live	access-date=2021-07-09	website=Books+Publishing	language=en-AU	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709012007/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/07/09/189384/aurealis-awards-2020-winners-announced/	archive-date=9 July 2021 }}
Asphyxia		Allen & Unwin
and Jay Kristoff		Allen & Unwin
and Meagan Spooner		Allen & Unwin
		Allen & Unwin
		Allen & Unwin
*		Allen & Unwin	title=sfadb: Aurealis Awards 2022	url=https://www.sfadb.com/Aurealis_Awards_2022	access-date=2022-06-30	website=www.sfadb.com	archive-date=23 June 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623022251/https://www.sfadb.com/Aurealis_Awards_2022	url-status=live }}
and Jay Kristoff		Allen & Unwin
		Text
		Walker Books Australia
		Allen & Unwin
		Allen & Unwin
	Only a Monster	Allen & Unwin
	Night Lights	Fourteen Press
	The Rarkyn's Familiar	Parliament House Press
	If You Could See the Sun	HQ Fiction
	We Who Hunt the Hollow	Hardie Grant
Katya de Becerra	When Ghosts Call Us Home	Macmillan	last=locusmag	date=2024-05-20	title=2023 Aurealis Award Winners	url=https://locusmag.com/2024/05/2023-aurealis-award-winners/	access-date=2024-09-06	website=Locus Online	language=en-US}}
Graham Akhurst	Borderland	UWA
Caleb Finn	Archives of Despair	Penguin Random House Australia
Melanie Kanicky	The Weaver	MidnightSun
sydney khoo	The Spider and Her Demons	Penguin Random House Australia
Nathan Taylor	The Non-Magical Declan Moore	Magpie Drive

Most nominations (as of the 2022 ceremony celebrating 2021 nominees):

Garth Nix (9)
Scott Westerfeld (9)
Jay Kristoff (8)
Amie Kaufman (7)
Isobelle Carmody (4)
Alison Goodman (4)
Rory Barnes (3)
Victor Kelleher (3)
Juliet Marillier (3)

Double wins (as of the 2022 ceremony celebrating 2021 nominees):

Kathryn Barker (2)
Isobelle Carmody (2)
Garth Nix (2)
Scott Westerfeld (2)

High commendations

The high commendations are announced alongside the list of finalists for their respected year of eligibility. In the following table, the years correspond to the year of the book's eligibility; the ceremonies are always held the following year. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature" article.

Author	Novel	Publisher	Ref	2005
	Lothian Books	url=http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf	title=Aurealis Awards, previous years' results	publisher=Aurealis Awards	date=1995–2008	access-date=2010-01-19	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224172144/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf	archive-date= 24 December 2010	url-status=dead }}
Breathe	Random House
Pretties	Simon & Schuster

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