Category: Awards

2022 Australian Shadows Awards finalists announced!

The judges have read everything with great criticism, arguments were had, fights broke out and bodies were buried in shallow graves… *touches earpiece* Errr, okay. I’m being told none of that happened. In fact, all the judges did an amazing job and our huge thanks go out to them.

And now, the AHWA is very …

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AHWA member Geneve Flynn becomes the second Australian author in history to win two prestigious Bram Stoker Awards®

Last year, Geneve Flynn won the 2020 Bram Stoker Award® for her work on Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, an anthology of Southeast Asian horror co-edited with celebrated New Zealand author and AHWA member Lee Murray.

This year’s award event was hosted by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) during StokerCon in Denver, Colorado. …

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2021 Australian Shadows Awards presentation video

For anyone who missed the live broadcast of the Australian Shadows Awards presentations last night, the recording is now up on our YouTube channel here:

2021 Australian Shadows Awards Winners!

Huge congratulations to the 2021 Australian Shadows Awards winners, and to all the finalists. Massive thanks to all the judges and everyone at the AHWA that makes these awards possible.

NON-FICTION

Vampire Poetry by Kyla Lee Ward (Hippocampus Press)

I’m Looking Right At You, HP Lovecraft by Jack Dann (IFWG)

The Curious Reclassification of Peter …

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2021 AUSTRALIAN SHADOWS AWARDS Live Ceremony

AUSTRALIAN SHADOWS AWARDS Live Ceremony! There will be an online Zoom live ceremony to announce the winners of the 2021 Australian Shadows Awards on Tuesday the 12th April at 9pm AEST. Everyone is welcome, it will be a public event. If you’re a finalist, wear your comfy best as winners will be invited to turn …

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