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Aurealis Magazine
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Australia's longest running science fiction and fantasy magazine, est. 1990.
Subscriptions only $25USD. https://aurealis.com.au
Aurealis #186 brims with top non-fiction: 'Pioneering SF Women International Inspiration: Lily Adams Beck' by Lynne Lumsden Green, 'JRR Tolkien’s ‘The New Shadow’: Forgotten Sequel to The Lord of the Rings' by Joseph Sullivan and 'What SF Gets Wrong About AI' by Matthew Harrison.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Showcasing the brilliant internal art from Aurealis #186, our last issue for 2025 and here's Rayji de Guia's exquisite illustration for 'Tucking my Feathers in your Brittle Heart' by Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos.
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Showcasing the brilliant internal art from Aurealis #186, our last issue for 2025, and here's Hannah Dunn's moody and evocative illustration for 'The Beasties' by Dorothy-Jane Daniels.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Showcasing the brilliant internal artwork from Aurealis #186, our last issue for 2025, and here's Peter Allert's amazing illustration for 'The Great Tree Migration' by Sam Cecins.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
So rich, so rare, so exhilarating – Aurealis #185, our October 2025 issue, is here.
Get it, or subscribe, at www.aurealis.com.au
October 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Novel Award:

The Winner is:

The Dead Spot
by Caroline Angel

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux #AHWA
October 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Paul Haines Award:

The Winner is:

Redhead Town
By Deborah Sheldon

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux #AHWA
October 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Short Fiction Award:

The Winner is:
Archive of the Dead
by Pamela Jeffs

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux
October 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Rocky Wood Award:

The Winner is:
Long be mightmar'd by Kyla Ward

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux
October 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Comic Book Works:

The Winner is:
Gormand Go by Jason Franks

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Australasian Shadows Awards 2024
Edited Works:

The Winner is:
Death in the Mouth Vol2:
By Sloane Leong and Cassie Hart

#AustralasianShadows Awards 2024 #CSFG #Conflux
October 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Aurealis has unearthed and reanimated a series of forgotten Australian classic speculative fiction. Ranging from the 1880s to the 1930s, this selection shows the vital contribution that speculative fiction plays in Australia’s literary history.
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September 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Time to showcase our brilliant internal art from Aurealis #184, our latest issue.
Here’s Hannah Dunn’s perfect illustration for 'Farmhouse of the Lost and Found' by Ramez Yoakeim.
September 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Time to showcase our brilliant internal art from Aurealis #184, our latest issue.
Here’s Joel Bisaillon’s superb illustration for 'Goes the Way of the Seabird' by Mia Kelly.
September 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Time to showcase our brilliant internal art from Aurealis #184, our latest issue.
Here’s Jimmy Spence’s moody and evocative illustration for 'The Sound Your Soul Makes When It's Happy' by Markus Wessel.
September 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Short story acceptance from the wonderful @aurealisfsf.bsky.social! Can’t wait to share my 2nd person, unreliable narrator doppelgängers in space story “Form a Shape, Besides Yourself” with you in Sept 2026 🚀🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒👩‍✈️🤷‍♀️🤱👨‍💼🌌

Quiet year so far publications-wise but 3 acceptances and 2 holds currently 🎉👀
September 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Aurealis - a ten issue subscription for less than $4 per issue. Go to www.aurealis.com.au and sign on!
September 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Aurealis #184, our latest issue, is chockers with fascinating genre related non-fiction: ‘Alienated Labour in The Substance and Mickey 17’ by Ani White, ‘The God Pan and English Fantasy’ by Emmet O'Cuana and an exclusive interview with SF legend Alan Dean Foster, conducted by Trevor Howis!
September 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Aurealis #184, our September issue, is here! Get it or subscribe at www.aurealis.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Showcasing the sensational internal art in Aurealis #183, our latest issue, here's Kim Lennard's brilliant illustration for Lindsey Duncan’s stylish 'Harmony in Ninths'.
August 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Showcasing the sensational internal art in Aurealis #183, our latest issue, here's Leah Clementson’s amazing illustration for Lisa Knight’s exploration of redemption, ‘Companion Club’.
August 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Showcasing the extraordinary internal art in Aurealis #183, our latest issue, here's Joshua Hardie’s stunning illustration for Ceinwen Langley’s creepy ‘I Need Help’.
August 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Kalopsia: a state of mind where everything looks beautiful.
August 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Aurealis #183 is out now! Get it or subscribe at www.aurealis.com.au
August 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Aurealis #182 out now, with stories from Anthony Roberts, Aggie Novak, Gabriella Campbell and Iseult Murphy, illustrations from Kim Lennard, Zuzanna Kwiecien, Hannah Dunn and Joshua Hardie, non-fiction is by Lynne Lumsden Green, Claire Fitzpatrick and Rebecca Langham.
#aurealis
July 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM