Sir Julius Vogel Award nominations

Sir Julius Vogel Award Nominations - 2011

In 1889 Sir Julius Vogel, Prime Minister of New Zealand, published the first full-length science fiction novel written by a New Zealander.  Called Anno Domini 2000, it accurately predicted the rise of women to social and governmental power.

For the past ten years, fan-voted awards have been presented in his name, to writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.  Voting takes place about the National Science Fiction convention, and the winners get the really gorgeous gadget pictured. 

And this year the finalists are:

Best Novel -

Barking Death Squirels by Douglas A. Van Belle (Random Static)

The Heir Of Night by Helen Lowe (Orbit)

The Questing Road by Lyn McConchie (Tor Books)

Tymon's Flight by Mary Victoria (HarperCollins Publishers Australia)

Geist by Philippa Ballantine (Ace)

Best Young Adult Novel -

Aria by Rowina De Silva (AM Publishing, New Zealand)

Ebony Hill by Anna Mackenzie (Random House)

Guardian Of The Dead by Karen Healey (Allen And Unwin)

Into The Wilderness by Mandy Hager (Random House)

Summer Of Dreaming by Lyn McConchie (Cyberwizard Productions)

Best Novella / Novelette -

"A Tale Of The Interferers - Hunger For Forbidden Flesh" by Paul Haines (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #46)

"L" by Bill Direen (A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction - Random Static)

"Her Gallant Needs" by Paul Haines (Sprawl Anthology, Twelfth Planet Press)

Best Short Story -

"Consumed" by Lee Murray (A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction - Random Static)

"High Tide At Hot Water Beach" by Paul Haines (A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction - Random Static)

"The Future Of The Sky" by Ripley Patton (A Foreign Country: New Zealand Speculative Fiction - Random Static)

"The Interview" by Darian Smith (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #49)

"I've Seen This Man" by Paul Haines (Scenes From The Second Storey - Morrigan Books)