Sir Julius Vogel Awards for SF And Fantasy, 2020

One thing we all seem to have missed during the ConZealand convention was the awarding of the annual New Zealand awards for science fiction. I believe that as members we should have received copies of the nominees and voted, just for this year. Not sure what happened or who ended up voting, but here are the winners, with some links to where you can get them. There are some wonderful Kiwi authors out there, well worth checking out!

2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Winners

Winners for the 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand (SFFANZ).

Best Novel

• WINNER: The Dawnhounds, Sascha Stronach (Little Hook)
• The Blacksmith, Barbara Howe (IFWG Australia)
• The Prince of Secrets, A.J. Lancaster (Camberion)
• Solar Federation, S.E. Mulholland (self-published)
• Into the Ashes, Lee Murray (Severed)

Best Youth Novel

• WINNER: The Clockhill and the Thief, Gareth Ward (Walker Australia)
• Light in My Blood, Jean Gilbert & William Dresden (Rogue House)
• Tyrelia, SR Manssen (Manssen)
• Dragon Rift, Eileen Mueller (Phantom Feather)
• Ringlet and the Day the Oceans Stopped, Felicity Williams (The Cuba Press)

Best Novella/Novelette

• WINNER: From a Shadow Grave, Andi C. Buchanan (Paper Road)
• “Hunger’s Truth”, A.J. Fitzwater (Gigantosaurus 4/19)
• We All Fall, Helen Vivienne Fletcher (HVF)
• Would She Be Gone, Melanie Harding-Shaw (self-published)
• “Ventiforms”, Sean Monaghan (Asimov’s 1-2/19)

Best Short Story

• WINNER: “A Shriek Across the Sky”, Casey Lucas (Sponge 5/5/19)
• “Work and Income Gothic”, Jack Remiel Cottrell (Flash Frontier 12/19)
• “The Fisher”, Melanie Harding-Shaw (Newsroom 10/5/19)
• “Chasing Oumuamua”, Sean Monaghan (Asimov’s 5/19)
• “Losing Face”, Lee Murray (Tales of the Lost, Volume 1: We All Lose Something!)
• “Proof of Concept”, James Rowland (New Myths 12/19)

Best Collected Work

• WINNER: Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume 1, Marie Hodgkinson, ed. (Paper Road)
• Beyond the City Limits, Kura Carpenter, ed. (Wicked Unicorn)
• Flash Frontier: Speculative Fiction Issue, A.J. Fitzwater & Tim Jones, eds.
• Into the Mire, Casey Lucas (self-published)
• Dark Winds Over Wellington, Tabatha Wood (Wild Woods)

Best Professional Artwork

• WINNER: Cover for Dragon Pearl, Vivienne To
• Cover for The Dawnhounds, Pepper Curry
• Illustrations for Tio Tiamu/The Smelly Giant, Laya Rose
• Cover for From a Shadow Grave, Emma Weakley

Best Professional Production/Publication

• WINNER: Swords: The Webcomic, Matthew Willis
• Haunt.d, Kezia Tubbs

Best Dramatic Presentation

• WINNER: Doctor Who: The Elysian Blade, David Bishop (BBC Audio)

Best New Talent

• WINNER: Sascha Stronach
• Melanie Harding-Shaw
• A.J. Lancaster
• Denika Mead
• Stephen Mulholland

Best Fan Production/Publication

• WINNER: Plant Life
• Consequence LARP
• GeyserCon con book
• Phoenixine

Best Fan Writing

• WINNER: SITREP, Alex Lindsay (Phoenixine)
• “Welcome to the Con”, Grace Bridges (GeyserCon con book)

Best Fan Artwork

• WINNER: “Deet”, Laya Rose
• “Wandering Wild”, Michelle Kan
• “Aliens vs Geysers”, Kat Oliver
• “Wilder Girls”, Laya Rose

Services to Fandom

• WINNER: Grace Bridges

Services to Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

• WINNER: Melanie Harding-Shaw

Winners were selected by members of SFFANZ and CoNZealand, the 78th Worldcon (the first ever “virtual Worldcon”) and were announced on July 30, 2020.

For more information, see the SFFANZ website.