Press Release – For Immediate Release – 3rd June 2009
Sir Julius Vogel Awards for New Zealand Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
2009 Results Announced
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Sir Julius
Vogel Awards. Categories and winners in each category are listed.
Professional Awards Section
Best Novel - Adult
Winner : Dark Heart by Russell Kirkpatrick (HarperVoyager, HarperCollins, NZ)
Best Novel - Young Adult
Winner : Thornspell by Helen Lowe (Knopf, Random House Children’s Books, USA)
Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form
Winner : Skankenstein – the music video
Created by Krafthaus, Wellington, NZ
Executive Producer - David Stubbs
Producer - Gina Ross
Director - Jeremy Mansford
Animators - Lucas Brooking, Sam Webber, Curtis Baigent, Rodney Selby, Eion McNaught
Illustrator - Damon Oats
Colour Artist - Kieran Oats
Production Manager - Amy O'Connor
Sound Designer - George Nepia
Best Novella/Novelette
Winner : Stroke of Enticement by Nalini Singh, in “The Magical Cat”
(The Berkley Publishing Group, Penguin; USA)
Best Collected Work
Winner : The Invisible Road by Elizabeth Knox
(HarperVoyager, HarperCollins, NZ)
Best New Talent
Winner : Helen Lowe
For the following body of work in the science fiction and fantasy genres :
Novel :
“Thornspell” first published in 2008 by Knopf, Random House Children’s Books, USA
Short Fiction:
“The Brother King”, first published September 2005 in Carve-zine (USA); re-published in The Best of Carve Magazine
(March 2006, USA)
“Red Earth”, first published in Borderlands (Issue 10, 31 March 2008, Australia)
“Ithaca”, first published in JAAM 26 (November 2008, NZ)
Poetry:
“The Wayfarer”, first published in Takahe 62, (NZ) 2007
“Argos”, first published in Grow (Australia), 2008
“The Trojan Shore” and “Homing”, first published in JAAM 26 (NZ)
Best Professional Publication
Winner : Deputy Dan and The Mysterious Midnight Marauder
Written by Sally McLennan, Artwork by Joel Liochon
Best Professional Artwork
Winner : Emma Weakley – cover artwork for Newtons Sleep
(Random Static, Wellington, NZ)
Best Short Story
Winner :
Under Waves and Over by Grant Stone
(Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #37, Australia)
This year's Sir Julius Vogel Awards were voted on at Conscription, the 2009 New Zealand National Science Fiction
Convention, held at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, corner of Kirkbride and Ascot Roads, Mangere, Auckland, NZ over Queen’s
Birthday Weekend. Results were announced to the Conscription attendees on the evening of Sunday 31st May 2009 after the
convention banquet.
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards were awarded to professionals and fans for work that was undertaken, completed or released
during the 2008 calendar year. To see FULL nomination details, please go here
http://sffanz.sf.org.nz/sjv/sjvNominations-2009.shtml.
The Sir Julius Vogel Awards are administered by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand.
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