Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and Conflux Inc to published works in order to \"recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers\". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the current year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. Categories currently include science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative young-adult fiction—with separate awards for novels and short fiction—collections, anthologies, illustrative works or graphic novels, children's books, and an award for excellence in speculative fiction. The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchmark in science fiction and fantasy. The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has identified the award as an honour to be taken seriously.The results are decided by a panel of judges from a list of submitted nominees; the long-list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of finalists. The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award's management team.This article lists all the short-list nominees and winners in the best science fiction novel category, as well as novels that have received honourable mentions. Since 2003, hounarable mentions have been awarded intermittently. Damien Broderick has won the award three times, while four have won it twice – K. A. Bedford, Greg Egan, Sean McMullen, and Sean Williams. Williams also holds the record for most nominations with 13."@en }
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- Aurealis_Award_for_best_science_fiction_novel abstract "The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and Conflux Inc to published works in order to \"recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers\". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the current year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.Since their creation in 1995, awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. Categories currently include science fiction, fantasy, horror, speculative young-adult fiction—with separate awards for novels and short fiction—collections, anthologies, illustrative works or graphic novels, children's books, and an award for excellence in speculative fiction. The awards have attracted the attention of publishers by setting down a benchmark in science fiction and fantasy. The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has identified the award as an honour to be taken seriously.The results are decided by a panel of judges from a list of submitted nominees; the long-list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of finalists. The judges are selected from a public application process by the Award's management team.This article lists all the short-list nominees and winners in the best science fiction novel category, as well as novels that have received honourable mentions. Since 2003, hounarable mentions have been awarded intermittently. Damien Broderick has won the award three times, while four have won it twice – K. A. Bedford, Greg Egan, Sean McMullen, and Sean Williams. Williams also holds the record for most nominations with 13.".