I’m stoked to be a finalist for the 2018 Norma K Hemming Award (Long Work), recognising excellence in the exploration of themes of race, gender, sexuality, class or disability in a published speculative fiction work. Thanks to the judges and the Australian Science Fiction Foundation (ASFF). The full list is:
The Barrier, Shankari Chandran, Pan Macmillan Australia
Terra Nullius, Claire G Coleman, Hachette
Crossroads of Canopy, Thoraiya Dyer, Tor Books
Defying Doomsday, Tsana Dolichva and Holly Kench (Eds.), Twelfth Planet Press
An Uncertain Grace, Krissy Kneen, Text Publishing
Portable Curiosities, Julie Koh, University of Queensland Press
How to Bee, Bren MacDibble, Allen & Unwin
An Accident of Stars, Foz Meadows, Angry Robot Books
The Grief Hole, Kaaron Warren, IFWG Publishing Australia