Aeon Award

The Aeon Award is a contest for short fiction in any speculative genre, including fantasy, science fiction, and horror. The Award is sponsored by Aeon Press has a grand prize of €1000 and publication in Albedo One.

The winner was Julian West, who was presented the award by Ian Watson. The top six shortlisted stories for the inaugural Aeon Award were:

Long-Listed Stories:

David D. Levine's story I Hold My Father's Paws was included in Gardner Dozois's anthology The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection (2007).

The winner was Nina Allan, second place went to Larry Taylor and third was Devon Code-McNeil. The top six shortlisted stories were:

Long-Listed Stories:

The winner was Colin Henchley, second place went to D.T. Neal and third was Allison Francisco. The top seven shortlisted stories were:

Long-Listed Stories:

The winner was "Frogs on My Doorstep" by Annette Reader. Grand Judge Ian Watson described the story as “very intriguing and full of emotional impact.” Reader received the €1000 Grand Prize and publication in Albedo One.

In second place was "Bridges" by Nick Wood. Watson said the story was “politically acute and powerful... and is in many ways a 'textbook story', because it's so well done.” Wood received €200 and publication in Albedo One.

Third place went to "Canis Lupus, Rosa Canina" by Judith Brown. Watson said "the story is nasty, but brilliantly written, with masterly descriptions of landscape and powerful imagery." Third prize was €100 and publication in Albedo One.

Short-Listed Stories:

First place: Michalis Manolios, "Aethra" (translated by Thalia Bisticas)

Second place: Jacob Garbe, "Pinocchio"

Third place: Robin Maginn, "Room of Empty Frames".

Short-Listed Stories:

Listed in no particular order, but those placed in the top six of the contest shortlist are denoted by ***.

Blue by Michele Powles

Passage of Time by Philip Hall

Mandurang *** by Eleanor Marney

Jacket by Jane Burke

The Monster of Venice *** by Carole Johnstone

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