Entry Form

The Aurealis Awards are Australia’s premier awards for speculative fiction. With a history spanning 30 years, the Awards are renowned for celebrating works contributing to the national genre fiction publishing landscape and community.

The Awards are administered by Queensland Writers Centre and presented as part of GenreCon, an annual conference dedicated to writers of genre fiction.

To make an entry into the Convenor's Award, please submit here.

Entries open: Mon 29 Jun 2026 – midnight, Tues 10 Nov 2026

By making an entry, entrants acknowledge to have read and understood the Entry Guidelines.

This form cannot be saved so please ensure you're ready to submit when beginning your application. For assistance with your application, please contact us at aurealis@qldwriters.org.au or call the Centre on (07) 3842 9922.

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Representative details

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Your details (Required.)

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Relation to work –
Choose the best match from the below.

Primary author details

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Author details (Required.)

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Are you a current member of Queensland Writers Centre, and/or a GenreCon ticketholder?
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Accessibility notes/requirements

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Co-authors/editors –
Optional for most entries. Required for co-authored entries and/or entries in the Best anthology category.

Entry details

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Title of work (Required.)

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Publisher –
If self-published, enter 'self-published'. (Required.)

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Wordcount –
Please enter a number only. (Required.)

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Publication or release date –
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Date

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Content –
Is there content/references readers and Judges should be aware of, or that could be triggering? If so, please outline below. This is a protection for readers and won't otherwise affect your entry. Optional; max. 20 words.

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Submit the complete manuscript –
Works are accepted in publishers’ formatting/typesetting if available.
Files accepted here in Word (.docx) or PDF format, up to 16MB. To submit in EPUB format please complete this form then forward your file to aurealis@qldwriters.org.au.

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If your file is over 16MB you can provide a link to your file here (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or WeTransfer).
- Don't forget to make your link shareable
- Copy and paste the link below.

Awards category
Choose a maximum of three categories you wish to be considered for. Works considered ineligible for a category will not be considered. You can find the Aurealis Awards category definitions on our webpage.

The award categories made available to you will be based off the following question.

For more information, please see the Entry Guidelines.

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Payment Category
Please indicate below what you wish to enter into the competition. (Required.)

You’ll enter payment info after the survey.
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