''Aurealis'' is an

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speculative fiction Speculative fiction is a term that has been used with a variety of (sometimes contradictory) meanings. The broadest interpretation is as a category of fiction encompassing genres with elements that do not exist in reality, recorded history, na ...

magazine published by Chimaera Publications, and is

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's longest running small-press science-fiction and fantasy magazine. The magazine is based in

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History and profile

''Aurealis'' was launched in September 1990 to provide a market for

writers, with a particular emphasis on raising the profile of Australian authors. In October 2011 the magazine became a monthly e-publication (published every month except January and December). In 1995 the magazine instituted the

Aurealis Award The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award. History The Aurealis Award was established in 1995 by ...

s for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction.

Notable stories featured

*" Whispers of the Mist Children" by

Trudi Canavan Trudi Canavan (born 23 October 1969) is an Australian writer of fantasy novels, best known for her best-selling fantasy trilogies ''The Black Magician (novel series), The Black Magician'' and ''Age of the Five''. While establishing her writing ...

in issue #23, won the 1999 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story *" The World According to Kipling (A Plain Tale from the Hills)" in issue #25/26, won the 2000 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story *" Catabolic Magic" by

Richard Harland Richard Harland (born 15 January 1947 in Yorkshire) is an English fantasy and science fiction writer, living in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1947 in Huddersfield, United Kingdom and migrated to Australia in 1970. He has been an aca ...

in issue #32, won the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story and was a short-list nominee for best Australian novella or novelette at the 2005

Ditmar Awards The Ditmar Award (formally the Australian SF ("Ditmar") Award; formerly the "Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award") has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention (the "Natcon") to recognise a ...

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History and profile

Notable stories featured

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