{"id":5080,"date":"2016-02-17T11:49:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T00:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?p=5080"},"modified":"2020-08-04T12:44:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T02:44:05","slug":"shortlisted-for-a-2015-aurealis-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2016\/02\/shortlisted-for-a-2015-aurealis-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortlisted for a 2015 Aurealis Award!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TMC-Book-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4621\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TMC-Book-2-193x300.png\" alt=\"The Mapmaker Chronicles Book #2\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TMC-Book-2-193x300.png 193w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/TMC-Book-2.png 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a>This morning I got an email to let me know that PRISONER OF THE BLACK HAWK, book #2 in <a href=\"http:\/\/themapmakerchronicles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Mapmaker Chronicles<\/a> series, has been shortlisted for a 2015 Aurealis Award (Best Children&#8217;s Fiction).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/aurealisawards.org\/2016\/02\/17\/announcement-2015-aurealis-awards-shortlists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aurealis Awards<\/a>\u00a0were established in 1995 by\u00a0Chimaera Publications, the publishers of<a href=\"https:\/\/aurealis.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Aurealis<\/em><\/a> magazine, to recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will be announced on 25 March, 2016, but, frankly, I&#8217;m just thrilled to be on the shortlist!<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can find out more about PRISONER OF THE BLACK HAWK (including an extract to read)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/themapmakerchronicles.com\/book-2-prisoner-of-the-black-hawk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I got an email to let me know that PRISONER OF THE BLACK HAWK, book #2 in The Mapmaker Chronicles series, has been shortlisted for a 2015 Aurealis Award (Best Children&#8217;s Fiction). 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