The winners of the 2025 Aurealis Awards have been introduced. The winners within the SF, Fantasy, and Horror novel classes are:

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

• WINNER: Wastelands by Samira Lloyd (Arianhrod)
• Letters to Our Robotic Son by Cadance Bell (Ultimo)
• Arborescence by Rhett Davis (Fleet UK)
• Unstable Reminiscence by Seth Haddon (Tordotcom)
• Darkish Sands by J. S. Harman (self-published)
• All We Have by Tony Shillitoe (self-published)

BEST FANTASY NOVEL

• WINNER: Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods (Tor)
• Home of the Rain King by Will Greatwich (self-published)
• Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings (Tordotcom)
• Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill (Orbit)
• Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby (Berkley)
• Grave Empire by Richard Swan (Orbit)

BEST HORROR NOVEL

• WINNER: Orpheus 9 by Chris Flynn (Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Farm by Jessica Mansour-Nahra (Hachette Australia)
• This Stays Between Us by Margot McGovern (Penguin Australia)
• Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby (Berkley)
• Nightmare Reef by Deborah Sheldon (Severed)
• The Crimson Highway by A. G. Slatter (Titan)

Locus has the particulars for the winners in all classes. Our congrats to all of the winners and nominees.

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