Aussie Rules

Thanks to Janet Rudolph’s Mystery Fanfare, we have the longlist of nominees for the 2011 Ned Kelly Awards, given out by the Crime Writers’ Association of Australia.

Best First Fiction:
• Diamond Eyes, by A.A. Bell
• Undercover, by Keith Bulfin
• Prime Cut, by Alan Carter
• While I Have Perdo, by John Chesterman
• Who Killed Dave?, by Linda Cockburn
• The Pericles Commission, by Gary Corby
• Mosquito Creek, by Robert Engwerds
• Beyond Fear, by Jaye Ford
• Beautiful Malice, by Rebecca James
• The Old School, by P.M. Newton
• Five Parts Dead, by Tim Pegler
• Line of Sight, by David Whish-Wilson

Best Fiction:
• The Ghost of Waterloo, by Robin Adair
• Follow the Money, by Peter Corris
• Sharp Turn, by Marianne Delacourt
• The Maya Codex, by Adrian d’Hage
• Death Mask, by Kathryn Fox
• Watch the World Burn, by Leah Giarrantano
• Dead Man’s Chest, by Kerry Greenwood
• Violent Exposure, by Katherine Howell
• Gunshot Road, by Adrian Hyland
• Fall Girl, by Toni Jordan
• Silk Chaser, by Peter Klein
• The Genesis Flaw, by L.A. Larkin
• Naked Cruelty, by Colleen McCullough
• Diggers Rest Hotel, by Geoff McGeachin
• Let the Dead Lie, by Malla Nunn
• How the Dead See, by David Owen
• Red Ice, by James Phelan
• Thrill City, by Leigh Redhead
• Mice, by Gordon Reece
• Hot Rock Dreaming, by Martin Roth
• The Half-Child, by Angela Savage
• The Neon Lady of Towitta, by Patricia Summerling
• Bereft, by Chris Womersley
• Shattered Sky, by Helene Young

Best True Crime:
• They Shot Phar Lap, Didn’t They?, by Geoff Armstrong and
Peter Thompson
• The Job, by Charlie Bezzina with Ben Collins
• Enforcer, by Caesar and Donna Campbell
• Murder No More, by Colleen Egan
• Sin Bin, by John Elias
• City of Evil, by Sean Fewster
• Badlands, by Liam Houlihan
• Abandoned, by Geesche Jacobsen
• Inside Story, by Peter Lloyd
• McVillain: The Man Who Got Away, by David McMillan
• Shot Gun and Standover, by James Morton and Russell Robinson
• Bank Robbery for Beginners, by Anthony Prince
• King of Thieves, by Adam Shand
• Mr. Asia, by Jim Sheperd
• Honeymoon Dive, by Lindsay Simpson and Jennifer Cooke
• Snitch, by Jimmy Thomson
• Bumper, by Larry Writer

The shortlists for these awards will be announced in August. The date for an announcement of winners has yet to be chosen.

In addition, a competition is being held for the 2011 S.D. Harvey Short Story Award. Submissions will be accepted through May 31. Full guidelines and an entry form are available here.