From 2005 to 2008, the Australian Shadows Award evaluated novels, anthologies, and short stories against each other in a single category.
From 2011, the award was restructured to consist of five categories: Novel; Long Fiction (novellas and novelettes); Short Fiction (short stories); Collection (single author collections); and Edited Publication (anthologies and magazine issues).
The Australian Shadows Awards were sponsored by Altair Australia Books in its first two years, through the donation of two statuettes created by dark fantasy artist Brom (supplied by The Franklin Mint).
Currently, winners of the awards receive a hand crafted trophy from the masters of the horror special effects industry, Nightshade FX.
Award Director: Silvia Brown The winners were announced in June 2019:[1]