What is the Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award for Excellence?
The Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award for Excellence is awarded at the discretion of the convenors for a particular achievement in speculative fiction or related areas. This award may take into account a body of work or achievements over a number of years; it can also be for a work of non-fiction, artwork, electronic or multimedia work, film or TV, or that which brings credit or attention to the speculative fiction genres. The award was originally known as The Convenors’ Award for Excellence and was renamed in 2002 after Peter McNamara (d. 2004), publisher, editor and the original Aurealis Awards convenor, shortly after he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Entries for the Peter McNamara Convenors’ Award for Excellence must be submitted to the Aurealis Awards coordinator using the form provided (LINK) by midnight EST, Saturday 31 October 2009. Because this is a special award and the scope of the entries may vary so greatly, entries for this award do not feature on the list of Aureali
