Norma K. Hemming Award is ‘for excellence in the exploration of race, gender, sexuality, class and disbility in Australian speculative fiction.’ This year the nominees are

Black Glass by Meg Mundell (Scribe).

Bluegrass Symphony by Lisa L Hannett (TiconderogaPublications)

The Devil’s Diadem by Sara Douglass (HarperCollins)

Eona by Alison Goodman (HarperCollins)

Hindsight  by A  A Bell (HarperCollins)

Nightsiders by Sue Isle (Twelfth Planet Press)

Road to the Soul by Kim Falconer (HarperCollins)

The Shattered City by Tansy Rayner Roberts (HarperCollins)

Yellowcake Springs by Guy Salvidge (Interactive Publications)

The winner will be announced in June