The Long List contains all the nominations received, in no particular order.
Best Novel
Gad’s Army by Drew Bryenton (Sci Fi Cafe)
The Stone Wētā by Octavia Cade (Paper Road Press)
The Hellhound’s Un-Christmas Miracle, by Zoe Chant
Rotten, by Aaron Dick
Driftdead, by Mike Johnson (Lasavia Publishing)
Tomorrow the World, by M.K. Joseph (Atuanui Press)
Transference, by B.T. Keaton (Ingleside Avenue Press)
The Court of Mortals, by A.J. Lancaster (Camberion Press)
DietVale, by Andrene Low (Squabbling Sparrows Press)
The Animals in the Country by Laura Jean McKay Sscribe)
The Forger and the Thief, by Kirsten McKenzie (Squabbling Sparrows Press)
The Wound of Words, by Deborah Makarios (Oi Makarioi)
Icarus, by J.J. Mathews (Mouse Moon Press)
Deuterium Shine, by Sean Monaghan (Triple V Publishing)
A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians, by H.G. Parry (Orbit)
Blade of Glass by Richard Parry (Mondegreen)
Blood of the Sun, by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
The Other Side of the Mirror, by Jamie Sands (Rookery)
Alpha Night, by Nalini SIngh (Gollancz)
Best Youth Novel
Secret Project, by Kevin Berry (Fairytale Factory)
Moneyland: Payback, by Michael Botur (Wattpad)
Earthcore Book 4: HIgh Tide, by Grace Bridges (Splashdown Books)
These Violent Delights, by Chloe Gong (SImon and Schouster)
Across the Risen Sea, by Bren MacDibble (Allen and Unwin)
Somewhere Else, by Sally McLennan
Golden City, by S.R. Manssen (Manssen Publishing House)
Good Ship Hartford, by Sean Monaghan (Triple V Publishing)
The Ghosts on the Hill, by Bill Nagelkerke (The Cuba Press)
Facing the Shadow, by Isa Pearl Ritchie (Te Rā Aroha Press)
Into the Labyrinth, by Isa Pearl Ritchie (Te Rā Aroha Press)
Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea, by T.K. Roxborogh (Huia Publishers)
Follow Me In, by Terri Sinclair
Raven Wild, by Caitlin Spice, Adam Reynolds and Chaz Harris (Promised Land)
A Wolf for a Spell, by Kyrah Sutton (Knopf Books)
Brasswitch and Bot, by Gareth Ward (Walker Books Australia)
Best Novella/Novelette
Hexes and Vexes by Nova Blake (Witchy Fiction NZ)
Succulents and Spells, by Andi C. Buchanan
How to Get a Girlfriend (When you’re a Terrifying Monster) by Marie Cardno
No Man’s Land, by A.J. Fitzwater (Paper Road Press)
Familiars and Foes, by Helen Vivienne Fletcher (HVF Publishing)
Paresach’s Tulips, by Dylan Horrocks (VIctoria University Press)
East Flows The River: 河梁之谊 by Michelle Kan
Marbles, by Sean Monaghan (Asimov’s Science Fiction, July/August 2020)
Kua Hinga te Kauri, by Dan Rabarts (in Outback Horrors Down Under, Things in the Well)
Overdues and Occultism, by Jamie Sands
Wibble and Pplimz, Investigators for Hire, by M.Darusha Wehm (Aconyte Books)
Riverwitch, by Rem Wigmore
Best Short Story
“A Problem,” by Pip Adam (VUP)
“You and Me at the End of the World” — Dave Agnew (Thunderzine)
“The Writing on the Rat,” by Michael Botur (Wattpad)
“The Day I Skipped School,” by Michael Botur (Wattpad)
“Chicken for Miss Cuthbert,” by Grace Bridges (Kydala Publishing)
“Pukeko,” by Grace Bridges (Kydala Publishing)
“Whiti Te Ra/Let the Sun Shine”, by Grace Bridges (Tyche)
“A Consensus told in Chromatophores,” by Andi C. Buchanan
“Even the Clearest Water,” by Andi C. Buchanan (Fireside Fiction)
“Salvage,” by Andi C. Buchanan (Takahe)
“Where a Good Town May Take Us,” by Andi C. Buchanan (Abyss and Apex)
“Come Water, Be One of Us,” by Octavia Cade (Strange Horizons)
“Otto Hahn Speaks to the Dead,” by Octavia Cade (The Dark #59)
“Resilience,” by Octavia Cade (Stuff)
“Salt Water, Rose Red”, E. Celeste (Dually Noted F(r)iction Log)
“Promise to meet me at the seventh stream where the waters run away to the sea” — Jack Remiel Cottrell (Flash Frontier)
“They Probably Play the Viola,” by Jack Remiel Cottrell (Flash Frontiers)
“Cetaceous Secrets of the Jewelled Nadir,” by A.J. Fitzwater (Queen of Swords Press)
“Hirsute Pursuit,” by A.J. Fitzwater
“How to Build a Unicorn,” by A.J. Fitzwater (Fireside Fiction)
“Yong Cinrak,” by A.J Fitzwater (Fireside Fiction)
“Synaesthete,” by Melanie Harding-Shaw (Things in the Well)
“Where We Walk, We Walk on Bones,” by Karen Healey (VUP)
“The Last White Rhinoceros,” by Witi Ihimeara-Smiler (VUP)
“Ghost Bus,” by Anna Kirtlan
“Oriental Bay Piranhas,” by Anna Kirtlan
“The Night I Helped an Interstellar Bogan,” by Anna Kirtlan
“For Want of Human Parts,” by Casey Lucas (Diabolical Plots)
“Paperwork,” by Kirsten McKenzie (Noir from the Bar)
“Night Fishing,” by S.A. McKenzie
“Discord,” by Piper Mejia (Tauranga Writers NZ)
“One Hundred,” by Sean Monaghan (Analog, March/April 2020)
“Frangipani Wishes,” by Lee Murray (Omnium Gatherum)
“Phoenix Claws,” by Lee Murray (Omnium Gatherum)
“The Good Wife,” by Lee Murray (Weird Tales, issue 364)
“Black Cloud Sunshine,” by Dan Rabarts (Things in the Well)
“Arachne’s Web,” by James Rowland (Aurealis issue #132)
“The Turbine at the End of the World “ by James Rowland (Prairie Fire, Vol 41, No. 3)
“Magic For Christmas,” by Rem Wigmore Witchy Fiction NZ)
“Tributary,,” by Rem Wigmore (Deadset Press)
“Long Drop,” by Tabatha Wood (Things in the Well)
“Night Wolves,” by Tabatha Wood (Black Dogs, Black Tales)
Best Collected Work
The Mythology of Salt and Other Stories by Octavia Cade (Lethe Press)
The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater (Queen of Swords Press)
Jingle Spells: Witchy Christmas Stories by Helen Vivienne Fletcher, Karen Healey, Rem Wigmore, Andi Buchanan, Jamie Sands, Janna Ruth and Kim Jackways
Reading the Signs, by Janis Freegard (The Cuba Press)
Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction & Fantasy Volume 2 edited by Marie Hodgkinson (Paper Road Press)
Ghost Bus – Tales from Wellington’s Dark Side by Anna Kirtlan
Monsters in the Garden: An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Elizabeth Knox & David Larsen (Victoria University Press)
The Better Sister and Other Stories by Piper Mejia (Breach)
Grotesque: Monster Stories by Lee Murray (Things in the Well)
Best Professional Artwork
Cover art by William Dresden for Beyond Belief, Intermediate Students Anthology (Young NZ Writers)
Cover art by William Dresden for Scary Tales, NZ Secondary Students Anthology by William Dresden (Young NZ Writers)
Cover art by Neil Johnstone for Reading the Signs, by Janis Freegard (The Cuba Press)
Cover art by Laya Rose for No Man’s Land by A.J. Fitzwater (Paper Road Press)
Cover art by Laya Rose for Year’s Best Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 2 , edited by Marie Hodgkinson (Paper Road Press)
Em from the Luminous Dead, by Laya Rose
Illustrations by Laya Rose for “Arachne’s Web” in Aurealis Issue 132
Illustrations by Laya Rose for “Like Clock Works” in Aurealis Issue 132.
Cover art by Rodney Smith for Monsters in the Garden: An Anthology of Aotearoa New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy (VUP)
Cover art by Vivienne To for The Chaos Curse, by Sayantani DasGupta (Scholastic)
Cover art by Vivienne To for The Fallen Hero, by Katie Zhao (Bloomsbury)
Cover art by Emma Weakley for The Stone Wētā by Octavia Cade (Paper Road Press)
Cover art by Emma Weakley for Aurealis issue 132.
Best Professional Production/Publication
This is Not the End, by Deanna Gunn, chapters 1.5-2.10
Masterpiece (Or Artful Dodgers) by Michelle Kan
Fantastical Worlds and Futures at the World’s Edge: A History of New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy — Simon Litten and Sean McMullen
How New Zealand’s Best Fantasy and Science Fiction Authors got Shafted on a Global Stage, by Casey Lucas (The Spinoff)
Wonderland Nights: White Rabbit’s Diary, by Sky Bear Games (Steam)
Aotearoa is Not Middle Earth by Alexander Stronach (The Spinoff)
Dramatic Chairing of 2020 WSFS meeting in Wellington by Darusha Wehm
Best Fan Artwork
Ministry for Public Art fan art by Shaun Garea (Estrata Productions)
Oriental Bay Piranhas by Shaun Garea (Estrata Productions)
Caducace Clay, by Michelle Kan
Destiny & dead people tea by Michelle Kan
Faerie Ring (critical role) by Michelle Kan
Blue and Red (This is How You Lose the Time War) by Laya Rose
Gyre from The Luminous Dead, by Laya Rose
Best Fan Production/Publication
Codex, by Stephen Brough (Lost Arcana)
FIYAH Guest of Honour Speech by Cassie Hart
Mollymauk Tealeaf – Court of Jesters (showcase) by Michelle Kan
Phoenixine, edited by John and Jo Toon
Dramatic Chairing of the 2020 WSFS Business meeting by Darusha Wehm
CoNZealand Souvenir book – created by Darusha Wehm and Amber Carter
Best Fan Writing
Alone Together at the Edge of the World by Andi C. Buchanan (CoNZealand Souvenir Book)
Queer Speculative Aotearoa New Zealand by A.J. Fitzwater (LGBTQ Reads)
Review of Hello Strange, by Dylan Howell (My Opinion on Books)
SITREP, by Alex Lindsay (Phoenixine)
“What If,” by Kyra Saywell (Poetry Box)
Pass the Rules, by Jo Toon (Phoenixine)
An exploration of menstruation in horror and dark fiction by Tabatha Wood (horrortree.com)
New Talent
Chloe Gong
Deanna Gunn
Kate Haley
B.T. Keaton
A.J. Lancaster
Deborah Makarios
Services to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Lee Murray
Cassie Hart
Services to Fandom
Nigel Rowe et al
CoNZealand Crew