Sir Julius Vogel Award


The Sir Julius Vogel Awards are awarded each year at the New Zealand National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in New Zealand science fiction, fantasy, horror, and science fiction fandom. They are commonly referred to as the Vogels.

Name

The awards are named for Sir Julius Vogel, a prominent New Zealand journalist and politician, who was Premier of New Zealand twice during the 1870s. He also, in 1889, wrote what is widely regarded as New Zealand's first science fiction novel, Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny. The book, written and published in Great Britain after Vogel had moved from New Zealand, pictured a New Zealand in the year 2000 where most positions of authority were held by women—at the time of writing, a radical proposition. In 2000, New Zealand's Head of State, Governor General, Prime Minister, Chief Justice and Attorney General were all women, as was the CEO of one of the country's largest companies, Telecom.

History

National awards have been presented annually since 1989, but were initially simply known as the New Zealand Science Fiction Fan Awards, and were originally aimed primarily at fandom rather than at professional science fiction. In these early years the awards were organised on an ad-hoc basis by the organising committees of the national conventions, though with the support of the former national fan organisation, the National Association for Science Fiction which nominally ran the awards from 1993. In the early 1990s the awards were briefly known as the Edmund Bayne Awards, after a well-known Wellington fan who had been killed in a road accident, but this name was never formalised.
In 2002 the awards were revamped and reorganised, and since that time have been aimed more at the professional science fiction and fantasy community. The current name also dates to 2002. These changes accompanied a change in the organisation of the awards, which are now formally run by national organisation SFFANZ.
Categories change to some extent on an annual basis, but generally include professional awards for best novel, short story, dramatic presentation, and services to science fiction, as well as equivalent fan awards. Due to the size of New Zealand's science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction communities, the awards cover all three of these frequently intertwined genres and attempt to treat each equally.

New Zealand science fiction fan award winners 1989-2001

;1989
;1990
;1991
;1992
;1993
;1994
;1995
;1996
;1997-2000
;2001
;2002
;2003
;2004
  • Best Novel: Dark Shinto by Dale Elvy
  • Best Short Story : "A Plea for Help" by Kevin G Maclean and "The Alchemist" by Peter Friend
  • Best New Talent: Glynne Maclean
  • Special Award: Peter Jackson and the team responsible for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
;2005
  • Best Novel: Beastmaster’s Circus by Lyn McConchie and Andre Norton
  • Best Short Story: "When Dragons Dream” by Kevin G Maclean
  • Services to Science Fiction and Fantasy: Ken Catran
;2006
  • Best Novel: The Duke's Ballad by Andre Norton and Lyn McConchie
  • Best Short Story: "The Real Deal” by Peter Friend
  • Services to Science Fiction and Fantasy: Margaret Mahy
;2007
  • Best Novel: The Assassin of Gleam by James Norcliffe
  • Best Short Story: "Western Front, 1914” by Peter Friend
  • Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form: Maddigan's Quest
  • Best New Talent: Douglas A. Van Belle
;2008
;2009
  • Best Novel - Adult: Dark Heart by Russell Kirkpatrick
  • Best Novel - Young Adult: Thornspell by Helen Lowe
  • Best Short Story: "Under Waves and Over" by Grant Stone
  • Best Novella/Novelette: "Stroke of Enticement" by Nalini Singh
  • Best Collected Work: "The Invisible Road" by Elizabeth Knox
  • Best Professional Artwork: Cover for Newtons Sleep by Emma Weakley
  • Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form: "Skankenstein"
  • Best Professional Publication: "Deputy Dan and The Mysterious Midnight Marauder" by Sally McLennan and Joel Liochon
  • Best New Talent: Helen Lowe
;2010
  • Best Novel: Beyond The Wall Of Time by Russell Kirkpatrick
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Brainjack by Brian Falkner
  • Best Novella/Novelette: "Wives" by Paul Haines
  • Best Short Story : "Corrigan's Exchange" by Ripley Patton and "The Living Dead Boy" by Grant Stone
  • Best Collected Work: "Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry From New Zealand" by Mark Pirie and Tim Jones
  • Best Artwork: "The Test" by Serena Kearns
  • Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form: "Under the Mountain"
  • Best Production/Publication: "Semaphore Magazine" by Marie Hodgkinson
  • Best New Talent: Simon Petrie
  • Services to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Phillip Mann
;2011
  • Best Novel : The Heir Of Night by Helen Lowe and The Questing Road by Lyn McConchie
  • Best Young Adult Novel: Summer Of Dreaming by Lyn McConchie
  • Best Novella/Novelette: "A Tale Of The Interferers - Hunger For Forbidden Flesh" by Paul Haines
  • Best Short Story: High Tide At Hot Water Beach by Paul Haines
  • Best Collected Work: "A Foreign Country - New Zealand Speculative Fiction" by Anna Caro and Juliet Buchanan
  • Best Artwork: Cover for Tymon's Flight by Frank Victoria
  • Best Dramatic Presentation : "This Is Not My Life" - Pilot Episode and "Kaitangata Twitch" - Pilot Episode by Yvonne Mackay
  • Best Production/Publication: "White Cloud Worlds Anthology" by Paul Tobin
  • Best New Talent: Karen Healey
  • Services to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Simon Litten
;2012
  • Best Novel: Samiha's Song by Mary Victoria
  • Best Youth Novel: Battle of the Birds by Lee Murray
  • Best Novella/Novelette: "Steam Girl" by Dylan Horrocks
  • Best Short Story: Frankie and the Netball Clone by Alicia Ponder
  • Best Collected Work: "Tales for Canterbury" by Cassie Hart and Anna Caro
  • Best Professional Artwork: Cover for Oracle's Fire by Frank Victoria
  • Best Dramatic Presentation: "The Almighty Johnsons"
  • Best New Talent: K. D. Berry
  • Services to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: Ripley Patton
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;2014
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;2003
;2004
;2005
;2006
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