Sir Julius Vogel Award
3 appearances
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Edition 22 (2010) Winner
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Edition 25 (2013) Winner
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Edition 30 (2018) Winner
Simon Petrie
サイモン・ペトリー
Saimon Petorī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- New Zealand
- Nationality
- New Zealand, Australia
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- New Zealand → Canberra, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- speculative fiction writer, editor
- Active Years
- 2008-2024
- Affiliations
- Former member of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine collective
- Nominations
- Ditmar Award 2010 Best New Talent, Sir Julius Vogel Award 2008 Best Short Story "Murder on the Zenith Express", Sir Julius Vogel Award 2010 Best Novella/Novelette "Single Handed", Sir Julius Vogel Award 2010 Best Short Story "Downdraft", Sir Julius Vogel Award 2011 Best Collected Work Rare Unsigned Copy, Ditmar Award 2013 Best Novella/Novelette Flight 404, Ditmar Award 2013 Best Collected Work Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear, Sir Julius Vogel Award 2013 Best Novella/Novelette The Hunt For Red Leicester, Aurealis Award 2014 Best Collection Difficult Second Album, Aurealis Award 2016 Best Science Fiction Novella "All the Colours of the Tomato", Ditmar Award 2017 Best Novella/Novelette "All the Colours of the Tomato", Aurealis Award 2017 Best Science Fiction Novella Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body, Ditmar Award 2018 Best Novella/Novelette Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Sir Julius Vogel Award | (body of work) | Best New Talent | SFFANZ | winner |
| 2013 | Sir Julius Vogel Award | Flight 404 / The Hunt for Red Leicester | Best Novella or Novelette | SFFANZ | winner |
| 2018 | Sir Julius Vogel Award | Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body | Best Novella or Novelette | SFFANZ | winner |
Sir Julius Vogel Award
2010
Work:
(body of work)
Category:
Best New Talent
Organization:
SFFANZ
Result:
winner
Sir Julius Vogel Award
2013
Work:
Flight 404 / The Hunt for Red Leicester
Category:
Best Novella or Novelette
Organization:
SFFANZ
Result:
winner
Sir Julius Vogel Award
2018
Work:
Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body
Category:
Best Novella or Novelette
Organization:
SFFANZ
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body
2017 Science FictionA novella exploring human colonization of Titan, Saturn's moon.
Space colonizationHumanity
Wide Brown Land: stories of Titan
2018 Speculative fictionA collection of eleven short stories set on Titan.
Titan settlementExploration
Rare Unsigned Copy: tales of Rocketry, Ineptitude, and Giant Mutant Vegetables
2010 Speculative fictionCollected short fiction.
SF humor
Bibliography
- Rare Unsigned Copy: tales of Rocketry, Ineptitude, and Giant Mutant Vegetables (2010)
- Difficult Second Album: more stories of Xenobiology, Space Elevators, and Bats Out Of Hell (2014)
- Wide Brown Land: stories of Titan (2018)
- 80,000 Totally Secure Passwords That No Hacker Would Ever Guess (2018)
- Murder on the Zenith Express: the Gordon Mamon collection (2018)
- Flight 404 / The Hunt for Red Leicester (2012)
- Matters Arising from the Identification of the Body (2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Speculative fictionHumour-infused
- Recurring Motifs
- Space elevatorsTitan colonization
Legacy
New Zealand-born speculative fiction writer based in Australia. Won the Sir Julius Vogel Award three times, known for Gordon Mamon stories and Titan series.
Trivia
- Has a son named Tycho Petrie.
- Edited five issues of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine.