[hr][/hr]Isobelle's short story, The Stone Witch (which appears in Under My Hat), is nominated in the Fantasy Short Story category, while her collection Metro Winds is in the running in the Collection category:

FANTASY SHORT STORY “Sanaa’s Army” by Joanne Anderton (Bloodstones, Ticonderoga Publications) “The Stone Witch” by Isobelle Carmody (Under My Hat, Random House) “First They Came” by Deborah Kalin (Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine 55) “Bajazzle” by Margo Lanagan (Cracklescape, Twelfth Planet Press) “The Isles of the Sun” by Margo Lanagan (Cracklescape, Twelfth Planet Press) COLLECTION That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote by K. J. Bishop (self-published) Metro Winds by Isobelle Carmody (Allen & Unwin) Midnight and Moonshine by Lisa L. Hannett & Angela Slatter (Ticonderoga Publications) Living With the Dead by Martin Livings (Dark Prints Press) Through Splintered Walls by Kaaron Warren (Twelfth Planet Press)

See the full list of finalists and categories in this press release from Aurealis. Congratulations Isobelle!