Ian McHugh

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Ian McHugh
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Nationality Australian
Genre Speculative short fiction
Notable awardsAurealis Award
Best fantasy short story
2009 "Once a Month, On a Sunday"
Writers of the Future
Grand prize
2008 "Bitter Dreams"
Website
ianmchugh.wordpress.com

Ian McHugh is an Australian writer of speculative short fiction.

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Biography

McHugh's first story was published in 2004, entitled "The Alchemical Automaton Blues" which was published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #15. [1] His first win came with his story "Bitter Dreams" which won the 2008 Writers of the Future grand prize. [2] It was also a nominee for the writers of the Future 3rd quarter at the same awards and was a short-list nominee for the 2008 Aurealis Award for best horror short story. [2] In 2009 McHugh's "Once a Month, On a Sunday" was a joint-winner for the 2009 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story. [3] McHugh currently lives in Canberra, Australia and is a member of the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. [4]

Bibliography

Collections
Stories [5]
TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedNotes
Extracted journal notes for an ethnography of Bnebene nomad culture2014McHugh, Ian (January 2014). "Extracted journal notes for an ethnography of Bnebene nomad culture". Asimov's Science Fiction. 38 (1): 30–43.

Awards and nominations

Aurealis Awards [2]

Writers of the Future [2]

Notes

  1. "Bibliography: The Alchemical Automaton Blues". ISFDB . Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Literary Nominees: Page 89". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 8 March 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  3. "Aurealis Awards 2009 Fantasy Short Story: Judges' Report" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  4. "About". ianmchugh.wordpress.com. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
  5. Short stories unless otherwise noted.

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