Norma K. Hemming Award
Presented by: Panel of judges approved by Australian Science Fiction Foundation
For: Excellence in the exploration of race, gender, sexuality, class and disability in Australian speculative fiction
| Winner | Winter's Tale | Nike Sulway |
| Nominee | Like Ripples on a Blank Shore | J. S. Breukelaar |
| Nominee | 'Scapes Made Diamond | Shauna O'Meara |
| Nominee | The Mark | Grace Chan |
| Nominee | The Promise of Saints | Angela Slatter |
| Nominee | Rats | Marlee Jane Ward |
| Winner | From Here On, Monsters | Elizabeth Bryer |
| Winner | Ghost Bird | Lisa Fuller |
| Nominee | Collision | J. S. Breukelaar |
| Nominee | The Old Lie | Claire G. Coleman |
| Nominee | Blackbirds Sing | Aiki Flinthart |
| Nominee | Darkdawn | Jay Kristoff |
| Nominee | The Trespassers | Meg Mundell |
| Winner | Pinion | Stephanie Gunn |
| Nominee | Triquetra | Kirstyn McDermott |
| Nominee | The Sea Maker of Darmid Bay | Shauna O'Meara |
| Nominee | With This Needle I Thee Thread | Angela Rega |
| Nominee | Shatterglass | Susan Wardle |
| Nominee | Knitting Day | Jen White |
| Winner | City of Lies | Sam Hawke |
| Winner | Mother of Invention | Rivqa Rafael+Tansy Rayner Roberts |
| Nominee | Icefall | Stephanie Gunn |
| Nominee | Catching Teller Crow | Ambelin Kwaymullina+Ezekiel Kwaymullina |
| Nominee | The Second Cure | Margaret Morgan |
| Winner | Coral Bones | Foz Meadows |
| Nominee | The Rock in the Water | Thoraiya Dyer |
| Nominee | Induction | Thoraiya Dyer |
| Nominee | Braid | Kirstyn McDermott |
| Nominee | Tea Party | Lauren E. Mitchell |
| Nominee | Memories of Fish | Shauna O'Meara |
| Nominee | Two Somebodies Go Hunting | Rivqa Rafael |
| Nominee | Did We Break the End of the World? | Tansy Rayner Roberts |
| Winner | Terra Nullius | Claire G. Coleman |
| Nominee | The Barrier | Shankari Chandran |
| Nominee | Crossroads of Canopy | Thoraiya Dyer |
| Nominee | Defying Doomsday | Tsana Dolichva+Holly Kench |
| Nominee | An Uncertain Grace | Krissy Kneen |
| Nominee | Portable Curiosities | Julie Koh |
| Nominee | How to Bee | Bren MacDibble |
| Nominee | An Accident of Stars | Foz Meadows |
| Nominee | The Grief Hole | Kaaron Warren |
| Winner | The Orchid Nursery | Louise Katz |
| Nominee | The Fire Sermon | Francesca Haig |
| Nominee | The Hush | Skye Melki-Wegner |
| Nominee | The Pyramids of London | Andrea K. Höst |
| Nominee | Welcome to Orphancorp | Marlee Jane Ward |
| Nominee | Formaldehyde | Jane Rawson |
| Nominee | Theophilus Grey and the Demon Thief | Catherine Jinks |
| Winner | The Wonders | Paddy O'Reilly |
| Nominee | Nil by Mouth | LynC |
| Nominee | Razorhurst | Justine Larbalestier |
| Nominee | North Star Guide Me Home | Jo Spurrier |
| Nominee | The Female Factory | Lisa L. Hannett+Angela Slatter |
| Winner | Rupetta | N. A. Sulway |
| Nominee | Dark Serpent | Kylie Chan |
| Nominee | Fairytales for Wilde Girls | Allyse Near |
| Nominee | Trucksong | Andrew Macrae |
| Nominee | Caution: Contains Small Parts | Kirstyn McDermott |
| Nominee | A Very Unusual Pursuit | Catherine Jinks |
| Winner | Sea Hearts | Margo Lanagan |
| Nominee | Exile | Rowena Cory Daniells |
| Nominee | Besieged | Rowena Cory Daniells |
| Nominee | Winter Be My Shield | Jo Spurrier |
| Nominee | Sanctuary | Rowena Cory Daniells |
| Nominee | Bitter Greens | Kate Forsyth |
| Winner | Hindsight | A. A. Bell |
| Winner | The Devil's Diadem | Sara Douglass |
| Nominee | Bluegrass Symphony | Lisa L. Hannett |
| Nominee | Eona | Alison Goodman |
| Nominee | Road to the Soul | Kim Falconer |
| Nominee | Yellowcake Springs | Guy Salvidge |
| Nominee | Nightsiders | Sue Isle |
| Nominee | Black Glass | Meg Mundell |
| Nominee | The Shattered City | Tansy Rayner Roberts |
| Winner | Diamond Eyes | A. A. Bell |
| Nominee | </a><em>-- No list of nominees/short list was released this year --</em><a> | - |
| Winner | The Gene Thieves | Maria Quinn |
| Nominee | The Cry of the Marwing | K. S. Nikakis |
| Nominee | Wives | Paul Haines |
| Nominee | Sea-Hearts | Margo Lanagan |
| Nominee | The Whale's Tale | Edwina Harvey |
| Nominee | The Peregrine Bessett Omnibus | Lewis Morley |
| Nominee | Stepanie Gunn | Narthex |
| Nominee | Passports | Gillian Polack |
| Nominee | Life Through Cellophane | Gillian Polack |
| Nominee | The Book from Baden Dark | James Moloney |
| Nominee | The Whisperer | Fiona McIntosh |
| Nominee | Tyrant's Blood | Fiona McIntosh |
| Nominee | Von Gobstopper's Arcade | Alexandra Adornetto |
| Nominee | The Wounded Guardian | Duncan Lay |
| Nominee | The Spell of Rosette | Kim Falconer |
| Nominee | Arrows of Time | Kim Falconer |
| Nominee | The Last Stormlord | Glenda Larke |
| Nominee | Gladiatrix | Rhonda Roberts |
| Nominee | The Dark Griffin | K. J. Taylor |
| Nominee | The Prodigal Mage | Karen Miller |
| Nominee | Being of the Field | Traci Harding |
| Nominee | Horn | Peter M. Ball |
| Nominee | The Sharp Shooter | Sylvia Kelso |
| Nominee | Like Us | Tansy Rayner Roberts |
| Nominee | Proserpine When It Sizzles | Tansy Rayner Roberts |