Shauna O'Meara Shauna O'Meara i(8362727 works by)
Gender: Female
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Artist, writer, and vet.

Shauna O'Meara has published stories in periodicals including Cosmos Magazine, Writers of the Future, the Worcester Journal, Midnight Echo, and Sci Phi : The Journal of Science Fiction In Philosophy, as well as anthologies.

She has contributed interior artwork and cover images to periodical issues and anthologies including Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, In Fabula-divino, Gold Coast Anthology : Undertow : Tales from Outside the Flags, Winds of Change, Next, The Never Never Land, Lackingtons Magazine, and Cthulhu : Deep Down Under.

Her illustrations and short stories have been nominated for Ditmar and Aurealis Awards.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2018 winner Ditmar Awards — Best Fan Artist
2017 winner Ditmar Awards — Best Artwork For 'Lackington's' 12.
2016 shortlisted Ditmar Awards — Best Artwork For the cover art on The Never Never Land.
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Awards for Works

The Geebung Polo Club 2019 single work graphic novel
— Appears in: Skellington #1 2019; (p. 27-37)
2019 finalist Australian Shadows Award — Comics/Graphic Novels
'Scapes Made Diamond 2019 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Interzone , no. 280 2019; (p. 56-75)

'Twenty-seven years after his failure to save the telepathic Tulina, Graeyan returns to witness the death of the herd leader and try to reconcile with the man he once loved.'

Source: Rocket Stack Rank (http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2019/03/Scapes-Made-Diamond-Shauna-OMeara.html). (Sighted: 2/4/2020)
2020 shortlisted Norma K. Hemming Award — Short Form
2019 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Science Fiction Division — Novella
2019 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Fantasy Division — Novella
The Sea Maker of Darmid Bay 2018 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Interzone , September no. 277 2018; (p. 28-39)

'Four young men fishing illegally in the polluted waters off Kurathi City hook something enormous, and with no idea what it is, struggle hard to capture it.'

Source: Rocket Stack Rank (http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2018/09/The-Sea-Maker-of-Darmid-Bay-Shauna-OMeara.html). (Sighted: 21/02/2018)
2019 finalist Norma K. Hemming Award — Short Fiction
2018 winner Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Young Adult Division — Short Story
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