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The Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel is presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works. Since their creation in 1995, Aurealis Awards have been given in various categories of speculative fiction. The continued sponsorship by publishers such as HarperCollins and Orbit has added weight to the honour of the award. The results are decided by a panel of judges from a list of submitted nominees; the long-list of nominees is reduced to a short-list of finalists. Ties can occur if the panel decides that both entries show equal merit, however they are encouraged to choose a single winner. Of the 20 winners in the best young-adult novel category, three people have won the award twice: Isobelle Carmody, Garth Nix (pictured) and Scott Westerfeld. Westerfeld holds the record for most nominations with seven, and Rory Barnes has the most nominations without winning, having been a losing finalist five times. (Full list...)