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Little Bones wins the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction
Posted 23.02.2026

Little Bones wins the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction

Congratulations to Sandy Bigna whose middle-grade verse novel Little Bones has won the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction.⁠

The Aurealis Award is Australia's premier speculative fiction award with it attracting more than 775 entries across 14 categories, including record numbers in the Horror categories this year.

Congratulations once again Sandy on this achievement.