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Nikky Lee

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Nikky Lee is an award-winning author who grew up as a barefoot 90s kid in Perth, Western Australia on Whadjuk Noongar Country. She now lives in Aotearoa New Zealand with a husband, a dog, and a couch potato cat. In her free time, she writes speculative fiction, often burning the candle at both ends to explore fantastic worlds, mine asteroids and meet wizards. She's had over two dozen stories published in magazines, anthologies and on the radio.

Her fantasy, sci-fi and horror fiction has won three Australian Aurealis Awards, two New Zealand Sir Julius Vogel Awards, Bronze at the Foreward INDIES Book of the Year, three Indie Ink Awards, and a Ditmar Award for Best New Talent.
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2024/25 Award Eligibilities

The 2024/25 literary award season is kicking off again. There are several awards open—or will soon be opening—that my stories are eligible for. If you loved any of these works, please consider giving them a nomination to see them celebrated and promoted!


Eligible worksShort stories

"Once Upon An Automation", Cursed Shards: Tales Inspired by Dark Folklore, IFWG Publishing, 27 May 2024.


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“A word after a word after a word is power.”
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