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The Aurora Awards are given out annually for the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy literary works, artworks, fan activities from that year, and are awarded in both English and French. The event is organized by Canvention and the awards are given out by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association , which began in 1980.
Current award categories
Professional English Awards (Aurora Awards)
Best Novel
Best YA Novel
Best Short Fiction
Best Graphic Novel
Best Poetry/Song (Best Long-Form Work in French)
Best Related Work' (Best Short-Form Work in French)
Best Dramatic Presentation
Best Artist
Fan awards (open to English and French)
Best Fan Publication
Best Fan Organizational
Best Fan Filk
Best Fan Related Work
Prix Aurora Boréal (Prix de français professionnel)
Meilleur roman
La meilleure fiction courte
Le meilleur roman graphique
La meilleure poésie / chanson
Meilleur travail connexes
Award recipients
Best Long Form: Mona Lisa Overdrive , by William Gibson Meilleur livre: Temps mort , by Charles Montpetit Best Short Form: "Sleeping in a Box", by Candas Jane Dorsey Meilleure nouvelle: «Survie sur Mars», by Joël Champetier Other, in English: Gerry Truscott , for editing of Porcépic/Tesseract BooksMeilleur ouvrage (autre): Luc Pomerleau , for editing Solaris Fanzine: Michael Skeet , for editing of MLR Fan (Organizational): Paul Valcour , for Pinekone IFan (Other) NCF Guide to Canadian SF & Fandom, 3rd edition , edited & published by Robert Runté
Best Long Form: Tigana , by Guy Gavriel Kay Meilleur livre: Histoire de la Princesse et du Dragon , by Élisabeth Vonarburg Best Short Form: "Muffin Explains Teleology to the World at Large'", by James Alan Gardner Meilleure nouvelle: «Ici, des tigres», by Élisabeth Vonarburg Other, in English: On Spec Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris Fanzine: Neology Catherine Girczyc Fan (Organizational): Dave Panchyk, President of SSFS & chair of Combine 0Fan (Other) Al Betz , for the "Ask Mr. Science" columnArtistic Achievement: Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk Best Long Form: Passion Play , by Sean Stewart Meilleur livre: Chroniques du Pays des Mères , by Élisabeth Vonarburg Best Short Form: "The Toy Mill", by David Nickle & Karl Schroeder Meilleure nouvelle: «Base de négociation», by Jean Dion Other, in English: Tesseracts 4 , by Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet (anthology)Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris Fanzine: Under the Ozone Hole Karl Johanson & John HerbertFan (Organizational): Adam Charlesworth, Noncon 15Fan (Other) Louise Hypher , for the SF2 showArtistic Achievement: Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk Best Long Form: Nobody's Son , by Sean Stewart [ 15] Meilleur livre: Chronoreg , by Daniel Sernine Best Short Form: "Just Like Old Times", by Robert J. Sawyer Meilleure nouvelle: «La Merveilleuse machine de Johann Havel», by Yves Meynard Other, in English: Prisoners of Gravity, TVOntario Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Les 42,210 univers de la science-fiction , Guy Bouchard Fanzine: Under the Ozone Hole Karl Johanson & John HerbertFan (Organizational): Lloyd Penney, Ad AstraFan (Other) Jean-Louis Trudel , for promotion of Canadian Sci-Fi writingArtistic Achievement: Robert Pasternak Best Long Form: The Terminal Experiment , by Robert J. Sawyer Best Short Form: "The Perseids", by Robert Charles Wilson Meilleur livre: Les Voyageurs malgré eux , by Élisabeth Vonarburg Meilleure nouvelle: «Équinoxe», by Yves Meynard Other, in English: ReBoot , BLT ProductionsMeilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris Fanzine: Under the Ozone Hole Karl Johanson & John HerbertFan (Organizational): Jean-Louis Trudel, SFSF Boréal et Prix BoréalFan (Other) Larry Stewart, entertainerArtistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand Best Long Form: Starplex , by Robert J. Sawyer Meilleur livre: La Rose du désert , by Yves Meynard (recueil)Best Short Form: "Peking Man", by Robert J. Sawyer Meilleure nouvelle: «Lamente-toi, Sagesse!», by Jean-Louis Trudel Other, in English: On Spec Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris Fanzine: Sol Rising Theresa Wojtasiewicz Fan (Organizational): Yvonne Penney, SF SaturdayFan (Other) Lloyd Penney , for fan writingArtistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand Best Long Form: Black Wine , by Candas Jane Dorsey Meilleur livre: L'Odyssée du Pénélope , by Jean-Pierre Guillet Best Short Form: "Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Blood Stream", by James Alan Gardner Meilleure nouvelle: «Une lettre de ma mère», by Yves Meynard Other, in English: Northern Frights 4' f, edited by Don Hutchison (anthology) Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris Hugues Morin , Les Compagnons à temps perduFanzine: Warp Factor Chris Chartier Fan (Organizational): Peter Halasz, The National SF & Fantasy Society / La Societé Nationale de la S-F et du FantastiqueFan (Other) Larry Stewart, for entertainmentArtistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand Best Long Form: Flashforward , by Robert J. Sawyer Meilleur livre: Samiva de Frée , by Francine Pelletier Best Short Form: "Stream of Consciousness", by Robert J. Sawyer Meilleure nouvelle: «Souvenirs du Saudade Express», by Éric Gauthier Other, in English: Northern Frights 5 , edited by Don Hutchison (anthology)Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris Joël Champetier , Les Compagnons à temps perduFanzine: Voyageur Fan (Organizational): Bernard Reischl, (KAG/Kanada)Fan (Other) Don Bassie , for the Made in Canada Artistic Achievement: Larry StewartBest Long Form: The Snow Queen , by Eileen Kernaghan Meilleur livre: Demain, les étoiles , by Jean-Louis Trudel Meilleure nouvelle: «La Danse des esprits», by Douglas Smith and translated by Benoît Domis Best Short Form: "Surrendering the Blade", by Marcie Tentchoff (a poem; only time a work other than short fiction has won in this category)Other, in English: Science Fiction: The Play , by David Widdicombe (play)Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris Joël Champetier , Les Compagnons à temps perduFanzine: Voyageur Fan (Organizational): R. Graeme Cameron , (BCSFA president & V-Con 25 chair)Fan (Other) Donna McMahon , for book reviewsArtistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand Best Long Form: In the Company of Others Julie E. Czerneda Meilleur livre: Les Transfigurés du Centaure , by Jean-Louis Trudel Best Short Form: "Left Foot on a Blind Man", by Julie E. Czerneda Meilleure nouvelle: «Souvenirs de lumière», by Daniel Sernine Other, in English: "Underwater Nightmare", by Isaac Szpindel (TV screenplay)Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris Joël Champetier , Les Compagnons à temps perduFanzine: Voyageur Sharon Lowachee Fan (Organizational): Peter Johnson (USS Hudson Bay / IDIC)Fan (Other) Alex von Thorn , for fan writingArtistic Achievement: James Beveridge Best Long Form: Blind Lake Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)Meilleur livre: Phaos , Alain Bergeron (Alire)Best Short Form: "Scream Angel", Douglas Smith (Low Port , Meisha Merlin)Meilleure nouvelle: «La Course de Kathryn», Élisabeth Vonarburg (Le Jeu des coquilles de Nautilus , Alire)Other, in English: Julie E. Czerneda , editing Space, Inc. Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris , Joël Champetier , réd. (Les Publications bénévoles des littératures de l'imaginaire du Québec)Artistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand Fan (Fanzine): Made in Canada Newsletter , Don Bassie , ed. [webzine]Fan (Organizational): Martin Miller (Torcon 3 & TT17 masquerades)Fan (Other) Eric Layman , fan writing/écriture fanique Best Long Form: Cagebird Karin Lowachee Meilleur livre: Alégracia et le Serpent d'Argent , by Dominic Bellavance Best Short Form: "Transubstantiation", by Derwin Mak Meilleure nouvelle: «Montréal: trois uchronies», by Alain Ducharme Other, in English: Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction , Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman , editorsMeilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris , by Joël Champetier Fanzine: The Royal Swiss Navy Gazette Garth Spencer Fan (Organizational): Barbara Schofield Fan (Other) Urban Tapestry , for filksinging Artistic Achievement: Lar deSouza Best Long Form: Children of Chaos , by Dave Duncan Meilleur livre: Reine de Mémoire 4. La Princesse de Vengeance , by Elisabeth Vonarburg Best Short Form: "Biding Time", by Robert J. Sawyer Meilleure nouvelle: «Le regard du trilobite», by Mario Tessier Other, in English: Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine , Karl Johanson , editorMeilleur ouvrage (autre): «Aux origines des petits hommes verts », by Jean-Louis Trudel Fanzine: Brins d'Éternité Guillaume Voisine Fan (Organizational): Cathy Palmer-Lister (Con*Cept)Fan (Other) Éric Gauthier , Christian Sauvé , Laurine Spehner , for Fractale-Framboise Artistic Achievement: Martin Springett Best Long Form: Marseguro , by Edward Willett[ 31] [ 32] Meilleur livre: Les vents de Tammerlan , by Michèle Laframboise[ 33] Best Short Form: "Ringing in the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta", by Randy McCharlesMeilleure nouvelle: Le Dôme de Saint-Macaire , by Jean-Louis Trudel Other, in English: Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris , Joël Champetier Fanzine: The Original Universe , Jeff Boman, editorFan (Organizational): Randy McCharles (Chair of World Fantasy 2008)Fan (Other): Joan Sherman for Heather Dale ConcertArtistic Achievement: Looking for Group, by Lar deSouzaBest Long Form: Wake Robert J. Sawyer Meilleur livre: Suprématie by Laurent McAllister Best Short Form: Pawns Dreaming of Roses by Eileen Bell from Women of the Apocalypse Meilleure nouvelle: Ors blancs by Alain BergeronOther, in English: Women of the Apocalypse Platinum Best of Show - Special Effects, Short Subject: Steven Curtis, The Benchmark , Taylor University's Academic TechnologyMeilleur ouvrage (autre): Revue. Joël Champetier , éditeurArtistic Achievement: Dan O’Driscoll, cover of Steel WhispersFanzine: WCSFAZine, edited by R. Graeme CameronFan (Organizational): David Hayman, organization Filk Hall of FameFan (Other): Ray Badgerow, astronomy lecture at USS Hudson BayBest Novel: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer Best Short Story: "The Burden of Fire" by Hayden Trenholm (Neo-Opsis #19)Best English Poem/Song: "The ABCs of the End of the World", by Carolyn Clink (A Verdant Green )Best Graphic Novel: Goblins goblinscomic.com )Best Related Work: The Dragon and the Stars , by Derwin Mak & Eric Choi, eds. (DAW )Best Artist: Erik Mohr, cover art for ChiZine PublicationsBest Fan Filk: Dave Clement and Tom Jeffers of Dandelion Wine, “Face on Mars” CDBest Fan Organizational: Helen Marshall and Sandra Kasturi, chairs of Toronto SpecFic ColloquiumBest Fan Other: John and Linda Ross Mansfield, conception of the Aurora nominee pinsNote: No Fan Publication award was given out due to too few eligible nominees
Best Novel: Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer Best Short Fiction: "The Needle's Eye" by Suzanne Church , Chilling Tales: Evil Did I Dwell; Lewd I Did Live , EDGEBest Poem/Song: "Skeleton Leaves" by Helen Marshall, Kelp Queen PressBest Graphic Novel: Goblins , webcomic, created by Tarol HuntBest Related Work: On Spec Best Artist: Dan O'DriscollBest Fan Publication: Bourbon and Eggnog by Eileen Bell, Ryan McFadden, Billie Milholland and Randy McCharles, 10th Circle ProjectBest Fan Filk: Phil Mills, Body of Song-Writing Work including FAWM and 50/90Best Fan (Organization): Randy McCharles, founder and chair of When Words Collide (Calgary)Best Fan (Other): Peter Watts, "Reality: The Ultimate Mythology" lecture, Toronto SpecFic ColloquiumBest Novel: The Silvered by Tanya Huff Best YA Novel: Under My Skin: Wildlings Series (Book 1) Charles de Lint Best Short Fiction: The Walker of the Shifting Borderland by Douglas Smith Best Poem/Song: A sea monster tells his story by David Clink Best Graphic Novel: Weregeek by Alina Pete , webcomicBest Related Work: Blood and Water edited by Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press Best Artist: Erik Mohr Best Fan Publication: Speculating Canada blog, edited by Derek Newman-StilleBest Fan Filk: Kari Maaren , Body of WorkBest Fan Organizational: Randy McCharles, Chair and Programming, When Words Collide, CalgaryBest Fan Related Work: Ron Friedman, conception and delivery of the Aurora Awards voter packageBest Novel: A Turn of Light by Julie E. Czerneda Best YA Novel: The Rising Kelley Armstrong Best Short Fiction: Ghost in the Machine by Ryan McFaddenBest Poem/Song: Night Journey: West Coast by Eileen Kernaghan Best Graphic Novel: Rock, Paper, Cynic by Peter Chiykowski, webcomicBest Related Work: On Spec Best Artist: Erik MohrBest Fan Music: Chris Hadfield , for his performance of Space OddityBest Fan Organizational: Randy McCharles, Chair and Programming, When Words Collide, CalgaryBest Fan Related Work: Robert Runté, “Why I Read Canadian Speculative Fiction: The Social Dimension of Reading”, Scholar Keynote Address at ACCSFF ’13, TorontoBest Novel: A Play of Shadow by Julie E. Czerneda Best YA Novel: a tie between:
Best Short Fiction: Crimson Sky by Eric ChoiBest Poem/Song: A Hex, With Bees by Tony Pi Best Graphic Novel: It Never Rains by Kari Maaren , webcomicBest Related Work: On Spec Best Artist: Dan O’Driscoll Best Fan Publication Speculating Canada edited by Derek Newman-Stille Best Fan Music: Kari Maaren , YouTube channelBest Fan Organizational: Sandra Kasturi , Chair, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: TorontoBest Fan Related Work: Derek Newman-Stille , Speculating Canada on Trent Radio 92.7 FM
References
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