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Prix Aurora Nominees
Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (Association canadienne de la science-fiction et du fantastique), Canada’s contribution to the realm of sci-fi and genre-related fields, gets the nod on October 19-21 during the VCON-32.
The Prix Aurora Awards are closest to the style of the Hugo awards (which are presented by the SF Worldcon) in the method by which they are selected. First there is a nomination phase to select a short list. Then a voting phase to pick the winner from the short list using the Australian voting method (this method has the voter rank their choices in each category). Each year a different convention or group has hosted the awards.
Here is a list of this year’s nominees:
Best Long-Form Work in English:
Regeneration by Julie E. Czerneda
Children of Chaos by Dave Duncan
Smoke and Ashes by Tanya Huff
Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Righteous Anger by Lynda Williams
Best Long-Form Work in French:
Samuel de la chasse-galerie by Michel J. Lévesque
Le maître des bourrasques by Laurent McAllister
Reine de Mémoire 3. Le Dragon fou by Elisabeth Vonarburg
Reine de Mémoire 4. La Princesse de Vengeance by Elisabeth Vonarburg
Best Short-Form Work in English:
“All the Cool Monsters at Once” by James Alan Gardner
“This Ink Feels Like Sorrow” by Karin Lowachee
“Marked Men” by John Mierau
“Biding Time” by Robert J. Sawyer
“Lumen Essence” by Hayden Trenholm
Best Short-Form Work in French:
“Le vol de l’abeille” by Michèle Laframboise
“Stiletto” by Julie Martel
“Le regard du trilobite” by Mario Tessier
Best Work in English (Other):
The Hidden Path by Heather Dale
Jousting with Jesters: An ABC for the Younger Dragon by Martin Springett
Mythspring, Julie E. Czerneda and Genevieve Kierans, eds.
Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Karl Johanson, ed.
Tesseracts Ten, Edo Van Belkom and Robert Charles Wilson, eds.
Best Work in French (Other):
La Décennie charnière directed by Claude Janelle
Solaris, Joël Champetier, ed
Les Carnets du Futurible by Mario Tessier
“Aux origines des petits hommes verts” by Jean-Louis Trudel
Artistic Achievement:
Kenn Brown
Lar deSouza
Janet Hetherington
Jean-Pierre Normand
Martin Springett
Ronn Sutton
Fan Achievement (Other):
Fractale-Framboise by Éric Gauthier, Christian Sauvé, and Laurine Spehner, Judith Hayman, Lloyd Penney, Martin Springett, Larry Stewart, Peggi Warner-Lalonde
The Prix Aurora Awards are closest to the style of the Hugo awards (which are presented by the SF Worldcon) in the method by which they are selected. First there is a nomination phase to select a short list. Then a voting phase to pick the winner from the short list using the Australian voting method (this method has the voter rank their choices in each category). Each year a different convention or group has hosted the awards.
The short work (English) category has 2 of my favorite writers, James Alan Gardner and Robert J. Sawyer. I’d kinda like Gardner to win because I don’t think he gets enough respect, and Sawyer has won before. For Long Form it’s “Blindsight” all the way! What a great work!
Thanks for digging this up for us, Sam.
We are absolutely delighted that Lynda Williams has become a finalist for Best Long Work in English, with her book Righteous Anger. If you are not yet familiar with the Okal Rel Universe, and book 2 of the saga, Righteous Anger, you can get more information at the EDGE website, or at her website which is http://www.okalrel.org. Congratulations Lynda!
We are also delighted that Tesseracts Ten, edited by Edo Van Belkom and Robert Charles Wilson is a finalist for Best Work in English(other) - Tesseracts Ten features following short stories, and poetry:
A Nervous Look Down a Dark Road by Robert Charles Wilson
Threshold of Perception by Scott Mackay
Frankenstein’s Monster’s Wife’s Therapist by Sandra Kasturi
Puss Reboots by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime
Au pays des merveilles by Wendy Waring
Donovan’s Brain by Allen Moore
The Undoing by Sarah Totton
Blackbird Shuffle (The Major Arcana) by Greg Bechtel
Ideo Radio Poem by Jason Christie
Women are from Mars, Men are from Venus by Michèle Laframboise
Closing Time by Matthew Johnson
Go Tell The Phoenicians by Matthew Hughes
Buttons by Victoria Fisher
Findings at the Dump by Nancy Bennett
The Girl From Ipanema by Scott Mackay
The Intruder by Lisa Smedman
Angel of Death by Susan Forest
Transplant by Yvonne Pronovost
Phantom Love by René Beaulieu
Permission by Mark Dachuk
Summer Silk by Rhea Rose
Canadian SF Comes of Age by Edo van Belkom
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Congratulations to all the finalists of the Auroras!