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:
Best Long-Form Work in French:
Best Short-Form Work in English:
Best Short-Form Work in French:
Best Work in English (Other):
Best Work in French (Other):
Artistic Achievement:
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 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!