The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is presented for the best in Canadian fantastic literature. The awards will be presented in the fall of 2012 and include a prize of Can$1,000 and a trophy. This year’s jurors include Douglas Barbour, Zsuzsi Gartner, Daniel Justice, Lorna Toolis, and Halli Villegas.
Adult Category
- Blackdog, by K. V. Johansen
- Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, by David Nickle
- Technicolor Ultra Mall, by Ryan Oakley
- Enter, Night, by Michael Rowe
- Paradise Tales, by Geoff Ryman
- The Pattern Scars, by Caitlin Sweet
Young Adult
- Ultraviolet, by R. J. Anderson
- All Good Children, by Catherine Austen
- The Summer of Permanent Wants, by Jamieson Findlay
- The Dead Kid Detective Agency, by Evan Munday
- Blood Red Road: Dustlands: 1, by Moira Young
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The 2011 Sunburst Award winners have been announced. The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is a juried award given to a Canadian writer for a book length work of SF. The prize comes with a hand-crafted medallion and Can$1,000.
- Sunburst Award: Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Sunburst Young Adult Award: Bookweirder, by Paul Glennon
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The jury for the tenth annual Sunburst Awards has announced the short-lists for 2011. The awards will be presented on September 14, 2011 at the Harbourfront Reading Series. Winners receive a cash prize of $1,000 and a hand-crafted medallion which incorporates the “Sunburst” logo, designed by Marcel Gagné. This year’s jury includes Kate Freiman, Mark Leslie, Christopher Roden, and Alison Sinclair.
Adult Category:
- Under Heaven, by Guy Gavriel Kay
- WWW: Wake, by Robert J. Sawyer
- Chimerascope, by Douglas Smith
- A Taint in the Blood, by S.M. Stirling
- Stealing Home, by Hayden Trenholm
Young Adult Category:
- Shapeshifter, by Holly Bennett
- Plain Kate, by Erin Bow
- The Painted Boy, by Charles De Lint
- Bookweirder, by Paul Glennon
- Dust City, by Robert Paul Weston
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The 2010 Sunburst Award winners have been announced. The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is a juried award given to a Canadian writer for a book length work of SF. The prize comes with a hand-crafted medallion and Can$1,000.
- Sunburst Award: Indigo Springs, by A.M. Dellamonica
- Sunburst Young Adult Award: Half World, by Hiromi Goto
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