Aurora Nominations

The English language nominations for the Prix Aurora have been announced by the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association. Voting for the awards will begin on April 16.

Professional Award Nominations

Best Novel – English

• Enter Night, by Michael Rowe
• Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, by David Nickle
• Napier’s Bones, by Derryl Murphy
• The Pattern Scars, by Caitlin Sweet
• Technicolor Ultra Mall, by Ryan Oakley
• WWW: Wonder, by Robert J. Sawyer

Best Short Fiction – English

• “The Legend of Gluck,” by Marie Bilodeau
• “The Needle’s Eye,” by Suzanne Church
• “One Horrible Day,” by Randy McCharles
• “Turning It Off,” by Susan Forest
• “To Live and Die in Gibbontown,” by Derek Künsken

Best Poem / Song – English

• “A Good Catch,” by Colleen Anderson
• “Ode to the Mongolian Death Worm,” by Sandra Kasturi
• “Skeleton Leaves,” by Helen Marshall
• “Skeleton Woman,” by Heather Dale and Ben Deschamps
• “Zombie Bees of Winnipeg,” by Carolyn Clink

Best Graphic Novel – English

• Goblins, webcomic, created by Tarol Hunt
• Imagination Manifesto, Book 2, by GMB Chomichuk, James Rewucki, and John Toone
• Weregeek, webcomic, created by Alina Pete

Best Related Work – English

• Fairytale, CD by Heather Dale
• The First Circle: Volume One of the Tenth Circle Project, edited by Eileen Bell and Ryan McFadden
• Neo-Opsis, edited by Karl Johanson
• On Spec, published by the Copper Pig Writers’ Society
• Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales, edited by Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor

Best Artist (Professional and Amateur Nominations)

• Janice Blaine, “Cat in Space,” Cover art for Neo-Opsis, Issue 20
• Costi Gurgu, cover art for Outer Diverse
• Erik Mohr, cover art for ChiZine Publications
• Dan O’Driscoll, “Deep Blue Seven,” cover art for On Spec magazine, Summer issue
• Martin Springett, Interior art for The Pattern Scars

Fan/Volunteer Award Nominations

Best Fan Publication

• BCSFAzine,edited by Felicity Walker
• Bourbon and Eggnog, by Eileen Bell, Ryan McFadden, Billie Milholland, and Randy McCharles
• In Places Between: The Robin Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest Book, edited by Reneé Bennett
• Sol Rising newsmagazine, edited by Michael Matheson
• Space Cadet, edited by R. Graeme Cameron

Best Fan Filk

• Stone Dragons (Tom and Sue Jeffers), concert at FilKONtario
• Phil Mills, Body of Song-Writing Work including FAWM and 50/90
• Cindy Turner, Interfilk concert at OVFF

Best Fan Organizationa

• Andrew Gurudata, chair of the Constellation Awards committee
• Peter Halasz, administrator of the Sunburst Awards
• Helen Marshall and Sandra Kasturi, chairs of the Chiaroscuro Reading Series (Toronto)
• Randy McCharles, founder and chair of When Words Collide (Calgary)
• Alex von Thorn, chair of SFContario 2 (Toronto)
• Rose Wilson, for organizing the Art Show at V-Con (Vancouver)

Best Fan Other

• Lloyd Penney, letters of comment
• Peter Watts, “Reality: The Ultimate Mythology” lecture, Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
• Taral Wayne, Canadian Fanzine Fanac Awards art

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