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Prix Aurora Awards

From the Aurora committee:

Just a quick reminder that the Aurora Award Eligibility Lists for works done by Canadians in 2020 are open and awaiting your submissions. The Eligibility Lists will close on February 28th at 11:59 EST. If you have created, published, read, or know of works or activities that should be on our lists please assist us and submit them. Help us find all the fantastic work done by Canadians in 2020! All works should be submitted to the eligibility lists on our website at www.prixaurorawards.ca

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Aurora Awards

2020 Categories & Nominees

Below are the categories and nominees. Details about the nominees can be found here.

Best Novel

Haunting The Haunted by E. C. Bell, Tyche Books

* The Gossamer Mage by Julie E. Czerneda, DAW Books *

A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay, Viking Canada

The Quantum Garden by Derek Künsken, Solaris Books

Jade War by Fonda Lee, Orbit Books

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey and Jo Fletcher Books

Best Young Adult Novel

Wolf’s Bane by Kelley Armstrong, K.L.A. Fricke Inc

The Brilliant Dark: The Realms of Ancient, Book 3 by S.M. Beiko, ECW Press

The Ehrich Weisz Chronicles: Metamorphosis by Marty Chan, Fitzhenry & Whiteside

* Bursts of Fire by Susan Forest, Laksa Media Groups Inc *

Murder at the World’s Fair by MJ Lyons, Renaissance

Best Short Fiction

* This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, Saga Press and Jo Fletcher Books *

Clear as Quartz, Sharp as Flint by Maria Haskins, Augur Magazine, issue 2.1

Alice Payne Rides by Kate Heartfield, Tor.com Publishing

Little Inn on the Jianghu by Y.M. Pang, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September

Modigliani Paints the World by Hayden Trenholm, Neo-Opsis, Issue #30

Blindside by Liz Westbrook-Trenholm, Amazing Stories, v. 77, issue no. 1, Fall

Best Graphic Novel

The Handmaid’s Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood and Renee Nault, McClelland & Stewart

* Krampus is My Boyfriend! by S.M. Beiko, Webcomic *

It Never Rains by Kari Maaren, Webcomic

Carpe Fin: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Douglas & McIntyre

Dakwäkãda Warriors by Cole Pauls, Conundrum Press

Best Poem/Song

The Girl Who Loved Birds by Clara Blackwood, Amazing Stories Magazine, v. 76, no. 3, Spring

* At the Edge of Space and Time by Swati Chavda, Love at the Speed of Light, Ancient Hound Books *

Steampunk Christmas by David Clink, Star*Line,  v. 42, no. 4., Fall

The Day the Animals Turned to Sand by Tyler Hagemann, Amazing Stories Magazine, v. 76, issue no. 3, Spring

Totemic Ants by Francine P. Lewis, Amazing Stories Magazine, v. 77, issue no. 1, Fall

Beauty, Sleeping by Lynne Sargent, Augur Magazine, issue 2.2

* Bursts of Fire by Sora, theme song for book trailers

Best Related Work

PodCastle by Jen R. Albert and Cherae Clark, Escape Artists Inc.

Nothing Without Us by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson, Renaissance

Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine edited by Karl Johanson

Lackington’s Magazine,edited by Ranylt Richildis (online)

Dave Duncan’s Legacy by Robert Runté, On Spec Magazine issue 111

Augur Magazine, Issue 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 published by Kerrie Seljak-Byrne and Alexander De Pompa

* On Spec Magazine, Diane L. Walton, Managing Editor, The Copper Pig Writers Society *

Best Visual Presentation

* Umbrella Academy, Steve Blackman, Dark Horse Entertainment *

V Wars (Season 1), William Laurin and Glenn Davis, High Park Entertainment

Killjoys (Season 5), Michelle Lovretta and Adam Barken, Temple Street Productions

Murdoch Mysteries (Ep. 10-18/Season 12 and Ep. 1-9/Season 13), Peter Mitchell and Christina Jennings, Shaftesbury Films

Van Helsing (Season 4), Jonathan Lloyd Walker, Nomadic Pictures

Best Artist

Samantha M. Beiko, cover for Bursts of Fire

James F. Beveridge, cover for Fata Morgana and cover for On Spec #112

Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk, A Rivet of Robots in On Spec Magazine and Cartoons in Amazing Stories

Nathan Fréchette, covers for Renaissance Press

* Dan O’Driscoll, covers for Bundoran Press and cover for On Spec Magazine #110 *

Best Fan Writing and Publications

R. Graeme Cameron, weekly columns in Amazing Stories (online)

* R. Graeme Cameron, Polar Borealis, Issues #9 to #12, editor *

Jennifer Desmarais, Travelling TARDIS, JenEric Designs

Steve Fahnestalk, weekly columns in Amazing Stories (online)

Ron S. Friedman, Will Voyager 1 leave the Milky Way?, Quora

Christina Vasilevski, Books and Tea

Best Fan Organizational

KT Bryski and Jen R. Albert, ephemera reading series, Toronto

Brent Jans, Pure Speculation Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival, Edmonton

* Derek Künsken and Marie Bilodeau, co-chairs, Can-Con, Ottawa *

Randy McCharles, chair, When Words Collide, Calgary

Sandra Wickham, Creative Ink Festival, Burnaby, BC

Best Fan Related Work

Brandon Crilly and Evan May, Broadcasts from the Wasteland, podcast

Kari Maaren, Music on YouTube Channel

* Derek Newman-Stille, Speculating Canada *

Joshua Pantalleresco, Just Joshing, podcast

Edward Willett, The Worldshapers, podcast

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Aurora Awards Ceremony

From the
Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association

Aurora Awards Ceremony

The Aurora Awards Ceremony will be held online this year on Saturday, August 15 at 7PM EST via the youtube link from When Words Collide.  

For more information, please visit the When Words Collide Canvention page.  

CSFFA AGM

The 2020 annual general meeting (AGM) of CSFFA (Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association) will begin Saturday Aug. 15 at 2PM EST.

Members can attend the virtual AGM without voting ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to the suggested motions. Be advised however that all voting happens online before the AGM. The deadline to vote on the motions is midnight EST (Eastern Standard Time) on Tuesday Aug. 11. Therefore please log in to the website and vote on the motions before Aug. 12.

Note: One of the motions if approved will create a new fiction category.

The 2020 CSFFA AGM will be held via Zoom. All 2020 CSFFA members may attend the AGM. To attend AGM, send a message to president@prixaurorawards.ca. In reply, before the AGM, you will be given a Zoom invitation.

Please remember that you do need to be logged in to the website with an active membership in order to vote.

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Aurora Awards: Voting is now open

Aurora Awards
Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association

Voting is open on the website. https://prixaurorawards.ca/

Please remember you do need to be logged in to the website with an active membership in order to vote.

Due to some technical difficulties with our web forms, the validation for voting is not currently working. This means that if you vote incorrectly, the software will not stop you from submitting your vote. We will be manually checking the votes periodically and you may receive an email from us to re-submit your vote if it would otherwise be rejected.

Because of this we ask that you take extra care to read through the rules and ensure that your vote is adhering to them. Votes must be sequential, start with the number 1, and cannot duplicate within the category (for example, you cannot select two works as your second choice in the same category).

Reminder: voting closes July 25 at 11:59:59 EDT

In addition, our Nominee’s Page is now live.

This page provides information on this year’s Aurora nominees.

The Voter Package Downloads also give you access to many of the works up for the awards this year. Like with voting, you need to be logged in to the website with an active membership to access these downloads.

The CSFFA Mid-Year financials are also available and are part of the AGM documents page. These documents are available for participants in the CSFFA AGM, which takes place after the Aurora Awards ceremony.

The Aurora Awards ceremony will be held online this year. The broadcast will be on August 15 at 5PM Mountain Daylight Time. More details about the Award ceremony will be provided as they become available.

If you have any technical difficulties voting or have any other questions, please contact us and we will help.

Happy Voting!!!

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2020 Aurora Awards Ballot

2020 Aurora Awards Ballot

 

The 2020 Aurora Awards ballot has been announced. The Aurora Awards are nominated by members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. The top five nominated works were selected, with additional works included when there was a tie for fifth place.

Best Novel

Best YA Novel

Best Short Fiction

  • This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone (Saga)
  • “Clear as Quartz, Sharp as Flint”, Maria Haskins (Augur 2.1)
  • Alice Payne Rides, Kate Heartfield (Tor.com Publishing)
  • “Little Inn on the Jianghu”, Y.M. Pang (F&SF 9/19)
  • “Modigliani Paints the World”, Hayden Trenholm (Neo-Opsis 30)
  • “Blindside”, Liz Westbrook-Trenholm (Amazing Stories Fall ’19)

Best Graphic Novel

Best Related Work

  • PodCastle, Jen R. Albert & Cherae Clark, eds.
  • Nothing Without Us, Cait Gordon & Talia C. Johnson (Renaissance)
  • Neo-opsis, Karl Johanson, ed.
  • Lackington’s, Ranylt Richildis, ed.
  • “Dave Duncan’s Legacy”, Robert Runté (On Spec 111)
  • Augur, Kerrie Seljak-Byrne, ed.

Best Poem/Song

  • “The Girl Who Loved Birds”, Clara Blackwood (Amazing Stories Spring ’19)
  • “At the Edge of Space and Time”, Swati Chavda (Love at the Speed of Light)
  • “Steampunk Christmas”, David Clink (Star*Line Fall ’19)
  • “The Day the Animals Turned to Sand”, Tyler Hagemann (Amazing Stories Spring ’19)
  • “Totemic Ants”, Francine P. Lewis (Amazing Stories Fall ’19)
  • “Beauty, Sleeping”, Lynne Sargent (Augur Magazine 2.2)
  • “Bursts of Fire”, Sora (theme song for book trailers)

Best Artist

  • Samantha M. Beiko, cover for Bursts of Fire
  • James F. Beveridge, cover for Fata Morgana and cover for On Spec 112
  • Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk, “A Rivet of Robots” in On Spec and cartoons in Amazing Stories
  • Nathan Fréchette, covers for Renaissance Press
  • Dan O’Driscoll, covers for Bundoran Press and cover for On Spec 110

Best Visual Presentation

  • The Umbrella Academy
  • V Wars, Season 1
  • Killjoys, Season 5
  • Murdoch Mysteries, Episodes 10-18 in Season 12 and Episodes 1-9 in Season 13
  • Van Helsing, Season 4

Best Fan Writing and Publications

Best Fan Organizational

  • KT Bryski and Jen R. Albert, ephemera reading series, Toronto
  • Brent Jans, Pure Speculation Science Fiction and Fantasy Festival, Edmonton
  • Derek Künsken and Marie Bilodeau, co-chairs, Can-Con, Ottawa
  • Randy McCharles, chair, When Words Collide, Calgary
  • Sandra Wickham, Creative Ink Festival, Burnaby, BC

Best Fan Related Work

The awards ceremony will be held online in conjunction with When Words Collide (Calgary) on August 15, 2020.

For more information, and complete nominees, see the Aurora Awards website.

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Aurora Awards: Voting is now open!

Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association

View this email online

VOTING IS NOW OPEN

Voting for the Aurora Awards is now open.

Voting will close September 14, 11:59 EDT

Remember, you must be logged in to the website with an active CSFFA membership in order to download the voter’s packages or to vote.  The voting page has important instructions on how to fill out the voting form.  Please read them before voting, especially if you are a first-time voter, and contact us if you have any questions about how to vote.

If you are already logged in, click here to go to the voting page.  Logged in members can also visit the voter package download page to review the works on the ballot before voting.

If you have not yet logged in, or you need to renew your membership, go to the member login page.

If you have not yet been a member of CSFFA, this year or in the past, you can go to the become a member page to join us. Membership costs $10 for the year and is renewed every year in January.

If you just want to see the public ballot, it is here.

Vote results will be announced at Can-Con October 18 – 20, 2019 in Ottawa (http://can-con.org/) and will be available on the website soon after.

Advance online participation in the CSFFA AGM opens after voting closes and we will send you an email when that is available.

If you have any comments, questions or concerns, please contact us.

Happy voting!

 

CSFFA / Aurora Award / Hall of Fame, WARP

MonSFFA’s WARP nominated for an Aurora Award

MonSFFA’s WARP has been nominated for an Aurora Award in the Best Fan Writing and Publications category.

To learn more about the Aurora Award, click here.
To view the 2017 qualifying issues of WARP, click  on the titles below.  
WARP 97
WARP 98
WARP 99

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Nominations for the Aurora Awards are now open

Nominations for the Aurora Awards are now open. Please note that the Aurora for works in French are awarded at Boréal http://congresboreal.ca/

To nominate eligible works for the Aurora Awards, please log in and visit the nominations page.  Nominations close May 26th at 11:59PM EST.  Voting will open July 28th 12:01AM EST.

https://prixaurorawards.ca/nominations-are-now-open/

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Notice from the CSFFA regarding the Aurora Awards Ballot.

Membership in the CSFFA is only 10$ and gives you the right to download a small fortune’s worth of literature! I highly recommend getting involved. Besides the joy of all that summer reading, you get to vote for the winners of the award and thereby encourage our authors.  –Cathy

Notice from the CSFFA regarding the Aurora Awards Ballot.

This email is being sent out to CSFFA account holders who have requested notices but currently do not have a paid CSFFA membership.  If you have paid and your account does not reflect that please contact me ASAP and we will look into it.  Please remember, once you have paid your account should automatically be updated.  There should be no delay.

Aurora Awards:  If you had not heard, the 2017 Aurora Awards ballot is out.
A notice and the ballot are on our website,
http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/wp3/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-Aurora-Awa
rds-Ballot.pdf .  Congratulations to this year’s nominees.

There are two important things to take notice of.  This year we have a special new category, Best of the Decade.  This category is only given out once every ten years.  Full details about this can be found on this year’s ballot.  The other item is that due to a lack of eligible nominations in the Best Poem/Song category there will not be an award for it this year.  To be eligible a work must receive at least 5 (five) nominations.

Voters’ Package:  The package is open to all paid account holders.  The first release of this year’s voters’ package is out.  Please note the Best of the Decade and the Fan Organizational downloads are located above the other categories on the download page.  They work the same as the others by clicking on them you will start the download process.  Please be patient and wait for each download to complete before you start the next one.

Here is a link to what is in our package:
http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/wp3/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Whats-on-the-2017-Aurora-Award-voter-package-Version-1.pdf

Once you have paid for this year’s membership can go to our “Voters Package Download” page from the “Join/Nominate/Vote” menu item or use this link:
http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/aurora-awards/voter-package-download/

We want to thank the nominees and their publishers for their generous donation of these works.  Remember, these downloads are for CSFFA members and only CSFFA members.  We request you do not share them with others.  The voters’ package will be available to download until voting closes on September 2nd, 2017.

This year’s awards will be presented at Hal-Con in Halifax (www.hal-con.com) on the weekend of September 22-24, 2017.

Happy reading.

Clifford Samuels
Aurora Awards administrator
www.prixaurorawards.ca

CSFFA / Aurora Award / Hall of Fame

Nominations now open for Aurora Awards

From the Aurora Awards committee:

Nominations are now open to all CSFFA members for works done in 2016.  Before you submit your nominations please review our eligibility lists, (www.prixaurorawards.ca/aurora-awards/eligibility-lists/).  We know that they may not contains absolutely everything that was done but we think they contain most works.  If you know of something that is not there please log into your account and add it.

Nominations close at Midnight EDT on May 6th.  We have shortened the nomination period because we wanted to give more time for people to read the items on the final ballot.  We expect to announce the ballot later in May.

Your nominations are what makes our awards work.  Nominate what you know and enjoyed.

You must be a paid CSFFA member to submit a nomination form.  If when you log into your account you see the PayPal button it means you have not paid.  Your account should automatically update your payment year right away once you leave the PayPal website.  If it does not please contact me ASAP with your PayPal receipt.  Your account page also shows when your membership ends.

Yours,

Clifford Samuels
Aurora Awards administrator