Aurora Award
Encyclopedia
The Prix Aurora Awards are given out annually for the best Canadian science fiction
and fantasy
literary works, artworks, fan activities from that year, and are awarded in both English and French. The event is organized by Canvention
and the awards are given out by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association, which began in 1980.
ART AWARD: Open to Professionals and Fans
FAN AWARDS: Open to English and French
PRIX AURORA BORÉAL: (Prix de français professionnel)
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
and fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
literary works, artworks, fan activities from that year, and are awarded in both English and French. The event is organized by Canvention
Canvention
Canvention is the Canadian national science fiction convention, where the Prix Aurora Awards are presented. Normally it is held as part of an existing convention.-Conventions:...
and the awards are given out by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association, which began in 1980.
Current award categories
PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH AWARDS (Prix Aurora Awards)- Best Novel
- Best Short Fiction
- Best Graphic Novel
- Best Poetry/Song (Best Long-Form Work in French)
- Best Related Work' (Best Short-Form Work in French)
ART AWARD: Open to Professionals and Fans
- Best Artist
FAN AWARDS: Open to English and French
- Best Fan Publication
- Best Fan Organizational
- Best Fan Filk
- Best Fan Other
PRIX AURORA BORÉAL: (Prix de français professionnel)
- Meilleur roman
- La meilleure fiction courte
- Le meilleur roman graphique
- La meilleure poésie / chanson
- Meilleur travail connexes
1986
- English category: Judith MerrilJudith MerrilJudith Josephine Grossman , who took the pen-name Judith Merril about 1945, was an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist....
, for lifetime contributions - French category: «Yadjine et la mort», by Daniel Sernine
- Fan category: Garth Spencer, for editing of The Maple Leaf Rag
1987
- English category: The Wandering Fire, by Guy Gavriel KayGuy Gavriel KayGuy Gavriel Kay is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. Many of his novels are set in fictional realms that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I or Spain during the time of El Cid...
- French category: «La Carte du Tendre», by Élisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris and has lived in Chicoutimi , Quebec, Canada since 1973....
- Fan category: Élisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris and has lived in Chicoutimi , Quebec, Canada since 1973....
, for contributions to SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
1988
- English category: Jack the Giant Killer, by Charles de LintCharles de LintCharles de Lint is a Canadian fantasy author and folk musician. He is also the chief book critic for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction....
- French category: «Les crabes de Venus regardent vers le ciel», by Alain BergeronAlain BergeronAlain Bergeron is a Québécois science fiction author and political scientist.Born in Paris, France, he has won the Aurora Award and Sidewise Award for Alternate History. He has written seven books, beginning with Un été de Jessica . Bergeron is also an essayist who writes works concerning the genre...
- Fan category: Michael Skeet, for editing of MLR
1989
- Best Long Form: Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William GibsonWilliam GibsonWilliam Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:-Association football:*Will Gibson , Scottish footballer...
- Meilleur livre: Temps mort, by Charles Montpetit
- Best Short Form: "Sleeping in a Box", by Candas Jane DorseyCandas Jane DorseyCandas Jane Dorsey is a Canadian poet and science fiction novelist.Born and still living in Edmonton, Alberta, Dorsey became a writer from an early age, and a freelance writer since 1980. She writes across genre boundaries, writing poetry, fiction, mainstream and speculative, short and long form,...
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Survie sur Mars», by Joël ChampetierJoël ChampetierJoël Champetier is a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.-Biography:...
- Other, in English: Gerry Truscott, for editing of Porcépic/Tesseract Books
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Luc Pomerleau, for editing SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
- Fanzine: Michael Skeet, for editing of MLR
- Fan (Organizational): Paul Valcour, for Pinekone I
- Fan (Other) NCF Guide to Canadian SF & Fandom, 3rd edition, edited & published by Robert Runté
1990
- Best Long Form: West of JanuaryWest of JanuaryWest of January is a fantasy novel by Dave Duncan. The book won the 1990 Aurora Award for Best Long-Form Work in English.-Plot introduction:...
, by Dave DuncanDave Duncan (writer)David Duncan is a Canadian fantasy author. He was born in 1933 in Scotland, and educated there at the High School of Dundee and at the University of St Andrews. After graduating in 1955 he moved to Canada where he lived in Calgary, Alberta, and is currently situated on Vancouver Island in Victoria,... - Meilleur livre: L'Oiseau de feu (Tome I), by Jacques Brossard
- Best Short Form: "Carpe Diem'", by Eileen KernaghanEileen KernaghanEileen Kernaghan is a Canadian novelist and three-time winner of the Aurora Award for English-language Canadian speculative fiction. The settings of her historical fantasy novels range from the prehistoric Indus Valley and eighteenth century Bhutan, to Elizabethan England and nineteenth century...
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Cogito'», by Élisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris and has lived in Chicoutimi , Quebec, Canada since 1973....
- Other, in English: On SpecOn SpecOn Spec is a digest-sized, perfect-bound, Canadian quarterly magazine publishing stories and poetry in science fiction, fantasy, and allied genres broadly grouped under the "speculative ficton" umbrella. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, On Spec was founded in 1989 by a small group of Edmonton writers...
, Copper Pig Writers' Society - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Luc Pomerleau, for editing SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
- Fanzine: Michael Skeet, for editing of MLR
- Fan (Organizational): The Alberta Speculative Fiction Association (TASFA)
- Fan (Other) Robert Runté, for promotion of Canadian science-fiction writing
1991
- Best Long Form: Tigana, by Guy Gavriel KayGuy Gavriel KayGuy Gavriel Kay is a Canadian author of fantasy fiction. Many of his novels are set in fictional realms that resemble real places during real historical periods, such as Constantinople during the reign of Justinian I or Spain during the time of El Cid...
- Meilleur livre: Histoire de la Princesse et du Dragon, by Élisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris and has lived in Chicoutimi , Quebec, Canada since 1973....
- Best Short Form: "Muffin Explains Teleology to the World at Large'", by James Alan GardnerJames Alan GardnerJames Alan Gardner is a Canadian science fiction author.Raised in Simcoe and Bradford, Ontario, he earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Applied Mathematics from the University of Waterloo....
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Ici, des tigres», by Élisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris and has lived in Chicoutimi , Quebec, Canada since 1973....
- Other, in English: On SpecOn SpecOn Spec is a digest-sized, perfect-bound, Canadian quarterly magazine publishing stories and poetry in science fiction, fantasy, and allied genres broadly grouped under the "speculative ficton" umbrella. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, On Spec was founded in 1989 by a small group of Edmonton writers...
, Copper Pig Writers' Society - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
, Les Compagnons à temps perdu - Fanzine: NeologyNeologyNeology , the name given to the rationalist theology of Germany or the rationalisation of the Christian religion. It was preceded by slightly less radical Wolffism....
, edited by Catherine Girczyc - Fan (Organizational): Dave Panchyk, President of SSFS & chair of Combine 0
- Fan (Other) Al Betz, for the "Ask Mr. Science" column
- Artistic Achievement: Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk
1992
- Best Long Form: Golden Fleece, by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
- Meilleur livre: Ailleurs et au Japon, by Élisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris and has lived in Chicoutimi , Quebec, Canada since 1973....
(recueil) - Best Short Form: a tie between:
- "Breaking Ball", by Michael Skeet
- "A Niche", by Peter Watts
- Meilleure nouvelle: «L'Enfant des mondes assoupis», by Yves MeynardYves MeynardYves Meynard is a science fiction and fantasy author. He began writing fiction in 1986. He has won the Aurora Award for best book in French once and for best short story in French five times. He has also written in English.-External links:*...
- Other, in English: Prisoners of Gravity, TVOntarioTVOntarioTVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
, Les Compagnons à temps perdu - Fanzine: SOL Rising, edited by Larry Hancock
- Fan (Organizational): John Mansfield, Winnipeg in '94 Worldcon Bid Committee Chairman
- Fan (Other) David W. New, for editing Horizons SF
- Artistic Achievement: Martin SpringettMartin SpringettA Canadian illustrator, Martin Springett is mostly noted for his illustrations of Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry series.Springett grew up in England, and moved to Canada in his late teens - where he was employed as a gardener, hospital porter and drove a forklift, while pursuing his interests...
1993
- Best Long Form: Passion Play, by Sean StewartSean StewartSean Stewart is a U.S.-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.Born in Lubbock, Texas, Sean Stewart moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1968...
- Meilleur livre: Chroniques du Pays des Mères, by Élisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris and has lived in Chicoutimi , Quebec, Canada since 1973....
- Best Short Form: "The Toy Mill", by David Nickle & Karl SchroederKarl SchroederKarl Schroeder is an award-winning Canadian science fiction author. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality and interstellar travel, and have a deeply philosophical streak...
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Base de négociation», by Jean Dion
- Other, in English: Tesseracts 4, by Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet (anthology)
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
, Les Compagnons à temps perdu - Fanzine: Under the Ozone Hole, edited by Karl Johanson & John Herbert
- Fan (Organizational): Adam Charlesworth, Noncon 15
- Fan (Other) Louise Hypher, for the SF2 show
- Artistic Achievement: Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk
1994
- Best Long Form: Nobody's Son, by Sean StewartSean StewartSean Stewart is a U.S.-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.Born in Lubbock, Texas, Sean Stewart moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1968...
- Meilleur livre: Chronoreg, by Daniel Sernine
- Best Short Form: "Just Like Old Times", by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
- Meilleure nouvelle: «La Merveilleuse machine de Johann Havel», by Yves MeynardYves MeynardYves Meynard is a science fiction and fantasy author. He began writing fiction in 1986. He has won the Aurora Award for best book in French once and for best short story in French five times. He has also written in English.-External links:*...
- Other, in English: Prisoners of Gravity, TVOntarioTVOntarioTVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Les 42,210 univers de la science-fiction, Guy Bouchard
- Fanzine: Under the Ozone Hole, edited by Karl Johanson & John Herbert
- Fan (Organizational): Lloyd Penney, Ad Astra
- Fan (Other) Jean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis Trudel is a science fiction writer. He was born in Toronto, Canada and has lived in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal before moving to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 2010. He currently teaches part-time at the University of Ottawa....
, for promotion of Canadian Sci-Fi writing - Artistic Achievement: Robert Pasternak
1995
- Best Long Form: Virtual Light, by William GibsonWilliam GibsonWilliam Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:-Association football:*Will Gibson , Scottish footballer...
- Meilleur livre: La Mémoire du lac, by Joël ChampetierJoël ChampetierJoël Champetier is a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.-Biography:...
- Best Short Form: "The Fragrance of Orchids", by Sally McBride
- Meilleure nouvelle: a tie between:
- «L'Homme qui fouillait la lumière», by Alain BergeronAlain BergeronAlain Bergeron is a Québécois science fiction author and political scientist.Born in Paris, France, he has won the Aurora Award and Sidewise Award for Alternate History. He has written seven books, beginning with Un été de Jessica . Bergeron is also an essayist who writes works concerning the genre...
- «L'Envoyé», by Yves MeynardYves MeynardYves Meynard is a science fiction and fantasy author. He began writing fiction in 1986. He has won the Aurora Award for best book in French once and for best short story in French five times. He has also written in English.-External links:*...
- «L'Homme qui fouillait la lumière», by Alain Bergeron
- Other, in English: On SpecOn SpecOn Spec is a digest-sized, perfect-bound, Canadian quarterly magazine publishing stories and poetry in science fiction, fantasy, and allied genres broadly grouped under the "speculative ficton" umbrella. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, On Spec was founded in 1989 by a small group of Edmonton writers...
, Copper Pig Writers' Society - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
, Les Compagnons à temps perdu - Fanzine: Under the Ozone Hole, edited by Karl Johanson & John Herbert
- Fan (Organizational): Cath Jackel, NonCon & On Spec
- Fan (Other) Catherine Donahue Girczyc, for hosting the Ether Patrol radio show
- Artistic Achievement: Tim Hammell
1996
- Best Long Form: The Terminal Experiment, by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
- Best Short Form: "The Perseids", by Robert Charles WilsonRobert Charles WilsonRobert Charles Wilson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.Wilson was born in the United States in California, but grew up near Toronto, Ontario. Apart from another short period in the early 1970s spent in Whittier, California, he has lived most of his life in Canada, and in 2007 he...
- Meilleur livre: Les Voyageurs malgré eux, by Élisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris and has lived in Chicoutimi , Quebec, Canada since 1973....
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Équinoxe», by Yves MeynardYves MeynardYves Meynard is a science fiction and fantasy author. He began writing fiction in 1986. He has won the Aurora Award for best book in French once and for best short story in French five times. He has also written in English.-External links:*...
- Other, in English: ReBootReBootReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure cartoon series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Communications, BLT Productions and created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace,...
, BLT Productions - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
, Les Compagnons à temps perdu - Fanzine: Under the Ozone Hole, edited by Karl Johanson & John Herbert
- Fan (Organizational): Jean-Louis Trudel, SFSF Boréal et Prix Boréal
- Fan (Other) Larry StewartLarry StewartLarry Stewart may refer to:*Larry Stewart *Larry Stewart *Larry Stewart , lead singer of the band Restless Heart...
, entertainer - Artistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand
1997
- Best Long Form: Starplex, by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
- Meilleur livre: La Rose du désert, by Yves MeynardYves MeynardYves Meynard is a science fiction and fantasy author. He began writing fiction in 1986. He has won the Aurora Award for best book in French once and for best short story in French five times. He has also written in English.-External links:*...
(recueil) - Best Short Form: "Peking Man", by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Lamente-toi, Sagesse!», by Jean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis Trudel is a science fiction writer. He was born in Toronto, Canada and has lived in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal before moving to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 2010. He currently teaches part-time at the University of Ottawa....
- Other, in English: On SpecOn SpecOn Spec is a digest-sized, perfect-bound, Canadian quarterly magazine publishing stories and poetry in science fiction, fantasy, and allied genres broadly grouped under the "speculative ficton" umbrella. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, On Spec was founded in 1989 by a small group of Edmonton writers...
, Copper Pig Writers' Society - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
, Les Compagnons à temps perdu - Fanzine: Sol Rising, edited by Theresa Wojtasiewicz
- Fan (Organizational): Yvonne Penney, SF Saturday
- Fan (Other) Lloyd Penney, for fan writing
- Artistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand
1998
- Best Long Form: Black Wine, by Candas Jane DorseyCandas Jane DorseyCandas Jane Dorsey is a Canadian poet and science fiction novelist.Born and still living in Edmonton, Alberta, Dorsey became a writer from an early age, and a freelance writer since 1980. She writes across genre boundaries, writing poetry, fiction, mainstream and speculative, short and long form,...
- Meilleur livre: L'Odyssée du Pénélope, by Jean-Pierre Guillet
- Best Short Form: "Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Blood Stream", by James Alan GardnerJames Alan GardnerJames Alan Gardner is a Canadian science fiction author.Raised in Simcoe and Bradford, Ontario, he earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Applied Mathematics from the University of Waterloo....
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Une lettre de ma mère», by Yves MeynardYves MeynardYves Meynard is a science fiction and fantasy author. He began writing fiction in 1986. He has won the Aurora Award for best book in French once and for best short story in French five times. He has also written in English.-External links:*...
- Other, in English: Northern Frights 4, edited by Don HutchisonDon HutchisonDonald Hutchison is a Scottish ex-footballer who generally played in midfield but sometimes as a forward. He was a much travelled player with spells at both Liverpool and Everton as well as Sheffield United, Sunderland and West Ham United twice...
(anthology) - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
, Hugues Morin, Les Compagnons à temps perdu - Fanzine: Warp Factor, edited by Chris Chartier
- Fan (Organizational): Peter Halasz, The National SF & Fantasy Society / La Societé Nationale de la S-F et du Fantastique
- Fan (Other) Larry StewartLarry StewartLarry Stewart may refer to:*Larry Stewart *Larry Stewart *Larry Stewart , lead singer of the band Restless Heart...
, for entertainment - Artistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand
1999
- Best Long Form: Darwinia, by Robert Charles WilsonRobert Charles WilsonRobert Charles Wilson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.Wilson was born in the United States in California, but grew up near Toronto, Ontario. Apart from another short period in the early 1970s spent in Whittier, California, he has lived most of his life in Canada, and in 2007 he...
- Meilleur livre: Corps-machines et rêves d'anges, by Alain BergeronAlain BergeronAlain Bergeron is a Québécois science fiction author and political scientist.Born in Paris, France, he has won the Aurora Award and Sidewise Award for Alternate History. He has written seven books, beginning with Un été de Jessica . Bergeron is also an essayist who writes works concerning the genre...
- Best Short Form: "Hockey's Night in Canada", by Edo van BelkomEdo van BelkomEdo van Belkom is a Canadian author of horror fiction.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he is the author of the novels Wyrm Wolf, Teeth, Martyrs, Scream Queen, Army of the Dead, and Wolf Pack, and the Dragonlance setting novel Lord Soth , amongst others...
- Meilleure nouvelle: «La Demoiselle sous la lune», by Guy Sirois
- Other, in English: Arrowdreams, edited by Mark ShainblumMark ShainblumMark Shainblum is a Canadian writer who lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Though he has worked as a journalist and editor, Shainblum is best known as a science fiction and comic book writer....
& John Dupuis (anthology) - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): a tie between:
- Jean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis Trudel is a science fiction writer. He was born in Toronto, Canada and has lived in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal before moving to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 2010. He currently teaches part-time at the University of Ottawa....
, critiques - «L'entreprise de Frankenstein», by John Dupuis
- Jean-Louis Trudel
- Fanzine: WarpWarp (magazine)Warp was the magazine and official organ of the New Zealand National Association for Science Fiction , the country's first national science fiction fan organisation. First published in November 1977, Warp continued on a usually two-monthly schedule until the late 1990s, surviving for a short period...
, edited by Lynda Pelley - Fan (Organizational): Ann Methe, Con*Cept 98
- Fan (Other) Janet L. HetheringtonJanet L. HetheringtonJanet L. Hetherington is a Canadian writer and artist. She was a winner of an Aurora Award for Canadian science fiction excellence in 1999 for her work in co-curating a "60 Years of Superman" exhibit....
, for co-curating a 60 Years of Superman exhibit - Artistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand
2000
- Best Long Form: Flashforward, by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
- Meilleur livre: Samiva de Frée, by Francine PelletierFrancine Pelletier (author)Francine Pelletier is a Canadian science fiction writer, whose work often features strong female protagonists...
- Best Short Form: "Stream of Consciousness", by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Souvenirs du Saudade Express», by Éric GauthierÉric GauthierÉric Gauthier is a quebecois author who was born in 1975 in Rouyn-Noranda, in the Abitibi region of Quebec.- Biography :After a childhood spent in Abitibi, and computer science studies in Ottawa, Éric Gauthier moved to Montreal...
- Other, in English: Northern Frights 5, edited by Don HutchisonDon HutchisonDonald Hutchison is a Scottish ex-footballer who generally played in midfield but sometimes as a forward. He was a much travelled player with spells at both Liverpool and Everton as well as Sheffield United, Sunderland and West Ham United twice...
(anthology) - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
, Joël ChampetierJoël ChampetierJoël Champetier is a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.-Biography:...
, Les Compagnons à temps perdu - Fanzine: Voyageur, edited by Karen Bennett
- Fan (Organizational): Bernard Reischl, (KAG/Kanada)
- Fan (Other) Don Bassie, for the Made in Canada website
- Artistic Achievement: Larry StewartLarry StewartLarry Stewart may refer to:*Larry Stewart *Larry Stewart *Larry Stewart , lead singer of the band Restless Heart...
2001
- Best Long Form: The Snow Queen, by Eileen KernaghanEileen KernaghanEileen Kernaghan is a Canadian novelist and three-time winner of the Aurora Award for English-language Canadian speculative fiction. The settings of her historical fantasy novels range from the prehistoric Indus Valley and eighteenth century Bhutan, to Elizabethan England and nineteenth century...
- Meilleur livre: Demain, les étoiles, by Jean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis Trudel is a science fiction writer. He was born in Toronto, Canada and has lived in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal before moving to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 2010. He currently teaches part-time at the University of Ottawa....
- Meilleure nouvelle: «La Danse des esprits», by Douglas Smith and translated by Benoît Domis
- Best Short Form: "Surrendering the Blade", by Marcie Tentchoff (a poem; only time a work other than short fiction has won in this category)
- Other, in English: Science Fiction: The Play, by David WiddicombeDavid WiddicombeDavid Widdicombe is a Canadian filmmaker and playwright. His most successful work is Santa Baby , which he directed and wrote....
(play) - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
, Joël ChampetierJoël ChampetierJoël Champetier is a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.-Biography:...
, Les Compagnons à temps perdu - Fanzine: Voyageur, edited by Karen Bennett
- Fan (Organizational): R. Graeme Cameron, (BCSFA president & V-Con 25 chair)
- Fan (Other) Donna McMahon, for book reviews
- Artistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand
2002
- Best Long Form: In the Company of OthersIn the Company of OthersIn the Company of Others is a stand alone novel written by the Canadian author Julie E. Czerneda. It was first published by DAW Books in June of 2001 and distributed by Penguin Putnam Inc. In 2002 it won the Prix Aurora Award for Best Long-form work in English...
, by Julie E. CzernedaJulie E. CzernedaJulie E. Czerneda is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. She has written at least 9 SF novels, including the Prix Aurora winner In the Company of Others, a number of short stories; and has edited several anthologies.... - Meilleur livre: Les Transfigurés du Centaure, by Jean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis Trudel is a science fiction writer. He was born in Toronto, Canada and has lived in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal before moving to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 2010. He currently teaches part-time at the University of Ottawa....
- Best Short Form: "Left Foot on a Blind Man", by Julie E. CzernedaJulie E. CzernedaJulie E. Czerneda is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. She has written at least 9 SF novels, including the Prix Aurora winner In the Company of Others, a number of short stories; and has edited several anthologies....
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Souvenirs de lumière», by Daniel Sernine
- Other, in English: "Underwater Nightmare", by Isaac Szpindel (TV screenplay)
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): SolarisSolaris (magazine)Solaris is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine.Founded in 1974 in Longueuil by Norbert Spehner, Solaris is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world.- Description of the content :...
, Joël ChampetierJoël ChampetierJoël Champetier is a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.-Biography:...
, Les Compagnons à temps perdu - Fanzine: Voyageur, edited by Karen Bennett and Sharon Lowachee
- Fan (Organizational): Peter Johnson (USS Hudson Bay / IDIC)
- Fan (Other) Alex von Thorn, for fan writing
- Artistic Achievement: James BeveridgeJames BeveridgeJames Beveridge was a film-maker. He co-founded the National Film Board of Canada with John Grierson, and during the Second World War he directed and produced more than eighty documentary films...
2003
- Best Long Form: Permanence, by Karl SchroederKarl SchroederKarl Schroeder is an award-winning Canadian science fiction author. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality and interstellar travel, and have a deeply philosophical streak...
- Meilleur livre: Le Revenant de Fomalhaut, by Jean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis Trudel is a science fiction writer. He was born in Toronto, Canada and has lived in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal before moving to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 2010. He currently teaches part-time at the University of Ottawa....
- Best Short Form: "Ineluctable", by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
- Meilleure nouvelle: «La Guerre sans temps», by Sylvie Bérard
- Other, in English: Be VERY Afraid!, edited by Edo van BelkomEdo van BelkomEdo van Belkom is a Canadian author of horror fiction.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he is the author of the novels Wyrm Wolf, Teeth, Martyrs, Scream Queen, Army of the Dead, and Wolf Pack, and the Dragonlance setting novel Lord Soth , amongst others...
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): due to lack of nomination, no award was given out
- Fanzine: Made in Canada Newsletter, edited by Don Bassie
- Fan (Organizational): Georgina Miles (Toronto Trek 16)
- Fan (Other) Jason TaniguchiJason TaniguchiJason Taniguchi is a writer and actor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His poems and short fiction appear in the collection Jason Taniguchi's Very Sensible Stories and Poems for Grown-ups from Kelp Queen Press. He has also both written for and appeared in the History Television series History Bites...
, for SF parodies - Artistic Achievement: Mel Vavaroutsos
2004
- Best Long Form: Blind LakeBlind Lake-Publication info:*Cassada, Jackie. "Blind Lake ." Library Journal 128.12 : 132.*Cannon, Peter, and Jeff Zaleski.. "BLIND LAKE ." Publishers Weekly 250.24 : 55....
, Robert Charles WilsonRobert Charles WilsonRobert Charles Wilson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.Wilson was born in the United States in California, but grew up near Toronto, Ontario. Apart from another short period in the early 1970s spent in Whittier, California, he has lived most of his life in Canada, and in 2007 he...
(Tor) - Meilleur livre: Phaos, Alain BergeronAlain BergeronAlain Bergeron is a Québécois science fiction author and political scientist.Born in Paris, France, he has won the Aurora Award and Sidewise Award for Alternate History. He has written seven books, beginning with Un été de Jessica . Bergeron is also an essayist who writes works concerning the genre...
(Alire) - Best Short Form: "Scream Angel", Douglas Smith (Low Port, Meisha Merlin)
- Meilleure nouvelle: «La Course de Kathryn», Élisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris and has lived in Chicoutimi , Quebec, Canada since 1973....
(Le Jeu des coquilles de Nautilus, Alire) - Other, in English: Julie E. CzernedaJulie E. CzernedaJulie E. Czerneda is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. She has written at least 9 SF novels, including the Prix Aurora winner In the Company of Others, a number of short stories; and has edited several anthologies....
, editing Space, Inc.Space, Inc.Space, Inc. is a 2003 anthology of science fiction short-stories revolving around careers in space. It is the first anthology edited by Julie E. Czerneda, for which she won a 2004 Prix Aurora Award.- Contents :... - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, Joël ChampetierJoël ChampetierJoël Champetier is a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.-Biography:...
, réd. (Les Publications bénévoles des littératures de l'imaginaire du Québec) - Artistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand
- Fan (Fanzine): Made in Canada Newsletter, Don Bassie, ed. [webzine]
- Fan (Organizational): Martin Miller (Torcon 361st World Science Fiction ConventionTorcon 3 was the 61st World Science Fiction Convention, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 28-September 1, 2003. The convention was held in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, as well as the Fairmont Royal York and Crowne Plaza hotels. Torcon 3 was also the site of the 2003...
& TT17 masquerades) - Fan (Other) Eric Layman, fan writing/écriture fanique
2005
- Best Long Form: Wolf Pack, by Edo van BelkomEdo van BelkomEdo van Belkom is a Canadian author of horror fiction.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he is the author of the novels Wyrm Wolf, Teeth, Martyrs, Scream Queen, Army of the Dead, and Wolf Pack, and the Dragonlance setting novel Lord Soth , amongst others...
- Meilleur livre: Les Mémoires de l'Arc, by Michèle Laframboise
- Best Short Form: "When the Morning Stars Sang Together", by Isaac Szpindel
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Ceux qui ne comptent pas», by Michèle Laframboise
- Other, in English: Relativity, by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): due to lack of nomination, no award was given out
- Fanzine: Opuntia, edited by Dale Speirs
- Fan (Organizational): Brian Upward
- Fan (Other) Karen Linsley, for filksinging
- Artistic Achievement: Martin SpringettMartin SpringettA Canadian illustrator, Martin Springett is mostly noted for his illustrations of Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry series.Springett grew up in England, and moved to Canada in his late teens - where he was employed as a gardener, hospital porter and drove a forklift, while pursuing his interests...
2006
- Best Long Form: Cagebird, by Karin LowacheeKarin LowacheeKarin Lowachee is a Canadian author of speculative fiction.Lowachee is the author of four novels, Warchild , Burndive , Cagebird and The Gaslight Dogs . Warchild is noteworthy for its use of second-person point of view for the first several chapters of the novel. This book won the Warner Aspect...
- Meilleur livre: Alégracia et le Serpent d'Argent, by Dominic Bellavance
- Best Short Form: "Transubstantiation", by Derwin Mak
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Montréal: trois uchronies», by Alain Ducharme
- Other, in English: Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction, Nalo HopkinsonNalo HopkinsonNalo Hopkinson is a Jamaican science fiction and fantasy writer and editor who lives in Canada. Her novels and short stories such as those in her collection Skin Folk often draw on Caribbean history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling.Hopkinson has...
and Geoff RymanGeoff RymanGeoffrey Charles Ryman is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and surrealistic or "slipstream" fiction.Ryman currently lectures in Creative Writing for University of Manchester's English Department. His most recent full-length novel, The King's Last Song, is set in Cambodia, both at the time of...
, editors - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, by Joël ChampetierJoël ChampetierJoël Champetier is a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.-Biography:...
- Fanzine: The Royal Swiss Navy Gazette, edited by Garth Spencer
- Fan (Organizational): Barbara Schofield
- Fan (Other) Urban TapestryUrban TapestryUrban Tapestry is a three-woman band that performs filk music, composed by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, Allison Durno, and Jodi Krangle. As a group, they won the 'Best Performer' Pegasus Award in both 1997 and 2004.-----Discography:...
, for filksingingFilk musicFilk is a musical culture, genre, and community tied to science fiction/fantasy fandom and a type of fan labor. The genre has been active since the early 1950s, and played primarily since the mid-1970s. The term predates 1955.-Definitions:As the Interfilk What Is Filk page demonstrates, there is... - Artistic Achievement: Lar deSouza
2007
- Best Long Form: Children of Chaos, by Dave DuncanDave Duncan (writer)David Duncan is a Canadian fantasy author. He was born in 1933 in Scotland, and educated there at the High School of Dundee and at the University of St Andrews. After graduating in 1955 he moved to Canada where he lived in Calgary, Alberta, and is currently situated on Vancouver Island in Victoria,...
- Meilleur livre: Reine de Mémoire 4. La Princesse de Vengeance, by Elisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth VonarburgÉlisabeth Vonarburg is a science fiction writer. She was born in Paris and has lived in Chicoutimi , Quebec, Canada since 1973....
- Best Short Form: "Biding Time", by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,...
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Le regard du trilobite», by Mario Tessier
- Other, in English: Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Karl Johanson, editor
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): «Aux origines des petits hommes verts», by Jean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis Trudel is a science fiction writer. He was born in Toronto, Canada and has lived in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal before moving to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 2010. He currently teaches part-time at the University of Ottawa....
- Fanzine: Brins d'Éternité, edited by Guillaume Voisine
- Fan (Organizational): Cathy Palmer-Lister (Con*Cept)
- Fan (Other) Éric GauthierÉric GauthierÉric Gauthier is a quebecois author who was born in 1975 in Rouyn-Noranda, in the Abitibi region of Quebec.- Biography :After a childhood spent in Abitibi, and computer science studies in Ottawa, Éric Gauthier moved to Montreal...
, Christian Sauvé, Laurine Spehner, for Fractale-Framboise (blog) - Artistic Achievement: Martin SpringettMartin SpringettA Canadian illustrator, Martin Springett is mostly noted for his illustrations of Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry series.Springett grew up in England, and moved to Canada in his late teens - where he was employed as a gardener, hospital porter and drove a forklift, while pursuing his interests...
2008
- Best Long Form: The New Moon's Arms, by Nalo HopkinsonNalo HopkinsonNalo Hopkinson is a Jamaican science fiction and fantasy writer and editor who lives in Canada. Her novels and short stories such as those in her collection Skin Folk often draw on Caribbean history and language, and its traditions of oral and written storytelling.Hopkinson has...
- Meilleur livre: Cimetière du musée, by Diane Boudreau
- Best Short Form: "Like Water in the Desert", by Hayden Trenholm
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Sur la plage des épaves», by Laurent MacAllister
- Other, in English: Under Cover of Darkness, Julie E. CzernedaJulie E. CzernedaJulie E. Czerneda is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. She has written at least 9 SF novels, including the Prix Aurora winner In the Company of Others, a number of short stories; and has edited several anthologies....
and Jana Paniccia, editors - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): no nomination
- Fanzine: No Award
- Fan (Organizational): Penny Lipman (masquerades)
- Fan (Other) Paul Bobbit for The Voyageur (editor)
- Artistic Achievement: Lar deSouza
2009
- Best Long Form: Marseguro, by Edward Willett
- Meilleur livre: Les vents de Tammerlan, by Michèle Laframboise
- Best Short Form: "Ringing in the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta", by Randy McCharles
- Meilleure nouvelle: Le Dôme de Saint-Macaire, by Jean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis TrudelJean-Louis Trudel is a science fiction writer. He was born in Toronto, Canada and has lived in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal before moving to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in 2010. He currently teaches part-time at the University of Ottawa....
- Other, in English: Neo-opsis Science Fiction MagazineNeo-opsis Science Fiction MagazineNeo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is a digest sized, perfect bound, Canadian magazine publishing science fiction and fantasy stories, science and opinion articles, SF news and reviews. The first issue of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine was published October 2003...
, Karl Johanson, editor - Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, Joël ChampetierJoël ChampetierJoël Champetier is a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.-Biography:...
- Fanzine: The Original Universe, Jeff Boman, editor
- Fan (Organizational): Randy McCharles (Chair of World Fantasy 2008)
- Fan (Other): Joan Sherman for Heather DaleHeather DaleHeather Dale is a Canadian Celtic recording artist and touring musician. She records and performs primarily her own original songs, which draw their inspiration from the mythology, folklore and history of various Celtic and non-Celtic cultures...
Concert (organizer) - Artistic Achievement: Looking for Group, by Lar deSouza
2010
- Best Long Form: WakeWake (Robert J. Sawyer novel)Wake, also called WWW: Wake, is a 2009 novel written by Canadian novelist Robert J. Sawyer. It is the first installment in the WWW Trilogy and was followed by two sequels, Watch and Wonder . An audio book was released on 7 April 2009....
by Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,... - Meilleur livre: Suprématie by Laurent McAllister
- Best Short Form: Pawns Dreaming of Roses by Eileen Bell from Women of the ApocalypseWomen of the apocalypseWomen of the Apocalypse is an Aurora-winning fantasy anthology of four novellas. There is a brief framing device – four archangels attempt to activate four human male heroes to save the world from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse but mistakenly empower four women. Each novella centers around...
- Meilleure nouvelle: Ors blancs by Alain Bergeron
- Other, in English: Women of the ApocalypseWomen of the apocalypseWomen of the Apocalypse is an Aurora-winning fantasy anthology of four novellas. There is a brief framing device – four archangels attempt to activate four human male heroes to save the world from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse but mistakenly empower four women. Each novella centers around...
by Eileen Bell, Roxanne Felix, Billie Milholland, and Ryan McFadden - Platinum Best of Show - Special Effects, Short Subject: Steven Curtis, The Benchmark, Taylor University's Academic Technology
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Revue. Joël ChampetierJoël ChampetierJoël Champetier is a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.-Biography:...
, éditeur - Artistic Achievement: Dan O’Driscoll, cover of Steel Whispers
- Fanzine: WCFSAZine, edited by R. Graeme Cameron
- Fan (Organizational): David Hayman, organization Filk Hall of Fame
- Fan (Other): Ray Badgerow, astronomy lecture at USS Hudson Bay