Prix Aurora Awards
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.
Current award categories
PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH AWARDS (Prix Aurora Awards)
- Best Novel
- Best YA 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)
- Best Artist
FAN AWARDS: Open to English and French
- Best Fan Publication
- Best Fan Organizational
- Best Fan Filk
- Best Fan Related Work
PRIX AURORA BORÉAL: (Prix de français professionnel)
- Meilleur roman
- La meilleure fiction courte
- Le meilleur roman graphique
- La meilleure poésie / chanson
- Meilleur travail connexes
Award recipients
1-category awards (1980-1985)
1980
- A. E. van Vogt, for lifetime contributions
1981
- Susan Wood, for lifetime contributions
1982
- Phyllis Gotlieb, for lifetime achievement and Judgement of Dragons
1983
- Judith Merril, for lifetime contributions
1985
- Songs from the Drowned Land, by Eileen Kernaghan
3-category awards (1986-1988)
1986
- English category: Judith Merril, 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 Kay
- French category: «La Carte du Tendre», by Élisabeth Vonarburg
- Fan category: Élisabeth Vonarburg, for contributions to Solaris
1988
- English category: Jack the Giant Killer, by Charles de Lint
- French category: «Les crabes de Venus regardent vers le ciel», by Alain Bergeron
- Fan category: Michael Skeet, for editing of MLR
9-category awards (1989-1990)
1989
- Best Long Form: Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson
- Meilleur livre: Temps mort, by Charles Montpetit
- Best Short Form: "Sleeping in a Box", by Candas Jane Dorsey
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Survie sur Mars», by Joël Champetier
- Other, in English: Gerry Truscott, for editing of Porcépic/Tesseract Books
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Luc Pomerleau, for editing Solaris
- 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 January, by Dave Duncan
- Meilleur livre: L'Oiseau de feu (Tome I), by Jacques Brossard
- Best Short Form: "Carpe Diem'", by Eileen Kernaghan
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Cogito'», by Élisabeth Vonarburg
- Other, in English: On Spec, Copper Pig Writers' Society
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Luc Pomerleau, for editing Solaris
- 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
10-category awards (1991-present)
1991
- Best Long Form: Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Meilleur livre: Histoire de la Princesse et du Dragon, by Élisabeth Vonarburg
- Best Short Form: "Muffin Explains Teleology to the World at Large'", by James Alan Gardner
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Ici, des tigres», by Élisabeth Vonarburg
- Other, in English: On Spec, Copper Pig Writers' Society
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, Les Compagnons à temps perdu
- Fanzine: Neology, 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. Sawyer
- Meilleur livre: Ailleurs et au Japon, by Élisabeth Vonarburg (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 Meynard
- Other, in English: Prisoners of Gravity, TVOntario
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, 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 Springett
1993
- Best Long Form: Passion Play, by Sean Stewart
- Meilleur livre: Chroniques du Pays des Mères, by Élisabeth Vonarburg
- Best Short Form: "The Toy Mill", by David Nickle & Karl Schroeder
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Base de négociation», by Jean Dion
- Other, in English: Tesseracts 4, by Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet (anthology)
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, 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 Stewart[1]
- Meilleur livre: Chronoreg, by Daniel Sernine
- Best Short Form: "Just Like Old Times", by Robert J. Sawyer
- Meilleure nouvelle: «La Merveilleuse machine de Johann Havel», by Yves Meynard
- Other, in English: Prisoners of Gravity, TVOntario
- 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 Trudel, for promotion of Canadian Sci-Fi writing
- Artistic Achievement: Robert Pasternak
1995
- Best Long Form: Virtual Light, by William Gibson
- Meilleur livre: La Mémoire du lac, by Joël Champetier
- Best Short Form: "The Fragrance of Orchids", by Sally McBride
- Meilleure nouvelle: a tie between:
- «L'Homme qui fouillait la lumière», by Alain Bergeron
- «L'Envoyé», by Yves Meynard
- Other, in English: On Spec, Copper Pig Writers' Society
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, 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. Sawyer
- Best Short Form: "The Perseids", by Robert Charles Wilson
- Meilleur livre: Les Voyageurs malgré eux, by Élisabeth Vonarburg
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Équinoxe», by Yves Meynard
- Other, in English: ReBoot, BLT Productions
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, 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 Stewart, entertainer
- Artistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand
1997
- Best Long Form: Starplex, by Robert J. Sawyer
- Meilleur livre: La Rose du désert, by Yves Meynard (recueil)
- Best Short Form: "Peking Man", by Robert J. Sawyer
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Lamente-toi, Sagesse!», by Jean-Louis Trudel
- Other, in English: On Spec, Copper Pig Writers' Society
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, 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 Dorsey
- 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 Gardner
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Une lettre de ma mère», by Yves Meynard
- Other, in English: Northern Frights 4, edited by Don Hutchison (anthology)
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, 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 Stewart, for entertainment
- Artistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand
1999
- Best Long Form: Darwinia, by Robert Charles Wilson
- Meilleur livre: Corps-machines et rêves d'anges, by Alain Bergeron
- Best Short Form: "Hockey's Night in Canada", by Edo van Belkom
- Meilleure nouvelle: «La Demoiselle sous la lune», by Guy Sirois
- Other, in English: Arrowdreams, edited by Mark Shainblum & John Dupuis (anthology)
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): a tie between:
- Jean-Louis Trudel, critiques
- «L'entreprise de Frankenstein», by John Dupuis
- Fanzine: Warp, edited by Lynda Pelley
- Fan (Organizational): Ann Methe, Con*Cept 98
- Fan (Other) Janet L. Hetherington, for co-curating a 60 Years of Superman exhibit
- Artistic Achievement: Jean-Pierre Normand
2000
- Best Long Form: Flashforward, by Robert J. Sawyer
- Meilleur livre: Samiva de Frée, by Francine Pelletier
- Best Short Form: "Stream of Consciousness", by Robert J. Sawyer
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Souvenirs du Saudade Express», by Éric Gauthier
- Other, in English: Northern Frights 5, edited by Don Hutchison (anthology)
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, Joël Champetier, 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 Stewart
2001
- Best Long Form: The Snow Queen, by Eileen Kernaghan
- Meilleur livre: Demain, les étoiles, by Jean-Louis Trudel
- 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 Widdicombe (play)
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, Joël Champetier, 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 Others, by Julie E. Czerneda
- Meilleur livre: Les Transfigurés du Centaure, by Jean-Louis Trudel
- Best Short Form: "Left Foot on a Blind Man", by Julie E. Czerneda
- Meilleure nouvelle: «Souvenirs de lumière», by Daniel Sernine
- Other, in English: "Underwater Nightmare", by Isaac Szpindel (TV screenplay)
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, Joël Champetier, 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 Beveridge
2003
- Best Long Form: Permanence, by Karl Schroeder
- Meilleur livre: Le Revenant de Fomalhaut, by Jean-Louis Trudel
- Best Short Form: "Ineluctable", by Robert J. Sawyer
- Meilleure nouvelle: «La Guerre sans temps», by Sylvie Bérard
- Other, in English: Be VERY Afraid!, edited by Edo van Belkom
- 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 Taniguchi, for SF parodies
- Artistic Achievement: Mel Vavaroutsos
2004
- Best Long Form: Blind Lake, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
- Meilleur livre: Phaos, Alain Bergeron (Alire)
- Best Short Form: "Scream Angel", Douglas Smith (Low Port, Meisha Merlin)
- Meilleure nouvelle: «La Course de Kathryn», Élisabeth Vonarburg (Le Jeu des coquilles de Nautilus, Alire)
- Other, in English: Julie E. Czerneda, editing Space, Inc.
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, Joël Champetier, 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 3 & TT17 masquerades)
- Fan (Other) Eric Layman, fan writing/écriture fanique
2005
- Best Long Form: Wolf Pack, by Edo van Belkom
- 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. Sawyer
- 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 Springett
2006
- Best Long Form: Cagebird, by Karin Lowachee
- 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 Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman, editors
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, by Joël Champetier
- Fanzine: The Royal Swiss Navy Gazette, edited by Garth Spencer
- Fan (Organizational): Barbara Schofield
- Fan (Other) Urban Tapestry, for filksinging
- Artistic Achievement: Lar deSouza
2007
- Best Long Form: Children of Chaos, by Dave Duncan
- Meilleur livre: Reine de Mémoire 4. La Princesse de Vengeance, by Elisabeth Vonarburg
- Best Short Form: "Biding Time", by Robert J. Sawyer
- 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 Trudel
- Fanzine: Brins d'Éternité, edited by Guillaume Voisine
- Fan (Organizational): Cathy Palmer-Lister (Con*Cept)
- Fan (Other) Éric Gauthier, Christian Sauvé, Laurine Spehner, for Fractale-Framboise (blog)
- Artistic Achievement: Martin Springett
2008
- Best Long Form: The New Moon's Arms, by Nalo Hopkinson
- 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. Czerneda 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
- Lifetime Achievement: Dennis Mullin
2009
- Best Long Form: Marseguro, by Edward Willett[2][3]
- Meilleur livre: Les vents de Tammerlan, by Michèle Laframboise[4]
- Best Short Form: "Ringing in the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta", by Randy McCharles
- Meilleure nouvelle: Le Dôme de Saint-Macaire, by Jean-Louis Trudel
- Other, in English: Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Karl Johanson, editor
- Meilleur ouvrage (autre): Solaris, Joël Champetier
- Fanzine: The Original Universe, Jeff Boman, editor
- Fan (Organizational): Randy McCharles (Chair of World Fantasy 2008)
- Fan (Other): Joan Sherman for Heather Dale Concert (organizer)
- Artistic Achievement: Looking for Group, by Lar deSouza
2010
- Best Long Form: Wake by Robert J. Sawyer
- Meilleur livre: Suprématie by Laurent McAllister
- Best Short Form: Pawns Dreaming of Roses by Eileen Bell from Women of the Apocalypse
- Meilleure nouvelle: Ors blancs by Alain Bergeron
- Other, in English: Women of the Apocalypse 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 Champetier, éditeur
- Artistic Achievement: Dan O’Driscoll, cover of Steel Whispers
- Fanzine: WCSFAZine, edited by R. Graeme Cameron
- Fan (Organizational): David Hayman, organization Filk Hall of Fame
- Fan (Other): Ray Badgerow, astronomy lecture at USS Hudson Bay
2011
- Best Novel: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer
- Best Short Story: "The Burden of Fire" by Hayden Trenholm (Neo-Opsis #19)
- Best English Poem/Song: "The ABCs of the End of the World", by Carolyn Clink (A Verdant Green)
- Best Graphic Novel: Goblins, by Tarol Hunt (goblinscomic.com)
- Best Related Work: The Dragon and the Stars, by Derwin Mak & Eric Choi, eds. (DAW)
- Best Artist: Erik Mohr, cover art for ChiZine Publications
- Best Fan Filk: Dave Clement and Tom Jeffers of Dandelion Wine, “Face on Mars” CD
- Best Fan Organizational: Helen Marshall and Sandra Kasturi, chairs of Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
- Best Fan Other: John and Linda Ross Mansfield, conception of the Aurora nominee pins
Note: No Fan Publication award was given out due to too few eligible nominees
2012
- Best Novel: Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer
- Best Short Fiction: "The Needle's Eye" by Suzanne Church, Chilling Tales: Evil Did I Dwell; Lewd I Did Live, EDGE
- Best Poem/Song: "Skeleton Leaves" by Helen Marshall, Kelp Queen Press
- Best Graphic Novel: Goblins, webcomic, created by Tarol Hunt
- Best Related Work: On Spec, published by the Copper Pig Writers' Society
- Best Artist: Dan O'Driscoll
- Best Fan Publication: Bourbon and Eggnog by Eileen Bell, Ryan McFadden, Billie Milholland and Randy McCharles, 10th Circle Project
- Best Fan Filk: Phil Mills, Body of Song-Writing Work including FAWM and 50/90
- Best Fan (Organization): Randy McCharles, founder and chair of When Words Collide (Calgary)
- Best Fan (Other): Peter Watts, "Reality: The Ultimate Mythology" lecture, Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
2013
- Best Novel: The Silvered by Tanya Huff
- Best YA Novel: Under My Skin: Wildlings Series (Book 1) Charles de Lint
- Best Short Fiction: The Walker of the Shifting Borderland by Douglas Smith
- Best Poem/Song: A sea monster tells his story by David Clink
- Best Graphic Novel: Weregeek by Alina Pete, webcomic
- Best Related Work: Blood and Water edited by Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press
- Best Artist: Erik Mohr
- Best Fan Publication: Speculating Canada blog, edited by Derek Newman-Stille
- Best Fan Filk: Kari Maaren, Body of Work
- Best Fan Organizational: Randy McCharles, Chair and Programming, When Words Collide, Calgary
- Best Fan Related Work: Ron Friedman, conception and delivery of the Aurora Awards voter package
2014
- Best Novel: A Turn of Light by Julie E. Czerneda
- Best YA Novel: The Rising Kelley Armstrong
- Best Short Fiction: Ghost in the Machine by Ryan McFadden
- Best Poem/Song: Night Journey: West Coast by Eileen Kernaghan
- Best Graphic Novel: Rock, Paper, Cynic by Peter Chiykowski, webcomic
- Best Related Work: On Spec published by the Copper Pig Writers’ Society
- Best Artist: Erik Mohr
- Best Fan Music: Chris Hadfield, for his performance of Space Oddity
- Best Fan Organizational: Randy McCharles, Chair and Programming, When Words Collide, Calgary
- Best Fan Related Work: Robert Runté, “Why I Read Canadian Speculative Fiction: The Social Dimension of Reading”, Scholar Keynote Address at ACCSFF ’13, Toronto
References
- ↑ "Book on Mars wins Canada's top sci-fi prize". Toronto Star. Canadian Press. September 6, 1994. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Edward Willett wins sci-fi award". Canwest News Service. August 12, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
- ↑ Lalumière, Claude (August 8, 2009). "Anticipation, day 2: From editors to Auroras and beyond". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved September 8, 2009.
- ↑ Slack, Julie (August 19, 2009). "Author wins sci-fi award". Mississauga News. Retrieved September 9, 2009.