Sunburst Award
The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual award given for a speculative fiction novel or a book-length collection.
History
The name of the award comes from the title of the first novel by Phyllis Gotlieb, Sunburst (1964).
The first award was given out in 2001. The award consists of a cash prize (C$1,000 in 2001-2005) and a medallion. The winner is selected by a jury; a new jury is struck each year.
List of past award winners
| Year | Winner | Work title |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Sean Stewart | Galveston |
| 2002 | Margaret Sweatman | When Alice Lay Down with Peter |
| 2003 | Nalo Hopkinson | Skin Folk |
| 2004 | Cory Doctorow | A Place So Foreign and 8 More |
| 2005 | Geoff Ryman | Air |
| 2006 | Holly Phillips | In the Palace of Repose |
| 2007 | Mark Frutkin | Fabrizio's Return |
| 2008 | Nalo Hopkinson | The New Moon's Arms |
| 2009 | Andrew Davidson | The Gargoyle |
| 2010 | Adult: A. M. Dellamonica Young adult: Hiromi Goto | Indigo Springs Half World |
| 2011 | Adult: Guy Gavriel Kay Young adult: Paul Glennon | Under Heaven Bookweirder[1] |
| 2012 | Adult: Geoff Ryman Young adult: Catherine Austen | Paradise Tales All Good Children |
| 2013 | Adult: Martine Desjardins Young adult: Rachel Hartman | Maleficium Seraphina |
Eligibility
Sunburst Award administrator and jury use the broadest possible definition of speculative fiction for eligibility purposes: "science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, horror, surrealism, fantastique, myth and legend, fantastical storytelling, and any other writing beyond the strictly realistic". To be eligible for the award, a work must be published between January 1 and December 31 of the previous year. Only Canadian citizens and landed immigrants are eligible, however there are no Canadian residency requirements, and three of the five awards presented to date have gone to expatriates (Stewart, Doctorow, Ryman).
References
- ↑ Strock, Ian Randall (September 15, 2011). "2011 Sunburst Award Winners". SFScope.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2011.