Canadian SF Works Database

SF Scope has the scoop.

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Way to go, Tanya! Details are here.

On Friday, May 29, Robert J. Sawyer's Calculating God won the Audible Publishers Associaton's Audie Award for Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Audiobook of 2009. Details are here.

James Alan Gardner's Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated "The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" has now also been nominated for The Theodore Sturegon Memorial Award. Details are here.

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James Alan Gardner's "The Ray-Gun: A Love Story" was accidentally left off the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's final ballot for the Nebula Awards released last week; that ballot was corrected today to include Gardner's novelette.

The finalists for the 2009 Audie Awards from the Audio Publishers Association -- the top awards in the audiobook industry -- include two Canadians in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Category: Kenneth Oppel and Robert J. Sawyer. The nominees are:

Calculating God, by Robert J. Sawyer, Narrated by Jonathan Davis, Audible, Inc.

Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke, Narrated by Eric Michael Summerer, Audible, Inc.

Ghost Radio, by Leopoldo Gout, Narrated by Pedro Pascal, HarperAudio

Skybreaker, by Kenneth Oppel, Narrated by David Kelly, Full Cast Audio

Sunrise Alley, by Catherine Asaro, Narrated by Hillary Huber, Blackstone Audio, Inc.

The winner will be announced at the Audies gala on Friday, May 29, 2009, at the New York Historical Society in New York City.

Clint Budd points out that single-author collections compete in the Long-Form, rather than the Other Works, category for the Aurora Awards. I've updated the descriptions of the categories in the "2008 - Publications in English" SF Wiki, and moved five collections from the Other Category to the Long-Form category. -- Robert J. Sawyer, co-administrator of the Canadian SF Works Database

From Clint Budd, Aurora Award administrator:

THE AURORAS! - This year at Worldcon!

Nominations open January 1st, 2009, and close February 28th, 2009.

An on-line and a printable nomination form is here at: http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/English/AwardProcess/nominationForm.php

Partial list of eligible works at: Canadian SF Works Database: http://www.canadiansf.com/

LITERARY AWARDS: If you are nominating a written work (Novel, Short Story, etc.) that isn't listed in the Canadian SF Works Database PLEASE include Author, Title, Publisher, *Publication Date*, and (if its published in a magazine, anthology etc.) - the name of the publication. ***If you know of a website that has all this info - put in the website address instead - to save time and space. Please consider adding your nominated work to Canadian SF Works Database.

JUST THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR OR WORK IS NOT ENOUGH.

ART AWARD: - if you are nominating an artist, PLEASE list a published or displayed work and where it was published or displayed. JUST THE NAME OF THE ARTIST IS NOT ENOUGH.

FAN ACHIEVEMENT (Publication): PLEASE list the name of the fannish newsletter or amateur publication and the Publisher/Editor's name and contact info.

Note - the rule excluding club fanzines is still in effect. A new amendment was adopted at the last Business Meeting (Keycon 2008) but will have to be ratified at the next Business Meeting (Anticipation/Worldcon 2009).

FAN ACHIEVEMENT (Organizational): PLEASE list the specific organizational achievement that you are nominating the person for. PLEASE list the name of the Organizer nominated, and the event, date and location the event occurred at.

FAN ACHIEVEMENT (Other): PLEASE specifically describe the activity you're nominating for (i.e. "filking" is NOT specific enough - this is an award for Achievement), the name of the person nominated and contact info.

[Constitution definition: Fan Achievement (other): For Canadian fan activity in the previous calendar year not encompassed by the previous two subsections. For example: multi-media presentation, music, art, apas, fan-writing, etc.]