Canadian SF Works Database

The 2011 Aurora Awards were presented at the 31st annual Canadian National Science Fiction Convention, SFContario 2, in Toronto, on November 20, 2011. The winners were:

• Best English Novel: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer (Penguin Canada)
• Best Short Form - English: "The Burden of Fire" by Hayden Trenholm (Neo-Opsis #19)
• Best Poem/Song: "The ABCs of the End of the World" by Carolyn Clink (A Verdant Green)
• Best Graphic Novel - English: Goblins by Tarol Hunt
• Best Related Work - English: The Dragon and the Stars, edited by Derwin Mak and Eric Choi (DAW)
• Best Artist: Erik Mohr
• Best Fan Filk: Dave Clement and Tom Jeffers
• Best Fan Organizational: Helen Marshall and Sandra Kasturi, Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
• Best Fan Other: John Mansfield and Linda Ross Mansfield, Aurora Award pins

By far the largest cash prize ever for a Canadian science-fiction and fantasy award -- and one of the largest cash prizes in the world for either genre -- has been endowed by HarperCollins Canada to honour the memory of Monica Hughes.  The Canadian Children's Book Centre will bestow the annual juried Monica Hughes Award.

Here's the press release:

You'll find the final ballot and voting instructions here.

Note importante: Une mention sur cette page n'est pas une nomination.  Cette page a pour but de réunir les oeuvres éligible aux prix décernés aux oeuvres de 2010 et vise à être utilisée comme aide-mémoire à ceux qui proposent les nominations.  Seuls les administrateurs des prix ont le dernier mot pour déterminer la véritable éligibilité d'une oeuvre ou d'un créateur pour un prix.

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IMPORTANT NOTE:  Being listed here does NOT constitute a nomination for any award; this is merely a database of works eligible for nomination.  Until the official awards administrators release a final voting ballot, no one is a nominee, and ONLY works listed on a final ballot are nominees.

A few days ago, I was on the site and noticed an old post about Don Bassie's "Made in Canada" site. I myself have a couple of "I am CanadianSF" t-shirts and therefore remember the site fondly every time I see those shirts (they're actually kids' shirts so my sons wear them). But I digress . . .

Noticing the post meant I kept thinking about it and so a couple of days ago, I took it upon myself to see if I could rescue what might still exist of the site. The result is here at madeincanada.canadiansf.com.

Thanks to Don for his pioneering work in documenting Canadian writers, actors, and more. Enjoy the nostalgia trip!

Robert J. Sawyer's novel Watch (Penguin Canada) just won the Hal Clement Award for Best Young-Adult Science Fiction Novel of 2010; the award will be presented at this year's World Science Fiction Convention in Reno, Nevada, in August.

The other Canadian nominee was Kathy Reichs for Virals.

The Hal Clement Award -- one of the juried Golden Duck Awards honouring excellence in children's science-fiction -- has been given annually since 1992.

Hal Clement was one of the greatest hard-SF writers of all time.  He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was the author of such classics as Mission of Gravity and Needle.  He passed away in 2003.

Professional Awards

Best English Novel
Black Bottle Man by Craig Russell, Great Plains Publications
Destiny’s Blood by Marie Bilodeau, Dragon Moon Press
Stealing Home by Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay, Viking Canada
Watch, by Robert J. Sawyer, Penguin Canada

Best English Short Story
The Burden of Fire by Hayden Trenholm, Neo-Opsis #19
Destiny Lives in the Tattoo’s Needle by Suzanne Church, Tesseracts Fourteen, EDGE
The Envoy by Al Onia, Warrior Wisewoman 3, Norilana Books
Touch the Sky, They Say by Matt Moore, AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, November
Your Beating Heart by M. G. Gillett, Rigor Amortis, Absolute Xpress

Best English Poem / Song
The ABCs of the End of the World by Carolyn Clink, A Verdant Green, The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
Let the Night In by Sandra Kasturi, Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead, EDGE
Of the Corn: Kore’s Innocence by Colleen Anderson, Witches & Pagans #21
The Transformed Man by Robert J. Sawyer, Tesseracts Fourteen, EDGE
Waiting for the Harrowing by Helen Marshall, ChiZine 45

Best English Graphic Novel
Goblins, Tarol Hunt, goblinscomic.com
Looking For Group, Vol. 3 by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza
Stargazer, Volume 1 by Von Allan, Von Allan Studio
Tomboy Tara, Emily Ragozzino, tomboytara.com

Best English Related Work
Chimerascope, Douglas Smith (collection), ChiZine Publications
The Dragon and the Stars, edited by Derwin Mak and Eric Choi, DAW
Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead, edited by Nancy Kilpatrick, EDGE
On Spec, edited by Diane Walton, Copper Pig Writers Society
Tesseracts Fourteen, edited by John Robert Colombo and Brett Alexander Savory, EDGE

Best Artist (Professional and Amateur)
(An example of each artist’s work is listed below but they are to be judged on the body of work they have produced in the award year)
Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk, Brekky cover art, On Spec Fall
Erik Mohr, cover art for ChiZine Publications
Christina Molendyk, Girls of Geekdom Calendar for Argent Dawn Photography
Dan O’Driscoll, cover art for Stealing Home
Aaron Paquette, A New Season cover art, On Spec Spring

Fan/ Amateur Awards

Best Fan Publications
No award will be given out.  We received insufficient nominations for this category to be eligible.

Best Fan Filk
Dave Clement and Tom Jeffers of Dandelion Wine for “Face on Mars” CD
Karen Linsley; concert as SFContario Guest of Honour
Phil Mills, for “Time Traveller” (song writing)

Best Fan Organizational
Andrew Gurudata, organizing the Constellation Awards
Brent M. Jans, chair of Pure Speculation (Edmonton)
Liana Kerzner, chair of Futurecon (Toronto)
Helen Marshall and Sandra Kasturi, chairs of Toronto SpecFic Colloquium (Toronto)
Alex Von Thorn, chair of SFContario (Toronto)

Best Fan Other
Tom Jeffers, Fundraising, FilKONtario
John and Linda Ross Mansfield, Conception of the Aurora Nominee pins
Lloyd Penney, Articles, columns and letters of comment – fanzines