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FINALISTS: 2013 Aurora Awards
The finalists for the Aurora AWard, celebrating the best in Canadian fiction (in both English and French), have been announced :
Best Novel – English
- Destiny's Fall by Marie Bilodeau, Dragon Moon Press
- Food for the Gods by Karen Dudley, Ravenstone Books
- Healer's Sword: Part 7 of the Okal Rel Saga by Lynda Williams, EDGE
- The Silvered by Tanya Huff, DAW Books, Inc.
- Thunder Road by Chadwick Ginther, Ravenstone Books
- Triggers by Robert J. Sawyer, Penguin Canada
Best YA Novel – English
- Above by Leah Bobet, Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic
- The Calling by Kelley Armstrong, Harper Teen
- Dissolve by Neil Godbout, Bundoran Press
- Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero by Michell Plested, Five Rivers
- Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow, TOR Teen
- Under My Skin: Wildlings Series (Book 1) by Charles de Lint, Razorbill Canada
Best Short Fiction – English
- "Delta Pi" by Matt Moore, Torn Realities, Post Mortem Press
- "Happily Ever After" by Marie Bilodeau, When the Villain Comes Home, Dragon Moon Press
- "Knights Exemplar" by Al Onia, On Spec #90, Fall
- "Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop" by Suzanne Church, Clarkesworld, Issue #68, May
- "The Walker of the Shifting Borderland" by Douglas Smith, On Spec #90, Fall
Best Poem/Song – English
- "A sea monster tells his story" by David Clink, The Literary Review of Canada, July/August
- "The Ghosts of Birds" by Helen Marshall, Phantom Drift 2: Valuable Estrangements, Wordcraft of Oregon
- "Hold Fast" by Leah Bobet, Strange Horizons, June 11, 2012
- "Roc" by Sandra Kasturi, Come Late to the Love of Birds, Tightrope Books
- "Zombie Descartes Writes a Personal Ad" by Carolyn Clink, Tesseracts Sixteen, EDGE
Best Graphic Novel – English
- Goblins by Tarol Hunt, webcomic
- Looking for Group by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza, webcomic
- Raygun Gothic by GMB Chomichuk, Alchemical Press
- Weregeek by Alina Pete, webcomic
- West of Bathurst by Kari Maaren, webcomic
Best Related Work – English
- Shanghai Steam edited by Ace Jordyn, Calvin D. Jim, and Renée Bennett, EDGE
- Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing edited by Sandra Kasturi and Halli Villegas, ChiZine Publications
- Hair Side, Flesh Side by Helen Marshall, ChiZine Publications
- Blood and Water edited by Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press
- On Spec published by the Copper Pig Writers' Society
Best Artist
- Richard Bartrop, illustrations for fiction on Reality Skimming blog
- GMB Chomichuk, Raygun Gothic, Alchemical Press
- Costi Gurgu, cover art for Inner Diverse, (Starfire World Syndicate)
- Michelle Milburn, cover art for Gathering Storm and Healer's Sword, (EDGE)
- Erik Mohr, cover art for ChiZine Publications
Best Fan Publication
- BCSFAzine, edited by Felicity Walker
- Broken Toys, edited by Taral Wayne
- In Places Between: The Robyn Herrington Short Story Contest, edited by Renée Bennett
- Reality Skimming blog, content coordinator Michelle Carraway
- Space Cadet, edited by R. Graeme Cameron
- Speculating Canada blog, edited by Derek Newman-Stille
Best Fan Filk
- Morva Bowman and Alan Pollard, Concert at FilKONtario 22
- Debs & Errol (Deborah Linden and Errol Elumir), Songs in the Key of Geek CD
- Brooke Lunderville, International Guest of Honour Concert at Consonance
- Kari Maaren, Body of Work
- Peggi Warner-Lalonde, Concert at NEFilk 22 ConCertino 2012
Best Fan Organizational
- Andrew Gurudata, Organizing the Constellation Awards, Toronto
- Evelyn Baker, Amy De Ruyte, and Peter Halasz, Executive Committee of WFC Toronto, 2012
- Sandra Kasturi, Helen Marshall, and, James Bambury, Co-Chairs, Chiaroscuro Reading Series, Toronto
- Sandra Kasturi and Laura Marshall. Co-Chairs, Toronto SpecFic Colloquium: Beyond the Human
- Randy McCharles, Chair and Programming, When Words Collide, Calgary
Best Fan Related Work
- Ron Friedman, conception and delivery of the Aurora Awards voter package
- Helen Marshall, "The Book is Dead; Long Live the Book!": Some Thoughts on the Coming of eBooks, lecture at the 2012 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
- Michael Matheson, compilation and maintenance of the Can Spec Fic List
- Lloyd Penney, for fanwriting and letter and article writing for fanzines and e-fanzines
- Peter Watts, "Hive Minds, Mind Hives" lecture at Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
Congratulations to all the nominees!
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