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Aurora Awards
It is that time of the year again… Aurora voting! From the Prix Aurora website: The Prix Aurora Awards are Canada’s National Science Fiction & Fantasy Awards. They are Canadian Fans’ way of recognizing the best in genre creativity and activity of the previous calendar year (January 1st to December 31st 2010). Why am I telling you this? Voting is free and registration is simple — just sign up to be a member and you can nominate every year. And don’t worry, you don’t have to vote in every category. Just fill in what you know. This is not an entirely selfless announcement I do have four stories eligible for…
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Prix Aurora Awards
The winners of this year’s Prix Aurora Awards have been announced. The Prix Aurora Awards are Canada’s Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards (details here). Congratulations to all the nominees and winners. I think this is the first year that I can say I’ve read the vast majority of all the nominees and I certainly recommend them for those looking for some great fiction. Best Novel in English: Wake, by Robert J. Sawyer Meilleur Roman en Français (Best Novel In French): SuprĂ©matie, by Laurent McAllister Best Short-Form Work in English: ”Pawns Dreaming of Roses,” by Eileen Bell Meilleure Nouvelle en Français (Best Short-Form In French): «Ors blancs» by Alain Bergeron Best…
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Prix Aurora Awards
The shortlist for the Prix Aurora Awards have been announced. BEST NOVEL IN ENGLISH : THE AMULET OF AMON-RA, by Leslie Carmichael, CBAY Books DRUIDS, by Barbara Galler-Smith and Josh Langston, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy WAKE, Robert J. Sawyer, Penguin Canada STEEL WHISPERS, Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press TERRA INSEGURA, Edward Willett, DAW Books BEST SHORT-FORM WORK IN ENGLISH: “PAWNS DREAMING OF ROSES”, Eileen Bell, Women of the Apocalypse. Absolute Xpress “HERE THERE BE MONSTERS” Brad Carson, Ages of Wonder, (DAW) “LITTLE DEATHS” Ivan Dorin, Tesseracts Thirteen “RADIO NOWHERE” Douglas Smith, Campus Chills “THE WORLD MORE FULL OF WEEPING” Robert J. Wiersema, ChiZine Publications BEST WORK IN ENGLISH (OTHER) :…
