I’m back! I’ll post more about my exploits with the Canadian Chamber Choir (which is what kept me away from the computer and hence from this blog for the last week) soon, but in the meantime, let’s get things rolling forward again with this list of the Aurora Award winners for the best Canadian SF and fantasy, presented at Canvention 27, hosted by VCON 32 over the weekend.
And the winners are:
Best Long-Form Work in English
Children of Chaos, Dave Duncan (Tor Books)
Best Long-Form Work in French
Reine de Mémoire 4. La Princesse de Vengeance, Elisabeth Vonarburg
(Alire)
Best Short-Form Work in English
“Biding Time”, Robert J. Sawyer (Slipstreams, DAW)
Best Short-Form Work in French
«Le regard du trilobite», Mario Tessier (Solaris 159)
Best Work in English (Other)
Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Karl Johanson, editor
Best Work in French (Other)
«Aux origines des petits hommes verts», Jean-Louis Trudel (Solaris 160)
Artistic Achievement
Martin Springett
Fan Achievement (Publication)
Brins d’Éternité, réd. Guillaume Voisine
Fan Achievement (Organizational)
Cathy Palmer-Lister (Con*Cept)
Fan Achievement (Other)
Fractale-Framboise, Éric Gauthier, Christian Sauvé, Laurine Spehner
Next year’s Canvention will be hosted by KeyCon 25 in Winnipeg, a four-day convention over the Victoria Day weekend.
