The 2010 Prix Aurora Awards for the best Canadian science fiction and fantasy of 2009 were handed out tonight at KeyCon in Winnipeg. My Terra Insegura was nominated for best novel in English, but didn’t win (although all the nominees did receive very nice stainless steel mini-Aurora pins, which were much appreciated!). Instead, the best novel in English award went to Robert J. Sawyer’s Wake (and well-deserved it is).
Here are this year’s nominees and winners. I’ve arranged the list with the winners at the top of each category, starred and bolded:
BEST NOVEL IN ENGLISH :
*WAKE, Robert J. Sawyer, Penguin Canada
THE AMULET OF AMON-RA, by Leslie Carmichael, CBAY Books
DRUIDS, by Barbara Galler-Smith and Josh Langston, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy
STEEL WHISPERS, Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press
TERRA INSEGURA, Edward Willett, DAW Books
MEILLEUR ROMAN EN FRANÇAIS ( Best Novel In French ):
*Suprématie. Laurent McAllister, (Bragelonne)
Le protocole Reston. Mathieu Fortin, (Coups de tête)
La Quête de Chaaas (L’axe de Koudriss). Michèle Laframboise, Médiaspaul
Un tour en Arkadie. Francine Pelletier, Alire
Filles de lune 3. Le talisman de Maxandre. Élisabeth Tremblay, (De Mortagne)
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) (story)
“LITTLE DEATHS” Ivan Dorin, Tesseracts Thirteen
“RADIO NOWHERE” Douglas Smith, Campus Chills
“THE WORLD MORE FULL OF WEEPING” Robert J. Wiersema, ChiZine Publications
MEILLEURE NOUVELLE EN FRANÇAIS ( Best Short-Form In French )
*« Ors blancs » Alain Bergeron, (Solaris 171)
« De l’amour dans l’air » Claude Bolduc, (Solaris 172)
« La vie des douze Jésus » Luc Dagenais, (Solaris 172)
« Billet de faveur » Michèle Laframboise, (Galaxies 41)
« Grains de silice » Mario Tessier, (Solaris 170)
« La mort aux dés » Élisabeth Vonarburg, (Solaris 171)
BEST WORK IN ENGLISH (OTHER) :
*WOMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (the Apocalyptic Four) Editor, Absolute Xpress
AGES OF WONDER Julie E. Czerneda, & Rob St. Martin, Editors, DAW Books
NEO-OPSIS MAGAZINE, Karl Johanson, Editor
ON SPEC MAGAZINE, Diane Walton, Managing Editor, The Copper Pig Writers’ Society
DISTANT EARLY WARNINGS: CANADA’S BEST SCIENCE FICTION Robert J. Sawyer, Editor, Robert J. Sawyer books
MEILLEUR OUVRAGE EN FRANÇAIS (AUTRE) / (Best Work In French (Other):
*Revue. Joel Champetier, éditeur, Solaris
Critiques. Jérôme-Olivier Allard, (Solaris 169-172)
Le jardin du general, Manga. Michele Laframboise, ,Fichtre, Montréal
Rien à voir avec la fantasy. Thibaud Sallé, (Solaris 169)
Chronique «Les Carnets du Futurible». Mario Tessier, (Solaris 169-171)
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT :
*Dan O’Driscoll, Cover of Steel Whispers, Bundoran Press
Kari-Ann Anderson, for cover of “Nina Kimberly the Merciless”,Dragon Moon Press
Jim Beveridge, “Xenobiology 101: Field Trip” Neo-opsis #16
Lar de Souza, “Looking for Group” online Comic
Tarol Hunt, “Goblins”. Webcomic
FAN ACCOMPLISHMENT (Fanzine):
*Richard Graeme Cameron,.WCFSAZine
Jeff Boman, The Original Universe
Dale Speirs, Opuntia
Guillaume Voisine, éd. Brins d’Éternité
Felicity Walker, BCSFAzine
FAN ACCOMPLISHMENT (Organization) :
*David Hayman, organization Filk Hall of Fame
Renée Benett, for “In Spaces Between” at Con-Version 25
Robbie Bourget, and René Walling, Chairs of “Anticipation”, the 67 th WorldCon
Roy Miles, work on USS Hudson Bay Executive
Kirstin Morrell, Programming for Con-Version 25
FAN ACCOMPLISHMENT (Other) :
*Ray Badgerow, Astronomy Lecture at USS Hudson Bay
Ivan Dorin, “Gods Anonymous” (Con-Version 25 radio play)
Judith Hayman and Peggi Warner-Lalonde organization, Filk track @Anticipation
Tom Jeffers and Sue Posteraro, Filk Concert, Anticipation
Lloyd Penney, Fanwriting