Friday 6 June 2003

Aurora Awards Nominations

Finalists for this year's Aurora Awards, presented by the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association for works by Canadian writers and fans in English and in French, have been announced. Mailing deadline is July 31, 2003; winners will be announced at this year's World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3, in Toronto, August 28 to September 1, 2003.

LONG-FORM WORK IN ENGLISH

Hominids, Robert J. Sawyer (Tor)

Martyrs, Edo van Belkom (Design Image Group)

Permanence, Karl Schroeder (Tor)

To Trade the Stars, Julie E. Czerneda (DAW)

Warchild, Karin Lowachee (Warner Aspect)

LONG-FORM WORK IN FRENCH

L'Aigle des profondeurs, Esther Rochon (Alire)

Horizons blancs, Guy Sirois (Médiaspaul)

Piège pour le Jules-Verne, Michèle Laframboise (Médiaspaul)

Le Revenant de Fomalhaut, Jean-Louis Trudel (Médiaspaul)

Les Sources de la magie, Joël Champetier (Alire)

SHORT-FORM WORK IN ENGLISH

"By Its Cover", Isaac Szpindel (Explorer Trifolium Books)

"Ineluctable", Robert J. Sawyer (Analog Nov 2002)

"Just Like Being There", Eric Choi (Orbiter Trifolium Books)

"Prism", Julie E. Czerneda (30th Anniversary DAW: Science Fiction DAW)

"Rain, Ice, Steam", James Alan Gardner (Explorer Trifolium Books)

SHORT-FORM WORK IN FRENCH

"Les Femmes viennent de Mars et les hommes de Vénus", Michèle Laframboise (Solaris 140)

"Fractures", Mehdi Bouhalassa (Solaris 140)

"La Guerre sans temps", Sylvie Bérard (Solaris 143)

"Les Navires de Saint-Elme", Jean Pettigrew (Solaris 143)

"Un Port dans la Tempête" (traducteur: Marc Bailly), Mark A. Rayner (Science-Fiction Magazine Fév 2002)

"La Trajectoire du poisson", Yves Meynard (Solaris 141)

WORK IN ENGLISH (OTHER)

Edo van Belkom (for editing Be VERY Afraid!)

Explorer: Tales from the Wonder Zone, Julie E. Czerneda, ed. (Trifolium Books (anthology)

"Faster than Light", Joe Mahoney, Robert J. Sawyer & Barbara Worthy (CBC Radio (drama pilot)

Rescue Heroes Cycle III, Isaac Szpindel (tv screenplay)

Stardust: Tales from the Wonder Zone, Julie E. Czerneda, ed. (Trifolium Books (anthology)

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

Andrew Barr

James Beveridge

Lar deSouza

Michèle Laframboise

Jean-Pierre Normand

Ronn Sutton

Mel Vavaroutsos

FAN ACHIEVEMENT (PUBLICATION)

Ailleurs, Pierre Luc Lafrance, ed. (fanzine)

Filking from C to C, Peggy Warner-Lalonde, ed. (filkzine)

Made In Canada Newsletter, Don Bassie, ed. (webzine)

Opuntia, Dale Speirs, ed. (fanzine)

Pubnites & Other Events, Yvonne Penney, ed. (e-zine)

FAN ACHIEVEMENT (ORGANIZATIONAL)

Martin Miller (Toronto Trek 16 masquerade)

Barb Schofield (Toronto Trek 16 masquerade)

Marah Searle-Kovacevic (USS Hudson Bay and Torcon 3 committee)

Joan Sherman (I.D.I.C.)

Brian Upward (I.D.I.C.)

Georgina Miles (Toronto Trek 16)

FAN ACHIEVEMENT (OTHER)

Alex von Thorn (fan writing)

Eric Layman (fan writing)

Lloyd Penney (fan writing)

Gord Rose (masquerade MC at Toronto Trek & Ad Astra)

Larry Stewart (one-man SF parody shows)

Jason Taniguchi (entertainer)

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Links

Prix AURORA Awards -- 2003 Finalists/Finalistes

2003 Prix Aurora Award Supplement —
  links to nominee texts, cover art, artist samples, etc.

Locus Index to SF Awards —
  Aurora Awards —
    Past winners by Year
    Past winners by Category

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