2016 Aurora Awards Winners
The 2016 Aurora Awards winners have been announced, celebrating the “best works and activities done by Canadians in 2015.”
Best Novel
- A Daughter of No Nation, A.M. Dellamonica (Tor)
- Drowning in Amber, E.C. Bell (Tyche)
- Too Far Gone, Chadwick Ginther (Ravenstone)
- Much Ado about Macbeth, Randy McCharles (Tyche)
- Cursed: Black Swan, Ryan T. McFadden (Dragon Moon)
- Signal to Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Solaris)
Best YA Novel
- An Inheritance of Ashes, Leah Bobet (Scholastic Canada/Clarion US)
- Maddie Hatter and the Deadly Diamond, Jayne Barnard (Tyche)
- Mabel the Mafioso Dwarf, Sherry Peters (Dwarvenamazon)
- The Flame in the Maze, Caitlin Sweet (ChiZine)
- The Fountain, Suzy Vadori (Evil Alter Ego)
Best Short Fiction
- “Waters of Versailles”, Kelly Robson (Tor.com 6/10/15)
- “La Héron”, Charlotte Ashley (F & SF 3-4/15)
- “Game Not Over”, Ron Friedman (Galaxy’s Edge 1/15)
- “Cosmobotica”, Costi Gurgu & Tony Pi (The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk)
- “Super Frenemies”, Stephen Kotowych (Caped: An Anthology of Superhero Tales)
- “Looking for Gordo”, Robert J. Sawyer (Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft)
Best Poem/Song
- “Origami Crane / Light Defying Spaceship”, Naru Dames Sundar (Liminality #5)
- “Elegy for WLC”, David Clink (The Dalhousie Review 94:3)
- “Portrait”, David Clink (On Spec #99)
- “Typhon & Echidna: A Love Story”, Sandra Kasturi (Gods, Memes and Monsters: A 21st Century Bestiary)
- “Venice Letting Go”, Sandra Kasturi (Postscripts to Darkness #6)
Best Graphic Novel
- The Lady ParaNorma, Vincent Marcone (ChiZine)
- Infinitum: Time Travel Noir, GMB Chomichuk (ChiZine)
- Bloodsuckers: Volume 2, J.M. Frey, illustrated by Ryan Cole (Toronto Comics)
- Crash and Burn: Prologue, Kate Larking & Finn Lucullan (Astres)
- West of Bathurst: The Complete Collection, Kari Maaren (self-published)
Best Related Work
- Second Contacts, Michael Rimar & Hayden Trenholm, eds. (Bundoran)
- Playground of Lost Toys, Colleen Anderson & Ursula Pflug, eds. (Exile Editions)
- Licence Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond, Madeline Ashby & David Nickle, eds. (ChiZine)
- Professor Challenger: New Worlds, Lost Places, J.R. Campbell & Charles Prepolec, eds. (EDGE)
- nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery & the Macabre, Nancy Kilpatrick & Caro Soles, eds. (EDGE)
Best Artist
- Erik Mohr
- James Beveridge
- Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk
- Jeff Minkevics
- Dan O’Driscoll
Best Visual Presentation
- Orphan Black, Season 3
- Bitten, Season 2
- Continuum, Season 4
- Dark Matter, Season 1
- Killjoys, Season 1
There were also winners in fan categories. Winners were honored at Canvention 36, hosted by When Worlds Collide in Delta Calgary South, Calgary, August 12-14, 2016. For more information, and complete winners, see the Aurora Awards website.