2022 Aurora Awards Ballot

Best Novel

• RED X, David Demchuk (Strange Light; Penguin Random House)
• The Quantum War, Derek Künsken (Solaris)
• Jade Legacy, Fonda Lee (Orbit US)
• A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
• Soulstar, C.L. Polk (Tordotcom)

Best YA Novel

• The Serpent’s Fury, Kelley Armstrong (Puffin Canada)
• Walking in Two Worlds, Wab Kinew (Penguin Teen)
• The Gold Flame of Senica, Elizabeth Whitton (Kettlescon)
• Star Song, Edward Willett (Shadowpaw)
• Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao (Penguin Teen)

Best Novelette/Novella

• “Decay in Five Stages”, Julie E. Czerneda (Derelict)
• The Annual Migration of Clouds, Premee Mohamed (ECW)
• These Lifeless Things, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
• The Return of the Sorceress, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Subterranean)
• “Lay Down Your Heart”, Liz Westbrook-Trenholm & Hayden Trenholm (Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories)

Best Short Story

• “The Mathematics of Fairyland”, Phoebe Barton (Lightspeed 3/21)
• “Clear Waters”, C.J. Cheung (Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories)
• “Second Thoughts”, Eric Choi (Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories)
• “The Only Road”, Susan Forest (Shapers of Worlds: Volume II)
• “Eighteen Days of Barbareek”, Rati Mehrotra (Uncanny 3-4/21)
• “Elesa’s Eyes”, Elizabeth Whitton (On Spec #117)

Best Graphic Novel/Comic

• Shadow Life, Hiromi Goto & Ann Xu (First Second)
• Crash and Burn, Kate Larking & Finn Lucullan (Astres)
• It Never Rains, Kari Maaren (itneverrainscomic.com)
• Critical Role: The Mighty Nein. Origins ⁠— Jester Lavorre, Sam Maggs & Hunter Severn Bonyun (Dark Horse)
• Goblins, Ellipsis Hana Stephens (www.goblinscomic.com)
• Thor and Loki: Double Trouble, Mariko Tamaki & Gurihiru (Marvel)

Best Related Work

• Food of My People, Candas Jane Dorsey & Ursula Pflug, eds. (Exile)
• Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories, Susan Forest & Lucas K. Law, eds. (Laksa)
• Neo-opsis #32, Karl Johanson, ed
• Alias Space and Other Stories, Kelly Robson (Subterranean)
• On Spec $116, #117, and #118, Diane L. Walton, ed.

Best Poem/Song

• “Cat People Café”, Carolyn Clink (Polar Starlight 10/21)
• “Them + Us”, James Grotkowski (Polar Borealis 8-9/21)
• “Crossroads”, Tiffany Morris (Nightmare 11/22)
• “My Pillow Eats Screams”, Matt Moore (Polar Starlight 12/21)
• “Widow”, Richard Van Camp (Food of My People)
• “The Reality of Ghosts”, Yilin Wang (Fantasy 8/21)

Best Artist

• Samantha Beiko, cover for Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories
• James Beveridge, cover for On Spec #116, and CD cover for Distant Past’s album The Final Stage
• Swati Chavda, covers for Polar Starlight 3/21, and Polar Borealis 5/21 and 12/21
• Dan O’Driscoll, cover for On Spec #117, and cover for Star Song
• Veronica Park, cover for The Annual Migration of Clouds

Best Visual Presentation

• Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice
• Dune
• Free Guy
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife
• Wynonna Earp, Season 4, episodes 7-12

Best Fan Writing and Publications

• Canadian SF&F book and magazine reviews, R. Graeme Cameron (Amazing Stories)
• “In Defense of the Humble Cold Plate: How the Peculiar, Distinct, and Different Enriches Fiction”, Krista D. Ball (Reddit)
• Polar Borealis 2/21, 5/21, 8-9/21, and 12/21, R. Graeme Cameron, ed.
• Polar Starlight 3/21, 6/21, 10/21, and 12/21, Rhea E. Rose, ed.
• Young People Read Old SFF, James Davis Nicoll, ed. (youngpeoplereadoldsff.com)

Best Fan Related Work

• Broadcasts from the Wasteland, Brandon Crilly & Evan May
• “How I Taught My Dragon: Kindergarten education through genre media”, Jen Desmarais & Keladry Desmarais
• Sci and Sci-Fi: Connecting the public to science and technology through storytelling, Ron S. Friedman
• The Feather and the Book: An Improvised Musical Story, Kari Maaren
• The Worldshapers, Edward Willett