Canada has, as the Constellation site observes, been served by SF literature awards in the form of the Sunburst and Aurora Awards and there’s the Shuster awards for comics, but SF&F in television and film has been largely ignored; odd since so many shows are filmed in Canada – the Constellation Awards aim to redress that imbalance. Organised by the same not-for-profit folks behind the annual Polaris SF convention (the awards will be given at the con over the weekend of July 6th to 8th) online voting is now open via the official site (deadline is June 15th); Doctor Who, a Canadian co-production with the BBC looks to be a popular contender in several categories (hurray!). You have to be a Canadian citizen or resident, or else registered for the convention in order to be eligible to vote.
Wed, May 30, 2007
Awards, Film, TV and radio