The Prix Aurora (which honour Canadian science fiction and fantasy writing, artwork and fan activities and covers both the Anglophone and Francophone worlds) have announced this year’s list of nominees, among which are:
Best Long-Form Work in English: After the Fires, Ursula Pflug (Tightrope Books), Identity Theft and Other Stories, Robert J. Sawyer (Red Deer Press), Impossibilia, Douglas Smith (PS Publishing), Defining Diana, Hayden Trenholm (Bundoran Press), Marseguro, Edward Willett (DAW Books)
(cover to Impossibilia by Douglas Smith, art by Fernado Molineri, published by PS Publishing)
Meilleur livre en français: Une fêlure au flanc du monde, Éric Gauthier (Alire), Les vents de Tammerlan, Michèle Laframboise (Éditions Médiaspaul, coll. Jeunesse-Plus)
Best Short-Form Work in English: “All In,” Peter Atwood (May–June, Weird Tales magazine), “Back,” Susan J. Forest (June, Analog magazine), “Ringing in the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta,” Randy McCharles (Tesseracts Twelve, Edge Science Fiction), “A Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase by Van Gogh,” Douglas Smith (Impossibilia, PS Publishing), “Doorways,” Douglas Smith (Postscripts Magazine #17, PS Publishing)
Meilleure nouvelle en français: « Ballade sur Pallide », Michèle Laframboise (Virages 44), « La révolte des gilets-malins », Michèle Laframboise (QUAD9 6A), « Le Dôme de Saint-Macaire », Jean-Louis Trudel (Solaris 167), « Jos Montferrand et le Grand Brigand des routes », Alain Ducharme (Solaris 161)
(Cover to Fear Agent #22, art by Ronn Sutton, published Dark Horse)
Artistic Achievement: Looking for Group, Lar deSouza (Online Comic), cover Neo-Opsis #14, Stephanie Ann Johanson, Imagination, Michèle Laframboise (Imagination contre les pigeons spammers, Vermillion), Fear Agent #22, Ronn Sutton (Dark Horse), cover JEMMA7729, David Willicome
Tue, Mar 17, 2009
Art and animation, Awards, Books, Comics and cartoons