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\u00a02023 Aurora Award Ballot<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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This ballot is for works originally done in 2022 by Canadians.\u00a0 The Aurora Awards are nominated by members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association.\u00a0 The top five nominated works were selected.\u00a0 Additional works were included where there was a tie for fifth place.\u00a0 An online awards ceremony will be held on August 19th, 2023, at 5pm EDT, with hosts Mark Leslie Lefebvre and Liz Anderson. Details at www.csffa.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

Best Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n

All the Seas of the World<\/strong>, Guy Gavriel Kay, Penguin Canada
\nThe Daughter of Doctor Moreau<\/strong>, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey
\nThe Embroidered Book<\/strong>, Kate Heartfield, HarperVoyager
\n<\/a>Sea of Tranquility<\/strong>, Emily St. John Mandel, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
\nThe Void Ascendant<\/strong>, Premee Mohamed, Solaris Books<\/p>\n

Best Young Adult Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Hole Radio \u2013 Ka\u2019Azula<\/strong>, Ann Birdgenaw, DartFrog Books
\nGhostlight<\/strong>, Kenneth Oppel, Puffin Canada
\nThe Hollow Boys: The Dream Rider Saga, Book 1<\/strong>, Douglas Smith, Spiral Path Books
\nNight of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove<\/strong>, Rati Mehrotra, Wednesday Books
\nZachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor<\/strong>, Xiran Jay Zhao, Margaret K. McElderry Books<\/p>\n

Best Novelette\/Novella<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even Though I Knew the End<\/strong>, C.L. Polk, Tordotcom
\nHigh Times in the Low Parliament<\/strong>, Kelly Robson, TordotCom
\nThe Jade Setter of Janloon<\/strong>, Fonda Lee, Subterranean Press
\n\u201cA Sky and a Heaven<\/em>\u201d<\/strong>, Eric Choi, Just Like Being There, Springer Nature
\nThe Tiger Came to the Mountains<\/strong>, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Amazon Original Stories<\/p>\n

Best Short Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBig Trouble in Droidtown<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, Hayden Trenholm, The Astronaut Always Rings Twice, Tyche Books
\n\u201cBroken Vow: The Adventures of Flick Gibson, Intergalactic Videographer<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, Peter G. Reynolds, On Spec Magazine, Issue 120
\n\u201cDouen<\/strong>\u201d, Suzan Palumbo, The Dark, Issue 82
\n\u201cThe Five Rules of Supernova Surfing, or A For Real Solution to the Fermi Paradox, Bro<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, Geoffrey W. Cole, Clarkesworld, Issue 184
\n\u201cGreen Witch\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, Elizabeth Whitton, Prairie Witch, Prairie Soul Press
\n\u201cA New Brave World<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, Eric Choi, Brave New Worlds, Zombies Need Brains
\n\u201cSchr\u00f6dinger\u2019s<\/em> Cats<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, Wayne Cusack, Polar Borealis Magazine, Issue #22
\n\u201cWe Are the Thing That Lives on the Moon<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, Gillian Secord, Fireside Magazine, Issue 101, March<\/p>\n

Best Graphic Novel\/Comic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birds of Maine<\/strong>, Michael deForge, Drawn and Quarterly
\nCupcake War Machine<\/strong>, Marika Kapogeorgakis, webcomic
\n<\/a>Goblins<\/strong>, <\/a>Ellipsis Hana Stephens, webcomic
\nIt Never Rains<\/strong>, Kari Maaren, webcomic
\n<\/a>Mistress of the Winds<\/strong>, <\/a>Mich\u00e8le Laframboise, Echofictions
\n<\/a>Questionable Content<\/strong>, <\/a>Jeph Jacques, webcomic
\n<\/a>Wychwood<\/strong>, Ally Rom Colthoff, webcomic<\/p>\n

Best Poem\/Song<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the Apocalypse<\/em>\u201d<\/strong>, Colleen Anderson, NewMyths, Vol 16, issue 61
\n\u201cGhost Stories<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, James Grotkowski, Polar Starlight Magazine, Issue 6
\n\u201cIn Stock Images of the Future, Everything is White<\/em>\u201d<\/strong>, Terese Mason Pierre, Uncanny Magazine, Issue Forty-Six
\n\u201cPoltergeist<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, Rhonda Parrish, Star*Line, Vol 45, Issue 2
\n\u201cRapunzel in the Desert<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, Melissa Yuan-Innes, On Spec Magazine, Issue 122
\n\u201ca sinkhole invites a street to consider its future<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, Dominik Parisien, Uncanny Magazine, Issue Forty-Four
\n\u201cThree Herons<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, Geoffrey W. Cole, Polar Starlight Magazine, Issue 5
\n<\/a>\u201cThe Wolf of Your Passions<\/em><\/strong>\u201d, Lynne Sargent, Augur Magazine, Issue 5.2<\/p>\n

Best Related Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Astronaut Always Rings Twice<\/strong>, edited by Shannon Allen and JR Campbell, Tyche Books
\nNothing Without Us Too<\/strong>, edited by Cait Gordon and Talia C. Johnson, Renaissance
\nOn Spec Magazine<\/strong>, Issues 119, 120, and 121, managing editor Diane Walton, The Copper Pig Writers\u2019 Society
\nPrairie Witch<\/strong>, edited by Stacey Kondla, Prairie Soul Press
\nStrange Wars: Speculative Fiction of Coalitions in Conflict<\/strong>, edited by Don Miasek, TDotSpec<\/p>\n

Best Cover Art\/Interior Illustration<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arboreality<\/strong>, cover art, Rachel Yu Lobbenberg, Stelliform Press
\nThe Astronaut Always Rings Twice<\/strong>, cover art, Kayla Kowalyk, Tyche Books
\nBirthday of the Unicorn<\/strong>, cover art, Marco Marin, TdotSpec
\nWeird Fishes<\/strong>, cover art, Julia Louise Pereira, Stelliform Press
\nThe World We Left Behind<\/strong>, Swati Chavda, On Spec Magazine, Issue 119
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\nBest Fan Writing and Publication<\/strong><\/p>\n

JenEric Movie Reviews<\/strong>, \u00c9ric Desmarais, JenEric Designs
\nPolar Borealis Magazine<\/strong>, Issues: 21, 22, and 23, edited by R. Graeme Cameron
\nPolar Starlight Magazine<\/strong>, Issues: 5, 6, and 7, edited by Rhea E. Rose
\nThe Travelling TARDIS<\/strong>, Jennifer Desmarais, JenEric Designs
\n<\/a>Young People Read Old SFF<\/strong>, edited by James Davis Nicoll, online<\/p>\n

Best Fan Related Work<\/strong><\/p>\n

Augurcon<\/strong>, Terese Mason Pierre and Kerry C. Byrne, co-directors, Toria Liao, operations director, online
\nCan*Con<\/strong>, Marie Bilodeau and Derek K\u00fcnsken, co-chairs, Ottawa
\nephemera Reading Series<\/strong>, KT Bryski and Jen R. Albert, co-chairs, online
\nWhen Words Collide<\/strong>, Randy McCharles, chair, online
\nThe Worldshapers<\/strong> Podcast<\/strong>, Edward Willett, online<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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