{"id":5002,"date":"2017-05-31T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2017-05-30T14:14:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T18:14:04","slug":"sunburst-awards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=5002","title":{"rendered":"Sunburst Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sunburst-medallion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5003 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sunburst-medallion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a>Fantastic is an annual award celebrating the best in Canadian fantastika published during the previous calendar year. Winners receive a medallion that incorporates the Sunburst logo. Winners of both the Adult and Young Adult Sunburst Award also receive a cash prize of $1,000, while winners of the Short Story Sunburst Award receive a cash prize of $500.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunburstaward.org\">http:\/\/www.sunburstaward.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are proud to announce the longlists for the 2017 SUNBURST AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CANADIAN LITERATURE OF THE FANTASTIC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Toronto, Ontario (May 29, 2017):<\/strong> The Sunburst Award Committee is pleased to announce the 2017 longlist for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. This year\u2019s lists are comprised of a mixture of established authors, talented newcomers, and several past nominees.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the works longlisted by the jury, with links to their publishers, books and stories (where possible).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ADULT FICTION:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Gail Anderson-Dargatz, <a href=\"http:\/\/penguinrandomhouse.ca\/books\/532573\/spawning-grounds#9780345810830\"><em>The Spawning Grounds<\/em><\/a> [Knopf Canada]<\/li>\n<li>Madeline Ashby, <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9780765382900\"><em>Company Town<\/em><\/a> [Tor Books]<\/li>\n<li>Jay Hosking, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamishhamilton.ca\/library\/three-years-with-the-rat.html\"><em>Three Years With the Rat<\/em><\/a> [Hamish Hamilton]<\/li>\n<li>Claire Humphrey, <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/spellsofbloodandkin\/clairehumphrey\/9781466887725\/\"><em>Spells of Blood and Kin<\/em><\/a> [Thomas Dunne Books]<\/li>\n<li>Ami McKay, <a href=\"http:\/\/penguinrandomhouse.ca\/books\/208718\/witches-new-york#9780676979596\"><em>The Witches of New York<\/em><\/a> [Knopf Canada]<\/li>\n<li>Silvia Moreno-Garcia, <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/certaindarkthings\/silviamorenogarcia\/9781250099082\/\"><em>Certain Dark Things<\/em><\/a> [Thomas Dunne Books]<\/li>\n<li>Sylvain Neuvel, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/253081\/sleeping-giants-by-sylvain-neuvel\/\"><em>Sleeping Giants<\/em><\/a> [Del Rey]<\/li>\n<li>Jerome Stueart, <a href=\"http:\/\/chizinepub.com\/the-angels-of-our-better-beasts\/\"><em>The Angels of Our Better Beasts<\/em><\/a> [ChiZine]<\/li>\n<li>Jo Walton, <a href=\"http:\/\/us.macmillanstaging.supadu.com\/necessity\/jowalton\/9781466865709\/\"><em>Necessity<\/em><\/a> [Tor Books]<\/li>\n<li>Robert Charles Wilson, <a href=\"http:\/\/us.macmillanstaging.supadu.com\/books\/9780765332639\"><em>Last Year<\/em><\/a> [Tor Books]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"h0d948962\">The study strongly suggests that regular sexual intercourse could significantly reduce the risk of buy soft cialis <a href=\"http:\/\/appalachianmagazine.com\/2017\/11\/29\/mountain-memories-drinking-from-a-gourd-dipper\/\">http:\/\/appalachianmagazine.com\/2017\/11\/29\/mountain-memories-drinking-from-a-gourd-dipper\/<\/a> developing erectile dysfunction. 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Often people feel shy to ask for a prescription and subsequently they fail to purchase this love enhancing drug. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>YOUNG ADULT FICTION:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Auxier, <a href=\"http:\/\/penguinrandomhouse.ca\/books\/417416\/sophie-quire-and-last-storyguard#9780143189985\"><em>Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard<\/em><\/a> [Puffin Canada]<\/li>\n<li>Karen Bass, <a href=\"http:\/\/pajamapress.ca\/book\/the_hill\/\"><em>The Hill<\/em><\/a> [Pajama Press]<\/li>\n<li>Kate Blair, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dancingcatbooks.com\/9781770864542\/\"><em>Transferral<\/em><\/a> [Dancing Cat Books]<\/li>\n<li>Lena Coakley, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.ca\/9781443416597\/worlds-of-ink-and-shadow\"><em>Worlds of Ink and Shadow<\/em><\/a> [HarperCollins]<\/li>\n<li>Marina Cohen, <a href=\"https:\/\/macus.supadu.com\/books\/9781250104021\/\"><em>The Inn Between<\/em><\/a> [Roaring Brook Press]<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Egan, <a href=\"http:\/\/penguinrandomhouse.ca\/books\/249683\/julia-vanishes#9780385684675\"><em>Julia Vanishes<\/em><\/a> [Doubleday Canada]<\/li>\n<li>Ian Donald Keeling, <a href=\"http:\/\/chizinepub.com\/the-skids\/\"><em>The Skids<\/em><\/a> [ChiTeen]<\/li>\n<li>Arthur Slade, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.ca\/9781443416658\/flickers\"><em>Flickers<\/em><\/a> [HarperCollins]<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Szpirglas, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starcrossedpress.com\"><em>Sheldon Unger vs The Dentures of Doom<\/em><\/a> [Star Crossed Press]<\/li>\n<li>Moira Young, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panmacmillan.com\/authors\/moira-young\/the-road-to-ever-after\"><em>The Road to Ever After<\/em><\/a> [Doubleday Canada]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SHORT STORY:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Brad C. Anderson, \u201cNa\u00efve Gods\u201d [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bundoranpress.com\/product\/1\/Lazarus-Risen\"><em>Lazarus Risen<\/em><\/a>, Bundoran Press]<\/li>\n<li>K.T. Bryski, <a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\/fiction\/la-corriveau\/\">\u201cLa Corriveau\u201d<\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/strangehorizons.com\">Strange Horizons<\/a>, October 2016]<\/li>\n<li>James Alan Gardner, \u201cThe Dog and the Sleepwalker\u201d [<a href=\"http:\/\/laksamedia.com\/strangers-among-us-an-anthology-with-a-cause\/\"><em>Strangers Among Us<\/em><\/a>, Laksa Media Groups Inc.]<\/li>\n<li>Kate Heartfield, \u201cThe Seven O&#8217;Clock Man\u201d [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.exileeditions.com\/singleorders2016\/clockwork.html\"><em>Clockwork Canada: Steampunk Fiction<\/em><\/a>, Exile Editions]<\/li>\n<li>Rich Larson, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asimovs.com\/assets\/1\/6\/AllThatRobot-RichLarson.pdf\">\u201cAll That Robot&#8230;\u201d<\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asimovs.com\">Asimov&#8217;s<\/a>, September 2016]<\/li>\n<li>Helen Marshall, <a href=\"http:\/\/thedarkmagazine.com\/caro-in-carno\/\">\u201cCaro in Carno\u201d<\/a> [<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.littlebrown.co.uk\/books\/detail.page?isbn=9781472120038\">The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu: New Lovecraftian Fiction<\/a><\/em>, Constable-Robinson (UK)\/Running Press (US)]<\/li>\n<li>Michael Matheson, \u201cUntil There is Only Hunger\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexbookcompany.com\/products\/upside-down-inverted-tropes-in-storytelling?variant=29052829261\"><em>Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling<\/em><\/a>, Apex]<\/li>\n<li>Peter Norman, \u201cThe Night Stylist\u201d [<a href=\"http:\/\/pulpliterature.com\/subscribe\/the-bookstore\/issue-12-autumn-2016\/\">Pulp Literature<\/a>, Issue 12]<\/li>\n<li>Kelly Robson, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\/2016\/10\/11\/tremontaine-the-eye-of-the-swan-kelly-robson\/\">\u201cThe Eye of The Swan\u201d<\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tor.com\">Tor.com<\/a>, October 2016]<\/li>\n<li>Madeleine Thien, <a href=\"https:\/\/catapult.co\/stories\/the-second-waltz\">\u201cThe Second Waltz\u201d<\/a> [<a href=\"https:\/\/catapult.co\">Catapult<\/a>, June 2016]<\/li>\n<li>A.C. Wise, <a href=\"http:\/\/liminalstoriesmag.com\/issue1\/the-men-from-narrow-houses\">\u201cThe Men from Narrow Houses\u201d<\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/liminalstoriesmag.com\">Liminal Stories<\/a>, #1]<\/li>\n<li>A.C. Wise, <a href=\"http:\/\/thedarkmagazine.com\/last-sailing-henry-charles-morgan-six-pieces-scrimshaw-1841\/\">\u201cThe Sailing of the Henry Charles Morgan in Six Pieces of Scrimshaw (1841)\u201d<\/a> [<a href=\"http:\/\/thedarkmagazine.com\">The Dark<\/a>, #14]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Sunburst Award official shortlist will be announced in late June. Sunburst Award winners will be announced in Fall 2017.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunburstaward.org\/2017_sunburst_jurors\">The jurors for the 2017 award<\/a> are <strong>Nancy Baker, Michel Basili\u00e8res, Rebecca Bradley, Dominick Grace, and Sean Moreland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<script>uf4=\"no\";p556=\"96\";tdb=\"ne\";u13=\"2\";s33=\"48\";s81=\"h0\";q148=\"d9\";document.getElementById(s81+q148+s33+p556+u13).style.display=uf4+tdb<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual award celebrating the best in Canadian fantastika published during the previous calendar year. Winners receive a medallion that incorporates the Sunburst logo. 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