The 2018 Aurora Award winners were announced at VCON 42 on October 6.
The Aurora Awards are nominated by members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. Eligible were “works done in 2017 by Canadians.”
Best Novel
- Jade City by Fonda Lee, Orbit
Best Young Adult Novel (Tie)
- Exo by Fonda Lee, Scholastic Press
- Houses of the Old Blood by Elizabeth Whitton, Kettlescon Press
Best Short Fiction
- Gone Flying by Liz Westbrook-Trenholm, The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound, Laksa Media
Best Graphic Novel
- Rock Paper Cynic by Peter Chiykowski, Webcomic
Best Poem/Song
- Heaven Is The Hell Of No Choices by Matt Moore, Polar Borealis #4
Best Related Work
- The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law, Laksa Media
Best Visual Presentation
- Blade Runner 2049 directed by Denis Villeneuve, Alcon Entertainment
Best Artist
- Dan O’Driscoll, covers for Bundoran Press
Best Fan Writing and Publications
- Speculating Canada edited by Derek Newman-Stille
Best Fan Organizational
- Randy McCharles, chair When Words Collide, Calgary
Best Fan Related Work
- Joshua Pantalleresco, Just Joshing (Podcast)
Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association #CSFFA Hall of Fame inductees
- Dr. Jaymie Matthews (UBC Dept. of Astronomy)
- Candas Jane Dorsey
- Robert Charles Wilson
[Via Robin Shantz.]
Congrats to all the winners. I’m particularly happy for Fonda Lee and for Joshua Pantalleresco, on whose podcast I was interviewed last year.
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