The winners of 2016 Rosny-Aîné (The Elder) Awards were announced at the announced at the 43rd French National Science Fiction Convention held August 26-28 in Gradignan (France). The award is given in two categories, novels and short stories.

2016 Best Novel

• “Lum’en”  – Laurent Genefort (Belial ‘Press)

2016 Best Short Story

• “Ethfrag” – Laurent Genefort (Bifrost Magazine n ° 78)

Here are the shortlists.

Best Novel Finalists

• “Lum’en” – Laurent Genefort
• “La Fenêtre de Diane” (Diane’s Window) – Dominique Douay
• “Semences” (Seeds) – Jean-Marc Ligny
• “Résonances” (Resonances) – Pierre Bordage
• “Origines” (Origins) – Laurence Suhner
• “Le Château des Millions d’Années” (The Castle of Millions of Years) – Stéphane Przybylski
• “Les Nefs de Pangée” (The Naves of Pangaea) –  Christian Chavassieux

Best Short Story Finalists

• “Ethfrag” – Laurent Genefort
• “Avec Herman Melville dans la vallée des Taïpi” (With Herman Melville in the Typee Valley) – Dominique Douay
• “Le Karma du Chat” (Cat’s Karma) –  Sylvie Lainé
• “La Clé de Manderley” (The Manderley Key) – Mélanie Fazi
• “Chute libre” (Free Fall) – Sylvie Denis
• “Le Vert est éternel” (The Green is Eternal) – Jean-Laurent Del Socorro
• “Nature Humaine” (Human Nature) – Magali Couzigo
• “Tous les enfants de la mère” (All the Children of the Mother) – Anthony Boulanger

[Via Europa SF.]