Nominees for Canada’s Prix Aurora have been announced. These awards recognize Canadian science fiction and fantasy artwork, writing, and fan activities.
Any Canadian citizen or resident may vote in the Aurora selection process. Mail-in or online ballots must be submitted before Wednesday, July 15th, 2009. The winners will be announed at Anticipation, the 2009 Worldcon in Montreal.
The full list of nominees appears behind the cut.
The 2009 Worldcon committee is now accepting nominations for the Hugo Awards from eligible voters.
The public announcement rather unfortunately lumps the Hugo and Prix Aurora Awards together:
The nomination period for both the Hugo and the Prix Aurora Awards is now open. All Canadian residents and citizens may nominate for the Canvention/Prix Aurora Awards while all members of both Denvention 3 and Anticipation may nominate for the Hugo Awards.
Two great reasons to be Canadian right now: the Loonie is up, and you’re eligible to nominate in the prestigious Prix Aurora awards. (When Elst Weinstein reads this sentence, will he remind me that’s just as bad as saying “the La Brea Tar Pits”?)
The Prix Aurora website is accepting web-based nominations until March 17, 2008. Nominations submitted by mail must be postmarked by March 10. A friend sent me a PDF ballot which included a much earlier deadline, though I’m forced to believe that the fans keeping the official website know when they are going to stop accepting online votes, and that the deadline for paper ballots doesn’t need to be a month earlier.
The 10 category winners will be announced at Keycon 25 in Winnpeg, May 16-19, 2008. Click here for a history of the awards.