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Prix Jacques-Brossard 2023

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Dominique Scali

Dominique Scali has won the Prix Jacques-Brossard 2023, a juried award for French sff worth C$3,000 given to an author who has distinguished herself with a work or production published during the year. The jury selected Scali for her 2022 novel Les Marins ne savent pas nager published by La Peuplade.

The other two finalists for the award were Le Fil du vivant by Elsa Pépin (Alto) and Éveil à Kitchike by Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui (Hannenørak).

This year’s jurors were Fanie Demeule, publishing director at Tête Première and Hamac, lecturer at UQAM, author and winner of the 2022 Jacques-Brossard prize; Magali Laurent, literary director and author; Anaïs Paquin, critic for Brins d’éternité and Solaris and author; Mathieu Muir, project director in the environment and climate change team of an engineering firm, lecturer at the University of Sherbrooke as well as author, and Dave Côté, youth worker, writer and winner of the Jacques- Brossard 2019.

Prix Jacques-Brossard 2022

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Fanie Demeule

Fanie Demeule has won the Prix Jacques-Brossard 2022, an award for French sff worth C$3,000. The jury selected her for the award based on her production of the previous year, which included her novels Highlands, published by Québec Amérique, and Mukbang, published by Tête première.

The other two finalists for the award were Andréa Renaud-Simard for her novel Le Livre ardent (VLB éditeur) as well as her short story “Ulann” (Solaris 219) and Éric Gauthier for Les Étages ultérieures (Alire).

This year’s jurors were Pierre-Luc Lafrance, Catherine Leroux (last year’s winner), Esther Rochon, and Elisabeth Tremblay.

Prix Jacques-Brossard 2021

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  • Catherine Leroux. Photo by Audrée Wilhelmy

Catherine Leroux has won the Prix Jacques-Brossard 2021, an award for French sff worth C$3,000. The jury selected her for the award based on her production of the previous year, which included a fantastic novel, L’Avenir (Éditions Alto).

The other two finalists for the award were Mireille Gagné for Le Lièvre d’Amérique (La Peuplade) et Martine Desjardins’ for Méduse (Éditions Alto).

This year’s jurors were Héloïse Côté, David Dorais, Myriam Guimond, Christiane Lahaie, and Éric Gauthier, writer and last year’s Prix Jacques-Brossard winner. The jury evaluated the output of 43 authors, a total of 13 novels, 40 short stories and two collections.

Prix Jacques-Brossard 2020

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Éric Gauthier has won the Prix Jacques-Brossard 2020, an award for French sff worth C$3,000. The jury selected him based on his production of the previous year, which included a fantastic novel, Le Saint Patron des plans foireux (Éditions Alire) and a science fiction short story, “Le Livre de trop”, published in the collective East of the Apocalypse (The Six Mists). It is the third time he has won during his 20-year career.

The other two finalists for the award were Katia Gagnon’s Rang de la Croix (Boréal) and Larry Tremblay’ Le Deuxieme mari (Viola).

This year’s jurors were Anne Legault, playwright and novelist, Isabelle Lacroix, director of the School of Applied Politics at the University of Sherbrooke and professor, Raphaëlle B. Adam, cultural mediator, Olivier Godin, filmmaker , and Dave Côté, writer and last year’s Prix Jacques-Brossard winner.

Prix Aurora-Boréal 2019 Winners

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The Prix Aurora/Boréal 2019  were presented May 5  at Congrès Boréal 2019 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Here are the winners:

Prix Aurora/Boréal – Meilleur roman (Best novel)

  • Vonarburg, Élisabeth : Les Pierres et les Roses. Tome 1, 2 et 3 (Alire)

Prix Aurora-Boréal – Meilleure nouvelle en français (Best short story in French)

  • Dagenais, Luc : La déferlante des Mères (Solaris 207)

Prix Aurora/Boréal – Meilleure bande dessinée (Best Comic Book)

  • Cab : Hiver Nucléair t.3 (Front froid)

Prix Aurora/Boréal – Meilleur ouvrage connexe (Best related work)

  • Côté, Dave : Nés comme ça (Les Six Brumes)

Prix Boréal – Création artistique visuelle et audiovisuelle (Best audiovisual artistic creation)

  • Léger, Émilie : Illustrations (Solaris 205, Brins d’éternité 50, couverture de Chrysanthe 1. La Princesse perdue.)

Prix Boréal – Fanédition (Fan work)

OTHER AWARDS GIVEN AT THE CEREMONY

Concours d’écriture étudiant (Student writing contest)

  • Thomas Jiralespong, for the story “Le Tapis”

Concours écriture sur place (Writig contest on site)

1) Catégorie “Relève”: Gabriel Veilleux for the story “Toutes alignées morbides”
2) Catégorie “Pro”: Francine Pelletier, for the story “Différent”.

These stories will be published in Solaris #211

Prix des Horizons imaginaires

  • Maude Deschênes-Pradet, for the novel Hivernages (XYZ)

Prix Hommage visionnaire

  • Daniel Sernine, for the whole of his work

Prix Solaris 2019

  • Natasha Beaulieu, for the story “Ici” (which will be published in Solaris #211)

The Prix Solaris is for an unpublished sff short story written in French by a Canadian author. The winner receives $1,000 and the story is published in Solaris.

Prix Jacques-Brossard 2019

  • Dave Côté, for his collection Nés comme ça (Les Six Brumes) and stories “Ma station de metro” (Solaris #206) and “Dans un bol” (Brins d’éternité 50)

The winner of the Prix Jacques-Brossard for French sff receives C$3,000,

Prix Jacques-Brossard 2018

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Karoline Georges

The Prix Jacques-Brossard 2018 for French sff, worth C$3,000, was presented at the opening ceremonies of Congrès Boréal in Montreal on May 4.

Karoline Georges won the award for De synthèse, her fourth novel.

The jury also recognized two other finalists, Philippe Meilleur (Maître Glockenspiel, the Prix Robert-Cliche 2017 award winner) and Pascal Raud (for his short stories Cimetière and Le Caméléon).

Last year’s winner, Martyine Desjardins, served on the 2018 award jury with Professor Caroline-Isabelle Caron, director Roger Cantin, blogger Lisa Fiset and philosopher Philippe Saint-Germain.

Prix Jacques Broussard 2017 Announced at Congrès Boréal

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Martine Desjardins

The Prix Jacques-Brossard 2017 for French sff, worth C$3,000, was presented at the opening ceremonies of Congrès Boréal on May 5.

Martine Desjardins won the award for her novel La chambre verte (Alto). The five-member jury singled out her work from a field of 56 nominated authors. It is the second win for Desjardins, who also received the award in 2010.

The jury also recognized two other finalists, Dave Côté for his short stories, “Angle mort” (“Dead Angle”) in Brins d’éternité No. 43 and “Je ne voterai pas” (“I will not vote”) in Solaris No. 199, and Renaud Jean for his first novel, Rénovation (Editions Boréal).