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2018 Ursa Major Awards

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The winners of the 2018 Ursa Major Awards for excellence in the furry arts were announced at AnthrOhio on May 26.

Best Motion Picture
Live-action or animated feature-length movies.

  • Isle of Dogs (Directed by Wes Anderson; April 13)

Best Dramatic Series or Short Work
TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos.

  • Aggretsuko (Directed by Rarecho, episodes 1-10)

Best Novel
Written works of 40,000 words or more. Serialized novels qualify only for the year that the final chapter is published.

  • Small World, by Gre7g Luterman. (Thurston Howl Publications; April 23)

Best Short Fiction
Stories less than 40,000 words, poetry, and other short Written works.

  • Uri’s Bitterweet Story, by Uranium 235. (CrossTime Cafe; December 9)

Best Other Literary Work
Story collections, comic collections, graphic novels, non-fiction works, and serialized online stories.

  • What the Fox!, edited by Fred Patten. (Thurston Howl Publications; March 6) both trade paperback and deluxe editions

Best Non-Fiction Work
Includes documentaries, opinion pieces, and news articles.

  • Furries | Down the Rabbit Hole (Created by Fredrik Knudsen, August 13)

Best Graphic Story
Includes comic books, and serialized online stories.

  • Lackadaisy, by Tracy J. Butler (internet; Lackadaisy Liaison to Lackadaisy Overdrive)

Best Comic Strip
Newspaper-style strips, including those with ongoing arcs.

  • Carry On, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg (Internet; January 1 to December 31)

Best Magazine
Edited collections of creative and/or informational works by various people, professional or amateur, published in print or online in written, pictorial or audio-visual form.

  • Culturally F’d (YouTube videos, Sonic OC Rusty Knucklesfur to Fursuit History Part 5: Cosplay)

Best Published Illustration
Illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, coffee-table portfolios.

  • Caraid, Pirates!, website header for Furry Weekend Atlanta 2019, April 12

Best Game
Computer or console games, role-playing games, board games.

  • Deltarune: Chapter 1 (Developer: Toby Fox, October 31)

Best Website
Online collections of art, stories, and other creative and/or informational works. Includes galleries, story archives, directories, blogs, and personal sites.

  • e621.net (art, discussions, etc.)

Best Fursuit
Anthropomorphic costumes.

  • SonicFox, worn at Esports Award. Costume by Yamishizen/Fursuit Enterprise.

2018 Ursa Major Awards Nominees

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The 2018 Ursa Major Awards final ballot is open for voting from March 1 to March 31 on the UMA website.

The winners will be announced at a presentation ceremony at AnthrOhio, to be held in Columbus, OH from May 23-26.

The 2018 Nominees

Best Motion Picture
Live-action or animated feature-length movies.

  • Avengers: Infinity War (Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo; April 27)
  • Isle of Dogs (Directed by Wes Anderson; April 13)
  • Mary Poppins Returns (Directed by Rob Marshall; December 19)
  • Peter Rabbit (Directed by Will Gluck; February 9)
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman; December 14)

Best Dramatic Series or Short Work
TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos.

  • Aggretsuko (Directed by Rarecho, episodes 1-10)
  • Bojack Horseman (Directed by John Aoshima, Dana Terrace; Season 1, August 12 to December 2)
  • Brush: A Fox Tale (Directed by Willi Anton and Faustina Arriola; May 12)
  • DuckTales (Directed by John Aoshima, Matthew Humphreys, and Dana Terrace, Episode 10 to 30)
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Directed by Denny Lu and Mike Myhre, Season 8 Episode 1 to My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever)

Best Novel
Written works of 40,000 words or more. Serialized novels qualify only for the year that the final chapter is published.

  • Cosmic Lotus, by Bernard Doove (CreateSpace; June 26)
  • Once A Dog, by Shaune Lafferty Webb. (Jaffa Books; May 7)
  • Small World, by Gre7g Luterman. (Thurston Howl Publications; April 23)
  • The Snake’s Song, by Mary E. Lowd. (ShadowSpinners Press; March 13)
  • Voyage of the Dogs, by Greg van Eekhout. (HarperCollins; September)

Best Short Fiction
Stories less than 40,000 words, poetry, and other short Written works.

  • The Beating of Wild Hooves, by Dwale. (In CLAW, volume 1, July) Mature Audiences
  • Come To Todor!, by Fred Patten. (In Exploring New Places, FurPlanet Productions; July 5)
  • A Legend in His Own Time, by Fred Patten. (In What the Fox?!, Thurston Howl Publications; March 6)
  • Of Starwhals and Spaceships, by Mary E. Lowd. (In Daily Science Fiction; January 31)
  • Uri’s Bitterweet Story, by Uranium 235. (CrossTime Cafe; December 9)

Best Other Literary Work
Story collections, comic collections, graphic novels, non-fiction works, and serialized online stories.

  • CLAW Volume 1, edited by K.C. Alpinus. (FurPlanet Productions, July 5)
  • Heat 15, produced by Dark End, Teagan Gavet. (Sofawolf Press, July 5) Mature Audiences
  • ROAR 9, edited by Mary E. Lowd. (FurPlanet Productions, July)
  • Tales From the Guild: World Tour, edited by Ocean Tigrox. (FurPlanet Productions, story anthology, July)
  • What the Fox!, edited by Fred Patten. (Thurston Howl Publications; March 6) both trade paperback and deluxe editions

Best Non-Fiction Work
Includes documentaries, opinion pieces, and news articles.

  • The Day the Fandom Died – November 12th, 2018 – Loss of a creator and a super fan (Rooview, November 25)
  • Furries Assist, help lead to arrest of Levi “SnakeThing” Simmons (Rooview, October 28)
  • Furries | Down the Rabbit Hole (Created by Fredrik Knudsen, August 13)
  • Fursuit History (Culturally F’d, videos; parts 1 to 5, February 16 to December 11)
  • This is Life with Lisa Ling: Furry Nation (CNN, video; November 18)

Best Graphic Story
Includes comic books, and serialized online stories.

  • The Dreamkeepers, by David & Liz Lillie (Internet; January 5 [#386] to December 15 [#432])
  • DreamKeepers Prelude, by David & Liz Lillie (Internet; January 5 [#394] to December 15 [#428])
  • Lackadaisy, by Tracy J. Butler (internet; Lackadaisy Liaison to Lackadaisy Overdrive)
  • Rising Sand, by Ty Dunitz and Jenn Lee (internet; March 7 [RS057] to September 12 [RS083])
  • Scurry, by Mac Smith. (Internet; January 4 to December 31)

Best Comic Strip
Newspaper-style strips, including those with ongoing arcs.

  • Carry On, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg (Internet; January 1 to December 31)
  • Doc Rat, by Jenner (Internet; January 1 to December 31)
  • Freefall, by Mark Stanley. (Internet; #3065 to 3221)
  • Part Time Dragons, by Spike Parra and Donna Vu (Internet; March 28 to December 30)
  • The Whiteboard, by Doc Nickel. (Internet, January to December)

Best Magazine
Edited collections of creative and/or informational works by various people, professional or amateur, published in print or online in written, pictorial or audio-visual form.

  • Culturally F’d (YouTube videos, Sonic OC Rusty Knucklesfur to Fursuit History Part 5: Cosplay)
  • Dogpatch Press, edited by Patch Packrat. (Internet; January 2 to December 31)
  • Flayrah, edited by GreenReaper, Sonious, and Dronon. (Internet; January 1 to December 31)
  • Moms of Furries (YouTube videos, Moms of Furries Our First Con to How Do You Tell Them Start With the Art)
  • South Afrifur Pawdcast (You Tube videos, January to December)

Best Published Illustration
Illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, coffee-table portfolios.

  • Ashley Ash, Will You Be My Valentine February 14
  • Tracy Butler, Murder in Surfer’s Paradise, cover of FurDU 2018 convention souvenir book, May 6
  • Caraid, Pirates!, website header for Furry Weekend Atlanta 2019, April 12
  • Demicoeur, cover for Exploring New Places edited by Fred Patten, FurPlanet Productions, July 5
  • Teagan Gavet, cover for CLAW Volume 1, edited by K.C. Alpinus,FurPlanet Productions, July 5

Best Game
Computer or console games, role-playing games, board games.

  • Deltarune: Chapter 1 (Developer: Toby Fox, October 31)
  • Detective Pikachu (English release) (Developer: Creatures, Publisher: Nintendo and The Pokémon Company; March 23)
  • Ghost of a Tale (Developer and Publisher: SeithCG; March 13)
  • Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! (Developer: Game Freak, Publisher(s): The Pokémon Company and Nintendo, November 16)
  • Spyro Reignited Trilogy (Developer, Toys for Bob, Publisher, Activision, November 13)

Best Website
Online collections of art, stories, and other creative and/or informational works. Includes galleries, story archives, directories, blogs, and personal sites.

  • e621.net (art, discussions, etc.)
  • Furry Writers’ Guild (Supporting, informing, elevating, and promoting quality anthropomorphic fiction and its creators)
  • Inkbunny (furry art community)
  • Lackadaisy.com
  • WikiFur (furry fandom encyclopedia)

Best Fursuit
Anthropomorphic costumes.

  • Penelope, made by Dludnerad (AKA Tamara Carmichael) and Paul Kidd, owner Paul Kidd.
  • Ravtrag, made by Suit-a-dile.
  • SonicFox, worn at Esports Award. Costume by Yamishizen/Fursuit Enterprise.
  • Zabivaka, FIFA World Cup Mascot 2018

Note: Kyell Gold withdrew from consideration for the Novel and Short Story categories. He wrote on his blog Fur Affinity:

…There is precedent in other awards for frequent winners stepping back. One of the people on the Ursa Major committee told me that in a musical award, when someone wins three years in a row, they are retired from that category by the award. That’s not how the Ursas work: they have been very hands-off and admirably resistant to public opinion. When Stan Sakai won the Best Comic award multiple years running, they assured people that in time, other comics would win, and they were right. In response to my multiple wins, they have assured people that, in time, other authors will win. I have no doubt that they are correct, given the profusion of talent in the fandom. In fact, each of the last two years I have been convinced I would not win one of the two awards (perhaps neither). But I have also observed that it would probably be better for the writing scene if that day comes sooner rather than later.

Ultimately, what it comes down to is this: I’ve won a dozen awards over seven years. I know you guys love me and my books. 🙂 But I’d like to help the fandom’s literary scene mature, and part of that is showcasing more of the authors that are doing really good work. My name’s already up there in the lists; let’s see some of the other people….

2017 Ursa Major Awards

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The 2017 Ursa Major Awards were announced at FurDU 2018 at Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia on May 4-6.

Best Motion Picture
Live-action or animated feature-length movies.

  • Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 (Directed by James Gunn; May 5)

Best Dramatic Series or Short Work
TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos.

  • Duck Tales [2017 reboot] (Directed by John Aoshima, Dana Terrace; Season 1, August 12 to December 2)

Best Novel
Written works of 40,000 words or more. Serialized novels qualify only for the year that the final chapter is published.

  • The Wayward Astronomer, by Geoffrey Thomas (Corvus Publishing; May 9)

Best Short Fiction
Stories less than 40,000 words, poetry, and other short Written works.

  • Lieutenant Kruger and the Mistress Jade Trophy Game, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg (in The Cross Time Cafe; October 5)

Best Other Literary Work
Story collections, comic collections, graphic novels, non-fiction works, and serialized online stories.

  • Dogs of War, edited by Fred Patten (anthology; FurPlanet Productions; January 12)

Best Non-Fiction Work
Includes documentaries, opinion pieces, and news articles.

  • Furry Nation, by Joe Strike (Cleis Press; October 10)

Best Graphic Story
Includes comic books, and serialized online stories.

  • DreamKeepers, by David & Liz Lillie (Internet; January 2 [#340] to December 18 [#385])

Best Comic Strip
Newspaper-style strips, including those with ongoing arcs.

  • Housepets!, by Rick Griffin (Internet; January 2 to December 29)

Best Magazine
Edited collections of creative and/or informational works by various people, professional or amateur, published in print or online in written, pictorial or audio-visual form.

  • Dogpatch Press, ed. by Patch Packrat (Internet; January 5 to December 25)

Best Published Illustration
Illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, coffee-table portfolios.

  • David Lillie, cover for The Wayward Astronomer, by Geoffrey Thomas (Corvus Publishing; May 9)

Best Game
Computer or console games, role-playing games, board games.

  • Night in the Woods (Developer: Infinite Fall, Publisher: Finji; February 21)

Best Website
Online collections of art, stories, and other creative and/or informational works. Includes galleries, story archives, directories, blogs, and personal sites.

  • Inkbunny (furry art community)

2017 Ursa Major Awards Nominees

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The 2017 Ursa Major Awards final ballot is open for voting from March 1 to March 31 on the UMA website.

The winners will be announced at a presentation ceremony at FurDU 2018 at Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia on May 4-6.

Best Motion Picture
Live-action or animated feature-length movies.

  • Ferdinand (Directed by Carlos Saldanha; December 15)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 (Directed by James Gunn; May 5)
  • My Little Pony: The Movie (Directed by Jayson Thiessen; October 6)
  • Rock Dog (Directed by Ash Brannon; February 24)
  • War for the Planet of the Apes (Directed by Matt Reeves; July 14)

Best Dramatic Series or Short Work
TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos.

  • Doodle Toons (Directed by Jack C; Pilot episode to “Deleted Scene: Fast Food Follies”)
  • Duck Tales [2017 reboot] (Directed by John Aoshima, Dana Terrace; Season 1, August 12 to December 2)
  • Here’s the Plan (Directed by Fernanda Frick; April 27)
  • Kouka and Bibi (by Dan Variano; January 8)
  • Mascot Fur Life (Directed by Jens Wernstedt; December 23)
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Directed by Jim Miller, Tim Stuby, Denny Lu, Mike Myhre; Season 7, episodes 1 to 26)
  • OK KO! Let’s Be Heroes (Directed by Hwang Ki-hoo, Chang-woo Shin, Sunjae Lee, Byungjae Oh, Eunyung Byun, Sunhung Kim; Season 1 Episode 1 to 42)

Best Novel
Written works of 40,000 words or more. Serialized novels qualify only for the year that the final chapter is published.

  • Always Gray in Winter, by Mark J. Engels (Thurston Howl Publications; August 10)
  • Black Friday, by Jan Stryvant (CreateSpace; September 8)
  • Kismet, by Watts Martin (Argyll Productions, FurPlanet Productions; January 12)
  • Otters in Space III: Octopus Ascending, by Mary E. Lowd (FurPlanet Productions; June 30)
  • The Wayward Astronomer, by Geoffrey Thomas (Corvus Publishing; May 9)

Best Short Fiction
Stories less than 40,000 words, poetry, and other short Written works.

  • Behesht, by Dwale (in ROAR volume 8; June 30)
  • Beyond the Great Divide, by S. H. Mansouri (in Cirsova Heroic Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine #5; Spring 2017)
  • Lieutenant Kruger and the Mistress Jade Trophy Game, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg (in The Cross Time Cafe; October 5)
  • The Moon Like an Unhatched Egg, by Mary E. Lowd (in Symbol of a Nation; June 30)
  • Rickety V, by Rechan (in Intimate Little Secrets; March 24)

Best Other Literary Work
Story collections, comic collections, graphic novels, non-fiction works, and serialized online stories.

  • Arcana: A Tarot Anthology, edited by Madison Scott-Clary (anthology; Thurston Howl Publications; November 9)
  • Dogs of War, edited by Fred Patten (anthology; FurPlanet Productions; January 12)
  • Intimate Little Secrets, by Rechan (collection; FurPlanet Productions; March 24)
  • ROAR volume 8, edited by Mary E. Lowd (anthology; Bad Dog Books; June 30)
  • Symbol of a Nation, edited by Fred Patten (anthology; GoAL Publications; June 30)

Best Non-Fiction Work
Includes documentaries, opinion pieces, and news articles.

  • Furries Among Us 2; More Essays On Furries By Furries, edited by Thurston Howl (Thurston Howl Productions; August 18)
  • Furry Fandom Conventions, 1989-2015, by Fred Patten (McFarland & Co.; January 3))
  • Furry Nation, by Joe Strike (Cleis Press; October 10)
  • The Shocking Furry Fandom Conversation. Yes, Really! (on YouTube, featuring Stefan Molyneux; October 16)
  • 3 Ursa Major-ly Painful Victories, by Rooview (on YouTube; April 23)

Best Graphic Story
Includes comic books, and serialized online stories.

  • A&H Club, by Rick Griffin (Internet; January 7 to November 25)
  • DreamKeepers, by David & Liz Lillie (Internet; January 2 [#340] to December 18 [#385])
  • Endtown, by Aaron Neathery (Internet; January 2 to December 25)
  • Lackadaisy, by Tracy J. Butler (internet; Lackadaisy Gimmickry to Lackadaisy Deliria)
  • TwoKinds, by Tom Fischbach (internet; January 5 to December 28)

Best Comic Strip
Newspaper-style strips, including those with ongoing arcs.

  • Carry On, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg (Internet; January 1 to December 29)
  • Doc Rat, by Jenner (Internet; January 4 to December 29)
  • DreamKeepers Prelude, by David & Liz Lillie (Internet; January 6 [#350] to December 28 [#393])
  • Freefall, by Mark Stanley (Internet; January 2 to December 29)
  • Housepets!, by Rick Griffin (Internet; January 2 to December 29)

Best Magazine
Edited collections of creative and/or informational works by various people, professional or amateur, published in print or online in written, pictorial or audio-visual form.

  • Dogpatch Press, ed. by Patch Packrat (Internet; January 5 to December 25)
  • Flayrah, edited by GreenReaper, Sonious, and Dronon (Internet; January 1 to December 30)
  • FurryFandom.es, edited by Mike Retriever (Internet; February 19 to October 9)
  • InFurNation, ed. by Rod O’Riley (Internet; January 1 to December 31)
  • Typewriter Emergencies: A Journal of Furry Lit, edited by Weasel (Weasel Press; May)

Best Published Illustration
Illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, coffee-table portfolios.

  • Bone, cover for Always Gray in Winter by Mark J. Engels (Thurston Howl Publications; August 10)
  • Baron Engel, Prepare to Engage the Enemy, cover for A Different Perspective by Bernard Doove (June 8)
  • Ashley Foy, Valentine’s Gifts (February 14)
  • Teagan Gavet, cover for Dogs of War, edited by Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions; January 12)
  • Teagan Gavet, cover for ROAR vol, 8, edited by Mary E. Lowd (Bad Dog Books; June 30)
  • Idess, cover for Otters in Space III: Octopus Ascending, by Mary E. Lowd (FurPlanet Productions; June 30)
  • David Lillie, cover for The Wayward Astronomer, by Geoffrey Thomas (Corvus Publishing; May 9)

Best Game
Computer or console games, role-playing games, board games.

  • Cuphead (Developer and Publisher: StudioMDHR Entertainment; September 29)
  • Night in the Woods (Developer: Infinite Fall, Publisher: Finji; February 21)
  • Sonic Mania (Developer: PagodaWest Games and Headcannon, Publisher: Sega; August 15)
  • Star Fox 2 (Developer: Nintendo and Argonaut Games, Publisher: Nintendo; September 29)
  • Yooka – Laylee (Developers: Playtonic Games; April 11)

Best Website
Online collections of art, stories, and other creative and/or informational works. Includes galleries, story archives, directories, blogs, and personal sites.

  • The Cross Time Cafe (forum for comic discussions, including many on the Recommended List)
  • e621.com (art, discussions, etc.))
  • Furry Writers’ Guild (Supporting, informing, elevating, and promoting quality anthropomorphic fiction and its creators)
  • Inkbunny (furry art community)
  • WikiFur (furry fandom encyclopedia)

[Thanks to Fred Patten for the story.]

2017 Ursa Major Awards Nominations Open

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Nominations for the 2017 Ursa Major Awards have begun and will continue until February 15. Click here to participate.

To be eligible, a work must include a non-human being given human attributes (anthropomorphic), which can be mental and/or physical (for example the intelligent rabbits in Watership Down for the former, and Bugs Bunny for the latter.) Simply including an animal character is not sufficient to qualify. Non-animal characters such as Wall-E are also anthropomorphic.

The awards are selected by a two-stage process of nominating and voting. Members of the public send in up to five nominations in each of the categories. The top five nominees in each category (more in case of a tie) are then presented on a final ballot for a public vote.

The twelve categories are: Motion Picture, Dramatic Short Work or Series, Novel, Short Fiction, Other Literary Work, Graphic Novel, Comic Strip, Magazine, Nonfiction, Published Illustration, Website, and Game.

Many nominations are likely to come from the 2017 Recommended Anthropomorphic Reading List, which has been built up through prior recommendations. However, inclusion on the List is not necessary for nomination if a work is otherwise eligible; first published during January to December 2017.

The final ballot will be announced on March 1 and voting will take place until the end of March.

The ballots will be counted, the trophies made, and the results will be announced at the award presentations in Surfer’s Paradise, Queensland, at FurDU 2018, scheduled for May 4-6.

[Thanks to Mark Hepworth for the story.]

2016 Ursa Major Awards

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The 2016 Ursa Major Awards were announced on June 30 at Anthrocon in Pittsburgh. The Ursa Major Awards, for the best anthropomorphic works of the past calendar year, are presented by the Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association (ALAA) in twelve categories, and are voted upon by the public on the Ursa Major Awards website, Ursa Major Awards website.

There were 1,446 votes this year, most from the U.S. but some from throughout the rest of the world. Below are listed the winners and nominees of the 2016 Ursa Major Awards.

Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture

Winner

  • Zootopia (Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Jared Bush; February 11)

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • Finding Dory (Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane; June 17)
  • Sing (Directed by Garth Jennings and Christophe Lourdelet; December 21)
  • Kung Fu Panda 3 (Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni; January 29)
  • The Secret Life of Pets (Directed by Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney; July 8)

Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series

Winner

  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Directed by James Thiessen, Jim Miller, Tim Stuby, and Denny Lu; Season 6 episodes 1 to 143 [TV])

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • The Lion Guard (Directed by Howy Parkins; Season 1 episodes 1 to 22 [TV])
  • Bunnicula (Directed by Jessica Borutski, Maxwell Atoms, Robert F. Hughes, Matthew Whitlock, and Ian Wasseluk; Season 1 episodes 1 to 8 [TV])
  • Littlest Pet Shop (Directed by Joel Dickie, Steven Garcia, and Mike Myhre; Season 4 episode 10 to Season 4 episode 26 [TV])
  • Petals (Directed by Andrea Gallo and Alvaro Dominguez; November 29 [student film])

Best Anthropomorphic Novel

Winner

  • My Diary, by Fredrick Usiku Kruger, Lieutenant of the Rackenroon Hyena Brigade, by Kathy Garrison Kellog (The Cross Time Cafe; April 2)

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • Sixes Wild: Echoes, by Tempe O’Kun (FurPlanet Productions; June 30)
  • Dog Country, by Malcolm F. Cross (Amazon Digital Services; March 28)
  • Fracture, by Hugo Jackson (Inspired Quill; September 1)
  • The Origin Chronicles: Mineau, by Justin Swatsworth (Dolphyn Visions; June 14)

Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction

Winner

  • 400 Rabbits, by Alice “Huskyteer” Dryden, in Gods With Fur (FurPlanet Productions; June 30)

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • A Gentleman of Strength, by Dwale, in Claw the Way to Victory (Jaffa Books; January 24)
  • Questor’s Gambit, by Mary E. Lowd, in Gods With Fur (FurPlanet Productions; June 30)
  • Marge the Barge, by Mary E. Lowd, in Claw the Way to Victory (Jaffa Books; January 24)
  • Sheeperfly’s Lullaby, by Mary E. Lowd, in GoAL #2 (Goal Publications; March 27)

Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work

Winner

  • Gods With Fur, ed. by Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions; June 30 [anthology])

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • Claw the Way to Victory, ed. by AnthroAquatic (Jaffa Books; January 24 [anthology])
  • ROAR volume 7, ed. by Mary E. Lowd (Bad Dog Books; June 30 [anthology])
  • The Muse, by Alex Cockburn (Rabbit Valley Publishing; March [background booklet for Lucid’s Dream])
  • Hot Dish #2, ed. by Dark End (Sofawolf Press; December 1 [anthology])

Best Anthropomorphic Non-Fiction Work

Winner

  • The Art of Zootopia, by Jessica Julius (Chronicle Books; March 8 [book; making of feature film])

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • Fursonas (Directed by Dominic Rodriguez; May 10 [documentary film])
  • 17 Misconceptions About Furries and the Furry Fandom (Culturally F’d #23; February 11 [podcast])
  • CSI: Fur Fest; The Unsolved Case of the Gas Attack at a Furry Convention, by Jennifer Swann (VICE Media; February 10 [Internet])
  • Burned Furs and How You Perceive Porn (Culturally F’d: After Dark; October 6 [podcast])

Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story

Winner

  • TwoKinds, by Tom Fischbach (Internet; January 6 to December 25)

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • Swords and Sausages, by Jan (Internet; January 10 to December 25)
  • Lackadaisy, by Tracy J. Butler (Internet; Lackadaisy Sabbatical to Lackadaisy Headlong)
  • Lucid’s Dream, by Alex Cockburn (Rabbit Valley Publishing; March)
  • Endtown, by Aaron Neathery (Internet; January 1 to December 30)

Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip

Winner

  • Housepets!, by Rick Griffin (Internet; January 1 to December 30)

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • Savestate, by Tim Weeks (Internet; January 6 to December 28)
  • Carry On, by Kathy Garrison (Internet; January 1 to December 30)
  • Kevin & Kell, by Bill Holbrook (Internet; January 1 to December 31)
  • Doc Rat, by Jenner (Internet; January 1 to December 29)

Best Anthropomorphic Magazine

Winner

  • Dogpatch Press, ed. by Patch Packrat (Internet; January 4 to December 20)

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • Fur What It’s Worth (Podcast; Season 5 episode #8 to Season 6 episode #8)
  • InFurNation, ed. by Rod O’Riley (Internet; January 1 to December 31)
  • Flayrah, ed. by crossaffliction and GreenReaper (Internet; January 1 to December 29)
  • Fangs and Fonts (Podcast; episodes #57 to #72)

Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration

Winner

  • Tracy J. Butler, cover of Anthrocon 2016 Souvenir Book

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • Teagan Gavet, cover of Gods With Fur, ed. by Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions, June 30)
  • Iskra, “Autumn”, FurAffinity, October 22
  • Jenn ‘Pac’ Rodriguez, cover of Claw the Way to Victory, ed. by AnthroAquatic (Jaffa Books, January 24)
  • Dolphyn, “Hey Baby, You’re the Cat’s Meow!” in Anthrocon 2016 Souvenir Book

Best Anthropomorphic Game

Winner

  • Major \ Minor (Developer: Klace; Publisher: Steam; October 11)

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • Pokémon Sun & Moon (Developer: Game Freak; Publishers: Nintendo and the Pokémon Company; November 18)
  • Overwatch (Developer and Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment; May 24)
  • Stories: The Path of Destinies (Developer and Publisher: Spearhead Games; April 12)
  • Bear Simulator (Developer and Publisher: Farjay Studios; February 26)

Best Anthropomorphic Website

Winner

  • Fur Affinity (Internet [furry art & discussion])

Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

  • E621 (Internet [furry art & discussion])
  • WikiFur (Internet [furry wiki])
  • The Furry Writers’ Guild (Internet [FWG news & discussion])
  • Culturally F’d, ed. by Arrkay and Underbite (YouTube [furry history & sociology])

Next year’s presentation venue will be at the FurDU convention, May 4-6, 2018, in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. In addition, the Ursa Major Awards are adding a thirteenth category beginning this year, for Best Anthropomorphic Fursuit, but with special rules. See the UMA website.

2016 Ursa Major Awards Ballot

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Voting has opened in the 2016 Ursa Major Awards for the Best Anthropomorphic Literature and Art of the and will continue until April 30. The winners will be announced at Anthrocon 2017 (June 29-July 2) in Pittsburgh, PA.

Anyone may vote. Go to the awards website and click on “Voting for 2016” at the left for instructions on how to register to vote.

This final ballot has been compiled from those eligible works receiving the most nominations.

2016 Final Ballot

Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture

  • Finding Dory (Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane; June 17)
  • Kung Fu Panda 3 (Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni; January 29)
  • The Secret Life of Pets (Directed by Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney; July 8)
  • Sing (Directed by Garth Jennings and Christophe Lourdelet; December 21)
  • Zootopia (Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore, and Jared Bush; February 11)

Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short or Series

  • Bunnicula (Directed by Jessica Borutski, Maxwell Atoms, Robert F. Hughes, Matthew Whitlock, and Ian Wasseluk; Season 1 episodes 1 to 8 [TV])
  • The Lion Guard (Directed by Howy Parkins; Season 1 episodes 1 to 22 [TV])
  • Littlest Pet Shop (Directed by Joel Dickie, Steven Garcia, and Mike Myhre; Season 4 episode 10 to Season 4 episode 26 [TV])
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Directed by James Thiessen, Jim Miller, Tim Stuby, and Denny Lu; Season 6 episodes 1 to 143 [TV])
  • Petals (Directed by Andrea Gallo and Alvaro Dominguez; November 29 [student film])

Best Anthropomorphic Novel

  • Dog Country, by Malcolm F. Cross (Amazon Digital Services; March 28)
  • Fracture, by Hugo Jackson (Inspired Quill; September 1)
  • My Diary, by Fredrick Usiku Kruger, Lieutenant of the Rackenroon Hyena Brigade, by Kathy Garrison Kellog (The Cross Time Cafe; April 2)
  • The Origin Chronicles: Mineau, by Justin Swatsworth (Dolphyn Visions; June 14)
  • Sixes Wild: Echoes, by Tempe O’Kun (FurPlanet Productions; June 30)

Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction

  • 400 Rabbits, by Alice “Huskyteer” Dryden, in Gods With Fur (FurPlanet Productions; June 30)
  • A Gentleman of Strength, by Dwale, in Claw the Way to Victory (Jaffa Books; January 24)
  • Marge the Barge, by Mary E. Lowd, in Claw the Way to Victory (Jaffa Books; January 24)
  • Questor’s Gambit, by Mary E. Lowd, in Gods With Fur (FurPlanet Productions; June 30)
  • Sheeperfly’s Lullaby, by Mary E. Lowd, in GoAL #2 (Goal Publications; March 27)

Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work

  • Claw the Way to Victory, ed. by AnthroAquatic (Jaffa Books; January 24 [anthology])
  • Gods With Fur, ed. by Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions; June 30 [anthology])
  • Hot Dish #2, ed. by Dark End (Sofawolf Press; December 1 [anthology])
  • The Muse, by Alex Cockburn (Rabbit Valley Publishing; March [background booklet for Lucid’s Dream])
  • ROAR volume 7, ed. by Mary E. Lowd (Bad Dog Books; June 30 [anthology])

Best Anthropomorphic Non-Fiction Work

  • The Art of Zootopia, by Jessica Julius (Chronicle Books; March 8 [book; making of feature film])
  • Burned Furs and How You Perceive Porn (Culturally F’d: After Dark; October 6 [podcast])
  • CSI: Fur Fest; The Unsolved Case of the Gas Attack at a Furry Convention, by Jennifer Swann (VICE Media; February 10 [Internet])
  • Fursonas  (Directed by Dominic Rodriguez; May 10 [documentary film])
  • 17 Misconceptions About Furries and the Furry Fandom (Culturally F’d #23; February 11 [podcast])

Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story

  • Endtown, by Aaron Neathery (Internet; January 1 to December 30)
  • Lackadaisy, by Tracy J. Butler (Internet; Lackadaisy Sabbatical to Lackadaisy Headlong)
  • Lucid’s Dream, by Alex Cockburn (Rabbit Valley Publishing; March)
  • Swords and Sausages, by Jan (Internet; January 10 to December 25)
  • TwoKinds, by Tom Fischbach (Internet; January 6 to December 25)

Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip

  • Carry On, by Kathy Garrison (Internet; January 1 to December 30)
  • Doc Rat, by Jenner (Internet; January 1 to  December 29)
  • Housepets!, by Rick Griffin (Internet; January 1 to December 30)
  • Kevin & Kell, by Bill Holbrook (Internet; January 1 to December 31)
  • SaveState, by Tim Weeks (Internet; January 6 to December 28)

Best Anthropomorphic Magazine

  •  Dogpatch Press, ed. by Patch Packrat (Internet; January 4 to December 20)
  • Fangs and Fonts (Podcast; episodes #57 to #72)
  • Flayrah, ed. by crossaffliction and GreenReaper (Internet; January 1 to December 29)
  • Fur What It’s Worth (Podcast; Season 5 episode #8 to Season 6 episode #8)
  • InFurNation, ed. by Rod O’Riley (Internet; January 1 to December 31)

Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration

  • Tracy J. Butler, cover of Anthrocon 2016 Souvenir Book
  • Dolphyn, “Hey Baby, You’re the Cat’s Meow!” in Anthrocon 2016 Souvenir Book
  • Teagan Gavet, cover of Gods With Fur, ed. by Fred Patten  (FurPlanet Productions, June 30)
  • Iskra, “Autumn”, FurAffinity, October 22
  • Jenn ‘Pac’ Rodriguez, cover of Claw the Way to Victory, ed. by AnthroAquatic (Jaffa Books, January 24)

Best Anthropomorphic Game

  • Bear Simulator (Developer and Publisher: Farjay Studios; February 26)
  •  Major \ Minor (Developer: Klace; Publisher: Steam; October 11)
  • Overwatch (Deveoper and Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment; May 24)
  • Pokémon Sun & Moon (Developer: Game Freak; Publishers: Nintendo and the Pokémon Company; November 18)
  • Stories: The Path of Destinies (Developer and Publisher: Spearhead Games; April 12)

Best Anthropomorphic Website

  • Culturally F’d, ed. by Arrkay and Underbite (YouTube [furry history & sociology])
  • E621 (Internet [furry art & discussion])
  • Fur Affinity (Internet [furry art & discussion])
  • The Furry Writers’ Guild (Internet [FWG news & discussion])
  • WikiFur (Internet [furry wiki])

[Thanks to Fred Patten for the story.]

Malcolm Cross, MilSF, and Piracy

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By Carl Slaughter: Malcolm Cross does military science fiction. He also gets pirated.

His novel Extinction Biome: Invasion, co-authored with Anne Tibbets and published under the house name Addison Gunn), was released in five eBook novellas earlier in 2016, culminating in a collected print edition in June. His novel Dog Country came out in the spring. “Dangerous Jade” won the Ursa Major Award for best anthropomorphic short fiction.

“Pavlov’s House”, published by Strange Horizons, was pirated by the now notorious Hungarian sf magazine Galaktika. File 770 has been providing ongoing coverage of the Galaktika investigation.

Extinction Biome Invasion

Extinction Biome

The Earth was never ours…

Alex Miller trained for years in the Army, waiting for a war that never came. Now a corporate bodyguard and driver, he’s about to bear witness to the end of the human race.

An ancient ecology has reawakened, and like a Biblical plague it threatens to consume all life on Earth. Hordes of parasite-infected humans riot in the streets, as vast fungal blooms destroy our crops and fast-evolving horrors stalk our cities.

The last time this happened, T-Rex found itself on the menu. But mankind’s got more than teeth – it’s got guns. Miller and the men and women of COBALT, the Schaeffer-Yeager Corporation’s elite security team, are pressed into service to fight the onslaught, but they have no idea how cut-throat their company masters can be…

Praise for Extinction Biome:

“Ruthless and fast-paced, Extinction Biome is a planetary gut-punch.”

— Weston Ochse, award-winning author of Grunt Life and Seal Team 666

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Dog Country

A crowdfunded civil war is Azerbaijan’s only hope against its murderous dictatorship. The war is Edane Estian’s only chance to find out if he’s more than what he was designed to be.

He’s a clone soldier, gengineered from a dog’s DNA and hardened by a brutal training regime. He’d be perfect for the job if an outraged society hadn’t intervened, freed him at age seven, and placed him in an adopted family.

Is he Edane? Cathy and Beth’s son, Janine’s boyfriend, valued member of his MilSim sports team? Or is he still White-Six, serial number CNR5-4853-W6, the untroubled killing machine?

By joining a war to protect the powerless, he hopes to become more than the sum of his parts.

Without White-Six, he’ll never survive this war. If that’s all he can be, he’ll never leave it.

Praise for Dog Country:

“Very much informed by 1980s cyberpunk fiction. The richly staccato narration and dialogue-heavy scenes carry the distinctive generic DNA of sexualised, late-modern (and postmodern) cityscapes fed through Raymond Chandler, Ian Fleming and Jack Kerouac.”

— Dr. Robin Stoate (co-author, BFI Film Classics: Back to the Future)

“Cross shows an extremely distinctive voice, staying so much in the viewpoint character’s head that it borders on stream of consciousness. … there are few genuine stylists among furry authors and even fewer this good.”

“Opening with a powerful, visceral chapter, Dog Country is a novel that grips your imagination from the start and doesn’t let go. … Both in terms of the larger, fractured political situation as well as the immediate, intense military action, Cross has created a remarkable novel.”

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2015 Ursa Major Awards

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The results of the 2015 Ursa Major Awards were announced at a presentation ceremony at What The Fur 2016 in Montreal, Quebec on May 20, 2016. The award is presented annually for excellence in the furry arts.  1,157 people voted.

Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture

Inside Out, directed by Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen; June 19

Runners-Up

Shaun the Sheep the Movie, directed by Mark Burton and Richard Starzak; February 5

The Good Dinosaur, directed by Peter Sohn; November 25

The Peanuts Movie, directed by Steve Martino; November 6

Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, directed by Howy Parkins; November 22

Best Anthropomorphic Short Film or Series

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, directed by James Thiessen, Jim Miller, and Denny Lu; Season 5 Episode 1 to Season 5 episode 26, April 4 to November 28

Runners-Up

We Bare Bears, directed by Manny Hernandez; Season 1 Episode 1 to Season 1 Episode 25, July 27 to November 19

Danger Mouse, directed by Robert Cullen; Season 1 Episode 1 to Season 1 Episode 16

Tiger’s Eye (audio drama podcast), directed by Alexander Shaw; Episode 1 to Episode 25, May 13 to October 29

Littlest Pet Shop, directed by Joel Dickie and Steven Garcia; Season 3 Episode 17 to Season 4, Episode 9

Harvey Beaks, directed by C. H. Greenblatt; Season 1, March 29 to November 15

Best Anthropomorphic Novel

Tiger’s Eye, by Alexander Shaw (Amazon; November 5)

Runners-Up

In a Dog’s World, by Mary E. Lowd (FurPlanet Productions; July 9)

Windfall, by Tempe O’Kun (FurPlanet Productions; July 9)

Heart Behind the Mask, by N. “Karmakat” Franzetti (Smashwords; May 4)

GeneStorm: City in the Sky, by Paul Kidd (Kitsune Press; May 19)

Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction

The Analogue Cat, by Alice “Huskyteer” Dryden, in The Furry Future, ed. by Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions; January 15)

Runners-Up

Lunar Cavity, by Mary E. Lowd, in The Furry Future, ed. by Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions; January 15)

Thebe and the Angry Eye, by David Hopkins, in The Furry Future, ed. by Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions; January 15)

Pocosin, by Ursula Vernon, in Apex Magazine #68, January 6)

Tow, by Watts Martin, in The Furry Future, ed. by Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions; January 15)

Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work

Furries Among Us, ed. by Thurston Howl (Thurston Howl Publications; July 4)  essay anthology

Runners-Up

The Furry Future, ed. by Fred Patten (FurPlanet Productions; January 15)  short fiction anthology

Inhuman Acts, ed. by Ocean Tigrox (FurPlanet Productions; September 24)  short fiction anthology

ROAR volume 6, ed. by Mary E. Lowd (Bad Dog Books; July 9)  short fiction anthology

The Necromouser and Other Magical Cats, by Mary E. Lowd (FurPlanet Productions; September 24)  short fiction collection

Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story

TwoKinds, by Thomas Fischbach (Internet; January 4 to December 23)

Runners-Up

Lackadaisy, by Tracy J. Butler (Internet; Lackadaisy Congregation to Lackadaisy Inspiration)

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, by various (Comic book; IDW Publishing; #27 to #38)

The Golden Week, by Douglas Kim (Internet; January 2 to December 24)

Endtown, by Aaron Neathery (Internet; January 1 to December 31)

Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip

Housepets!, by Rick Griffin (Internet; January 2 to December 30)

Runners-Up

Savestate, by Tim Weeks (Internet; January 7 to December 30)

Carry On, by Kathryn Garrison (Internet; January 2 to December 30)

Doc Rat, by Jenner (Internet; January 1 to December 31)

Peter & Company, by Jonathan Ponikvar (Internet; page 223 to page 243)

Best Anthropomorphic Magazine

Heat, published by Sofawolf Press (issue #12; July 9)

Runners-Up

Dogpatch Press, ed. by Patch Packrat (Internet; January 5 to December 24)

Flayrah, ed. by crossaffliction and GreenReaper (Internet; January 2 to December 31)

In-Fur-Nation, ed. by Rod O’Riley (Internet; January 1 to December 31)

Fangs and Fonts (Internet; podcasts #37 to #56)

Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration

EuroFurence 21 program book cover, by Kenket (September 26)

Runners-Up

Lost On Dark Trails cover, by Rukis (FurPlanet Productions; January 15)

ROAR volume 6 cover by Teagan Gavet (Bad Dog Books; July 9)

Tiger’s Eye cover by Antonio Torresan (Amazon; November 5)

Best Anthropomorphic Game

Undertale (Toby Fox; September 15)

Runners-Up

Ori and the Blind Forest (Moon Studios; March 11)

Armello (League of Geeks; September 1)

Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 (Scott Cawthon; March 2)

Yo-Kai Watch (Level-5; November 6)

Best Anthropomorphic Website

FurAffinity (furry art specialty site)

Runners-Up

 E621 (furry art community site)

SoFurry (furry artist/writer community site)

WikiFur (furry information/history site)

Culturally F’d (YouTube channel; furry videos)

[Thanks to Fred Patten for the story.]

2015 Ursa Major Award Finalists

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Voting for the 2015 Ursa Major Awards, for the Best Anthropomorphic Literature and Art of the 2015 calendar year, is now open. The voting deadline is April 30.  The awards will be announced at a presentation ceremony at What the Fur 2016, in Montreal, Quebec, on May 20-22.

Voting is open to all. To vote, go to the Ursa Major Awards website and click on “Voting for 2015” at the left.

This final ballot has been compiled from the eligible works receiving the most nominations.

Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture

Live-action or animated feature-length movies.

  • The Good Dinosaur (Directed by Peter Sohn; November 25)
  • Inside Out (Directed by Pete Doctor and Ronaldo Del Carmen; June 19)
  • The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar (Directed by Howy Parkins; November 22)
  • The Peanuts Movie (Directed by Steve Martino; November 6)
  • Shaun the Sheep (Directed by Mark Burton and Richard Starzak; February 5)

Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short or Series

TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos.

  • Danger Mouse (Directed by Robert Cullen; Season 1 episodes 1-16)
  • Harvey Beaks (Directed by C. H.Greenblatt; Season 1 March 29 to November 15)
  • Littlest Pet Shop (Directed by Joel Dickie and Steven Garcia; Season 3 episode 17 to Season 4 episode 9)
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Directed by James Thiessen, Jim Miller, and Denny Lu; Season 5 epi sode 1 to Season 5 episode 26, April 4 to November 28)
  • Tiger’s Eye (Audio Drama Podcast) (Directed by Alexander Shaw; episodes 1 to 25, May 13 to October 29)
  • We Bare Bears (Directed by Manny Hernandez; Season 1 episode 1 to episode 25, July 27 to November 19)

Best Anthropomorphic Novel

Written works of 40,000 words or more. Serialized novels qualify only for the year that the final chapter is published.

  • GeneStorm: City in the Sky, by Paul Kidd. (Kitsune Press; May 19)
  • Heart Behind the Mask, by N.”Karmakat” Franzetti. (Smashwords; May 4)
  • In a Dog’s World, by Mary E. Lowd. (FurPlanet Productions; July 9)
  • Tiger’s Eye, by Alexander Shaw. (Amazon; November 5)
  • Windfall, by Tempe O’Kun (FurPlanet Productions; July 9)

Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction

Stories less than 40,000 words, poetry and other short written works.

  • The Analogue Cat, by Alice “Huskyteer” Dryden. (in The Furry Future; FurPlanet Productions; January 15)
  • Lunar Cavity, by Mary E. Lowd. (in The Furry Future; FurPlanet Productions; January 15)
  • Pocosin, by Ursula Vernon. (in Apex Magazine, #68, January 6)
  • Thebe and the Angry Red Eye, by David Hopkins. (in The Furry Future; January 15)
  • Tow, by Watts Martin. (in The Furry Future; January 15)

Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work

Story collections, comic collections, graphic novels, non-fiction works, and convention program books.

  • Furries Among Us, edited by Thurston Howl.  (Thurston Howl Publications, essay anthology; July 4)
  • The Furry Future, edited by Fred Patten.  (FurPlanet Publications, short story anthology; January 15)
  • Inhuman Acts, edited by Ocean Tigrox.  (FurPlanet Productions, short story anthology; September 24)
  • The Necromouser and Other Magical Cats, by Mary E. Lowd.  (FurPlanet Productions, short story collection; September 24)
  • ROAR volume 6, edited by Mary E. Lowd.  (Bad Dog Books, short story anthology; July 9)

Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story

Includes comic books and serialized online stories.

  • Endtown, by Aaron Neathery.  (Internet; January 1 to December 31)
  • The Golden Week, by Douglas Kim.  (Internet; January 2 to December 24)
  • Lackadaisy, by Tracy J. Butler.  (Internet; Lackadaisy Congregation to Lackadaisy Inspiration)
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, by various.  (IDW Publishing; Issues #27 to #38)
  • TwoKinds, by Tom Fischbach.  (Internet; January 4 to December 23)

Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip

For newspaper-style strips, including those with ongoing arcs.

  • Carry On, by Kathryn Garrison.  (Internet; January 2 to December 30)
  • Doc Rat, by Jenner.  (Internet; January 1 to December 31)
  • Housepets!, by Rick Griffin.  (Internet; January 2 to December 30)
  • Peter & Company, by Jonathan Ponikvar.  (Internet; page 223 to page 243)
  • Savestate, by Tim Weeks.  (Internet; January 7 to December 30)

Best Anthropomorphic Magazine

Edited collections of creative and/or informational works by various people, professional or amateur, published in print or online in written, pictorial or audio-visual form.

  • Dogpatch Press, edited by Patch Packrat.  (Internet; January 5 to December 24)
  • Fangs and Fonts Podcast.  (Internet; podcasts #37 to #56)
  • Flayrah, edited by crossaffliction and GreenReaper.  (Internet; January 2 to December 31)
  • Heat, edited by Black Teagan, Dark End.  (Volume #12; Sofawolf Press; July 9)
  • In-Fur-Nation, edited by Rod O’Riley.  (Internet; January 1 to De ember 31)

Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration

Illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, coffee table portfolios.

  • cover of EuroFurence 21 Program Book by Kenket.  (September 26)
  • cover of Lost on Dark Trails by Rukis.  (FurPlanet Productions; January 15)
  • cover of ROAR volume 6 by Teagan Gavet.  (Bad Dog Books; July 9)
  • front cover of Tiger’s Eye by Antonio Torresan (Amazon, November 5)

Best Anthropomorphic Game

Computer or console games, role-playing games, board games.

  • Armello.  (League of Geeks; September 1)
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s 3.  (Scott Cawthorn; March 2)
  • Ori and the Blind Forest.  (Moon Studios; March 11)
  • Undertale.  (Toby Fox; September 15)
  • Yo-Kai Watch.  (Level-5; November 6)

Best Anthropomorphic Website

Online collections of art, stories, and other creative and/or informational works; galleries, story archives, directories, blogs, and personal sites.

  • Culturally F’d.  (YouTube Channel; furry videos)
  • E621.  (Furry fandom art community site)
  • FurAffinity.  (Furry art specialty site)
  • SoFurry.  (Furry artist/writer community)
  • WikiFur.  (General furry information/history)

[Thanks to Fred Patten for the story.]