2016 Sunburst Awards

The winners of the 2016 Sunburst Awards for excellence in Canadian literature of the fantastic were announced on September 14.

This year marked the first time a Sunburst has been given in the Short Story category.

2016 Sunburst Award for Adult Fiction

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The other shortlisted works for the 2016 Adult Award were:

2016 Sunburst Award for Young Adult Fiction

The other shortlisted works for the 2016 Young Adult Award were:

2016 Sunburst Award for Short Story

The other shortlisted works for the 2016 Short Story Award were:

Sunburst medallion.

Sunburst medallion.

The 2016 Sunburst Award jury was comprised of Timothy Anderson, Sylvia Bérard, Virginia O’Dine, Dale Sproule, and Myna Wallin.

Jurors for the 2017 award will be Nancy Baker, Michel Basilières, Rebecca Bradley, Dominick Grace, and Sean Moreland.

Winners of the Adult and Young Adult Award receive a cash prize of $1,000. Winners of the Short Story Award receive a cash prize of $500.00. All winners also receive a Sunburst Medallion.

The Sunburst is named after the first novel by Phyllis Gotlieb, among the first published authors of contemporary Canadian science fiction.