The 2020 Ursa Major Awards winners were announced May 1. (Note: The award website labels them the 2020 winners, however, the presentation video calls them the 2021 awards.)

The Ursa Major Award is presented annually for “excellence in the furry arts.”

The recipients were decided by a public vote for 1,047 fans – complete voting statistics are at the link.

The wonderfully animated presentation video can be viewed at the end of the post.

The 2020 Winners

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

• Wolfwalkers (Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart; October 26)

Best Dramatic Short Work — One-shots, advertisements or short videos.

• Zoophobia – “Bad Luck Jack” (Directed by Vivienne Medrano; September 30)

Best Dramatic Series — TV or YouTube series videos.

• Beastars (Directed by Shinichi Matsumi ;Season 1 Epsiode 1 to 12 USA Release English Dub)

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

• The City That Barks and Roars, by J.T. Bird (9781838047917, August 1)

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

• What Makes a Witch, by Linnea Capps (Weasel Press, August 18)

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

• Difursity: Stories by Furries of Color, edited by Weasel (Thurston Howl productions, anthology, August 10)

Non-Fiction Work

• The Fandom: A Furry Documentary, directed by Ash Kreis & Eric Risher (You Tube, video, July 3)

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

• Beastars, by Paru Itagaki (Viz Media and Weekly Shonen Champion, Volume 4 to 8)

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

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

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.

• Pocari Roo, YouTube videos (January 11 to December 25)

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

• Lofi, Cheers (Furaffinity, January 24)

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

• Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Developer and Publisher: Nintendo; March 20)

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

• Fur Affinity, Furry art and stories

Anthropomorphic Costume (Fursuit)

• Zigc the Khajiit, Maker: Inerri Creatures, Owner/Wearer: Zigc The Khagiit, Displayed online July 3.

[Thanks to N. for the story.]