The nominations for the 2024 Ursa Major Awards have been finalized. The Ursa Major Award is presented annually for “excellence in the furry arts.” Anyone may nominate and vote for candidates for the Awards. The 2024 Ursa Major Awards final ballot will be open for voting from March 21 to April 19 on the UMA website.

MOTION PICTURE

Live-action or animated feature-length movies.

• The Wild Robot 
• Sonic the Hedgehog 3     
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• Flow      
• Kung-Fu Panda 4              
• Robot Dreams   

DRAMATIC SHORT WORK

One-shots, advertisements or short videos.

• Horny   
• Bun Hunting: Overture   
• Dungeon Flippers PILOT: The Ace of Wands           
• Catching Up (Pilot)          
• Celine & Cheswick | 2D Animated Short Film         

DRAMATIC SERIES

TV or YouTube series

• Beastars             
• Helluva Boss      
• Bluey    
• Hazbin Hotel      
• The Amazing Digital Circus           

NOVEL

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

• The Varcross Key             
• Chain Unbroken
• Far Flung             
• Executioner’s Gambit      
• A Chronicle of Lies: Part 1: The Dark Sculptor         

SHORT FICTION

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

• A Different Kind of Make-Believe
• Sun Runner: An Imbrium Novella 
• The Frog Wife    
• The Three-Piece Giant    
• Monarch of Monsters     

GENERAL LITERARY WORK

Story collections, comic collections, graphic novels, non-fiction works, and serialized online stories.

• Awoo!: Volume 2             
• Lauren Ipsum Throws the Book At You      
• Swords and Sausages: Volume Two           
• The Shapeshifter’s Guide              
• Work “Fur” Hire 

NON-FICTION WORK

• Fur and Loathing Podcast              
• “Fur Affinity owner Dragoneer and Hugo Nominated Vootie artist Taral Wayne pass away” — World in RooView            
• Opening Ceremonies ShifterCon  
• “Fur Affinity hacked following Dragoneer’s passing” — World in RooView   
• “Celebrating 85 Years of Conventions – From Worldcon 1939 to Anthrocon 2024” — Con History 

GRAPHIC STORY

Includes comic books, and serialized online stories.

• Projection Edge –Thomas K. Dye
• Swords and Sausages — Jan          
• Freefall — Mark Stanley  
• Tamberlane — Caytlin Vilbrandt and Ari Noble       
• 21st Century Fox — Scott Kellogg

COMIC STRIP

Newspaper-style strips, including those with ongoing arcs.

• Lauren Ipsum — Charles Brubaker              
• Carry On — Kathy Garrison            
• Foxes in Love —  Toivo Kaartinen
• Nine To Nine — Jan          
• Pixie and Brutus — Pet Foolery    

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 — Patch O’Furr    
• Flayrah — GreenReaper  
• Furry Weekly — Yeshua, Carkas   
• Gaming Furever
• InFurNation — Rod O’Riley            

PUBLISHED ILLUSTRATION

General artwork, may include illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, T-shirts, coffee-table portfolios.

• Adventurers & Explorers — Royz  
• Shopping Simulator — Squiddy     
• Round 8: Le Mans 1973 — Elly      
• High Orbit Serpent — _x 
• Untitled — NessieMooo 

GAME

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

• WEBFISHING     
• ANIMAL WELL   
• Nine Sols             
• Black Myth: Wukong       
• Another Crab’s Treasure 

WEBSITE

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

• Furaffinity          
• Fluffle   
• E621     
• The Belfry WebComics Index       
• Wikifur 

FURSUIT

Only one qualifying entry was given more than a single vote, therefore the category has been dropped for 2024.

MUSIC

Musical works such as singles and albums.

• 808 Compact     
• Bicycle 
• Sad, Drunk and Needy (18+)         
• Monarch of Monsters (18+)          
• Olympics in Space