Voting for the 2014 Ursa Major Awards has commenced. Everyone is invited to vote on the Best Anthropomorphic Literature and Art of the past calendar year at the Ursa Major Awards website. Just click on “Voting for 2014.” The final ballot is composed … Continue reading
Fred Patten, Corresponding Secretary of the Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association, sends along the finalists for their Ursa Major Awards, presented annually for excellence in the furry arts. This is Anthropomorphic (a.k.a. Furry) Fandom’s highest award. The final ballot at … Continue reading
The Furry Writers’ Guild announced the winners of the 2019 Cóyotl Awards via Periscope on July 8. The awards are given for the best anthropomorphic fiction of the past year. Best Short Story “Pack” by Sparf (Patterns in Frost: Stories from New Tibet) … Continue reading
The Furry Writers’ Guild has posted the final ballot for the 2015 Cóyotl Awards. Only Guild members may vote on the winners. “It’s the closest thing in furry fandom to a juried award, as opposed to the Ursa Major Award … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
By Fred Patten. The 2015 Recommended Anthropomorphic Reading List is now closed. Nominations for the 2015 Ursa Major Awards opened on January 14, the first day of Further Confusion 2016. The awards will celebrate the best anthropomorphic literature and art first published … Continue reading
Fans of anthropomorphic/furry fiction can begin nominating for the 2014 Ursa Major Awards on January 15. The instructions are here. Wondering what to nominate? The 2014 Recommended Anthropomorphics Reading List contains all of the works first published or released during the past … Continue reading
Thanks to Fred Patten for sending along the winners of the Seventh Annual Ursa Major Awards. See the full press release behind the cut.
(1) WILL THE DOCTOR APPROVE WHEN BBC MARKETING DEPARTMENT USES AI TO PROMOTE DOCTOR WHO? [Item by Ersatz Culture.] The BBC media centre published an article by the “Head of Media Inventory: Digital” earlier today, about their plans to use AI to … Continue reading
(1) UNLOAD THE CANON. Rev. Tom Emanuel calls on scholars and students to “Decanonize Tolkien” at Queer and Back Again. In the fifty years since Tolkien’s death, his work and legacy have irrevocably shaped our understanding of what fantasy even is. This … Continue reading