Being presented for the first time this year is the Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy. Sponsored by HarperCollins Canada, the $5,000 prize is awarded annually to a Canadian author of an outstanding work of speculative fiction for young people. The 2012 nominees are:
- Dreamline by Nicole Luiken
- Hunted by Cheryl Rainfield
- Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
- Tempestuous by Lesley Livingston
- What Happened to Serenity? by P.J. Sarah Collins
[Thanks to John Mansfield for the story.]