2012 Aurora Awards Voter Package

We are very excited to announce that this year we are instigating a better way to help members of CSFFA get access to the nominated works. It’s called, “The Aurora Awards Voter’s Package”. This package is only available to CSFFA members, those that have registered and paid their annual dues to the society. To register or login to your account to access the Voter’s Package go to: www.prixaurorawards.ca/Membership/

The purpose of the Voter’s Package is simple: Before you vote for the Aurora Awards this year, we want you to be able to read as much of the nominated work as possible, so you can make an informed decision about what is the best of the year. Please note: the package is only available while voting is open. Remember voting ends Monday July 23rd!

The electronic versions of these Aurora Awards nominated works are made available to you through the generosity of the nominees and publishers. We are grateful for their participation and willingness to share with CSFFA members. If you like what you read, please support the creators by purchasing their works, which are available in bookstores and online.

The works in the Aurora Awards Voter Package are without Digital Rights Management, because the authors and publishers trust that you will use this Aurora Awards Voter Package as it was intended – to help you make the best choice for the Aurora Awards.

By accepting this package you agree not to share the works therein with anyone other than the CSFFA members in your household. Your agreement will make a difference in convincing authors and publishers to contribute to this package in the future.

The works in the Aurora Voters Package are formatted in:

• Rich Text Format (.rtf),
• Adobe Reader Format (.pdf)
• eReader formats (.epub and mobi).

We have created a zipped (compressed) file for each of the categories.
What’s in these zip file? Some categories may have more than others.

• A readme file explaining what is included for that category.
• Nominated works (books, short stories, poems, songs …)

Click the download link to save it to your computer. Open the zip file and extract the items you wish to read.

What’s in the package:

Best Novel – English

Best Short Fiction – English

Best Poem / Song – English

Best Graphic Novel – English

Best Related Work – English

Best
Artist (Professional and Fan)

Best
Fan Publication

Best
Fan Filk

This
package is available until July 23rd to Aurora Awards voters

For
more information on how to become a CSFFA members and how to vote for
the Aurora, visit:

http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/

2012 Prix Aurora Award Nominations

We are proud to announce the English Professional and the Fan Aurora Award finalists for 2012. All works and activities were done during 2011 by Canadians. Voting began on April 16, 2012. All ballots must be received by July 23, 2012, 11:59pm PDT.

We wish all our nominees the best of luck!

BEFORE YOU VOTE!!! Check out our new Voter’s Package

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Professional Award Nominations

Best Novel – English

Enter, Night by Michael Rowe, ChiZine Publications

Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism by David Nickle, ChiZine Publications

Napier’s Bones by Derryl Murphy, ChiZine Publications

The Pattern Scars by Caitlin Sweet, ChiZine Publications

Technicolor Ultra Mall by Ryan Oakley, EDGE

Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer, Penguin Canada

Best Short Fiction – English

“The Legend of Gluck” by Marie Bilodeau, When the Hero Comes Home, Dragon Moon Press

“The Needle’s Eye” by Suzanne Church, Chilling Tales: Evil Did I Dwell; Lewd I Did Live, EDGE

“One Horrible Day” by Randy McCharles, The 2nd Circle, The 10th Circle Project

“Turning It Off” by Susan Forest, Analog, December

“To Live and Die in Gibbontown” by Derek Künsken, Asimov’s, October/November

Best Poem / Song – English

“A Good Catch” by Colleen Anderson, Polu Texni, April

“Ode to the Mongolian Death Worm” by Sandra Kasturi, ChiZine, Supergod Mega-Issue, Volume 47

“Skeleton Leaves” by Helen Marshall, Kelp Queen Press

““Skeleton Woman”” by Heather Dale and Ben Deschamps, Fairytale, CD

“Zombie Bees of Winnipeg” by Carolyn Clink, ChiZine, Supergod Mega-Issue, Volume 47

Best Graphic Novel – English

Goblins, webcomic, created by Tarol Hunt

Imagination Manifesto, Book 2 by GMB Chomichuk, James Rewucki and John Toone, Alchemical Press

Weregeek, webcomic, created by Alina Pete

Best Related Work – English

Fairytale, CD by Heather Dale, HeatherDale.com

The First Circle: Volume One of the Tenth Circle Project, edited by Eileen Bell and Ryan McFadden

Neo-Opsis, edited by Karl Johanson

On Spec,published by the Copper Pig Writers’ Society

Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales, edited by Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor, EDGE

Best Artist (Professional and Amateur Nominations)

(An example of each artist’s work is listed below but they are to be judged on the body of work they have produced in the award year)

Janice Blaine, “Cat in Space”, Cover art for Neo-Opsis, Issue 20

Costi Gurgu,cover art for Outer Diverse, Starfire

Erik Mohr, cover art for ChiZine Publications

Dan O’Driscoll, “Deep Blue Seven”, cover art for On Spec magazine, Summer issue

Martin Springett, Interior art for The Pattern Scars, ChiZine

Fan/Volunteer Award Nominations

Best Fan Publication

BCSFAzine,edited by Felicity Walker

Bourbon and Eggnog by Eileen Bell, Ryan McFadden, Billie Milholland and Randy McCharles, 10th Circle Project

In Places Between: The Robin Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest book,edited by Reneé Bennett

Sol Rising newsmagazine, edited by Michael Matheson

Space Cadet, edited by R. Graeme Cameron

Best Fan Filk

Stone Dragons (Tom and Sue Jeffers), concert at FilKONtario

Phil Mills, Body of Song-Writing Work including FAWM and 50/90

Cindy Turner, Interfilk concert at OVFF

Best Fan Organizationa

Andrew Gurudata, chair of the Constellation Awards committee

Peter Halasz, administrator of the Sunburst Awards

Helen Marshall and Sandra Kasturi, chairs of the Chiaroscuro Reading Series (Toronto)

Randy McCharles, founder and chair of When Words Collide (Calgary)

Alex von Thorn, chair of SFContario 2 (Toronto)

Rose Wilson, for organizing the Art Show at V-Con (Vancouver)

Best Fan Other

Lloyd Penney,letters of comment

Peter Watts, “Reality: The Ultimate Mythology” lecture, Toronto SpecFic Colloquium

Taral Wayne, Canadian Fanzine Fanac Awards art