The Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association (CSFFA) a révélé la liste des nominés pour le prix Aurora 2013.
Ce prix récompense les acteurs canadiens de l'imaginaire, francophones comme anglophones, et se divise en 11 catégories dont 4 dédiées aux fans. Les votes permettant de désigner les gagnants ouvriront le 6 mai et seront clôturés le 13 septembre prochain.
Les prix seront remis lors de la Can-Con 2013 qui se tiendra à Ottawa du 4 au 6 octobre.

En discuter sur le forum

Meilleur roman en anglais :
Destiny’s Fall by Marie Bilodeau, Dragon Moon Press
Food for the Gods by Karen Dudley, Ravenstone Books
Healer’s Sword: Part 7 of the Okal Rel Saga by Lynda Williams, EDGE
The Silvered by Tanya Huff, DAW Books, Inc.
Thunder Road by Chadwick Ginther, Ravenstone Books
Triggers by Robert J. Sawyer, Penguin Canada

Meilleur roman jeunesse en anglais :
Above by Leah Bobet, Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic
The Calling by Kelley Armstrong, Harper Teen
Dissolve by Neil Godbout, Bundoran Press
Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero by Michell Plested, Five Rivers
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow, Tor Teen
Under My Skin: Wildlings Series (Book 1) by Charles de Lint, Razorbill Canada

Meilleure nouvelle en anglais :
Delta Pi by Matt Moore, Torn Realities, Post Mortem Press
Happily Ever After by Marie Bilodeau, When the Villain Comes Home, Dragon Moon Press
Knights Exemplar by Al Onia, On Spec #90, Fall
Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop by Suzanne Church, Clarkesworld, Issue #68, May
The Walker of the Shifting Borderland by Douglas Smith, On Spec #90, Fall

Meilleur Poème/Meilleure chanson en anglais :
A sea monster tells his story by David Clink, The Literary Review of Canada, July/August
The Ghosts of Birds by Helen Marshall, Phantom Drift 2: Valuable Estrangements, Wordcraft of Oregon
Hold Fast by Leah Bobet, Strange Horizons, June 11, 2012
Roc by Sandra Kasturi, Come Late to the Love of Birds, Tightrope Books
Zombie Descartes Writes a Personal Ad by Carolyn Clink, Tesseracts Sixteen, EDGE

Meilleur roman graphique en anglais :
Goblins by Tarol Hunt, webcomic
Looking for Group by Ryan Sohmer and Lar DeSouza, webcomic
Raygun Gothic by GMB Chomichuk, Alchemical Press
''Weregeek' by Alina Pete, webcomic
''West of Bathurst' by Kari Maaren, webcomic

Meilleurs travaux connexes en anglais (Best Related Work) :
Shanghai Steam edited by Ace Jordyn, Calvin D. Jim, and Renée Bennett, EDGE
Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing edited by Sandra Kasturi and Halli Villegas, ChiZine Publications
Hair Side, Flesh Side byHelen Marshall, ChiZine Publications
Blood and Water edited by Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press
On Spec published by the Copper Pig Writers’ Society

Meilleur artiste (professionnel ou amateur) :
Richard Bartrop, illustrations for fiction on Reality Skimming blog
GMB Chomichuk, Raygun Gothic, Alchemical Press
Costi Gurgu, cover art for Inner Diverse, (Starfire World Syndicate)
Michelle Milburn, cover art for Gathering Storm and Healer’s Sword, (EDGE)
Erik Mohr, cover art for ChiZine Publications

Meilleure publication de fans
BCSFAzine, edited by Felicity Walker
Broken Toys, edited by Taral Wayne
In Places Between: The Robyn Herrington Short Story Contest, edited by Renée Bennett
Reality Skimming blog, content coordinator Michelle Carraway
Space Cadet, edited by R. Graeme Cameron
Speculating Canada blog, edited by Derek Newman-Stille

Meilleur accomplissement fanique (Best Fan Filk)
Morva Bowman and Alan Pollard, Concert at FilKONtario 22
Debs & Errol (Deborah Linden and Errol Elumir), Songs in the Key of Geek CD
Brooke Lunderville, International Guest of Honour Concert at Consonance
Kari Maaren, Body of Work
Peggi Warner-Lalonde, Concert at NEFilk 22 ConCertino 2012

Meilleure organisation de fans
Andrew Gurudata, Organizing the Constellation Awards, Toronto
Evelyn Baker, Amy De Ruyte, and Peter Halasz, Executive Committee of WFC Toronto, 2012
Sandra Kasturi, Helen Marshall, and, James Bambury, Co-Chairs, Chiaroscuro Reading Series, Toronto
Sandra Kasturi and Laura Marshall. Co-Chairs, Toronto SpecFic Colloquium: Beyond the Human
Randy McCharles, Chair and Programming, When Words Collide, Calgary

Meilleurs travaux connexes de fans (Best Fan Related Work)
Ron Friedman, conception and delivery of the Aurora Awards voter package
Helen Marshall, The Book is Dead; Long Live the Book!: Some Thoughts on the Coming of eBooks, lecture at the 2012 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
Michael Matheson, compilation and maintenance of the Can Spec Fic List
Lloyd Penney, for fanwriting and letter and article writing for fanzines and e-fanzines
Peter Watts, Hive Minds, Mind Hives lecture at Toronto SpecFic Colloquium

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