2025 Aurora Award Winners

ByCliff Samuels

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Aurora Awards for excellence by Canadians in the fields of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.  We want to congratulate all of this year’s nominees.

The awards went to:

  • Best Novel:  The Siege of Burning Grass, Premee Mohamed, Solaris
  • Best YA Novel: Heavenly Tyrant, Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books
  • Best Novelette/Novella:  The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed, Tordotcom/Titan Books (UK)
  • Best Short Story: “Blood and Desert Dreams“, Y.M. Pang, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue 408
  • Best Graphic Novel:  Star Trek Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way, Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio, IDW Publishing
  • Best Poem/Song “Cthulhu on the Shores of Osaka“, Y.M. Pang, Invitation: A One-shot Anthology of Speculative Fiction
  • Best Related Work:  Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Two
    Stephen Kotowych, editor, Ansible Press
  • Best Cover Art/Interior Illustration:  Augur Magazine, Issue 7.1, cover art, Martine Nguyen
  • Best Fan Writing and Publication: SF&F Book Reviews, Robert Runté, Ottawa Review of Books
  • Best Fan Related Work:  murmurstations, Sonia Urlando, Augur Society, podcast

The awards were live-streamed on Sunday, August 10th, 2025, via YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn. .  They were recorded and can be viewed at any time.  The ceremony also includes acceptance speeches by this year’s CSFFA Hall of Fame inductees (https://www.csffa.ca/the-csffa-hall-of-fame/latest-inductees/).

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