2026 Aurora Awards

ByCliff Samuels

The 2026 Aurora Awards were announced on Sunday, August 9th, 2025 at 5pm EDT, during a live streaming ceremony on YouTube. You can watch or rewatch it at anytime.

The Awards Went to

  • BEST NOVEL: The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine, Robert J. Sawyer, Audible Originals/Shadowpaw Press
  • BEST YA NOVEL: Breath of the Dragon, Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee, Wednesday Books
  • BEST NOVELETTE/NOVELLA:  The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar, Tordotcom
  • BEST SHORT STORY: “The Stone Played at Tengen“, R.H. Wesley, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 230
  • BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL: Shark Girl, Kate Beaton, Roaring Brook Press
  • BEST POEM/SONG: “From Dust“, J. Y. Zhang, Small Wonders
  • BEST RELATED WORK: Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three,
    Stephen Kotowych, Editor, Ansible Press
  • BEST COVER ART/INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION: Listen to Me and I’ll tell You a Story, Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe, Uncanny Magazine, Issue Sixty-Six
  • BEST FAN WRITING AND PUBLICATION: Polar Starlight Magazine, Issues 17-20, Rhea E. Rose, editor
  • BEST FAN RELATED WORK: Can*Con, Marie Bilodeau, chair and Brandon Crilly, vice-chair, Ottawa

2026 Aurora Awards Press Release with images

Voting Statistics

2026 Aurora results in grids

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