2013 Aurora Awards

The 2013 Aurora Awards were awarded at Canvention 33, Can-Con 2013 (Ottawa, October 4-6, 2013)

The Winners

Best Novel – English: The Silvered by Tanya Huff, DAW Books, Inc.
Best YA Novel – English: Under My Skin: Wildlings Series (Book 1) by Charles de Lint, Razorbill Canada
Best Short Fiction – English: “The Walker of the Shifting Borderland” by Douglas Smith, On Spec #90, Fall
Best Poem/Song – English: “A sea monster tells his story” by David Clink, The Literary Review of Canada, July/August
Best Graphic Novel – English: Weregeek by Alina Pete, webcomic
Best Related Work – English: Blood and Water edited by Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press
Best Artist: Erik Mohr
Best Fan Publication: Speculating Canada blog, edited by Derek Newman-Stille
Best Fan Filk: Kari Maaren, Body of Work
Best Fan Organizational: Randy McCharles, Chair and Programming, When Words Collide, Calgary
Best Fan Related Work: Ron Friedman, conception and delivery of the Aurora Awards voter package

Robert J. Sawyer was also presented a Lifetime Achievement Award

Complete Results

2013 Aurora Results in Grids

The Nominees

Novel In English

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

YA Novel In English

  • Above, Leah Bobet (Scholastic/Levine)
  • Dissolve, Neil Godbout (Bundoran Press)
  • Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero, Michell Plested (Five Rivers)
  • Pirate Cinema, Cory Doctorow (Tor Teen)
  • The Calling, Kelley Armstrong (HarperTeen)
  • Under My Skin, Charles de Lint (Razorbill Canada)

Short Fiction In English

  • “Delta Pi”, Matt Moore (Torn Realities Post Mortem Press)
  • “Happily Ever After”, Marie Bilodeau (When the Villain Comes Home Dragon Moon Press)
  • “Knights Exemplar”, Al Onia (On Spec #90, Fall 2012)
  • “Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop”, Suzanne Church (Clarkesworld #68, May 2012)
  • “The Walker of the Shifting Borderland”, Douglas Smith (On Spec #90, Fall 2012)

Related Work In English

  • Blood and Water, Hayden Trenholm, ed. (Bundoran Press)
  • Hair Side, Flesh Side, Helen Marshall (ChiZine Publications)
  • Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing, Sandra Kasturi & Halli Villegas, eds. (ChiZine Publications)
  • On Spec, Copper Pig Writers’ Society
  • Shanghai Stream, Ace Jordyn, Calvin D. Jim & Renée Bennett, eds. (EDGE)

Graphic Novel In English

  • Goblins, Tarol Hunt (webcomic)
  • Looking for Group, Ryan Sohmer & Lar DeSouza (webcomic)
  • Raygun Gothic, GMB Chomichuk (Alchemical Press)
  • Weregeek, Alina Pete (webcomic)
  • West of Bathurst, Kari Maaren (webcomic)

Poem/song In English

  • “A sea monster tells his story”, David Clink (The Literary Review of Canada Jul/Aug 2012)
  • “Hold Fast”, Leah Bobet (Strange Horizons 11 Jun 2012)
  • “Roc”, Sandra Kasturi (Come Late to the Love of Birds Tightrope Books)
  • “The Ghost of Birds”, Helen Marshall (Phantom Drift 2: Valuable Estrangements Wordcraft of Oregon)
  • “Zombie Descartes Writes a Personal Ad”, Carolyn Clink (Tesseracts Sixteen EDGE)

Artist

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

Fan Publication

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

Fan Organizational

  • Andrew Gurudata (organizing the Constellation Awards, Toronto)
  • Evelyn Baker, Amy De Ruyte & Peter Halasz (executive committee of WFC Toronto, 2012)
  • Randy McCharles (chair and programming, When Worlds Collide, Calgary)
  • Sandra Kasturi & Laura Marshall (co-chairs, Toronto SpecFic Colloquium: Beyond the Human)
  • Sandra Kasturi, Helen Marshall & James Bambury (co-chairs, Chiaroscuro reading series, Toronto)

Fan Filk

  • Brooke Lunderville, for International Guest of Honour Concert at Consonance
  • Deborah Linden & Errol Elumir, for Songs in the Key of Geek CD
  • Kari Maaren, for body of work
  • Morva Bowman & Alan Pollard, for concert at FilkONtario 22
  • Peggi Warner-Lalonde, for concert at NEFilk 22 ConCertino 2012

Fan Related Work

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