2016 Aurora Awards
The 2016 Aurora Awards were presented at When Words Collide in Calgary, Alberta on Saturday, August 13 2016.
The Winners
- Best English Novel: A Daughter of No Nation by A.M. Dellamonica, Tor Books
- Best English YA Novel: An Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet, Scholastic Canada/Clarion Books
- Best English Short Fiction: “Waters of Versailles” by Kelly Robson, Tor.com
- Best English Poem/Song: “Origami Crane / Light Defying Spaceship” by Naru Dames Sundar, Liminality, Issue 5 Autumn
- Best English Graphic Novel: The Lady ParaNorma by Vincent Marcone, ChiZine Publications
- Best English Related Work: Second Contacts edited by Michael Rimar & Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press
- Best Visual Presentation: Orphan Black, Season 3, John Fawcett and Graeme Manson, Temple Street Productions
- Best Artist: Erik Mohr, covers for ChiZine Publications
- Best Fan Publication: Speculating Canada edited by Derek Newman-Stille
- Best Fan Organizational: Randy McCharles, Chair, When Words Collide, Calgary
- Best Fan Related Work: Derek Newman-Stille, Speculating, Canada on Trent Radio 92.7 FM
Complete Results
The Nominations
The following list contains works that received at least 5 nominations. They have been sorted in rank order by the most nominations. Only items above the dashed line may be referred to as “Aurora Nominees” or “Aurora Finalists”.
Best English Novel
23 Too Far Gone by Chadwick Ginther, Ravenstone Books
22 Much Ado about Macbeth by Randy McCharles, Tyche Books
17 Drowning in Amber by E.C. Bell, Tyche Books
17 Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Solaris
15 A Daughter of No Nation by A.M. Dellamonica, Tor Books
15 Cursed: Black Swan by Ryan T. McFadden, Dragon Moon Press
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14 An Ancient Peace by Tanya Huff, DAW books
14 The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson, Tor books
13 The Just City by Jo Walton, Tor books
12 This Gulf of Time and Stars by Julie E. Czerneda, DAW books
11 Nigh by Marie Bilodeau, S&G Publishing
11 Experimental Film by Gemma Files, ChiZine Publishing
9 Deceptions by Kelley Armstrong, Random House Canada
9 The Acolyte by Nick Cutter, ChiZine Publishing
8 Falcon’s Egg by Edward Willett, Bundoran Press
8 The Prince and the Puppet Affair by G.W. Renshaw, Javari Press
7 In For a Pound by S.G. Wong,
7 Defiant by Karian Sumner-Smith, Talos Press
7 Point Hollow by Rio Youers, ChiZine Publishing
7 The Dead Hamlets by Peter Roman, ChiZine Publishing
7 The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart
7 The Eye of Strife by Dave Duncan, Five Rivers Publishing
6 Phatom Nights (Vesper #3) by Nola Sarina, CreateSpace
6 Irona 700 by Dave Duncan, Open Road Media
6 The Untold Tale by J.M. Frey, REUTS Publishing
6 Lament for the Afterlife by Lisa L. Hannett, ChiZine Publishing
5 Children of Arkadia by M. Darusha Wehm, Bundoran Press
5 The Deep by Nick Cutter, Simon & Schuster
5 Contagion: Eyre by Alison Sinclair, Bundoran Press
5 The Rosetta Man by Clair McCague, EDGE
5 Furr by Axel Howerton, Cornucopia Press
Best English YA Novel
20 The Fountain by Suzy Vadori, Evil Alter Ego Press
20 An Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet, Scholastic Canada/Clarion Books
16 Mabel the Mafioso Dwarf by Sherry Peters, DwarvenAmazon
14 The Flame in the Maze by Caitlin Sweet, ChiZine Publications
13 Maddie Hatter and the Deadly Diamond by Jayne Barnard, Tyche Books Ltd.
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12 The Black Trillium by Simon McNeil, Brain Lag Publishing
11 Hawk by Marie Powell, Five Rivers Publishing
10 The Ehrich Weisz Chronicles: Infinity Coil by Marty Chan, Fitzhenry & Whiteside
10 The Silver Spear by Clare C. Marshall, Faery Ink Press
9 The Adventures of Ivor by Dave Duncan, Five Rivers Publishing
8 Flashback by Simon Rose, Tyche Books Ltd.
8 Storm by Amanda Sun, Harlequin TEEN
7 Faces by E.C. Blake, DAW Books
7 Cave Beneath the Sea by Edward Willett, Coteau Books
7 Good Brother by E.L. Chen, ChiZine Publications
7 Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee, Flux
7 Empire of Night by Kelley Armstrong, Doubleday Canada
6 Dead Girls Don’t by Mags Storey, ChiZine Publications
5 The Masked Truth by Kelley Armstrong, Doubleday Canada
5 Unguilded by Jane Glatt, Tyche Books Ltd.
5 The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow, Simon & Schuster
Best English Short Fiction
16 “Waters of Versailles” by Kelly Robson, Tor.com
15 “Looking for Gordo” by Robert J. Sawyer, Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by
Microsoft
13 “Cosmobotica” by Costi Gurgu & Tony Pi, Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk, Running Press
10 “La Héron” by Charlotte Ashley, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. March/April
10 “Super Frenemies” by Stephen Kotowych, Caped: An Anthology of Superhero Tales, Local Hero
Press
10 “Game Not Over *” by Ron Friedman, Galaxy’s Edge, January
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8 “Serenade on Lake Ontario” by Mike Rimar, On Spec, 100th ‘Punk’ edition
8 “Moot” by Corey Redekop, Exile Editions (anthology – The Exile Book of New Canadian Noir)
7 “Drone Dreams” by Hayden Trenholm, Perihelion SF
7 “Death Wore a Size Twenty-Six Shoe” by Brent Nichols, Analemma Books (Enigma Front)
6 “As Below, So Above” by Matt Moore, Second Contacts (Bundoran Press)
6 “The Three Resurrections of Jessica Churchill” by Kelly Robson, Clarkesworld Magazine
6 “The Horse Always Gets It First” by Axel Howerton, Coffin Hop Press (AB Negative)
6 “The Ogre’s Brown-Eyed Daughter” by Barry King, Lackington’s
6 “Limestone, Lye and the Buzzing of Flies” by Kate Heartfield, Strange Horizons
6 “Atargatis” by Robert Bose, Edge (nEvermore: Tales of Mystery, Murder and the Macabre)
5 “Occupational Hazards” by Lorina Stephens, Neo-Opsis Magazine, Issue 25
5 “The Gale of the World” by Robert J. Wiersema, ChiZine Publications (anthology – Licence
Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond)
5 “Two-Year Man” by Kelly Robson, Asimov’s Science Fiction
5 “The Patent Bagger” by Suzanne Church, AE The Canadian Science Fiction Review
5 “The Gladiator Lie” by Kelly Robson, ChiZine Publications (anthology – Licence Expired: The
Unauthorized James Bond)
5 “Hacker Chess” by Robert Runte, Exile Editions/Playground of Lost Toys anthology
5 “The Maelstrom At The End Of The World” by Lindsay Kitson, Silence In The Library Publishing
Best English Poem/Song
8 “Portrait” by David Clink, On Spec, Winter/Spring
8 “Elegy for WLC” by David Clink, The Dalhousie Review
7 “Typhon & Echidna: A Love Story” by Sandra Kasturi, Gods, Memes and Monsters: A 21st
Century Bestiary
6 “Venice Letting Go” by Sandra Kasturi, Postscripts to Darkness 6
5 “Origami Crane / Light Defying Spaceship” by Naru Dames Sundar, Liminality, Issue 5 Autumn
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Best English Graphic Novel
12 Infinitum by GMB Chomichuk, ChiZine Publications
10 Bloodsuckers by J.M. Frey, illustrated by Ryan Cole; Toronto Comics, Vol 2 (ed Steven
Andrews)
8 West of Bathurst: The Complete Collection by Kari Maaren
6 The Lady ParaNorma by Vincent Marcone, ChiZine Publications
6 Crash and Burn: Prologue by Kate Larking & Finn Lucullan, Astres Press
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5 Rat Queens Volume 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N’Rygoth by Kurtis J. Wiebe, Image
Comics
5 Blanket of Butterflies by Richard Van Camp, Portage and Main Press
Best English Related Work
23 Licence Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond edited by Madeline Ashby & David Nickle,
ChiZine Publications
19 Professor Challenger: New Worlds, Lost Places edited by J R Campbell and Charles Prepolec, EDGE
18 Second Contacts edited by Michael Rimar and Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press
17 nEvermore! Tales of Murder, Mystery & the Macabre, edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro
Soles, EDGE
15 Playground of Lost Toys, edited by Colleen Anderson and Ursula Pflug, Exile Editions
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14 Enigma Front by Renee Bennett, Celeste Peters, Ron Friedman, Kristine Saretsky, Selene
O’Rourke, Analemma Books
11 Lackington’s Magazine by Ranylt Richildis, Lackington Press
8 The Exile Book of New Canadian Noir by Claude Lalumiere & David Nickle, Exile Editions
8 How Fanfiction Made Me Gay by J.M. Frey, The Secret Loves of Geek Girls (Kickstarter)
8 Seven Against Tomorrow by Stephen Kotowych, Ansible Press
8 AE – The Canadian Science Fiction Review by AE , Frank Duff Text
6 The Literary Elephant: The Beginner’s Guide to Indie Publishing by JF Garrard, Dark Helix
Press
5 The Canadian Adventures of Jules Verne by John Robert Colombo and Jean-Louis Trudel, The
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
5 The Science Fiction of Phyllis Gotlieb: A Critical Reading by Dominick Grace, McFarland & Company
5 Neo-Opsis by Karl Johanson, ed., Neo-Opsis
5 Imaginarium 3 by Sandra Kasturi and Helen Marshall, ChiZine Publications
Best Visual Presentation
29 Orphan Black, Season 3, John Fawcett and Graeme Manson, Temple Street Productions
12 Killjoys, Season 1, Michelle Lovretta, Temple Street Productions
10 Continuum, Season 4, Simon Barry, Reunion Pictures
9 Dark Matter, Season 1, Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, Prodigy Pictures
7 Bitten, Season 2, Daegan Fryklind, No Equal/eOne/Hoodwink
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6 God Is an Iron, Bruce J. Lambie, Black Box Productions
Best Artist
20 Erik Mohr, covers for ChiZine Publications
20 Dan O’Driscoll, covers for Bundoran Press
15 James Beveridge, covers and poster art
14 Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk, body of work: Robot sculptures made from upcycled metal objects
11 Jeff Minkevics, covers for Five Rivers Press
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8 Fiona Staples, Saga (comic), interiors
8 Kerri Elizabeth Gerow, Cover Art of Nigh Serialization
7 Scott Henderson, Cover art for Too Far Gone
7 GMB Chomichuk, Infinitum
Best Fan Publication
14 The Page of Reviews edited by Adam Shaftoe-Durrant
10 Speculating Canada edited by Derek Newman-Stille
9 Ecdysis edited by Jonathan Crowe
8 Broken Toys edited by Taral Wayne
7 WARP, issues 90-93 edited by Cathy Palmer-Lister
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5 SWILL, edited by Neil Jamieson-Williams, Vile Fen Press
Best Fan Music
No award given. There were only two eligible works and both were transferred to the Best Fan Related
Work category.
Best Fan Organizational
44 Randy McCharles, Chair, When Words Collide, Calgary
23 Derek Künsken and Marie Bilodeau, Executive, Can*Con 2015, Ottawa
13 Matt Moore, Marie Bilodeau and Nicole Lavigne, Co-chairs, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Ottawa
12 Samantha Beiko and Chadwick Ginther, Chair, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Winnipeg
10 Alana Otis and Paul Roberts, Co-chairs, Ad Astra 34 Convention, Toronto
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9 Rose Wilson, VCON 40 Art Show
9 Sandra Wickham, Chair, Creative Ink Festival
7 Danielle Stephens, Chair, VCON 40
7 Sandra Kasturi, Chair, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Toronto
6 Dave Clement, Elizabeth Clement, Morva Bowman and Alan Pollard, The Dandy Lion
5 Angela Keeley, Sandra Katsuri, Chairs, Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
Best Fan Related Work
16 Kari Maaren, Everbody Hates Elves (album), Bandcamp and CD
13 Steve Fahnestalk, weekly column in Amazing Stories Magazine
9 Derek Newman-Stille, Speculating, Canada on Trent Radio 92.7 FM
5 Morva Bowman and Alan Pollard, Halsway Con Concert, Somerset, UK
5 Keith Braithwaite, The Doctor and his Companion, Montreal Science Fiction & Fantasy
Association (WARP)