2016 Aurora Awards
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
Additional Information
Note 1: Ties during a round are broken based on which nominee would move forward with a higher vote.
Note 2: Winners are determined when a nominee exceeds 50% of the votes.
Note 3: The No Award Test makes sure that the winner has more votes against just the No Award option.
Note 4: A total of 195 CSFFA members submitted ballots
Note 5: The following list contain the numbers of ballots cast in each category
Best English Novel (163 ballots)
Best English YA Novel (146 ballots) Best English Short Fiction (155 ballots) Best English Poem/Song (103 ballots) Best English Graphic Novel (105 ballots) Best English Related Work (130 ballots) Best Visual Presentation (105 ballots) Best Artist (136 ballots)
Best Fan Publication (92 ballots)
Best Fan Organizational (135 ballots) Best Fan Related Work (94 ballots)
Best Novel (163 ballots)
First Place
| A Daughter of No Nation by A.M. Dellamonica | 37 | 37 | 37 | 49 | 60 | 78 |
| Much Ado about Macbeth by Randy McCharles | 33 | 33 | 37 | 40 | 45 | 58 |
| Drowning in Amber by E.C. Bell | 25 | 25 | 30 | 34 | 39 | |
| Too Far Gone by Chadwick Ginther | 27 | 27 | 31 | 33 | ||
| Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 23 | 23 | 25 | |||
| Cursed: Black Swan by Ryan T. McFadden | 16 | 16 | ||||
| No Award | 2 | |||||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 |
No Award Test: 99 ballots ranked A Daughter of No Nation higher than No Award
6 ballot ranked No Award higher than A Daughter of No Nation
A Daughter of No Nation is confirmed as the winner
Second Place
| Too Far Gone by Chadwick Ginther | 39 | 39 | 43 | 56 | 68 |
| Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 36 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 57 |
| Much Ado about Macbeth by Randy McCharles | 33 | 33 | 37 | 46 | |
| Drowning in Amber by E.C. Bell | 29 | 29 | 34 | ||
| Cursed: Black Swan by Ryan T. McFadden | 19 | 19 | |||
| No Award | 2 | ||||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 33 |
Third Place
| Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 51 | 51 | 57 | 71 |
| Much Ado about Macbeth by Randy McCharles | 39 | 39 | 44 | 55 |
| Drowning in Amber by E.C. Bell | 33 | 33 | 38 | |
| Cursed: Black Swan by Ryan T. McFadden | 22 | 22 | ||
| No Award | 2 | |||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 2 | 8 | 21 |
Fourth Place
| Much Ado about Macbeth by Randy McCharles | 48 | 48 | 56 |
| Drowning in Amber by E.C. Bell | 46 | 46 | 56 |
| Cursed: Black Swan by Ryan T. McFadden | 26 | 26 | |
| No Award | 4 | ||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 4 | 12 |
Best Young Adult (YA) Novel (146 ballots)
First Place
| An Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet | 52 | 52 | 56 | 59 | 72 |
| Maddie Hatter and the Deadly Diamond by Jayne Barnard | 26 | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 |
| The Flame in the Maze by Caitlin Sweet | 26 | 26 | 28 | 33 | |
| The Fountain by Suzy Vadori | 23 | 23 | 23 | ||
| Mabel the Mafioso Dwarf by Sherry Peters | 18 | 18 | |||
| No Award | 1 | ||||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 27 |
No Award Test: 96 ballots ranked An Inheritance of Ashes higher than No Award
2 ballots ranked No Award higher than An Inheritance of Ashes
An Inheritance of Ashes is confirmed as the winner
Second Place
| The Flame in the Maze by Caitlin Sweet | 47 | 47 | 51 | 58 |
| Maddie Hatter and the Deadly Diamond by Jayne Barnard | 35 | 35 | 41 | 51 |
| The Fountain by Suzy Vadori | 25 | 25 | 26 | |
| Mabel the Mafioso Dwarf by Sherry Peters | 24 | 24 | ||
| No Award | 3 | |||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 3 | 16 | 25 |
Third Place
| Maddie Hatter and the Deadly Diamond by Jayne Barnard | 46 | 46 | 59 |
| Mabel the Mafioso Dwarf by Sherry Peters | 36 | 36 | 44 |
| The Fountain by Suzy Vadori | 34 | 34 | |
| No Award | 3 | ||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 3 | 16 |
Fourth Place
| The Fountain by Suzy Vadori | 51 | 51 |
| Mabel the Mafioso Dwarf by Sherry Peters | 48 | 48 |
| No Award | 4 | |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 4 |
Best Short Fiction (155 ballots)
First Place
| “Waters of Versailles” by Kelly Robson | 59 | 59 | 60 | 68 | 72 |
| “La Héron” by Charlotte Ashley | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 36 |
| “Looking for Gordo” by Robert J. Sawyer | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 34 |
| “Game Not Over” by Ron Friedman | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | |
| “Cosmobotica” by Costi Gurgu & Tony Pi | 14 | 14 | 16 | ||
| “Super Frenemies” by Stephen Kotowych | 7 | 7 | |||
| No Award | 2 | ||||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
No Award Test: 115 ballots ranked “Waters of Versailles” higher than No Award
3 ballots ranked No Award higher than “Waters of Versailles” “Waters of Versailles” is confirmed as the winner
Second Place
| “La Héron” by Charlotte Ashley | 53 | 53 | 56 | 57 | 68 |
| “Looking for Gordo” by Robert J. Sawyer | 34 | 34 | 37 | 41 | 52 |
| “Game Not Over” by Ron Friedman | 21 | 21 | 23 | 28 | |
| “Cosmobotica” by Costi Gurgu & Tony Pi | 16 | 16 | 20 | ||
| “Super Frenemies” by Stephen Kotowych | 12 | 12 | |||
| No Award | 2 | ||||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 |
Third Place
| “Looking for Gordo” by Robert J. Sawyer | 38 | 38 | 49 | 59 |
| “Cosmobotica” by Costi Gurgu & Tony Pi | 28 | 28 | 33 | 45 |
| “Super Frenemies” by Stephen Kotowych | 25 | 25 | 28 | |
| “Game Not Over” by Ron Friedman | 23 | 25 | ||
| No Award | 5 | |||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 3 | 9 | 15 |
Fourth Place
| “Game Not Over” by Ron Friedman | 36 | 38 | 51 |
| “Cosmobotica” by Costi Gurgu & Tony Pi | 40 | 40 | 50 |
| “Super Frenemies” by Stephen Kotowych | 29 | 29 | |
| No Award | 5 | ||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 3 | 9 |
Fifth Place
| “Cosmobotica” by Costi Gurgu & Tony Pi | 53 |
| “Super Frenemies” by Stephen Kotowych | 32 |
| No Award | 6 |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 |
Best English Poem/Song (103 ballots)
First Place
| “Origami Crane / Light Defying Spaceship” by Naru Dames Sundar | 32 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 42 |
| “Typhon & Echidna: A Love Story” by Sandra Kasturi | 28 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 40 |
| “Venice Letting Go” by Sandra Kasturi | 18 | 18 | 19 | 25 | |
| “Portrait” by David Clink | 14 | 14 | 17 | ||
| “Elegy for WLC” by David Clink | 7 | 7 | |||
| No Award | 4 | ||||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 4 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
No Award Test: 60 ballots ranked “Origami Crane / Light Defying Spaceship” higher than No Award
8 ballot ranked No Award higher than “Origami Crane / Light Defying Spaceship” “Origami Crane / Light Defying Spaceship” is confirmed as the winner
Second Place
| “Typhon & Echidna: A Love Story” by Sandra Kasturi | 35 | 35 | 36 | 43 |
| “Venice Letting Go” by Sandra Kasturi | 24 | 24 | 26 | 34 |
| “Portrait” by David Clink | 17 | 17 | 22 | |
| “Elegy for WLC” by David Clink | 11 | 11 | ||
| No Award | 7 | |||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 7 | 10 | 17 |
Third Place
| “Venice Letting Go” by Sandra Kasturi | 42 | 43 |
| “Portrait” by David Clink | 25 | 25 |
| “Elegy for WLC” by David Clink | 13 | 13 |
| No Award | 10 | |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 9 |
Fourth Place
| “Portrait” by David Clink | 34 | 35 |
| “Elegy for WLC” by David Clink | 23 | 23 |
| No Award | 11 | |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 10 |
Best English Graphic Novel (105 ballots)
First Place
| The Lady ParaNorma by Vincent Marcone | 21 | 21 | 23 | 34 | 42 |
| West of Bathurst: The Complete Collection by Kari Maaren | 27 | 27 | 29 | 32 | 37 |
| Crash and Burn: Prologue by Kate Larking & Finn Lucullan | 23 | 23 | 25 | 29 | |
| Infinitum by GMB Chomichuk | 19 | 19 | 21 | ||
| Bloodsuckers by J.M. Frey, illustrated by Ryan Cole | 14 | 14 | |||
| No Award | 1 | ||||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
No Award Test: 60 ballots ranked The Lady ParaNorma higher than No Award
3 ballots ranked No Award higher than The Lady ParaNorma
The Lady ParaNorma is confirmed as the winner
Second Place
| West of Bathurst: The Complete Collection by Kari Maaren | 30 | 30 | 33 | 40 |
| Infinitum by GMB Chomichuk | 26 | 26 | 31 | 35 |
| Crash and Burn: Prologue by Kate Larking & Finn Lucullan | 26 | 26 | 29 | |
| Bloodsuckers by J.M. Frey, illustrated by Ryan Cole | 19 | 19 | ||
| No Award | 1 | |||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 1 | 9 | 27 |
Third Place
| Infinitum by GMB Chomichuk | 38 | 38 | 45 |
| Crash and Burn: Prologue by Kate Larking & Finn Lucullan | 32 | 32 | 38 |
| Bloodsuckers by J.M. Frey, illustrated by Ryan Cole | 23 | 23 | |
| No Award | 1 | ||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 1 | 11 |
Fourth Place
| Bloodsuckers by J.M. Frey, illustrated by Ryan Cole | 40 | 41 |
| Crash and Burn: Prologue by Kate Larking & Finn Lucullan | 39 | 39 |
| No Award | 2 | |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 1 |
Best English Related Work (130 ballots)
First Place
| Second Contacts edited by Michael Rimar & Hayden Trenholm | 37 | 37 | 38 | 46 | 64 |
| Licence Expired: edited by Madeline Ashby and David Nickle | 31 | 31 | 36 | 43 | 48 |
| Professor Challenger: edited by J R Campbell and Charles Prepolec | 21 | 21 | 27 | 28 | |
| Playground of Lost Toys edited by Colleen Anderson and Ursula Pflug | 22 | 22 | 24 | ||
| nEvermore! edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles | 17 | 17 | |||
| No Award | 2 | ||||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
No Award Test: 86 ballots ranked Second Contacts higher than No Award
3 ballots ranked No Award higher than Second Contacts
Second Contacts is confirmed as the winner
| Licence Expired: edited by Madeline Ashby and David Nickle | 45 | 45 | 51 | 64 |
| Professor Challenger: edited by J R Campbell and Charles Prepolec | 27 | 27 | 34 | 42 |
| Playground of Lost Toys edited by Colleen Anderson and Ursula Pflug | 28 | 28 | 33 | |
| nEvermore! edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles | 23 | 23 | ||
| No Award | 3 | |||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 |
Third Place
| Playground of Lost Toys edited by Colleen Anderson and Ursula Pflug | 39 | 39 | 49 |
| nEvermore! edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles | 34 | 34 | 46 |
| Professor Challenger: edited by J R Campbell and Charles Prepolec | 31 | 31 | |
| No Award | 3 | ||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 3 | 12 |
Fourth Place
| nEvermore! edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles | 49 |
| Professor Challenger: edited by J R Campbell and Charles Prepolec | 39 |
| No Award | 5 |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 |
Best Visual Presentation (105 ballots)
First Place
| Orphan Black, Season 3, John Fawcett and Graeme Manson | 48 | 48 | 50 |
| Dark Matter, Season 1, Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| Killjoys, Season 1, Michelle Lovretta | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Continuum, Season 4, Simon Barry | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Bitten, Season 2, Daegan Fryklind | 7 | 7 | |
| No Award | 7 | ||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 7 | 12 |
No Award Test: 78 ballots ranked Orphan Black, Season 3 higher than No Award
7 ballots ranked No Award higher than Orphan Black, Season 3
Orphan Black, Season 3 is confirmed as the winner
Second Place
| Dark Matter, Season 1, Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie | 25 | 25 | 31 | 36 |
| Killjoys, Season 1, Michelle Lovretta | 24 | 24 | 26 | 33 |
| Bitten, Season 2, Daegan Fryklind | 18 | 18 | 20 | |
| Continuum, Season 4, Simon Barry | 15 | 15 | ||
| No Award | 7 | |||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 7 | 12 | 20 |
Third Place
| Killjoys, Season 1, Michelle Lovretta | 32 | 32 | 39 |
| Bitten, Season 2, Daegan Fryklind | 22 | 22 | 27 |
| Continuum, Season 4, Simon Barry | 22 | 22 | |
| No Award | 7 | ||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 7 | 17 |
Fourth Place
| Bitten, Season 2, Daegan Fryklind | 34 | 34 |
| Continuum, Season 4, Simon Barry | 31 | 31 |
| No Award | 7 | |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 7 |
Best Artist (136 ballots)
First Place
| Erik Mohr | 48 | 48 | 48 | 54 | 65 |
| Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk | 33 | 33 | 35 | 39 | 49 |
| Dan O’Driscoll | 23 | 23 | 26 | 35 | |
| James Beveridge | 21 | 21 | 23 | ||
| Jeff Minkevics | 11 | 11 | |||
| No Award | 0 | ||||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
No Award Test: 89 ballots ranked Erik Mohr higher than No Award
0 ballots ranked No Award higher than Erik Mohr
Erik Mohr is confirmed as the winner
Second Place
| Dan O’Driscoll | 32 | 32 | 35 | 52 |
| Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk | 39 | 39 | 43 | 50 |
| James Beveridge | 28 | 28 | 33 | |
| Jeff Minkevics | 17 | 17 | ||
| No Award | 0 | |||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 |
Third Place
| Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk | 43 | 43 | 49 |
| James Beveridge | 39 | 39 | 46 |
| Jeff Minkevics | 20 | 20 | |
| No Award | 0 | ||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Fourth Place
| James Beveridge | 57 |
| Jeff Minkevics | 28 |
| No Award | 4 |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 |
Best Fan Publication (92 ballots)
First Place
| Speculating Canada edited by Derek Newman-Stille | 48 | 48 |
| The Page of Reviews edited by Adam Shaftoe | 20 | 20 |
| Broken Toys edited by Taral Wayne | 10 | 10 |
| WARP, issues 90-93 edited by Cathy Palmer-Lister | 9 | 9 |
| Ecdysis edited by Jonathan Crowe | 3 | 3 |
| No Award | 2 | |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 2 |
No Award Test: 73 ballots ranked Speculating Canada higher than No Award
2 ballots ranked No Award higher than Speculating Canada
Speculating Canada is confirmed as the winner
Second Place
| The Page of Reviews edited by Adam Shaftoe | 30 | 30 | 32 | 37 |
| Broken Toys edited by Taral Wayne | 17 | 17 | 18 | 22 |
| WARP, issues 90-93 edited by Cathy Palmer-Lister | 13 | 13 | 14 | |
| Ecdysis edited by Jonathan Crowe | 6 | 6 | ||
| No Award | 2 | |||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
Third Place
| Broken Toys edited by Taral Wayne | 20 | 20 | 22 |
| Ecdysis edited by Jonathan Crowe | 15 | 15 | 20 |
| WARP, issues 90-93 edited by Cathy Palmer-Lister | 14 | 14 | |
| No Award | 2 | ||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Fourth Place
| Ecdysis edited by Jonathan Crowe | 19 | 19 |
| WARP, issues 90-93 edited by Cathy Palmer-Lister | 19 | 19 |
| No Award | 2 | |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 2 |
Best Fan Organizational (135 ballots)
First Place
| Randy McCharles, Chair, When Words Collide | 63 | 63 | 65 | 70 |
| Derek Künsken and Marie Bilodeau, Executive, Can*Con 2015 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 29 |
| Samantha Beiko and Chadwick Ginther, Chair, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Winnipeg | 24 | 24 | 27 | 28 |
| Alana Otis-Wood and Paul Roberts, Co-chairs, Ad Astra 34, Toronto | 14 | 14 | 14 | |
| Matt Moore, Marie Bilodeau and Nicole Lavigne, Co-chairs, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Ottawa | 7 | 7 | ||
| No Award | 2 | |||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 2 | 2 | 8 |
No Award Test: 92 ballots ranked Randy McCharles higher than No Award
2 ballots ranked No Award higher than Randy McCharles
Randy McCharles is confirmed as the winner
Second Place
| Derek Künsken and Marie Bilodeau, Executive, Can*Con 2015 | 36 | 37 | 42 | 50 |
| Samantha Beiko and Chadwick Ginther, Chair, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Winnipeg | 34 | 34 | 40 | 43 |
| Alana Otis-Wood and Paul Roberts, Co-chairs, Ad Astra 34, Toronto | 21 | 22 | 22 | |
| Matt Moore, Marie Bilodeau and Nicole Lavigne, Co-chairs, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Ottawa | 11 | 11 | ||
| No Award | 2 | |||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 2 | 2 | 13 |
Third Place
| Samantha Beiko and Chadwick Ginther, Chair, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Winnipeg | 40 | 40 | 52 |
| Alana Otis-Wood and Paul Roberts, Co-chairs, Ad Astra 34, Toronto | 32 | 34 | 39 |
| Matt Moore, Marie Bilodeau and Nicole Lavigne, Co-chairs, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Ottawa | 22 | 22 | |
| No Award | 4 | ||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 2 | 7 |
Fourth Place
| Matt Moore, Marie Bilodeau and Nicole Lavigne, Co-chairs, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Ottawa | 45 |
| Alana Otis-Wood and Paul Roberts, Co-chairs, Ad Astra 34, Toronto | 37 |
| No Award | 4 |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 |
Best Fan Related Work (94 ballots)
First Place
| Derek Newman-Stille, Speculating, Canada on Trent Radio 92.7 FM | 41 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 55 |
| Steve Fahnestalk, weekly column in Amazing Stories Magazine | 21 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 27 |
| Kari Maaren, Everbody Hates Elves | 20 | 20 | 23 | 24 | |
| Keith Braithwaite, The Doctor and his Companion | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Morva Bowman and Alan Pollard, Halsway Con Concert | 5 | 5 | |||
| No Award | 2 | ||||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
No Award Test: 69 ballots ranked Derek Newman-Stille higher than No Award
2 ballots ranked No Award higher than Derek Newman-Stille
Derek Newman-Stille is confirmed as the winner
Second Place
| Kari Maaren, Everbody Hates Elves | 35 | 35 | 39 |
| Steve Fahnestalk, weekly column in Amazing Stories Magazine | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| Keith Braithwaite, The Doctor and his Companion | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Morva Bowman and Alan Pollard, Halsway Con Concert | 5 | 5 | |
| No Award | 2 | ||
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Third Place
| Steve Fahnestalk, weekly column in Amazing Stories Magazine | 30 |
| Keith Braithwaite, The Doctor and his Companion | 10 |
| Morva Bowman and Alan Pollard, Halsway Con Concert | 10 |
| No Award | 2 |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 |
Fourth Place
| Keith Braithwaite, The Doctor and his Companion | 18 |
| Morva Bowman and Alan Pollard, Halsway Con Concert | 15 |
| No Award | 2 |
| Exhausted (no remaining candidates selected) | 0 |
Nominations and Voting by Province and Territory
Note: There were one nominator and four voters from a Canadian living outside of Canada.
| Province | Nominators | Percent | Voters | Percent | |
| British Columbia | 17 | 10.2% | 21 | 10.8% | |
| Alberta | 48 | 28.7% | 75 | 38.5% | |
| Saskatchewan | 6 | 3.6% | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Manitoba | 11 | 6.6% | 12 | 6.2% | |
| Ontario | 80 | 47.9% | 78 | 40.0% | |
| Quebec | 3 | 1.8% | 2 | 1.0% | |
| New Brunswick | 1 | 0.6% | 2 | 1.0% | |
| Nova Scotia | 1 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.5% | |
| Outside Canada | 1 | 0.6% | 4 | 2.1% | |
| Total | 167 | 100.0% | 195 | 100.0% |
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)