2022 Aurora Awards – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)

The 2022 Aurora Awards were handed out on August 13, 2022, in a live streaming ceremony part of When Words Collide (www.whenwordscollide.org)

The Winners

Best Novel: Jade Legacy, Fonda Lee, Orbit
Best YA Novel: Walking in Two Worlds, Wab Kinew, Penguin Teen
Best Novelette/Novella: The Annual Migration of Clouds, Premee Mohamed, ECW Press
Best Short Story: “The Mathematics of Fairyland”, Phoebe Barton, Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 129
Best Graphic Novel/Comic: It Never Rains, Kari Maaren, webcomic
Best Poem/Song: “Cat People Café”, Carolyn Clink, Polar Starlight #3
Best Related Work: Alias Space and Other Stories, Kelly Robson, Subterranean Press
Best Visual Presentation: Dune (2021), directed by Denis Villeneuve, Legendary Entertainment
Best Artist: Samantha M. Beiko
Best Fan Writing and Publication: Polar Borealis, Issues #17 to #20, edited by R. Graeme Cameron
Best Fan Organizational: When Words Collide, Randy McCharles, chair, online festival
Best Fan Related Work: Broadcasts from the Wasteland, Brandon Crilly and Evan May, Podcast

The Annual Migration of Clouds, Premee Mohamed, ECW Press
“Decay in Five Stages“, Julie E. Czerneda, Derelict, Zombies Need Brains
“Lay Down Your Heart“, Liz Westbrook-Trenholm and Hayden Trenholm, Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories
The Return of the Sorceress, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Subterranean Press
These Lifeless Things, Premee Mohamed, Solaris

“Clear Waters“, C.J. Cheung (Calvin Jim), Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories
“Eighteen Days of Barbareek”, Rati Mehrotra, Uncanny Magazine, Issue Thirty-Nine
“Elesa’s Eyes“, Elizabeth Whitton, On Spec Magazine #117, September
“The Mathematics of Fairyland”, Phoebe Barton, Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 129
“The Only Road“, Susan Forest, Shapers of Worlds Volume II
“Second Thoughts“, Eric Choi, Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories

Crash and Burn, Kate Larking and Finn Lucullan, Astres Press
Critical Role: The Mighty Nein. Origins — Jester Lavorre, Sam Maggs with art by Hunter Severn Bonyun, Dark Horse Comics
Goblins, Ellipsis Hana Stephens, Webcomic
It Never Rains, Kari Maaren, Webcomic
Shadow Life, Hiromi Goto with art by Ann Xu, First Second Books
Thor and Loki: Double Trouble, Mariko Tamaki and Gurihiru, Marvel Comics

Alias Space and Other Stories, Kelly Robson, Subterranean Press
Food of My People, edited by Candas Jane Dorsey and Ursula Pflug, Exile Editions
Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Issue 32, edited by Karl Johanson
On Spec Magazine, #116, #117, and #118, managing editor Diane L. Walton, Copper Pig Writers’ Society
Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories, edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law,
Laksa Media Groups

Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice, Zacharias Kunuk, Kingulliit Productions / Taqqut Productions
Dune (2021), directed by Denis Villeneuve, Legendary Entertainment
Free Guy, directed by Shawn Levy, Century Studios
Ghostbusters: Afterlife, directed by Jason Reitman, Columbia Pictures
Wynonna Earp, Season 4, episodes 7-12, Emily Andras, showrunner, Seven24 Films

Samantha Beiko, cover for Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories
James Beveridge, cover for On Spec Magazine, Issue #116, and
CD cover for Distant Past’s album, The Final Stage Swati Chavda, covers for Polar Starlight #1, plus Polar Borealis #18 and #20
Dan O’Driscoll, Red World, Blue Star, cover for On Spec Magazine, Issue #117, and cover for Star Song
Veronica Park, cover for The Annual Migration of Clouds

Canadian SF&F book and magazine reviews in Amazing Stories (online), R. Graeme Cameron
In Defense of the Humble Cold Plate: How the Peculiar, Distinct, and Different Enriches Fiction, Krista D. Ball
Polar Borealis Magazine, issues #17 to #20, edited by R. Graeme Cameron
Polar Starlight Magazine, issues #1 to #4, edited by Rhea E. Rose
Young People Read Old SFF, curated by James Davis Nicoll, Online

Argo Author Chats, A.E. Prevost, Argo Bookshop, monthly online book discussions (Montreal)
ephemera Reading Series, KT Bryski and Jen R. Albert (Toronto)
Hal-Con, Hal-Con Sci-Fi Fantasy Association (Halifax)
When Words Collide , chair, Randy McCharles (Calgary)
World Fantasy Convention, chair, Diane Lacey, (Montreal)