News about the Aurora Awards
It is with great sadness that we announce that we have lost one of our own. Jean-Louis Trudel, one of the pillars of the Canadian literary community of imaginative literature, died Nov. 17 in Vilnius, Lithuania. He was in Lithuania for the month of November as a writer in residence. He was 58 years old….
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Aurora Awards for excellence by Canadians in the fields of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. We want to congratulate all of this year’s nominees. The awards went to: The awards were live-streamed on Sunday, August 10th, 2025, via YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn. . They were recorded…
This year’s awards ceremony will be live-streamed begin at 5:00pm EDT on Sunday, August 10th. That’s Eastern time (Ontario and Quebec). Make sure you adjust the time if you live elsewhere. Everyone is welcome to join us. The ceremony will be recorded to watch at anytime. The ceremony is again hosted by Mark and Liz…
CSFFA (The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association) is proud to announce the 2025 CSFFA Hall of Fame inductees. For more about each of this year’s inductees visit our latest inductee webpage. We wish to thank the 2025 CSFFA Hall of Fame jury for their work: Rebecca Diem; Candas Jane Dorsey (HOF 2018); Randy McCharles;…
Voting is open for this year’s Aurora Awards. CSFFA members have until 11:59pm EDT on July 19th, 2024, to submit their ballot. You must log into your CSFFA account to participate. You will be able to rank all nominated works by order of preference, where “1” is your preferred candidate. To vote, move your choices…
The 2025 Aurora Award Voters’ Package is now available to download. We want to thank all of our nominees and their publishers for providing e-versions or links to all of this year’s nominated works or activities. The Voter’s Package is provided to CSFFA members so you can read this year’s nominated works prior to voting. …
You can now see who is on this year’s Aurora Award ballot on our current ballot page. The voters’ package is still being put together and we’re hoping to have it out mid-May. Voting for this year’s awards will open on June 7th. CSFFA members have five weeks to submit their ballots. Voting will close…
CSFFA members* can now submit their nominations for works done in 2024. Members may submit up to five different works in each of our ten categories. We ask that you only nominate in categories if you are familiar with the eligible works. Our nomination form closes at 11:59pm Eastern Time on April 5th. Review eligible…
Our Calendar of Activities for 2025 is now available!
The CSFFA Professional Development Grant submission date for this year has been extended to September 30th. For full details about the grant and what is require to submit check out our webpage, https://www.csffa.ca/csffa-professional-developmental-grant/
