The 2017 Aurora Awards Ballot

The 2017 Aurora Awards Ballot has been announced by the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association.

From the CSFFA FAQ:

What are the awards? 
The Aurora Awards are kind of like the Peoples Choice awards for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, except just for Canadians.  There are twelve categories, some of them for literary works, and some of them for amateur or what we call Fan works.  All Canadians may nominate or vote for the awards.  Each year’s awards are for original works or activites done by Canadians in the previous calendar year.

2017 Aurora Award Ballot 

This ballot is for works done in 2016 by Canadians. The Aurora Awards are nominated by members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association. The top five nominated works were selected. Additional works were included where there was a tie for fifth place.

Best Novel

• Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay, Viking Canada
• Company Town by Madeline Ashby, Tor Books
• The Courier by Gerald Brandt, DAW Books
• The Nature of a Pirate by A.M. Dellamonica, Tor Books
• Quantum Night by Robert J. Sawyer, Penguin Canada
• Stars like Cold Fire by Brent Nichols, Bundoran Press

Best Young Adult Novel

• Day of the Demon by Randy McCharles, CreateSpace
• Door into Faerie by Edward Willett, Coteau Books
• Heir to the Sky by Amanda Sun, Harlequin Teen
• Icarus Down by James Bow, Scholastic Canada
• Mik Murdoch: Crisis of Conscience by Michell Plested, Evil Alter Ego Press The Wizard Killer - Season One by Adam Dreece, ADZO Publishing

Best Short Fiction

• Age of Miracles by Robert Runté, Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts, Laksa Media
• Frog Song by Erika Holt, Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts, Laksa Media
• Living in Oz by Bev Geddes, Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts, Laksa Media
• Marion's War by Hayden Trenholm, Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts, Laksa Media
• Seasons of Glass and Iron by Amal el-Mohtar, The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales, Saga Press When Phakack Came to Steal Papa, A Ti-Jean Story by Ace Jordyn, On Spec Magazine

Best Poem/Song
No award will be given out in this category in 2017 due to insufficient eligible nominees

Best Graphic Novel

• Angel Catbird, Volume One by Margaret Atwood, Johnnie Christmas and Tamra Bonvillian, Dark Horse Books Crash and Burn by Kate Larking and Finn Lucullan, Astres Press
• Earthsong by Crystal Yates, Webcomic
• It Never Rains by Kari Maaren, Webcomic
• Weregeek by Alina Pete, Webcomic

Best Related Work

• Clockwork Canada: Steampunk Fiction edited by Dominik Parisien, Exile Editions
• Enigma Front: Burnt, managing editor Celeste A. Peters, Analemma Books
• Lazarus Risen edited by Hayden Trenholm and Mike Rimar, Bundoran Press
• Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts edited by Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law, Laksa Media
• Superhero Universe (Tesseracts Nineteen) edited by Claude Lalumière and Mark Shainblum, EDGE

Best Visual Presentation

• Arrival, director, Denis Villeneuve, Paramount Pictures
• Orphan Black, Season 4, John Fawcett and Graeme Manson, Temple Street Productions
• Killjoys, Season 2, Michelle Lovretta, Temple Street Productions
• Dark Matter, Season 2, Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, Prodigy Pictures
• Murdoch Mysteries, Season 9, Peter Mitchell and Christina Jennings, Shaftesbury Films

Best Artist

• Samantha M. Beiko, cover to Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts
• James Beveridge, covers and poster art
• Melissa Mary Duncan, body of work
• Erik Mohr, covers for ChiZine Publications and Company Town for Tor Books Dan O'Driscoll, covers for Bundoran Press

Best Fan Writing and Publications

• Amazing Stories Magazine, weekly column, Steve Fahnestalk
• BCSFAzine #512 to #519, edited by Felicity Walker
• The Nerd is the Word, articles by Dylan McEvoy
• OBIR Magazine #4, edited by R. Graeme Cameron
• Silver Stag Entertainment, edited by S.M. Carrière
• Speculating Canada edited by Derek Newman-Stille

Best Fan Organizational

• Samantha Beiko and Chadwick Ginther, co-chairs, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Winnipeg
• R. Graeme Cameron, chair, VCON 41, Surrey, BC
• Sandra Kasturi and Angela Keeley, co-chairs, 2016 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
• Derek Künsken and Marie Bilodeau, executive, Can*Con 2016, Ottawa
• Randy McCharles, chair, When Words Collide, Calgary
• Matt Moore, Marie Bilodeau, and Nicole Lavigne, co-chairs, Chiaroscuro Reading Series: Ottawa Sandra Wickham, chair, Creative Ink Festival, Burnaby, BC

Best Fan Related Work

• Ron S. Friedman, Villains and Conflicts presentation, When Words Collide, Calgary Comic Expo, and File 770
• Kari Maaren, Concert, SFContario
• Derek Newman-Stille, Speculating, Canada on Trent Radio 92.7 FM

Best of the Decade
This is a special category for this year’s awards for works published between January 2001 and December 2010. Note: Items in italics are for multi-volume works. Multi-volume stories were considered if they began prior to 2001 but ended before or close to 2011. We defined a multi-volume story as one with a continuous narrative. Finalists were chosen by an eight-person jury from across Canada. The winner will be chosen by our membership’s votes.

• Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson, Tor Books
• The Blue Ant Trilogy by William Gibson, Berkley
• Malazan Book of the Fallen, Steven Erikson, Tor Books
• The Neanderthal Parallax, Robert J. Sawyer, Tor Books
• The Onion Girl, Charles de Lint, Tor Books
• Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay, Viking Canada