Aurora Award Nominees Announced

The final ballot for the 2008 Aurora Awards was announced March 27.

Deadline for receipt of ballots is 7 May; the awards will be handed out at KeyCon 25 (hosting Canvention 28), which takes place from May 16–19 in Winnipeg.

Here is a partial list of nominees.


Best Long-Form Work in English:

  • As Fate Decrees by Denysé Bridger (published by EDGE Publishing);
  • New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson (Grand Central Publishing);
  • The Moon Under Her Feet by Derwin Mak (Windstorm Creative);
  • Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer (Tor/Analog); and
  • Cry Wolf by Edo van Belkom (McClelland & Stewart).

  • Best Long-Form Work in French:

    • Alegracia et les Xayiris by Dominic Bellavance (Les Six Brumes);
    • La-haut sur la Colline by Claude Bolduc (Solaris);
    • Cimetière du musée by Diane Boudreau (du Phoenix);
    • Le Parasite by Georges LaFontaine (Guy Saint-Jean); and
    • Arielle Queen by Michel J. Lévesque (Les Intouchables).