FINALISTS: 2012 Prix Aurora Awards

The finalists for the 2012 Aurora Awards have been announced.

The nominees are:

• Enter Night by Michael Rowe (ChiZine Publications)
• Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism by David Nickle (ChiZine Publications)
• Napier’s Bones by Derryl Murphy (ChiZine Publications)
• The Pattern Scars by Caitlin Sweet (ChiZine Publications)
• Technicolor Ultra Mall by Ryan Oakley (EDGE)
• WWW: Wonder by Robert J. Sawyer (Penguin Canada)

• “The Legend of Gluck” by Marie Bilodeau (When the Hero Comes Home, Dragon Moon Press)
• “The Needle’s Eye” by Suzanne Church (Chilling Tales: Evil Did I Dwell; Lewd Did I Live, EDGE)
• “One Horrible Day” by Randy McCharles (The 2nd Circle, The 10th Circle Project)
• “Turning It Off” by Susan Forest (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December)
• “To Live and Die in Gibbontown” by Derek Künsken (Asimov’s Science Fiction, October/November)

• “A Good Catch” by Colleen Anderson (Polu Texni, April)
• “Ode to the Mongolian Death Worm” by Sandra Kasturi (ChiZine, Supergod Mega-Issue, Volume 47)
• “Skeleton Leaves” by Helen Marshall (Kelp Queen Press)
• “Skeleton Woman” by Heather Dale and Ben Deschamps (Fairytale, CD)
• “Zombie Bees of Winnipeg” by Carolyn Clink (ChiZine, Supergod Mega-Issue, Volume 47)

• Goblins (webcomic) created by Tarol Hunt
• Imagination Manifesto, Book 2 by GMB Chomichuk, James Rewucki and John Toone (Alchemical Press)
• Weregeek (webcomic) created by Alina Pete

• Fairytale (CD) by Heather Dale
• The First Circle: Volume One of the Tenth Circle Project, edited by Eileen Bell and Ryan McFadden
• Neo-Opsis edited by Karl Johanson
• On Spec, published by the Copper Pig Writers’ Society
• Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales edited by Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor (EDGE)

• Janice Blaine
• Costi Gurgu
• Erik Mohr
• Dan O’Driscoll
• Martin Springett

• BCSFAzine edited by Felicity Walker
• Bourbon and Eggnog by Eileen Bell, Ryan McFadden, Billie Milholland and Randy McCharles (10th Circle Project)
• In Places Between: The Robin Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest book edited by Reneé Bennett
• Sol Rising edited by Michael Matheson
• Space Cadet edited by R. Graeme Cameron

• Stone Dragons (Tom and Sue Jeffers), concert at FilKONtario
• Phil Mills, Body of Song-Writing Work including FAWM and 50/90
• Cindy Turner, Interfilk concert at OVFF

• Andrew Gurudata, chair of the Constellation Awards committee
• Peter Halasz, administrator of the Sunburst Awards
• Helen Marshall and Sandra Kasturi, chairs of the Chiaroscuro Reading Series (Toronto)
• Randy McCharles, founder and chair of When Words Collide (Calgary)
• Alex von Thorn, chair of SFContario 2 (Toronto)
• Rose Wilson, for organizing the Art Show at V-Con (Vancouver)

• Lloyd Penney, letters of comment
• Peter Watts, “Reality: The Ultimate Mythology” lecture, Toronto SpecFic Colloquium
• Taral Wayne, Canadian Fanzine Fanac Awards art

Voting will run from 16 April to 23 July. Winners will be announced at When Words Collide (Canvention 32) in Calgary, Alberta, 10-12 August.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

[via SFScope]

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