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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

BEST FAN WRITING AND PUBLICATION: Polar Starlight Magazine, Issues 17-20, Rhea E. Rose, editor BEST FAN RELATED WORK: Can*Con, Marie Bilodeau, chair and Brandon Crilly, vice-chair, Ottawa

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

BEST RELATED WORK: Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three, Stephen Kotowych, Editor, Ansible Press BEST COVER ART/INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION: Listen to Me and I’ll tell You a Story, Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe, Uncanny Magazine, Issue Sixty-Six

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

BEST NOVELETTE/NOVELLA: The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar, Tordotcom BEST SHORT STORY: “The Stone Played at Tengen“, R.H. Wesley, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 230 BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL: Shark Girl, Kate Beaton, Roaring Brook Press BEST POEM/SONG: “From Dust“, J. Y. Zhang, Small Wonders

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Announced this evening, the 2026 Aurora Award Winners: BEST NOVEL: The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine, Robert J. Sawyer, Audible Originals/Shadowpaw Press BEST YA NOVEL: Breath of the Dragon, Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee, Wednesday Books

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Andy W. Taylor @sooguy68.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I remembered to submit my votes for the Aurora Awards! Did you? They close tonight at 11:59 PM (EDT). You still have time. Support Cdn creators! Visit @csffa.bsky.social and learn how to take out a membership for next year!

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Today is your last chance to vote in the #2026AuroraAwards! There remain just over 6hours left to vote before the deadline at midnight Eastern Time. If you've read even one nominee you consider worthy of support, please make the effort to get your vote in! www.csffa.ca/members-home...

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

If you already ARE a CSFFA member and haven't yet downloaded the voters packet, this weekend represents your last chance to do so. It will NOT be available during the last week of voting, which ends July 18.

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Only a bit >24 hours left to join CSFFA for 2026 and participate in voting for this year's Aurora Awards! After the membership deadline tomorrow you won't be able to get the voter package. If you D/L the voter package by then you keep the ebooks *forever*! Only $10 at www.csffa.ca/become-a-member/

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST FAN RELATED WORK Can*Con, Marie Bilodeau and Brandon Crilly Scintillation, Jo Walton and Rene Walling, co-chairs Two Old Farts Talk Sci-Fi, Troy Harkin and David Clink, podcast Wizards & Spaceships, Rachel A. Rosen and David L. Clink, podcast The Worldshapers Podcast, Edward Willett

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST FAN WRITING Amazing Stories online columns, Steve Fahnestalk Book Reviews in The Ottawa Review of Books, Robert Runté Polar Starlight Magazine, Rhea E. Rose, editor Speculative Poetry and the Hugos, Lynne Sargent, Strange Horizons Young People Read Old Science Fiction, James Davis Nicoll

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST COVER ART/INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION Dancing With the Holly King, Janice Blaine, On Spec Magazine Seance, Alice M., Heartlines Spec Lunar Base, Dan O’Driscoll, On Spec Magazine Starship Librarians, Lorna Antoniazzi Listen to Me and I’ll tell You a Story, Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe, Uncanny Magazine

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST RELATED WORK pt. 2 On Spec Magazine, Issues #131 – 134, Vol 35, Diane L. Walton, Managing Editor, The Copper Pig Writers’ Society, Publisher One Message Remains, Premee Mohamed, Psychopomp Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three, Stephen Kotowych, Editor, Ansible Press

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST RELATED WORK pt. 1 As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories, Terese Mason Pierre, House of Anansi Press Augur Magazine, Issues 8.1-8.3, Kerry C. Byrne, Toria Liao, André Geleynse, Kelley Tai, and Azure Arther

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST POEM/SONG “At the Spaceport Bar“, Lisa Timpf “Bigfoot Farewell“, Carolyn Clink “Dragon Karaoke“, David Clink “Explosive“, Derek Newman-Stille “flowers without meadow“, Tiffany Morris “From Dust“, J. Y. Zhang

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL/COMIC Atana and the Jade Mermaid, Vivian Zhou, HarperAlley “Bonds of the Forest“, Ally Rom Colthoff, Augur Magazine, Issue 8.3 It Never Rains, Kari Maaren, webcomic Questionable Content, Jeph Jacques, webcomic Shark Girl, Kate Beaton, Quill and Quire

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST SHORT STORY pt. 2 “The Stone Played at Tengen“, R.H. Wesley, Clarkesworld “What If We Kissed While Sinking a Billionaire’s Yacht?“, Rachel A. Rosen, Antifa Lit Journal

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST SHORT STORY pt. 1 “Hunted To Extinction“, Premee Mohamed, Gallery Books “I Ain’t Your Doll Face“, Jacqueline Thorpe, Polar Borealis “the love song of house and lake“, Gillian Secord, On Spec

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST NOVELETTE/NOVELLA The First Thousand Trees, Premee Mohamed, ECW Press “In the Gardener’s Service“, Michèle Laframboise, Asimov’s “The Lure of Stone“, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Uncanny Magazine A Palace Near the Wind, Ai Jiang, Titan Books The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar, Tordotcom

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST YA NOVEL Breath of the Dragon, Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee Fireboy, Edward Willett, Shadowpaw Press A Lion’s Head, D.M. De Alwis, Ahasae Tharu Publications Minotaur, Jamieson Wolf, Rebel Satori Press One Morning Sun, Avi Silver, Molewhale Press Winging It, Jen Desmarais, Renaissance Press

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

BEST NOVEL The Bewitching, Silvia Moreno-Garcia Blight, Rachel A. Rosen Direct Descendant, Tanya Huff The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine, Robert J. Sawyer Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales, Heather Fawcett A Shift of Time, Julie E. Czerneda Written on the Dark, Guy Gavriel Kay

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Announcing the #AuroraAwars2026 finalists! Check out the full ballot at our Current Ballot page: www.csffa.ca/awards-infor... We're currently working on the voters’ package which includes digital copies of nominated works. We hope to release it in mid-May. Voting for the awards will begin in June.

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Last chance to nominate in the #AuroraAwards2026! The nomination period ends in only *5* hours, at 11:59pm Eastern. Get your picks in! Let's celebrate Canadian genre together!

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Available from the members portal after the finalists are announced. We'll post again when it's ready to access.

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Plus, members get get access to the Aurora Voters Package which includes ebook/digital copies of the all works on the final ballot. That makes $10 a pretty sweet deal for award-worthy Canadian fiction!

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

And if you're not already a member, why not?! It's only $10 to nominate and vote for your favourite Canadian speculative genre authors and artists. You can STILL get a 2026 membership and vote before the Saturday deadline. www.csffa.ca/become-a-mem...

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Membership: Become a Member (2026) – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL'S PRANK! The #AuroraAwards2026 nominations CLOSE in 3 days, on Sat. Apr. 4, at 11:59pm EDT. Already a member? Fill out your nominating ballot - nominating numbers are never that high so your vote can make a big difference to who gets on the final ballot. www.csffa.ca

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The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) – Home of the Prix Aurora Awards and CSFFA Hall of Fame

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The nomination period for the 2026 Aurora Awards is officially open! All CSFFA members can log into the website at www.csffa.ca and submit up to five works in each our ten categories. Please only nominate what you're familiar with. Nominations close 11:59pm EST on April 4th, 2026. #AuroraAwards2026

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

CSFFA's March Newsletter is out: mailchi.mp/csffa/march-... Find within: 2026 Aurora Award Nominations are Open! The March Aurora Book Club book is "Songs from the Drowned Lands" by Eileen Kernaghan We share an interview w/ Jon Tattrie, author of a new Charles Saunders (2025 CSFFA HOF Inductee)

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2026 Aurora Award Nominations Are OPEN

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The ones you see on the public page are already confirmed. We'll take a week to verify everything else and the nominations will open on the 28th.

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Sorry for the late reminder! today is the final day to submit any SFFH creative work originally released in 2025 for consideration in this year's Aurora Awards. Eligibility lists close at 11:59pm EST tonight. Anything not on our confirmed lists *cannot* be nominated for the awards. #AuroraAwards

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Jan. 2026 CSFFA Newsletter drops, including: registration for the year is open, and our first book club meeting is happening on Jan. 22 (featuring @cjdwriter.bsky.social!) to talk A JUDGMENT OF DRAGONS and matron saint of Canadian spec fic, Phyllis Gotlieb. mailchi.mp/csffa/jan-2026

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2026 CSFFA Registration Opens, Book Club Meeting Jan. 22

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Egads, typo in the title! Look away, you didn't see.

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Happy Holidays from CSFFA! Check out the info for our Aurora Book Club, launching in January with Phyllis Gotlieb's "A Judgment of Dragons" and a book club event featuring special guest @cjdwriter.bsky.social! + CSFFA's 2026 Calendar & Aurora Eligibility Reminder mailchi.mp/csffa/dec-2025

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Season's Greetings, Book Club Launces in January & CSFFA's 2026 Calendar

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Please find an announcement from us on the tragic passing of our friend and fellow board member, Jean-Louis Trudel. mailchi.mp/csffa/in-mem...

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Jean-Louis Trudel, 1967-2025

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

2025 members can submit works until December 31, 2025. Starting in January, you'll need to sign up for a 2026 annual membership to have access to the member area for submissions, nominating, and voting. (If you have works you'd like us to submit on your behalf, please get in touch). 3/3

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Our volunteer team will check everything added in time for nominations to open later in the winter. NO work can be nominated unless it has first been added to the eligibility lists. Nominations are made directly from the eligibility lists on our website. 2/

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Eligibility lists are now OPEN for Canadian speculative fiction works published in 2025. If you purchased a 2025 membership to vote in the Aurora Awards this past year, you can head over to www.csffa.ca and log in to add works to our lists. 1/

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Our eligibility submissions process is opening soon (November) for next year's Aurora Awards! We are always looking for folks willing to help us verify eligibility. If you are interested in helping out (the commitment is limited and has a set end date, please write to volunteer.csffa@gmail.com

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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Just got my Aurora nominee pin from the @csffa.bsky.social. Honoured to have CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE recognized this year. @danielirizarri.bsky.social @oni-press.bsky.social

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Y.M. Pang @ympang.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Look what arrived in the mail! Aurora Awards in their natural habitat. Thank you @csffa.bsky.social for these gorgeous trophies! #auroraawards #sff #CanadianSFF #shortstories #poetry

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Full details about this year’s awards and how voting and nominations went got our statistics document in our 2025 Archive page, www.csffa.ca/aurora-archi...

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2025 Aurora Awards – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Best Cover Art/Interior Illustration: Augur Magazine, Issue 7.1, cover art, Martine Nguyen Best Fan Writing and Publication: SF&F Book Reviews, Robert Runté, Ottawa Review of Books Best Fan Related Work: murmurstations, Sonia Urlando, Augur Society, podcast

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Best Poem/Song “Cthulhu on the Shores of Osaka“, Y.M. Pang, Invitation: A One-shot Anthology of Speculative Fiction Best Related Work: Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Two, Stephen Kotowych, editor, Ansible Press

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Best Short Story: “Blood and Desert Dreams“, Y.M. Pang, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue 408 Best Graphic Novel: Star Trek Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way, Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio, IDW Publishing

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

The awards went to: Best Novel: The Siege of Burning Grass, Premee Mohamed, Solaris Best YA Novel: Heavenly Tyrant, Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books Best Novelette/Novella: The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed, Tordotcom

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

2025 Aurora Award Winners We are pleased to announce (a little late) 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.

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

We will have acceptance speeches by this year’s Hall of Fame inductees, and we will reveal who will take home this year’s Aurora Awards plus a few surprises.

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Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association @csffa.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Here are the links for this year’s awards ceremony. Sign-in so you can post your comments. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy2k... Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/10951... LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/events/73589...

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The 2025 Aurora Awards

YouTube video by Mark Leslie Lefebvre

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