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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Marshall Wins 2026 Sunburst Award locusmag.com/2026/09...

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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A huge congratulations to Helen Marshall for her 2026 Sunburst Award win for THE LADY, THE TIGER AND THE GIRL WHO LOVED DEATH! So well deserved! 🎉🐯

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

✨The Sunburst Society congratulates Helen Marshall, the author of The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death (Titan Books, 2025) for winning the 2026 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic! sunburstaward.org/helen-marsha...

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Colourful cover for the book The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death by Helen Marshall with illustrated images of two women and a tiger

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Five books have been shortlisted for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Read the list here: bit.ly/4bi28gZ

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

✨🎉Congratulations to the authors on 2026 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic shortlist! www.sunburstaward.org/node/148

2026 Sunburst Award Shortlist:
Ennes, Hiron – The Works of Vermin (Tor Publishing Group),
Gagné, Mireille (translated by Strauss, Pablo) – Horsefly (Coach House Books), Leduc, Amanda — Wild Life (Penguin Random House Canada), Marshall, Helen – The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death (Titan Books), Nolan, Mackenzie – Veal (ECW Press)

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A.C. Wise @acwise.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Huge congratulations to the authors on the Sunburst Awards Longlist! It's an honour to serve as a juror this year. Y'all didn't make it easy. We received so many excellent books to consider and narrowing it down was incredibly hard. www.sunburstaward.org/node/147

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2026 Sunburst Longlist Revealed | The Sunburst Award Society

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

🔆📚The final submission deadline for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is in 2 days on Jan 31, 2026! #SpecFic #CanLit #Horror #SFF #MagicRealism #Surrealism #Supernatural submissions.sunburstaward.org

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

🔆The submission deadline for the 2026 Sunburst Award is in 7 days on Jan 31! Speculative, fantasy, magic realist, science fiction, supernatural, horror and surrealist novels/short fiction collections by Canadians, published in 2025 are eligible. #SpecFic #CanLit submissions.sunburstaward.org

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

🔆📣🔆The submissions deadline for the 2026 Sunburst Award is in 10 days on Jan 31! Fantasy, magic realist, science fiction, speculative, supernatural, horror and surrealist novels/short fiction collections by Canadians, published in 2025 are eligible. #SpecFic #CanLit submissions.sunburstaward.org

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Sunburst Award Submissions – For Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic

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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The submissions deadline for the 2026 Sunburst Award is in 2 weeks on January 31st! #SpecFic #Horror #SFF #MagicRealism #Fabulist #Surrealism #CanLit

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Don't forget: the final submission deadline for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is January 31, 2026. #SpecFic #Horror #SFF #CanLit

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

📣 Important reminder: the final entry deadline for the 2026 Sunburst Award is January 31, 2026!

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Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions @nalohop.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

My Sunburst Award medallion just showed up!

The Sunburst Award medallion is round, about palm-sized, made of solid metal with a pinwheel-type pattern engraved on it. It hangs by a red ribbon.

Back of the Sunburst Award medallion, which is round, palm-sized, made of solid metal. Engraved into the back of this one: "The Sunburst Award 2025: Blackheart Man, by Nalo Hopkinson."

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

✨Submissions are open for the 2026 Sunburst Award. 2025 fantasy, magic realist, science fiction, speculative, supernatural horror and surrealist novels/short fiction collections by Canadian authors are eligible to be entered. #SpecFic #CanLit submissions.sunburstaward.org

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

A fantastic novel that that hums with a verisimilitude that ties it explicitly to the horrors and histories of our world while also being a boldly conceived, joyous escapist adventure. Well deserved, congratulations @nalohop.bsky.social:

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Congratulations to AC affiliate Nalo Hopkinson!

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

✨🎉The Sunburst Award Society is delighted to announce that Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster) by Nalo Hopkinson is the winner of the 2025 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. @nalohop.bsky.social is now a three time winner of the award. Congratulations Nalo!

Cover photo of Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson, award-winning author of Brown Girl in the Ring. Image of 1 person with two other people's heads behind him. Text that says "Yet another brilliant novel from master writer." -KATE ELLIOT "Truly astounding." -THE WASHINGTON POST

Photo of author Nalo Hopkinson with a bald head, wearing glasses and a shiny green shirt. Photo credit David C. Findlay.

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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

NeWest Press is excited to announce the launch of Barbour Books, our new speculative fiction imprint. Edited by award-winning author and scholar Jenna Butler. Authors looking to submit manuscripts to the imprint can do so now at our manuscript site. #NeWestPress #BarbourBooks #CanadianSciFi #CanLit

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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

CBC Books: Nalo Hopkinson and Canisia Lubrin among the authors shortlisted for the 2025 Sunburst Award #CanLit www.cbc.ca/books/nalo-h...

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Nalo Hopkinson and Canisia Lubrin shortlisted for the 2025 Sunburst Award | CBC Books

The prize recognizes Canadian writers for fantastical writing.

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Sydney Hegele @sydhegele.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

A massive thank you to Natalee Caple, Geoff Ryman, and Lorina Stephens for selecting BIRD SUIT (@invisibooks 2024) as one of five books on the shortlist for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Grateful to be alongside Canisia, Nalo, Clayton, and Frankie ❤️

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Congratulations to this year's shortlisted authors, including our affiliate @nalohop.bsky.social.

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Chadwick Ginther @chadwickginther.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Congrats to the Sunburst Award nominees!

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

📣✨The Sunburst Award Society is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the five-book shortlist highlights the scope and stellar quality of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024. www.sunburstaward.org/node/144

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The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic
The Sunburst Award 2025 Shortlist:
Barnet, Frankie — Mood Swings (McClelland & Stewart)
Hegele, Sydney — Bird Suit (Invisible Publishing)
Hopkinson, Nalo — Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster)
Lubrin, Canisia — Code Noir (Alfred A. Knopf Canada)
Smith, Clayton B. — A Seal of Salvage (Breakwater Books)

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Gory Bledalot 🇨🇦 @coreyredekop.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is back! Read the longlist for the 2025 award! Then read the books! Big congrats to @nalohop.bsky.social, @robertjsawyer.com, and the rest of the nominees! 💙📚 #booksky #sunburstaward #canlit

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Sunburst Award @sunburstaward.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

✨The Sunburst Society is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the longlist highlights the diversity, quality, and scope of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024. www.sunburstaward.org

The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature 2025 Longlist Barnet, Frankie Mood Swings (McCleland& & Stewart) Coile, Mason - William (G.P. Putnam's Sons) Ghan, Ben Berman The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits (Buckrider Books) Hegele, Sydney- Bird Suit (Invisible Publishing) Hopkinson, Nalo Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster) Lubrin, Canisia Code Noir (Alfred A. Knopf Canada) Oliveira, Anthony Dayspring (Strange Light) O'Neill, Heather The Capital of Dreams (HarperCollins) Sawyer, Robert The Downloaded (Shadowpaw Press) Smith, Clayton B. Seal of Salvage (Breakwater Books)'

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