Sunburst Award
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The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual award given for a speculative fiction novel or a book-length collection.
History[edit]
The name of the award comes from the title of the first novel by Phyllis Gotlieb, Sunburst (1964).
The first award was given out in 2001. The award consists of a cash prize ($1,000 Canadian for novel length work, and $500 Canadian for short stories) and a medallion. The winner is selected by jury; a new jury is struck each year.
On June 2, 2020, the Sunburst award society announced the awards were going on a hiatus due to impacts related to COVID-19.[1]
List of past award winners[edit]
| Year | Winner | Work title |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Sean Stewart | Galveston |
| 2002 | Margaret Sweatman | When Alice Lay Down with Peter |
| 2003 | Nalo Hopkinson | Skin Folk |
| 2004 | Cory Doctorow | A Place So Foreign and 8 More |
| 2005 | Geoff Ryman | Air |
| 2006 | Holly Phillips | In the Palace of Repose |
| 2007 | Mark Frutkin | Fabrizio's Return |
| 2008 | Adult: Nalo Hopkinson Young adult: Joanne Proulx |
The New Moon's Arms Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet[2] |
| 2009 | Adult: Andrew Davidson Young adult: Cory Doctorow |
The Gargoyle Little Brother[3] |
| 2010 | Adult: A. M. Dellamonica Young adult: Hiromi Goto |
Indigo Springs Half World |
| 2011 | Adult: Guy Gavriel Kay Young adult: Paul Glennon |
Under Heaven Bookweirder[4] |
| 2012 | Adult: Geoff Ryman Young adult: Catherine Austen |
Paradise Tales All Good Children |
| 2013 | Adult: Martine Desjardins Young adult: Rachel Hartman |
Maleficium Seraphina |
| 2014 | Adult: Ruth Ozeki Young adult: Charles de Lint |
A Tale for the Time Being The Cats of Tanglewood Forest[5] |
| 2015 | Adult: Thomas King Young adult: Cecil Castellucci |
The Back of the Turtle Tin Star[6] |
| 2016 | Adult: Gemma Files Young adult: Leah Bobet Short Story: Catherine A. MacLeod |
Experimental Film An Inheritance of Ashes Hide and Seek[7] |
| 2017 | Adult: Claire Humphrey Young adult: Jonathan Auxier Short Story: A. C. Wise |
Spells of Blood and Kin Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard The Sailing of the Henry Charles Morgan in Six Pieces of Scrimshaw (1841)[8] |
| 2018 | Adult: David Demchuk Young adult: Cherie Dimaline Short Story: Sandra Kasturi |
The Bone Mother The Marrow Thieves The Beautiful Gears of Dying[9] |
| 2019 | Adult: Andromeda Romano Lax Young adult: Rachel Hartman Short Story: Senaa Ahmad |
Plum Rains Tess of the Road The Glow-in-the-Dark Girls[10] |
| 2020 | Adult: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Young adult: Allison Mills Short Story: Rebecca Campbell |
Gods of Jade and Shadow The Ghost Collector The Fourth Trimester is the Strangest[11] |
Lists of nominees[edit]
For a complete and up to date listing of current and past long-listed and short-listed works, please see the Sunburst Award Website.
Eligibility[edit]
The Sunburst Award administration and juries use the broadest possible definition of speculative fiction for eligibility purposes: "science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, horror, surrealism, fantastique, fabulism, myth and legend, fantastical storytelling, and any other writing beyond the strictly realistic". To be eligible for the award, a work must be published between January 1 and December 31 of the previous year. Only Canadian citizens and landed immigrants are eligible.
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.sunburstaward.org/2020-sunburst-hiatus-announcement
- ^ "2008 Sunburst Award Winners | The Sunburst Award Society". www.sunburstaward.org. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ "2009 Winners | The Sunburst Award Society". www.sunburstaward.org. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ Strock, Ian Randall (September 15, 2011). "2011 Sunburst Award Winners". SFScope.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ "2014 Sunburst Winners". The Sunburst Award Society.
- ^ Publications, Locus. "Locus Online News » 2015 Sunburst Awards Winners". www.locusmag.com. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ Publications, Locus. "Locus Online News » 2016 Sunburst Awards Winners". www.locusmag.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
- ^ "2017 Sunburst Winners | The Sunburst Award Society".
- ^ http://www.sunburstaward.org/2018-sunburst-winners
- ^ http://www.sunburstaward.org/2019-sunburst-winners
- ^ https://www.sunburstaward.org/2020-sunburst-winners
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