The 2003 Prix Aurora Award Nominations

These awards are presented annually (since 1980) by the Canadian SF & Fantasy Association. Details can be found on the website at http://www.sentex.net/~dmullin/aurora/.

This year's winners will be announced at the 2003 World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3, in Toronto, August 28 to September 1, 2003.





Long-Form Work in English
   Julie E. Czerneda - To Trade the Stars (DAW)
   Karin Lowachee - Warchild (Warner Aspect)
   Robert J. Sawyer - Hominids (Tor)
   Karl Schroeder - Permanence (Tor)
   Edo van Belkom - Martyrs (Design Image Group)




Long-Form Work in French
   Joël Champetier - Les Sources de la magie (Alire)
   Michèle Laframboise - Piège pour le Jules-Verne (Médiaspaul)
   Esther Rochon - L'Aigle des profondeurs (Alire)
   Guy Sirois - Horizons blancs (Médiaspaul)
   Jean-Louis Trudel - Le Revenant de Fomalhaut (Médiaspaul)




Short-Form Work in English
   Eric Choi - 'Just Like Being There' (Orbiter, Trifolium)
   Julie E. Czerneda - 'Prism' (30th Anniversary DAW: Science Fiction, DAW)
   James Alan Gardner - 'Rain, Ice, Steam' (Explorer, Trifolium)
   Robert J. Sawyer - 'Ineluctable' (Analog Nov/2002)
   Isaac Szpindel - 'By Its Cover' (Explorer, Trifolium)




Short-Form Work in French
   'Sylvie Bérard - 'La Guerre sans temps' (Solaris 143)
   Mehdi Bouhalassa - 'Fractures' (Solaris 140)
   Michèle Laframboise - 'Les Femmes viennent de Mars et les hommes de Vénus' (Solaris 140)
   Yves Meynard - 'La Trajectoire du poisson' (Solaris 141)
   Jean Pettigrew - 'Les Navires de Saint-Elme' (Solaris 143)
   Mark A. Rayner (traduction: Marc Bailly) - 'Un Port dans la Tempête' (Science-Fiction Magazine, Fév/2002)




Best Work in English (Other)
   Isaac Szpindel - 'Bat's Life' (Rescue Heroes Cycle III -- Episode 33b, Warner Bros./Nelvana) [TV screenplay]
   ed. Julie E. Czerneda - Explorer: Tales from the Wonder Zone, (Trifolium Books) [anthology]
   Joe Mahoney, Robert J. Sawyer, Barbara Worthy - 'Faster Than Light' (CBC Radio) [Drama pilot, first aired 22 Sept/2002]
   ed. Julie E. Czerneda - Stardust: Tales from the Wonder Zone, (Trifolium Books) [anthology]
   ed. Edo van BelkomBe VERY Afraid! (Tundra Books)




Artistic Achievement
   Andrew Barr
   James Beveridge
   Lar deSouza
   Michèle Laframboise
   Jean-Pierre Normand
   Ronn Sutton
   Mel Vavaroutsos




Fan Achievement (Publication)
   Pierre-Luc Lafrance - 'Ailleurs' [fanzine]
   Peggi Warner-Lalonde - 'Filking from C to C' [filkzine]
   Don Bassie - 'Made in Canada Newsletter' [webzine]
   Dale Speirs - 'Opuntia' [fanzine]
   Yvonne Penney - 'Pubnites & Other Events [e-zine]




Fan Achievement (Organisational)
   Georgina Miles
   Martin Miller
   Barb Schofield
   Marah Searle-Kovacevic
   Joan Sherman
   Brian Upward




Fan Achievement (Other)
   Eric Layman - fan writing / écriture fanique
   Lloyd Penney - fan writing / écriture fanique
   Gord Rose - masquerade MC at Toronto Trek & Ad Astra
   Larry Stewart - entertainer / personnalité: amuseur
   Jason Taniguchi - one-man SF parody shows / presentations individuelles de parodies SF
   Alex von Thorn - fan writing / écriture fanique