Sunburst Award

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

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.

List of past award winners
YearWinnerWork title
2001Sean StewartGalveston
2002Margaret SweatmanWhen Alice Lay Down with Peter
2003Nalo HopkinsonSkin Folk
2004Cory DoctorowA Place So Foreign and 8 More
2005Geoff RymanAir
2006Holly PhillipsIn the Palace of Repose
2007Mark FrutkinFabrizio's Return
2008Adult: Nalo Hopkinson
Young adult: Joanne Proulx		 The New Moon's Arms
Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet[1]
2009Adult: Andrew Davidson
Young adult: Cory Doctorow		 The Gargoyle
Little Brother[2]
2010Adult: A. M. Dellamonica
Young adult: Hiromi Goto		Indigo Springs
Half World
2011Adult: Guy Gavriel Kay
Young adult: Paul Glennon		Under Heaven
Bookweirder[3]
2012Adult: Geoff Ryman
Young adult: Catherine Austen		Paradise Tales
All Good Children
2013Adult: Martine Desjardins
Young adult: Rachel Hartman		Maleficium
Seraphina
2014Adult: Ruth Ozeki
Young adult: Charles de Lint		A Tale for the Time Being
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest[4]
2015 Adult: Thomas King
Young adult: Cecil Castellucci		 The Back of the Turtle
Tin Star[5]
2016 Adult: Gemma Files
Young adult: Leah Bobet
Short Story: Catherine A. MacLeod		 Experimental Film
An Inheritance of Ashes
Hide and Seek[6]
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)[7]
2018 Adult: David Demchuk
Young adult: Cherie Dimaline
Short Story: Sandra Kasturi		 The Bone Mother
The Marrow Thieves
The Beautiful Gears of Dying[8]
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[9]

Lists of nominees

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

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
  1. "2008 Sunburst Award Winners | The Sunburst Award Society". www.sunburstaward.org. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  2. "2009 Winners | The Sunburst Award Society". www.sunburstaward.org. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  3. Strock, Ian Randall (September 15, 2011). "2011 Sunburst Award Winners". SFScope.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
  4. "2014 Sunburst Winners". The Sunburst Award Society.
  5. Publications, Locus. "Locus Online News » 2015 Sunburst Awards Winners". www.locusmag.com. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  6. Publications, Locus. "Locus Online News » 2016 Sunburst Awards Winners". www.locusmag.com. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  7. http://www.sunburstaward.org/2017-sunburst-winners
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