The Travelling TARDIS

The Aurora Awards, which are for Canadian science fiction and fantasy writers and artists, are open for nominations for the 2024 works! (Nominations are open March 2 – April 5) This means the LONG lists of eligible works are being narrowed down to 5-6 per category.

Once they have a list of nominated works, every single person who signed up and paid the $10 membership fee gets ALL the nominated works as downloads. That’s all the adult novels, YA novels, novellas, short stories, graphic novels, and related works (usually anthologies), so about 36 works, for just $10 CAD, which is a great deal.

Getting nominated for an Aurora Award is a BIG DEAL in the speculative fiction writing community. You get a nomination pin (only once, so I’m terrified I’ll lose mine!), and you’re part of an elite group of people. This would be Adrien’s first nomination, so my fingers are crossed!

Not only do Éric and I have quite the list of eligible works, but Pegasus (for his work last year in his kindergarten homeschooling, and the short story he wrote and illustrated) and Dragon (for the short story she wrote and illustrated) are eligible as well! By the way, nomination forms are not ranked.

How do you nominate?

1. Go to this website: https://www.csffa.ca/members-home/
2. Join, pay membership fee
3. Nominate up to 5 works per category https://www.csffa.ca/members-home/nomination/

It would mean a lot to all of us if you’re willing to nominate us! (Categories are in alphabetical order by work)

• Eligibility Category 1 – Best Novel
  • Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais
• Eligibility Category 3 – Best Novelette/Novella
  • Red Day, Ere the Sun Rises: A Sun Speaker Story by Éric Desmarais
• Eligibility Category 4 – Best Short Story
  • A Concert Tail by Jen Desmarais
  • Costume Magic by Éric Desmarais
  • Escaped by Pegasus Desmarais (age 4)
  • Funky Looking Chickens by Éric Desmarais
  • O Tannen-bomb by Jen and Éric Desmarais
  • The Hole in the Playground by Dragon Desmarais (age 7)
  • What Scares Pre-teen Monsters? by Jen Desmarais
• Eligibility Category 6 – Best Poem/Song
  • Shadows Live for the Light by Jen Desmarais, found in Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests by Jen and Éric Desmarais
• Eligibility Category 8 – Best Cover Art/Interior Illustration
  • Escaped by Pegasus Desmarais (age 4)
  • The Hole in the Playground by Dragon Desmarais (age 7)
• Eligibility Category 9 – Best Fan Writing/Publication
  • JenEric Movie Reviews by Éric Desmarais
  • Pegasus Flight School: Kindergarten education through genre media (second semester) by Jen and Pegasus (age 4) Desmarais
  • The Travelling TARDIS by Jen Desmarais

In case you’re wondering why Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests is not included in the best cover art category, it’s because our cover artist is Vietnamese! Only Canadian creators are eligible, unfortunately.

Thank you so much for your time, attention, and support. If any of the above does make it through the nomination round, which ends April 5, I’ll be making another post for the voting round, which will be taking place starting in June 2025.