TARDIS

Dear Readers,

The Aurora Awards, which are for Canadian science fiction and fantasy writers and artists, are open for nominations for the 2025 works! (Nominations are open until 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.

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 2 – Best Young Adult Novel
  • The Copper Tarnish by Éric Desmarais
  • Winging It by Jen Desmarais
• Eligibility Category 3 – Best Novelette/Novella
  • The Scarlet Thread Irregulars by Éric Desmarais
• Eligibility Category 4 – Best Short Story
  • Harvest Special by Jen Desmarais
  • I am Snowman by Éric Desmarais
  • Plants, Fungus, and Zombies! by Éric Desmarais
  • Snow Day by Jen Desmarais
  • The Puzzles of Everdome by Éric Desmarais
  • The Summer of ’99 and How I Died by Éric Desmarais
• Eligibility Category 6 – Best Poem/Song
  • The Ballad of the Phantom and the Wraith by Jen Desmarais, found in Winging It by Jen Desmarais
• Eligibility Category 7 – Best Related Work
  • Connections! The Unexpected First Collection by Jen and Éric Desmarais
• Eligibility Category 9 – Best Fan Writing/Publication
  • JenEric Movie Reviews by Éric Desmarais
  • The Travelling TARDIS by Jen Desmarais

In case you’re wondering why Winging It is not included in the best cover art category, it’s because our cover artist is Vietnamese! Only Canadian creators are eligible, unfortunately. We forgot to include The Copper Tarnish in this category because we’re not used to having art made by us! Éric did the cover for it.
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, we’ll write another post for the voting round, which will be taking place starting in June 2026.

Read safe!

Éric