Aurora Awards 2025
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August 9, 2025
Eligibility Year: 2024
Eligibility Year: 2024
Novel
- Blackheart Man, Nalo Hopkinson (Saga)
- Pale Grey Dot, Don Miasek (Ravenstone)
- The Siege of Burning Grass, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
- The Tapestry of Time, Kate Heartfield (Harper Voyager)
- Withered, A. G. A. Wilmot (ECW)
Ya Novel
- The Door in Lake Mallion, S. M. Beiko (ECW)
- Heavenly Tyrant, Xiran Jay Zhao (Tundra)
- The Lost Expedition, Douglas Smith (Spiral Path)
- Misadventures in Ghosthunting, Melissa Yue (Harper Collins)
- Spaced!, C. L. Carey (Renaissance)
Short Story
- “And When She Shatters”, Kerry C. Byrne (Heartlines Spec Mar 2024)
- “Blood and Desert Dreams”, Y. M. Pang (Beneath Ceaseless Skies 30 May 2024)
- “Buddy Raymond's No-Bullshit Guide to Drone Hunting”, Gillian Secord (Diabolical Plots 2 Feb 2024)
- “Desolation Sounds”, Geoffrey W. Cole (Zebra Meridian & Other Stories)
- “A World of Milk and Promises”, RH Wesley (Clarkesworld Sep 2024)
Novelette/novella
- The Butcher of the Forest, Premee Mohamed (Tordotcom)
- “Carter's Refugio”, Hayden Trenholm (Analog Sep/Oct 2024)
- Countess, Suzan Palumbo (ECW)
- The Dragonfly Gambit, A. D. Sui (Neon Hemlock)
- “Zebra Meridian”, Geoffrey W. Cole (Zebra Meridian & Other Stories)
Related Work
- Augur
- Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror, Sofia Ajram, ed. (Ghoulish)
- Northern Lights, Michael Kelly, ed. (Undertow)
- On Spec
- Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Two, Stephen Kotowych, ed. (Ansible)
Graphic Novel/comic
- Cemetery Kids Don't Die: Volume 1, Zac Thompson, Daniel Irrizari, Brittany Peer & Gegê Schall (Oni)
- Into the Goblin Market, Vikki VanSickle & Jensine Eckwall (Tundraw)
- It Never Rains, Kari Maaren (self-published)
- Star Trek Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way, Ryan North & Chris Fenoglio (IDW)
- Wheetago War: Roth, Richard Van Camp & Christopher Shy (Renegade Arts Entertainment)
- A Witch's Guide to Burning, Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn and Quarterly)
- Zatanna: Bring Down the House, Mariko Tamaki (DC Comics)
Poem/song
- “Angakkuq”, Shantell Powell (On Spec Dec 2024)
- “Cthulhu on the Shores of Osaka”, Y. M. Pang (Invitation: A One-Shot Anthology of Speculative Fiction)
- “Her Favourite”, Beth Cato & Rhonda Parrish (Star*Line Fall 2024)
- “Horizon Events”, J. D. Dresner (Polar Starlight Jun 2024)
- “A Thirst for Adventure”, Lynne Sargent (Polar Borealis Feb 2024)
- “Trip Through the Robot”, Carolyn Clink & David Clink (Giant Robot Poems: On Mecha-Human Science, Culture & War)
Cover Art/interior Illustration
- Lorna Antoniazzi for Augur
- Martine Nguyen for Augur
- Frances Philip for Augur
- James Beveridge for “Captains of Black and Brass” (On Spec Sep 2024)
- Serena Malyon for Northern Lights (Undertow)
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