Aurora Awards 2022
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
When Words Collide,
Online :
August 13, 2022
Eligibility Year: 2021
Eligibility Year: 2021
Novel
- Winner: Jade Legacy, Fonda Lee (Orbit)
- A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
- The Quantum War, Derek Künsken (Solaris)
- RED X, David Demchuk (Strange Light)
- Soulstar, C. L. Polk (Tordotcom)
Ya Novel
- Winner: Walking in Two Worlds, Wab Kinew (Penguin Teen)
- The Gold Flame of Senica, Elizabeth Whitton (Kettlescon)
- Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao (Penguin Teen)
- The Serpent's Fury, Kelley Armstrong (Puffin Canada)
- Star Song, Edward Willett (Shadowpaw)
Short Story
- Winner: “The Mathematics of Fairyland”, Phoebe Barton (Lightspeed Mar 2021)
- “Clear Waters”, C. J. Cheung (Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories)
- “Eighteen Days of Barbareek”, Rati Mehrotra (Uncanny Mar/Apr 2021)
- “Elesa's Eyes”, Elizabeth Whitton (On Spec #117)
- “The Only Road”, Susan Forest (Shapers of Worlds: Volume II)
- “Second Thoughts”, Eric Choi (Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories)
Novelette/novella
- Winner: The Annual Migration of Clouds, Premee Mohamed (ECW)
- “Decay in Five Stages”, Julie E. Czerneda (Derelict)
- “Lay Down Your Heart”, Liz Westbrook-Trenholm & Hayden Trenholm (Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories)
- The Return of the Sorceress, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Subterranean)
- These Lifeless Things, Premee Mohamed (Solaris)
Related Work
- Winner: Alias Space and Other Stories, Kelly Robson (Subterranean)
- Food of My People, Candas Jane Dorsey & Ursula Pflug, eds. (Exile)
- Neo-opsis, Karl Johanson, ed.
- On Spec, Diane L. Walton, ed.
- Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories, Susan Forest & Lucas K. Law, eds. (Laksa)
Graphic Novel/comic
- Winner: It Never Rains, Kari Maaren (itneverrainscomic.com)
- Crash and Burn, Kate Larking & Finn Lucullan (Astres)
- Critical Role: The Mighty Nein. Origins -- Jester Lavorre, Sam Maggs & Hunter Severn Bonyun (Dark Horse)
- Goblins, Ellipsis Hana Stephens (www.goblinscomic.com)
- Shadow Life, Hiromi Goto & Ann Xu (First Second)
- Thor and Loki: Double Trouble, Mariko Tamaki & Gurihiru (Marvel)
Poem/song
- Winner: “Cat People Café”, Carolyn Clink (Polar Starlight Oct 2021)
- “Crossroads”, Tiffany Morris (Nightmare Nov 2021)
- “My Pillow Eats Screams”, Matt Moore (Polar Starlight Dec 2021)
- “The Reality of Ghosts”, Yilin Wang (Fantasy Aug 2021)
- “Them + Us”, James Grotkowski (Polar Borealis Aug/Sep 2021)
- “Widow”, Richard Van Camp (Food of My People)
Artist
- Winner: Samantha Beiko (cover for Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories)
- James Beveridge (cover for On Spec #116, and CD cover for Distant Past’s album The Final Stage)
- Swati Chavda (covers for Polar Starlight 3/21, and Polar Borealis 5/21 and 12/21)
- Dan O'Driscoll (cover for On Spec #117, and cover for Star Song)
- Veronica Park (cover for The Annual Migration of Clouds)
Visual Presentation
- Winner: Dune
- Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice
- Free Guy
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- Wynonna Earp (Season 4, episodes 7-12)
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