2016 Sunburst Awards Shortlist
The shortlist for the 2016 Sunburst Awards honoring “Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic” has been announced:
Adult:
- The Little Washer of Sorrows, Katherine Fawcett (Thistledown)
- Experimental Film, Gemma Files (Chizine)
- Signal to Noise, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Solaris)
- Daydreams of Angels, Heather O’Neill (HarperCollins Canada)
- The Affinities, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor)
Young Adult:
- An Inheritance of Ashes, Leah Bobet (Scholastic Canada)
- Sight Unseen, David Carroll (Scholastic Canada)
- The Unquiet, Mikaela Everett (HarperCollins)
- The Nest, Kenneth Oppel (HarperCollins)
- Boo, Neil Smith (Knopf)
Short Story:
- “La Héron”, Charlotte Ashley (F&SF 3-4/15)
- “The Glad Hosts”, Rebecca Campbell, (Lackington’s #7)
- “Stuck in the Past”, Mike Donoghue (Abyss & Apex #54)
- “Hide and Seek”, Catherine A. MacLeod (Playground of Lost Toys)
- “Two-Year Man”, Kelly Robson [Asimov’s, August 2015]
- “Get the Message”, Peter Wendt (Second Contacts)
Winners will be announced on September 14, 2016 and will receive a cash prize of $1,000 for the Adult and Young Adult categories and $500 for the Short Story category, as well as hand-crafted sunburst medallions. The jurors for the 2016 award are Timothy Anderson, Sylvie Bérard, Virginia O’Dine, Dale Sproule, and Myna Wallin. For more information, see the Sunburst Award Society.
