The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association has anounced the 2006 Finalists for the Prix Aurora Awards:

Best Long-Form Work in English
Meilleur livre en anglais

• Migration (Species Imperative 2), Julie E. Czerneda (DAW Books, May/2005)
• Cagebird, Karin Lowachee (Warner Aspect, Apr/2005)
• Mindscan, Robert J. Sawyer (Tor, Apr/2005)
• Silences of Home, Caitlin Sweet (Penguin, Feb/2005)
• Lone Wolf, Edo van Belkom (Tundra Books, Oct/2005)
• Spin, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor, Apr/2005)

Meilleur livre en français
Best Long-Form Work in French

• Alégracia et le Serpent d'Argent, Dominic Bellavance (Les Six Brumes)
• Aurélie et l'île de Zachary, Véronique Drouin (Les éditions de la courte échelle)
• Le Dragon de l'Alliance, Michèle Laframboise (Médiaspaul)
• Les Archipels du temps (La Suite du temps - 2), Daniel Sernine (Alire)
• Reine de Mémoire 1. La Maison d'Oubli, Élisabeth Vonarburg (Alire, Mar/2005)
• Reine de Mémoire 2. Le Dragon de Feu, Élisabeth Vonarburg (Alire, Oct/2005)

Best Short-Form Work in English
Meilleure nouvelle en anglais

• "She's Such a Nasty Morsel", Julie E. Czerneda (Women of War, DAW)
• "Transubstantiation", Derwin Mak (Northwest Passages: A Cascadian Anthology, Windstorm Creative)
• "Identity Theft", Robert J. Sawyer (Down These Dark Spaceways, Science Fiction Book Club)
• "Alexander's Road", Karl Schroeder (The Engine of Recall, Robert J. Sawyer Books)
• "Going Harvey in the Big House", Douglas Smith (Cicada, Jan/Feb 2005)
• "Like Monsters of the Deep", Hayden Trenholm (On Spec #61 Summer/2005)
• "Mayfly", Peter Watts and Derryl Murphy (Tesseracts Nine, Edge)

Meilleure nouvelle en français
Best Short-Form Work in French

• «Montréal: trois uchronies», Alain Ducharme (Solaris 155)
• «La Danse de la mer», Mathieu Fortin (Le Bilboquet août)
• «Au jardin comme à la guerre», Éric Gauthier (Solaris 155)
• «Équilibre», Patrick Senécal (Solaris 156)

Best Work in English (Other)
Meilleur ouvrage en anglais (Autre)

• Birth, Michael Lennick and Robert J. Sawyer (writers); Joe Mahoney (producer) (CBC Radio One, July 8, 2005) [radio drama]
• Fantastic Companions, Julie E. Czerneda, editor (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) [anthology]
• Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Karl Johanson, editor (www.neo-opsis.ca) [sf magazine]
• On Spec, Diane Walton, managing editor (The Copper Pig Writers Society) (www.onspec.ca) [sf magazine]
• Nalo Hopkinson, host & curator of Six Impossible Things (CBC Radio One, May 16-27, 2005) [anthology editor]
• Tesseracts Nine: New Canadian Speculative Fiction, Nalo Hopkinson and Geoff Ryman, editors (Edge Publishing, July/2005)

Meilleur ouvrage en français (Autre)
Best Work in French (Other)

• L'Année de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique Québécois 2000, dir. Claude Janelle (Alire)
• Jean Pettigrew, critiques (Solaris 153-156)
• Solaris, réd. Joël Champetier (www.revue-solaris.com)
• «Les enfants de Jules Verne au Canada: la génération étouffée», Jean-Louis Trudel (Solaris 156)

Artistic Achievement
Accomplissement artistique

• Elaine Chen [www.elainechen.com] (Wasps at the Speed of Sound, Mockingbird)
• Lar deSouza [www.lartist.com]
• Stephanie Ann Johanson [www.neo-opsis.ca/art] (Cover for Neo-opsis 6, illustrations Neo-opsis 5, 6 & 7)
• Jean-Pierre Normand [www.jeanpierrenormand.com] (Asimov's Apr-May/05, Analog Sept/05, Asimov's Dec/05, Solaris 154)
• Martin Springett [www.martinspringett.com]
• Ronn Sutton (www.ronnsutton.com) (Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark; "5 Alarm Charlie" in Even More Fund Comics)

Fan Achievement (Publication)
Accomplissement fanique (Publication)

• Brins d'Éternité, réd. Mathieu Fortin (www.alegracia.com/brins/faq/faq.php)
• In Places Between: The Top Five Stories of The Robyn Herrington Memorial Short Story Contest 2005, IFWA (www.writtenword.org/in_places_between)
• MensuHell, réd. direction: Francis Hervieux (www.geocities.com/mensuhell)
• Nocturne, éditeurs: Jonathan Reynolds, Guillaume Houle et Fred Proulx (www.6brumes.com/fanzinenocturne)
• The Royal Swiss Navy Gazette, Garth Spencer, ed. (www.eFanzines.com/RSNG)

Fan Achievement (Organizational)
Accomplissement fanique (Organisation)

• Debbie Hodgins (Avenging Dragon Squadron, KAG)
• Randy McCharles (Westercon 58 "Due North")
• Roy Miles (I.D.I.C.)
• Barbara Schofield (TT Masquerade)
• Joan Sherman (I.D.I.C.)

Fan Achievement (Other)
Accomplissement fanique (autre)

• Don Bassie (Made in Canada website/site web) [www.geocities.com/canadian_sf]
• Judith Hayman (filksinging) [www.hotelhayman.ca]
• Martin Springett (filksinging) [www.martinspringett.com]
• Larry Stewart, entertainer / personnalité: amuseur
• Urban Tapestry, filksinging [www.urbantapestry.org]

The voting deadline is June 26, 2006; winners will be announced at the SF convention TT20 in Toronto, July 7-9, 2006.

Posted June 1, 2006