Calling all Canadians citizens at home and abroad and permanent residents of Canada: our national science fiction awards, the Aurora Awards, are now open for nominations.
Ricepaper magazine's Speculative Fiction Issue 19.3, edited by Derwin Mak and JF Garrard, is eligible to be nominated for an Aurora Award for Best Related Work - English. Ricepaper is Canada's Asian Canadian literary magazine, and issue 19.3 was its first issue devoted to fantasy, science fiction, and horror.
You can purchase copies of Ricepaper's Speculative Fiction issue here: http://ricepapermagazine.ca/19-3-issue/
To learn more about the Aurora Awards and to nominate
stories and individuals, visit:
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA) charges an annual $10 membership fee, so both new and returning
members will be asked to pay $10 by Paypal. Renewing members can access
the membership portal and make nominations after paying the membership
fee. New members will receive a Society number by email and can go back
to the Aurora Awards website and submit nominations. Nominees do not
get any sort of monetary gain from the fees. The CSFFA is a non-profit
organization, and its small budget, raised by the membership and voting
fees, goes to administer the awards program and produce the trophies.
$10 is a low price to promote national pride in our science fiction and
to give a small reward to your favourite authors, artists, and fan
organizers.
The online nomination deadline is April 25, 2015, 11:59:59 PM EDT.
