Sunburst Award
{{Short description|Annual literary award in Canada (2001–2020)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2024}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual literary award given for a speculative fiction novel or a book-length collection, first awarded in 2001. A young adult category was created in 2008, to differentiate from adult works; and a short fiction award as well. The award has been on hiatus since 2020.
History
The name of the award comes from the title of the first novel by Phyllis Gotlieb, Sunburst (1964).
The first award was given out in 2001. The award consists of a cash prize ({{Currency|1,000|CAD}} for novel length work, and {{Currency|500|CAD}} for short stories) and a medallion. The winner is selected by jury; a new jury is struck each year.
On 2 June 2020, the Sunburst Award Society announced the awards were going on a hiatus due to impacts related to COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sunburstaward.org/2020-sunburst-hiatus-announcement|title=Sunburst Award Hiatus Announcement | the Sunburst Award Society|access-date=2023-05-27|archive-date=2023-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403043826/http://www.sunburstaward.org/2020-sunburst-hiatus-announcement|url-status=live}}
Winners
= General =
Prior to 2008, the Sunburst Award was presented in a single category. In later years, it was broken down into two or three categories, including adult, young adult, and short story.
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|+General Sunburst Award winners !Year !Author !Result !Result !Ref. |
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!2001 |{{sortname|last=Stewart|first=Sean}} |Galveston |Winner | |
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!2002 |{{sortname|last=Sweatman|first=Margaret}} |When Alice Lay Down with Peter |Winner | |
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!2003 |{{sortname|last=Hopkinson|first=Nalo}} |Winner | |
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!2004 |{{sortname|last=Doctorow|first=Cory}} |{{sort|1=Place So Foreign and 8 More|2=A Place So Foreign and 8 More}} |Winner | |
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!2005 |{{sortname|last=Ryman|first=Geoff}} |Air |Winner | |
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!2006 |{{sortname|last=Phillips|first=Holly}} |Winner | |
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!2007 |{{sortname|last=Frutkin|first=Mark}} |Fabrizio's Return |Winner | |
= Adult =
= Short story =
The Sunburst Award for Short Story was introduced in 2016.
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|+Sunburst Award for Short Story winners and finalists !Year !Author !Result !Result !Ref. |
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! rowspan="6" |2016 |{{sortname|last=MacLeod|first=Catherine A.}} |"Hide and Seek" (Playground of Lost Toys) |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Ashley|first=Charlotte}}
|"La Héron" (F&SF 3-4/15) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Campbell|first=Rebecca|nolink=1}}
|"The Glad Hosts" (Lackington’s #7) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Donoghue|first=Mike}}
|"Stuck in the Past" (Abyss & Apex #54) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Robson|first=Kelly}}
|"Two-Year Man" (Asimov’s, August 2015) |Finalist |
| {{Sortname|Peter|Wendt}}
|"Get the Message" (Second Contacts) |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2017 |{{sortname|last=Wise|first=A. C.}} |"{{sort|1=Sailing of the Henry Charles Morgan in Six Pieces of Scrimshaw (1841)|2=The Sailing of the Henry Charles Morgan in Six Pieces of Scrimshaw (1841)}}" |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Bryski|first=K. T.}}
|"La Corriveau" (Strange Horizons 10/3/16) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Gardner|first=James Alan}}
|"The Dog and the Sleepwalker" (Strangers Among Us) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Marshall|first=Helen|nolink=1}}
|"Caro in Carno" (The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Wise|first=A. C.}}
|"The Men from Narrow Houses" (Liminal Stories Spring/Summer ’16) |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2018 |{{sortname|last=Kasturi|first=Sandra}} |"{{sort|1=Beautiful Gears of Dying|2=The Beautiful Gears of Dying}}" |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Larson|first=Rich}}
|"Spiked" (Abyss & Apex 6/17) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Lowachee|first=Karin}}
|"Meridian" (Where the Stars Rise) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Mehrotra|first=Rati}}
|"Hacker’s Faire" (Cast of Wonders 3/17) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Story|first=Kate}}
|"Animate" (Cli-fi: Canadian Tales of Climate Change) |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2019 |{{sortname|last=Ahmad|first=Senaa}} |"{{sort|1=Glow-in-the-Dark Girls|2=The Glow-in-the-Dark Girls}}" |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Ashby|first=Madeline}}
|"Domestic Violence" (Future Tense 3/26/18) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Edwards|first=Malon}}
|"Candied Sweets, Cornbread, and Black-Eyed Peas" (Sword and Sonnet) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Larson|first=Rich}}
|"Meat And Salt And Sparks" (Tor.com 6/6/18) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Wise|first=A. C.}}
|"{{Sort|Time Traveler’s Husband|The Time Traveler’s Husband}}" (Shimmer 11/18) |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2020 |{{Sortname|Rebecca|Campbell|nolink=1}} |"{{sort|1=Fourth Trimester is the Strangest|2=The Fourth Trimester is the Strangest}}" |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=El-Mohtar|first=Amal}}
|"Florilegia" (The Mythic Dream) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Heartfield|first=Kate}}
|"The Inland Beacon" (Tesseracts Twenty-Two: Alchemy and Artifacts) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Kim|first=Catherine}}
|"The Hundred Gardens" (Nat. Brut Spring ’19) |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Van Camp|first=Richard}}
|"Wheetago War II: Summoners" (Moccasin Square Gardens) |Finalist |
= Young adult =
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|+Sunburst Award for Young Adult Book winners and finalists !Year !Author !Result !Result !Ref. |
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!2008 |{{sortname|last=Proulx|first=Joanne}} |Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet |Winner |{{Cite web |title=Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic Archives |url=http://bookcentre.ca/awards/sunburst-award-excellence-canadian-literature-fantastic |access-date=2023-05-27 |website=Canadian Children's Book Centre |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208055103/http://bookcentre.ca/awards/sunburst-award-excellence-canadian-literature-fantastic |url-status=live }} |
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! rowspan="5" |2009 |{{sortname|last=Doctorow|first=Cory}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Armstrong|first=Kelley}}
|{{Sort|Summoning|The Summoning}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=de Lint|first=Charles}}
|Dingo |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Kernaghan|first=Eileen}}
|Wild Talent: A Novel of the Supernatural |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Turner|first=Max|nolink=1}}
|Night Runner |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2010 |{{sortname|last=Goto|first=Hiromi}} |Half World |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Crewe|first=Megan}}
|Give Up the Ghost |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Garvie|first=Maureen}}
|Amy By Any Other Name |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Livingston|first=Lesley}}
|Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Slade|first=Arthur}}
|{{Sort|Hunchback Assignment|The Hunchback Assignment}} |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2011 |{{sortname|last=Glennon|first=Paul}} |Bookweirder |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Bennett|first=Holly}}
|Shapeshifter |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Bow|first=Erin}}
|Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=de Lint|first=Charles}}
|{{Sort|Painted Boy|The Painted Boy}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Weston|first=Robert Paul}}
|Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2012 |{{sortname|last=Austen|first=Catherine}} |All Good Children |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Anderson|first=R. J.}}
|Ultraviolet |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Findlay|first=Jamieson}}
|{{Sort|Summer of Permanent Wants|The Summer of Permanent Wants}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Munday|first=Evan}}
|{{Sort|Dead Kid Detective Agency|The Dead Kid Detective Agency}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Young|first=Moira}}
|Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2013 |{{sortname|last=Hartman|first=Rachel}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Bedard|first=Michael}}
|{{Sort|Green Man|The Green Man}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Doctorow|first=Cory}}
|Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Juby|first=Susan}}
|Bright’s Light |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Young|first=Moira}}
|Finalist |
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!2014 |{{sortname|last=de Lint|first=Charles}} |{{sort|1=Cats of Tanglewood Forest|2=The Cats of Tanglewood Forest}} |Winner |
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! rowspan="5" |2015 |{{sortname|last=Castellucci|first=Cecil}} |Tin Star |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Auxier|first=Jonathan}}
|{{Sort|Night Gardener|The Night Gardener}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Harvey|first=Alyxandra}}
|{{Sort|Breath of Frost|A Breath of Frost}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Kernaghan|first=Eileen}}
|Sophie, In Shadow |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Sweet|first=Caitlin}}
|{{Sort|Door in the Mountain|The Door in the Mountain}} |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2016 |{{sortname|last=Bobet|first=Leah}} |{{Sort|Inheritance of Ashes|An Inheritance of Ashes}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Carroll|first=David|nolink=1}}
|Sight Unseen |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Everett|first=Mikaela}}
|{{Sort|Unquiet|The Unquiet}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Oppel|first=Kenneth}}
|{{Sort|Nest|The Nest}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Smith|first=Neil|dab=writer}}
|Boo |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2017 |{{sortname|last=Auxier|first=Jonathan}} |Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Coakley|first=Lena}}
|Worlds of Ink and Shadow |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Cohen|first=Marina}}
|{{Sort|Inn Between|The Inn Between}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Egan|first=Catherine}}
|Julia Vanishes |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Keeling|first=Ian Donald}}
|{{Sort|Skids|The Skids}} |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2018 |{{sortname|last=Dimaline|first=Cherie}} |{{sort|1=Marrow Thieves|2=The Marrow Thieves}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Cotter|first=Charis}}
|{{Sort|Painting|The Painting}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Lee|first=Fonda}}
|Exo |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Maaren|first=Kari}}
|Weave a Circle Round |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Orr|first=Wendy}}
|Dragonfly Song |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2019 |{{sortname|last=Hartman|first=Rachel}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=de Castell|first=Sebastien}}
|Spellslinger |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=McDonell|first=Regan}}
|Black Chuck |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Schaeffer|first=Rebecca|nolink=1}}
|Not Even Bones |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Weekes|first=Patrick}}
|Feeder |Finalist |
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! rowspan="5" |2020 |{{sortname|last=Mills|first=Allison}} |{{sort|1=Ghost Collector|2=The Ghost Collector}} |Winner |
| {{sortname|last=Azad|first=Nafiza}}
|{{Sort|Candle and the Flame|The Candle and the Flame}} |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Cassidy|first=Sara}}
|Nevers |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Johnston|first=Aviaq}}
|Those Who Dwell Below |Finalist |
| {{sortname|last=Keating|first=Jess}}
|Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray |Finalist |
Lists of nominees
For a complete and up to date listing of current and past long-listed and short-listed works, please see the [http://sunburstaward.org Sunburst Award Website].
Eligibility
The Sunburst Award administration and juries use the broadest possible definition of speculative fiction for eligibility purposes: "science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, horror, surrealism, fantastique, fabulism, myth and legend, fantastical storytelling, and any other writing beyond the strictly realistic". To be eligible for the award, a work must be published between January 1 and December 31 of the previous year. Only Canadian citizens and landed immigrants are eligible.
References
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External links
- [http://www.sunburstaward.org/ Sunburst Award Web Site]
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Category:Awards established in 2001
Category:2001 establishments in Canada