Sunburst Award

Sunburst Award

The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual award given for a speculative fiction novel or a book-length collection.

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 (C$1,000 in 2001-2005) and a medallion. The winner is selected by a jury; a new jury is struck each year. The winners to date have been:

* 2001 Sean Stewart, "Galveston"
* 2002 Margaret Sweatman, "When Alice Lay Down with Peter"
* 2003 Nalo Hopkinson, "Skin Folk"
* 2004 Cory Doctorow, "A Place So Foreign and 8 More"
* 2005 Geoff Ryman, "Air"
* 2006 Holly Phillips, "In the Palace of Repose" (ISBN 1894815580)

Eligibility

Sunburst Award administrator and jury use the broadest possible definition of speculative fiction for eligibility purposes: "science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, horror, surrealism, le fantastique, 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, however there are no Canadian residency requirements, and three of the five awards presented to date have gone to expatriates (Stewart, Doctorow, Ryman).

External links

* [http://www.sunburstaward.org/ Sunburst Award Web Site]

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