- Sunburst Award
The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual
award given for aspeculative 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 in2001 -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 andlegend , 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 Canadiancitizen s andlanded immigrant s 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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