Aurora Award for Best Novelette/Novella
The Aurora Awards are granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc.
The Award for Best Novella/Novelette was first awarded in 2021. It became a dedicated category, distinct from the Award for Best Novel and Award for Best Short Fiction, providing additional exposure for medium length sci-fi and fantasy literature, and represents writing with scope and word count between the two.
Derek Künsken won the first award for his 2020 novella/novelette "Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County".
English-language Award
Winners and nominees
* Winners and joint winners
| Year | Author(s) | Work | Publisher/Publication | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Derek Künsken* | "Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County"[Text1] | Asimov's (Vol 44, No 7&8), Jul/Aug 2020 | [1][2] |
| Ian Rogers | "Go Fish"[Text2] | Tor.com, 15 Apr 2020 | [1][2] | |
| Rich Larson | "How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobucar"[Text3] | Tor.com, 15 Jan 2020 | ||
| L. X. Beckett | "The Immolation of Kev Magee"[Text4] | Clarkesworld (#167), Aug 2020 | ||
| Rebecca Campbell | "An Important Failure"[Text5] | Clarkesworld (#167), Aug 2020 | ||
| A. C. Wise | "To Sail the Black"[Text6] | Clarkesworld (#170), Nov 2020 | ||
| 2022 | Premee Mohamed* | The Annual Migration of Clouds | ECW Press | [3][4][5] |
| Julie E. Czerneda | "Decay in Five Stages" | Derelict (2021), ed. David B Coe and Joshua Palmatier | [3][4][5] | |
| Hayden Trenholm & Liz Westbrook-Trenholm | "Lay Down Your Heart" | Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories (2021), ed. Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law | ||
| Silvia Moreno-Garcia | The Return of the Sorceress | Subterranean Press | ||
| Premee Mohamed | These Lifeless Things | Solaris Books | ||
| 2023 | Fonda Lee* | "The Jade Setter of Janloon" | Subterranean Press | [6] |
| C. L. Polk | "Even Though I Knew the End" | Tordotcom | [6] | |
| Kelly Robson | "High Times in the Low Parliament" | Tordotcom | ||
| Eric Choi | A Sky and a Heaven | Just Like Being There | ||
| Silvia Moreno-Garcia | "The Tiger Came to the Mountains" | Amazon Original Stories | ||
| 2024 | Fonda Lee* | Untethered Sky | tordotcom | [7] |
| Tiffany Morris | Green Fuse Burning | Stelliform | [7] | |
| Ai Jiang | I AM AI | Shortwave Media | [7] | |
| Nalo Hopkinson | The Most Strongest Obeah Woman of the World | Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror (Random House) | [7] | |
| Avi Silver | Pluralities | Atthis Arts | [7] | |
| 2025 | Premee Mohamed | The Butcher of the Forest | Tordotcom | [8] |
| Geoffrey W. Cole | Zebra Meridian | Zebra Meridian & Other Stories | [8][9] | |
| Suzan Palumbo | Countess | ECW | [8] | |
| A.D. Sui | The Dragonfly Gambit | Neon Hemlock | [8] | |
| Hayden Trenholm | Carter’s Refugio | Analog 9-10/24 | [8] |
See also
- Aurora Award for Best Novel
- Aurora Award for Best Short Fiction
- Nebula Award–Novella
- Nebula Award–Novelette
- Hugo Award–Novella
- Hugo Award–Novelette
- WFA–Novella
- Locus Award–Novella
- Locus Award–Novelette
References
- ^ a b "sfadb: Aurora Awards 2021". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ a b "2021 Aurora Awards". Aurora Awards.
- ^ a b "sfadb: Aurora Awards 2022". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ a b "2022 Nominee List | Aurora Awards". Retrieved 2022-07-28.
- ^ a b locusmag (2022-08-15). "2022 Aurora Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
- ^ a b "sfadb: Aurora Awards 2023". www.sfadb.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ a b c d e "2024 Aurora Awards". Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "2025 Aurora Awards Ballot". April 16, 2025. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "These creators won Aurora Awards, which recognize Canadian sci-fi and fantasy writing". Aug 13, 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2025.