Above: Photo by Allison. See Allison's LJ post on the topic here. Allison's husband John was at Toronto Trek this year, and called yesterday to let her know that Urban Tapestry received an Aurora Award for "Fan Achievement (Other)" at the annual 2006 Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards ceremony (!).

According to the official site, the Prix Aurora Awards were created to highlight "the best in Canadian SF and fantasy." There are six professional awards (three English and three French), three fan awards, and one artistic achievement award (open to both pros & fans). "The Aurora awards are closest to the style of the Hugo awards (which are presented by the SF Worldcon) in the method by which they are selected. First there is a nomination phase to select a short list. Then a voting phase to pick the winner from the short list using the Australian voting method (this method has the voter rank their choices in each category). Each year a different convention or group has hosted the awards. The awards are financed by voting fees, by donations and by the host convention. There is no permanent funding." The Fan Achievement award we won is one of three Fan Achievement awards; the others are the Organizational and Publication categories.

Allison, Jodi and I were honoured to be nominated in the same category as Martin Springett, Don Bassie, Judith Hayman, and Larry Stewart this year. Thanks so much to those who nominated and voted for us.

You can find out more about the Prix Aurora Awards here.

Woohoo, my new MacBook arrived on Friday! Jeff's going to help me move my stuff from the old PowerBook G4 this week. My new laptop is smaller, faster, and I've named her Eliza (after my main character in Will Write For Chocolate.) Look out, world!

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