Canadian SF Works Database

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Long-Form Works
(Including novels and single-author short-story collections. In the Hugo and Nebula rules, a novel is defined as more than 40,000 words; no word length is specified in the Aurora rules. Single-author collections are eligible for the Aurora but not for the Hugo or the Nebula.)

Anderson, James G. and Sebanc, Mark. The Stoneholding. Baen Books

Bedwell-Grime, Stephanie. Feral Passion. Samhain Publishing.

Bérard, Sylvie. Of Wind and Sand. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

Bilodeau, Marie. Heirs of a Broken Land Series Book 2: Warrior of Darkness. Absolute XPress.

Bilodeau, Marie. Heirs of a Broken Land Series Book 1: Princess of Light. Absolute XPress.

Brynczka, Piotr. Petrified World. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

Carmichael, Leslie. The Amulet of Amon-Ra, CBAY Books.

Cockle, Kevin. "Stone Cold" in Tesseracts 13. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

Cummings, Sean. Unseen World. Lyrical Press.

Czerneda, Julie E. Rift in the Sky: Stratification #3. Daw Books 2009-07-07

Doctorow, Cory. Makers, Tor Books.

Duncan, Dave. The Alchemist's Pursuit . Penguin Group Canada .

Firebird, Odellia. Tyal, the Daughter of Flames, Book I, A New Name a SI Publication.

Galler-Smith, Barbara, and Josh Langston. Druids. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Johansen, K.V. Warden of Greyrock. Orca Book Publishers.

Johansen, K.V. Torrie and the Dragonslayers. Sybertooth.

Johnson, Matthew. Fall From Earth. Bundoran Press.

Lalumière, Claude. Objects of Worship. ChiZine Publications.

Nickle, David. Monstrous Affections, ChiZine Publications

Roden, Barbara. Northwest Passages, Prime Books

Rose, Simon. The Doomsday Mask. Tradewind Books (October 2009)

Sawyer, Robert J. Wake. Penguin Canada.

Sheehan, Tamara. The Mediocre Assassin's Handbook Prizm Books.

Sheehan, Tamara. Stormy Bamboo Drollerie Press.

Shegelski, Mark R. A. Remembering the Future. Scroll Press.

Sinclair, Alison. Darkborn. ROC, Penguin, 5 May 2009.

Slade, Arthur The Hunchback Assignments. HarperCollins Canada.

Stephens, Lorina From Mountains of Ice , Five Rivers Chapmanry

Trenholm, Hayden. Steel Whispers. Bundoran Press.

Vonarburg, Élisabeth. Blood Out of a Stone. Nanopress.

Walton, Jo. Lifelode. NESFA Press.

Willett, Edward. Terra Insegura. DAW Books.

Williams, Lynda. Far Arena (Part Five of the Okal Rel Saga). Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

Wilson, Robert Charles. Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America. Tor.

Zelenyj, Alexander. Experiments At 3 Billion A.M.. Eibonvale Press.

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Novellas
(between 17,500 and 40,000 words in the Hugo and Nebula rules; the Auroras consider novellas, novelettes, and short stories to all be "short form" works)

Bell, Eileen. "Pawns Dreaming of Roses" Women of the Apocalypse. Absolute XPress

Bobet, Leah. "Sugar." Shadow Unit episode 2.2, April 2009.

Felix, Roxanne. "A Choice Among No Choices". Women of the Apocalypse. Absolute XPress

McFadden, Ryan. "Deus ex Machina". Women of the Apocalypse.Absolute XPress

Milholland, Billie. "Hungersnot". Women of the Apocalypse. Absolute XPress

Vonarburg, Élisabeth, translated by Howard Scott. "The Beginning of the Circle", Blood Out of a Stone. Nanopress.

Vonarburg, Élisabeth, translated by Howard Scott. "Blood Out of a Stone", Blood Out of a Stone. Nanopress.

Vonarburg, Élisabeth, translated by Howard Scott. "Eon", Blood Out of a Stone. Nanopress.

Youers, Rio. Mama Fish. Shroud Publishing.

Young, Aedon. Mara Roams Eloquent Books.

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Novelettes
(between 7,500 and 17,500 words in the Hugo and Nebula rules; the Auroras consider novellas, novelettes, and short stories to all be "short form" works)

Bedwell-Grime, Stephanie. Changeling. Sapphire Blue Publishing.

Bobet, Leah. "Miles to Isengard." Interzone #220, Jan-Feb 2009.

Cole, Geoffrey W. "Lo’ihi Rising" Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show #15, November, 2009

Cole, Geoffrey W. "The Most Successful Man in the World" Strange, Weird and Wonderful, Summer, 2009

Lalumière, Claude. "Three Friends." Clockwork Phoenix 2 (Norilana Books), edited by Mike Allen, July 2009.

Roden, Barbara. "After", Northwest Passages, Prime Books

Roden, Barbara. "Of the Origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles", Gaslight Grotesque, Edge Science Fiction

Roden, Barbara. "Out and Back", Northwest Passages, Prime Books

Surridge, Matthew David. "Kreisler's Automata." Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Feb. 12, 2009

Nickle, David. "Other People's Kids", Monstrous Affections, ChiZine Publications

Vonarburg, Élisabeth, translated by Howard Scott. "To Die, a Little", Blood Out of a Stone. Nanopress.

Vonarburg, Élisabeth, translated by Howard Scott. "With Open Eyes", Blood Out of a Stone. Nanopress.

Youers, Rio. "This is the Summer of Love." This is the Summer of Love - Postscripts # 18, PS Publishing, May 2009.

Youers, Rio. Old Man Scratch. PS Publishing.

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Short Stories
(fewer than 7,500 words in the Hugo and Nebula rules; the Auroras consider novellas, novelettes, and short stories to all be "short form" works)

Anderson, Colleen. "The Drowning Ones" (poem) On Spec #77, Summer 2009
"Finding Dionysus" (poem) Crucible, Fall 2009
"The Boy Who Bled Rubies" Don Juan and Men: Tales of Lust and Seduction, edited by Caro Soles, August 2009

Armstrong, Kelley. "Harbinger" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009.

Asad, Dan. "The Poet" Neo-opsis # 18, 2009. 817 words.

Ashby, Madeline. "The Chair." Nature 459, 290 (14 May 2009).

Ashby, Madeline. "Off-Track Betting." Flurb #7. Spring 2009.

Bedwell-Grime, Stephanie. "Luck of the Dragon" StrangeWeirdandWonderful.com, Winter 2009

Bird, Christopher. "Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels’ Generous Offer.” Mightygodking.com, November 10 2009.

Bobet, Leah. "Boxing Day." H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror #5, April 2009.

Bobet, Leah. "Mister Oak." Realms of Fantasy, February 2010 issue (published Dec. 2009).

Bobet, Leah. "Six." Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness, edited by Mike Allen, Norilana Books, July 2009.

Bobet, Leah. "The Parable of the Shower." Lone Star Stories #33, June 2009.

Bradley, Rebecca. "Kids These Days" Tesseracts Thirteen

Brown, Leslie."The Last Nice Afternoon in October."Warrior Wisewoman 2, edited by Roby James, Norilana Books, June 2009.

Brown, Leslie."Eppur si Muove."Escape Clause, edited by Clélie Rich, InkOinkArt Inc., Sept 2009.

Bryant, Andrew. "Wrenning Day" On Spec #78, Fall 2009

Burger, Cherie. "Left-Hand Turn" On Spec #77, Summer 2009

Campbell, J.R. "Mr. Other’s Children" Gaslight Grotesque

Carson, Brad. "Here There Be Monsters," Ages of Wonder, edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Rob St. Martin, March 2009.

Cherniak,Dave. "Favourite" On Spec #78, Fall 2009

Choi, Eric. "Another's Treasure," Footprints edited by Jay Lake and Eric T. Reynolds, Hadley Rille Books, July 2009.

Church, Suzanne. "The Tear Closet," Tesseracts Thirteen edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and David Morrell, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, September 2009.

Clarke, J. Brian. "Hell Ain't What it Used to Be" On Spec #76, Spring 2009

Cole, Geoffrey W. "Teaching Bigfoot to Read" Clarkesworld #28, January, 2009

Collis, Rhonda. "The Gospel Truth" On Spec #77, Summer 2009

Cresswell-Jones, Jonathan. "Surveillance" On Spec #77Summer 2009

Curelas, M.L.D. "Foxhunt" Creatures of the Night , October 2009.

Czerneda, Julie E. "The Forever Brotherhood" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009.

Deefholts, Khria. "The Lost Girls" On Spec #76, Spring 2009

DeMeulemeester, Lynda. " Time Leeches and the Evolution of Annie Ross " Neo-opsis # 17, 2009. 3,898 words.

Donev, Stef "Leprechauns on Ice" Creatures of the Night , October 2009.

Dorin, Ivan "Little Deaths" Tesseracts 13

Duncan, Dave. "Poem Ancestor" Neo-opsis # 17, 2009.

Durham, Bruce. "Yaggoth-Voor" Rage of the Behemoth, June 2009.

El-Mohtar, Amal. "Connla Mac Lia and the Kingship of Eriu." Cabinet des Fées #8, September 2009.

El-Mohtar, Amal. "And Their Lips Rang with the Sun." Strange Horizons, October 2009.

El-Mohtar, Amal. "The Fishbowl." Shimmer #11, December 2009

Foottit, Kimberly & Leslie, Mark. "Prospero's Ghost" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009.

Gardner, James Alan. "Truth-Poison" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009.

Giron, Sephera. "Can You See The Real Me?" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009

Gleisser, Benjamin. "Angel in the Corner" On Spec #77, Summer 2009

Greylyn , Jennifer. " Breath and Tide" Neo-opsis # 18, 2009. 1,123 words.

Gurgu, Costi. "Angels and Moths," Ages of Wonder, edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Rob St. Martin, March 2009.

Harse, Katie. "Viaticum", Tesseracts Thirteen, September 2009

Humphrey, Claire. "The Tongue of Bees." Fantasy Magazine, December 21, 2009

Hunter, Tina. "Truth Will Out," Seven Deadly Sins April 2009

Hunter, Tina. "Three Little Pigs," Seven Deadly Sins April 2009

Hunter, Tina. "Demon Disease," Creatures of the Night October 2009

Hunter, Tina. "Mistakes Bite," Creatures of the Night October 2009

Jaye, Conrad. "Self" Neo-opsis # 18, 2009. 1,166 words.

Johansen, K.V."The Storyteller", Andromeda Spaceways Issue №38.

Johnson, Matthew. "The Coldest War," Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2009.

Keeley, Karen. "The Exchange" On Spec #77, Summer 2009

Kelly, Michael. "Different Skins" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009

Kelly, Michael. "The Woods", Tesseracts Thirteen, September 2009

Ahmed A. Khan. How to Write a Fantasy Short-Short - Diet Soap, May 2009.

Kilpatrick, Nancy. "Sara" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009

Knowles, Brent. "From the Sea." On Spec #78, Fall 2009.

Knowles, Brent. "The Tale of Lady Spite." Tales of the Talisman, Volume V Issue 2, October 2009.

Kvas, Kevin. "An Abandoned Baby Carriage." Tesseracts Thirteen

Lalumière, Claude. "Roman Predator's Chimeric Odyssey." Objects of Worship. ChiZine Publications, September 2009.

Lalumière, Claude. "The Darkness at the Heart of the World." Objects of Worship. ChiZine Publications, September 2009.

Lalumière, Claude. "What to Do with the Dead" Shimmer #10, March 2009.

Lott, Jennifer. "A Day in the Life" Neo-opsis # 18, 2009. 1,296 words.

McDermott, Edward P. "Crash" Neo-opsis # 16, 2009. 2,161 words.

McFadden, Ryan. "Dues Ex Machina" Women of the Apocalypse. Absolute Xpress

Milholland, Billie, "Hungersnot" in Women of the Apocalypse. Absolute Xpress

Millman, Natalie. "Cloud Above Water," Ages of Wonder, edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Rob St. Martin, March 2009

Moloney, Susie. "Sown" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009

Moore, Matt. "The Weak Son" Tesseracts Thirteen, September 2009

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia. "Jaguar Woman" Shimmer, March 2009

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia. "B'alam" Reflection's Edge, August 2009

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia. "Sinking Palaces" Expanded Horizon's, August 2009

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia. "Bed of Scorpions" Tesseracts Thirteen, September 2009

Moxham, E.E. "An Elephant in the Room" On Spec #78Spring 2009

Nickle, David. "The Radejastians", Tesseracts Thirteen, September 2009

Nickle, David. "Slide Trombone", Monstrous Affections, ChiZine Publications

Onia, Al, "Emily's Shadow", On Spec #77, Summer 2009

Overton, Scott. "No Walls" Neo-opsis # 18, 2009. 4,240 words.

Pflug, Ursula. http://ursulapflug.ca "No Woman Is An Island." GULCH: An Assemblage of Poetry and Prose. Tightrope Books, Fall, 2009. http://tightropebooks.com/

Pi, Tony. "Come-From-Aways", On Spec #76, Spring 2009.

Pi, Tony. "Silk and Shadow," Beneath Ceaseless Skies #11, February 2009.

Pi, Tony. "Sphinx!," Ages of Wonder, edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Rob St. Martin, March 2009.

Pi, Tony. "Tekkai Exhales His Avatar," Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show #11, March 2009.

Piotrowski, Robert. "Case 143" On Spec #79 Summer 2009

Rimar, Mike. "Second Banana," Necrotic Tissue, Jan 2009

Roden, Barbara. "The Brink of Eternity", Poe, Solaris Books

Roden, Barbara. "The Haunted House in Etobicoke", Exotic Gothic 3, Ash-Tree Press

Roden, Barbara. "Of the Origin of the Hound of the Baskervilles" Gaslight Grotesque

Savage, Joan L. "The Seed" Neo-opsis # 17, 2009. 2,700 words.

Schlecht, Andrea. "Eurydice in the World of Light" Tesseracts Thirteen, 2009

Schmidt, Matthew Jordan. "Last Man" On Spec #76 Spring 2009

Sellar, Gord. "Cai and Her Ten Thousand Husbands," Apex Magazine: 3 Feb 2009.

Sellar, Gord. "Of Melei, of Ulthar," Clarkesworld Magazine: October 2009.

Seybold, Grace. "Brought to Light," Neo-opsis, #16, March 2009. 947 words.

Seybold, Grace. "Unrest," Beneath Ceaseless Skies #12, March 12, 2009.

Sinclair, Stacy. "Exit Wounds," Ideomancer Speculative Fiction, September 2009.

Skinner, Josh. "She" Neo-opsis # 16, 2009

Smith, Douglas. "Radio Nowhere", Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009

Smith, Peter Andrew, " Thirteen" Neo-opsis # 17, 2009. 2,549 words.

Stroescu, Matthew "Eternal Moonless Night" Creatures of the Night , October 2009.

Stroescu, Matthew "When I'm Sixty Four" Creatures of the Night , October 2009.

Stueart, Jerome "The Moon Over Tokyo Through Leaves in the Fall" Fantasy , September 2009.

Sumner-Smith, Karina. "Written in Smoke," Ages of Wonder, edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Rob St. Martin, March 2009.

Sweet, Caitlin "To Play the Game of Men" Ages of Wonder, edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Rob St. Martin, (DAW) March 2009.

Switzer, Robert P. "Finders Weepers" Neo-opsis # 17, 2009. 3,060 words.

Thomas, Erin. "Julia" On Spec #78, Fall 2009

Totton, Sarah. "Flatrock Sunners" Black Static, #12, August 2009.

Totton, Sarah. "Tricky, Penny, Pound" Under the Rose, edited by Dave Hutchinson. Norilana Books, October 2009.

Totton, Sarah. "Choke Point", Fantasy Magazine, December 28 2009.

Trenholm, Hayden. "Symphony of Stones" Neo-opsis, #16, March 2009. 5,200 words.

Trenholm, Hayden. "The Last Windigo" Gaslight Grotesque, edited by J.R.Campbell and Charles Prepolec. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2009

Trogen, Brit. "Red Cage" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009

Trudel, Jean-Louis. "The Night before the Storm" in Tesseracts 13. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy

van Belkom, Edo. "The Sypher" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009

Vernon, Steve. "Old Spice Love Knot" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009

Vincent, Bev "Overtoun Bridge" Tesseracts Thirteen

Vonarburg, Élisabeth, translated by Clélie Rich. "The Museum of Impermanence", Room Magazine.

Vonarburg, Élisabeth, translated by Howard Scott. "Pas de deux", Blood Out of a Stone. Nanopress.

Walton, Jo. "Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction", Tor.com, January 2009.

Weekes, Carol. "In The Pursuit of Dreams" Campus Chills, edited by Mark Leslie, October 2009

Weston, Joanna. "Every Witch Way" On Spec #78, Fall 2009

Winning, Kirk. "Too Human" Neo-opsis # 18, 2009. 3.036 words.

Wysong, Pippa. , "A Trip to the Northern Elves" Neo-opsis # 18, 2009. 6,582.

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Other Works
(A category for the Aurora Awards that includes multi-author anthologies, magazines, critical works, and more; the Hugos have a category for "Best Related Book," defined as "Any work whose subject is related to the field of science fiction, fantasy, or fandom, appearing for the first time in book form during the year in question, and which is either non-fiction or, if fictional, is noteworthy primarily for aspects other than the fictional text.")

Bell, Eileen; Felix, Roxanne; McFadden Ryan T.; Milholland, Billie; authors Women of the Apocalypse, Absolute Xpress, October 2009 ISBN 978-1770530003. [anthology]

Czerneda‬, ‪Julie E.‬& ‪St. Martin‬, ‪Robert ‬(Editors). ‪Ages of Wonder‬. ‪DAW Books, 2009

Hetherington, Janet. Author, poetry: "The Zombie Flu," in Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes. Editor: A.P. Fuchs; Publisher: Coscom Entertainment (2009)

Hetherington, Janet. articles, ANIMATION WORLD NETWORK (2009): "Redefining Wonder Woman," "Life Drama Without End: The Sims 3," OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL (OIAF) - Day 1, OIAF - Day 2, OIAF - Day 3, OIAF - Day 4, OIAF - Day 5

Hetherington, Janet. articles. THE PULSE (2009): "From the Tomb Rises from the Dead," "Hetherington & Sutton's FCBD Adventure," "WC Profile: Taral Wayne's Winding Road to Worldcon,"

Jack, Donald Banner's Headline. [radio play script, published together with the novel Me Bandy, You Cissie] Sybertooth, 2009.

Khan, Ahmed A. Islamic Science Fiction Coming Into Light Islam Online, 2009.

Kovacs, Christopher S., editor [with David G. Grubbs and Ann Crimmins]. Threshold – Volume 1: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, NESFA Press, February 2009. [anthology]

Kovacs, Christopher S., editor [with David G. Grubbs and Ann Crimmins]. Power & Light – Volume 2: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, NESFA Press, February 2009. [anthology]

Kovacs, Christopher S., editor [with David G. Grubbs and Ann Crimmins]. This Mortal Mountain – Volume 3: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, NESFA Press, June 2009. [anthology]

Kovacs, Christopher S., editor [with David G. Grubbs and Ann Crimmins]. Last Exit to Babylon – Volume 4: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, NESFA Press, June 2009. [anthology]

Kovacs, Christopher S., editor [with David G. Grubbs and Ann Crimmins]. Nine Black Doves – Volume 5: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, NESFA Press, December 2009. [anthology]

Kovacs, Christopher S., editor [with David G. Grubbs and Ann Crimmins]. The Road to Amber – Volume 6: The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, NESFA Press, December 2009. [anthology]

Kovacs, Christopher S., author. “…And Call Me Roger”: The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny [full biography]. Published in six parts, one per volume of The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volumes 1-6., NESFA Press, 2009. [biography]

Kovacs, Christopher S., author. “A Word from Zelazny” sections and “Notes” (story annotations) within each of the six volumes of The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Volumes 1-6., NESFA Press, 2009. [essays and annotations]

Kovacs, Christopher S., author. “…And Call Me Roger”: The Early Literary Life of Roger Zelazny. In: The New York Review of Science Fiction#246, February 2009, p 1,8-19. [essay]

Kovacs, Christopher S., author. “On the Origins of Zelazny's The Dead Man’s Brother.” In: The New York Review of Science Fiction#253, September 2009, p8-9. [essay]

Leslie, Mark, editor. Campus Chills, Stark Publishing, October 2009. [Anthology] ISBN 978-0-9735688-1-3

Marlowe, Paul. The Resident Member [Radio Play] An Inkless Media production, 2009.

Munteanu, Nina. The Fiction Writer: Get Published, Write Now! Pixl Press, January 2009. ISBN 978-0-9811012-0-0 (Nonfiction how-to-write book, part of "The Alien's Guidebook Series")

Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, " " Neo-opsis # 16, Neo-opsis # 17, Neo-opsis # 18, 2009. Karl Johanson Editor, Stephanie Ann Johanson Assistant Editor / Art Director.

On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic.The Copper Pig Writers Society, Publisher

Sawyer, Robert J., editor. Distant Early Warnings: Canada's Best Science Fiction. Robert J. Sawyer Books, August 2009. (Anthology)

Sawyer, Robert J. Earthfall. TV pilot script publicly performed with a full cast live at the National Film Board of Canada theatre in Toronto on 27 November 2009, as the winning entry in the WILDsound TV Pilot Competition

Douglas Smith. By Her Hand, She Draws You Down: Official Movie Companion Book, March 2009, 115 pages, trade paperback, ISBN 9781926633039

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Artistic Achievement
(The Aurora definition of the Artistic Achievement category: For a work or body of work produced by a Canadian artist within the previous calendar year.)

Beveridge, Jim" Cover ‘Xenobiology 101: Field Trip’" Neo-opsis # 16, 2009

Bruton, Heather. Cover Art "Goldfinches" On Spec Spring 2009

Dirks, Jason. Cover art On Spec Summer 2009

Hunt, Tarol. "Goblins" webcomic, 2009.

Lau, Herman. Covers: "Seven Deadly Sins", "Creatures of the Night" & "Women of the Apocalypse", Absolute Xpress, 2009

Lightbody, Ann. "Cover: ‘Alien Landscape’" Neo-opsis # 18, 2009.

Normand, Jean-Pierre. SCIENCE FICTION ILLUSTRATIONS (Black Coat Press, 2009).

O'Driscoll, Dan . Cover of Steel Whispers, Bundoran Press, 2009

Anderson, Kari-Ann. Cover of Nina Kimberly the Merciless, Dragon Moon Press, 2009

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Potential John W. Campbell Award Nominees
(presented at the World Science Fiction Convention; for writers whose first professional publications were in 2008 or 2009)

Carson, Brad

Cole, Geoffrey

El-Mohtar, Amal

Gurgu, Costi

Knowles, Brent

Seybold, Grace

Surridge, Matthew