This is a list of Canadian literature of the fantastic. Only those which are novels or novel-length collections are eligible for the Sunburst Award.

Novels (alphabetical by author)

Allen, Robert, Napoleon's Retreat (Montreal, DC Books, 1997)
Alma, Ann, Under Emily's Sky (Vancouver, Beach Holme, 1997)
Amadahy, Zainab, The Moons of Palmares (Toronto, Sister Vision Press, 1997)
Atack, Chris, Project Maldon (New York, Baen, 1997)
Bantock, Nick, The Forgetting Room (Toronto, HarperCollins, 1997) HC
Birdsell, Sandra, The Town That Floated Away (Toronto, HarperCollins, 1997) HC
Boving, Nicholas, Maxim Gunn: The Demon Plan (Mississauga, Taurus Pub., 1997)
Bow, Patricia, The Spiral Maze (Saskatoon, SK, Thistledown, 1997)
Bowering, Marilyn, Visible Worlds (Toronto, HarperCollins, 1997) HC
Bradford, Karleen, Dragonfire (Toronto, HarperCollins, 1997)
Bradley, Rebecca, Scion's Lady (London, Gollancz, 1997) HC
Brouwer, Sigmund, Pirate's Cross (Nashville, Thomas Nelson Inc., 1997)
——, Outlaw's Gold (Nashville, Thomas Nelson Inc., 1997)
——, Soldier's Aim (Nashville, Thomas Nelson Inc., 1997)
Byrne, John, Wonder Woman; Gods And Goddesses (Calif., Prima, 1997) HC
Case, George, Silence Descends (Vancouver, Arsenal Pulp Press, 1997)
Czerneda, Julie, A Thousand Words for Stranger (New York, Daw, 1997)
de Lint, Charles, Trader (New York, Tor, 1997) HC
Dickson, Gordon R., The Dragon and the Gnarly King (New York, Tor, 1997) HC
Donovan, Rita, The Plague Saint (Edmonton, Tesseract, 1997) HC
Dorsey, Candas Jane, Black Wine (New York, Tor, 1997) HC
Duncan, Dave, Future Indefinite (New York, Avon, 1997) HC
Gaetz, Dayle Campbell, Alien Rescue (Montreal, Roussan, 1997) TD
Gardner, James Alan, Expendable (New York, Avonova, 1997)
Green, John F., The Curse of Jonathan Matthew (Toronto, Stoddart, 1997)
Green, Terence M., Blue Limbo (New York, Tor, 1997) HC
Greenwood, Ed, Elminster in Myth Drannor (Renton, WA, TSR, 1997)
Heffernan, Colleen, Mill Creek Kids (Edmonton, AB, Hodgepog Books, 1997) TD
Hill, Douglas, The Dragon Charmer (London, Hodder, 1997)
Holz, Cynthia, The Other Side (Toronto, Second Story Press, 1997)
Hood, Hugh, Great Realizations (Toronto, Anansi, 1997) HC
Hood, Ken, Demon Rider (New York, HarperPrism, 1997)
Huff, Tanya, Blood Debt (New York, Daw, 1997)
Hughes, Monica, The Faces of Fear (HarperCollins, Toronto, 1997) HC
Hutchins, Hazel, The Prince of Tarn (Toronto, Annick, 1997)
Jocelyn, Marthe, The Invisible Day (Toronto, Tundra, 1997) HC
Johansen, K.V., Torrie and the Dragon (Montreal, Roussan, 1997)
Kearsley, Susanna, The Shadowy Horses (Toronto, Seal, 1997) PB
Lawson, Julie, Goldstone (Toronto, Stoddart, 1997) TD
Leavey, Peggy Dymond, A Circle in Time (Toronto, Napoleon, 1997) TD
Lee, Stephen Andrew, Tales From Sanctuary: The Vampire Sex Bar (Toronto, Spitfire, 1997)
Major, Kevin, Gaffer (Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 1997) HC
Majzels, Robert, City of Forgetting: A Novel (Toronto, Mercury, 1997)
Marston, Ann, Broken Blade (New York, Harper Prism, 1997)
Matas, Carol, The Freak (Toronto, Key Porter, 1997)
Mathias, Barry, The Power in the Dark (Vancouver, Salal Press, 1997)
Molonie, Susie, Dry as Dust (Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 1997) HC
Nelson, Rosemary, Galena's Gift (Toronto, Napoleon, 1997)
Nickle, David, and Karl Schroeder, The Claus Effect (Edmonton, Tesseract, 1997) TD
Oppel, Kenneth, Silverwing (Toronto, HarperCollins, 1997)
Patton, Fiona, The Stone Prince (New York, Daw, 1997)
Poulsen, David A., The Hunk Machine (Montreal, Roussan, 1997)
Read, Nicholas, One in a Million (Vancouver, Polestar, 1997)
Richard, Robert, A Johnny Novel (Toronto, Mercury, 1997)
Ritter, Erika, The Hidden Life of Humans: A Novel (Toronto, Key Porter, 1997)
Robinson, Spider, Lifehouse (New York, Baen, 1997)
Russell, Sean, Beneath the Vaulted Hills (New York, Daw, 1997) HC
Sawyer, Robert J., Frameshift (New York, Tor, 1997) HC
——, Illegal Alien (New York, Ace, 1997) HC
Schafer, R. Murray, Tracks (Indian River, ON, Arcana, 1997)
Sebanc, Mark, Flight to Hollow Mountain (Grand Rapids, MI, W.B. Eerdmans, 1997) HC
Shatner, William, Delta Search (New York, HarperPrism, 1997) HC
——, In Alien Hands (New York, HarperPrism, 1997) HC
——, Tek Net (New York, Ace ,1997) HC
——, Star Trek: Avenger (New York, Pocket Books, 1997) HC, with Gar & Judy Reeves-Stevens
Sherman, Gisella Tobien, Grave Danger (Toronto, Scholastic, 1997) PB
Silverthorne, Judith, The Secret of Sentinel Rock (Regina, SK, Coteau, 1997)
Silvey, Diane, Spirit Quest (Vancouver, Beach Holme, 1997)
Sisson, Hal, Caverns of the Cross (Vancouver, Arsenal Pulp Press, 1997) TD
Slade, Arthur G., Draugr (Victoria, BC, Orca, 1997)
Slater, Ian, Showdown (New York, Fawcett, 1997)
Stanton, Steve, Superlight (Orillia, ON, Skysong Press, 1997)
Stewart, Sean, The Night Watch (New York, Ace, 1997) HC
Stewart, Sharon, The Minstrel Boy (Toronto, Napoleon Pub., 1997)
Stirling, S.M., The Ship Avenged (New York, Baen, 1997) HC
Taylor, Cora, Vanishing Act (Red Deer, AB, Red Deer College Press, 1997)
Tyson, Donald, The Tortuous Serpent (St. Paul, MN, Llewellyn Publications, 1997) TD
van Belkom, Edo, Lord Soth (Lake Geneva, WI, TSR, 1997)
West, Michelle, The Broken Crown (New York, Daw, 1997)
Whyte, Jack, The Fort at Rivers Bend (Toronto, Viking, 1997)
——, Metamorphosis (Toronto, Viking, 1997)
Willett, Ed, Soulworm (Unionville, NY, Royal Fireworks Press, 1997)
Wieler, Diana, Ran Van: Magic Nation (Toronto, Groundwood, 1997) HC
Wilson, John, Weet's Quest (Toronto, Napoleon Pub., 1997)
Wood, Beverley & Chris, Dogstar (Vancouver, Polestar, 1997)
Wright, Ronald, A Scientific Romance (Toronto, Knopf Canada, 1997) HC

Collections

Aird, Paul Leet, Loon Laughter; Ecological Fairy Tales and Nature Tales (Ottawa, Carleton University Press, 1997)
Burns, Cliff, The Reality Machine (North Battleford, SK, Black Dog Press, 1997)
Kilpatrick, Nancy, Endorphins (Norfolk, VA, Macabre, Inc., 1997)

Anthologies

Hutchison, Don, ed., Northern Frights Four (Oakville, ON, Mosaic, 1997)
Rowe, Michael, ed., Brothers of the Night (San Francisco, Cleis Press, 1997), co-editor: Thomas S. Roche
Sawyer, Robert J., and Clink, Carolyn, eds., Tesseracts 6 (Edmonton, AB, Tesseract, 1997)
Yashinsky, Dan, ed., Ghostwise; A Book of Midnight Stories (Charlottetown, PEI, Ragweed, 1997)