The 2016 Shortlist

The Sunburst Award Committee is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2016 Sunburst Awards for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. This year’s shortlists—for Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Short Story (a new category) — showcase the impressive breadth and depth of Canadian literature of the fantastic.

Below are this year’s shortlists, with links to books and stories.

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2012 Shortlist

Adult Shortlist

Blackdog, by K. V. Johanson

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2015 Shortlist

Adult Shortlist

The Troop
by Nick Cutter
Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster

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2014 Sunburst Winners

Cover art for "A Tale For The Time Being

Toronto, Ontario (October 1st, 2014) The Sunburst Award Committee is pleased to announce that the winner of its 2014 adult award is A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Penguin Group Canada - ISBN - 9780670067046) and the winner of its 2014 young adult award is The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint (Little Brown Books - ISBN - 9780316053570).