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............  1998 Prix AURORA Awards .............

    The nominees for the 1998 Prix Aurora Awards voting
ballot are listed at the end of this message. Deadline
for mailing in ballots is September 15th. Voting
ballots are available from the Aurora website at:
       http://www.sentex.net/~dmullin/aurora
Or by e-mailing dmullin@inforamp.net and requesting
a ballot.

    The 1998 Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy
Awards (better known as the Prix Aurora Awards) will
be presented at Canvention 18, held in conjunction
with Con*cept, October 2-4, 1998 in Montreal, Quebec.
    En 1998, les Prix canadiens de la science-fiction
et du fantastique seront presentes lors du congres
Canvention 18, organise en conjonction avec Con*cept,
du 2 au 4 octobre, a Montreal en Quebec.

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      Best Long-Form Work in English
        Meilleur livre en anglais

* Trader, Charles de Lint (Tor, Feb/97)
* Black Wine, Candas Jane Dorsey (Tor, Jan/97)
* Shadow of Ashland, Terence M. Green (Tor, Jan/96)
* Frameshift, Robert J. Sawyer (Tor, June/97)
* Illegal Alien, Robert J. Sawyer (Ace, Dec/97)

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          Meilleur livre en francais
        Best Long-Form Work in French

* Corps-machines et r\^eves d'anges, Alain Bergeron
     (Vents d'Ouest, 97)
* Coeur de fer, Jo\"el Champetier (Orion, 97)
* L'Odyss\'ee du P\'en\'elope, Jean-Pierre Guillet
     (H\'eritage, 97)
* Nelle de Vilv\`eq, Francine Pelletier (Alire, 97)
* Aboli, Esther Rochon (Alire, 96)
* Le Jeu de la perfection, \'Elisabeth Vonarburg
     (Alire, 96)

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         Best Short-Form Work in English
          Meilleure nouvelle en anglais

* "The PlayTime Case", David Chato
     (On Spec Winter/97)
* "Divisions", Eric Choi (Tesseracts 6)
* "Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes
     in the Human Blood Stream", James Alan Gardner
     (Asimov's, Feb/97)
* "The Fishmonger's Emeralds", Katie Harse (Tesseracts 6)
* "The Watley Man and the Green-Eyed Girl",
     Eileen Kernaghan (TransVersions #7)
* "The Hand You're Dealt", Robert J. Sawyer
     (Free Space, Tor)
* "Spirit Dance", Douglas Smith (Tesseracts 6)
* "Prescribed Burn", Jena Snyder (Tesseracts 6)

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            Meilleure nouvelle en francais
         Best Short-Form Work in French (1997)

* "La Voyeuse", Manon Brunet (imagine... 78)
* "Badelaire l'assassin", Jo\"el Champetier (Concerto
     pour six voix, M\'ediaspaul)
* "Une lettre de ma m\`ere", Yves Meynard (Solaris 121)
* "Dans ses yeux une flamme", Daniel Sernine
     (Entre voisins, Pierre Tisseyre)
* "Fictions et fantascience", Jean-Louis Trudel (Solaris 121)

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          Best Other Work in English
      Meilleur ouvrage en anglais (Autre)

* Firewall, ReBoot episode 3.1.3
     (Mainframe Entertainment, Inc)
* Northern Frights 4, Don Hutchison, ed.
     (Mosaic Press) (anthology)
* On Spec, sf magazine (The Copper Pig Writers' Society)
* Parsec, sf magazine (Parsec Publishing Co)
* Sandoval's Run, Earth: Final Conflict episode 112
     (Atlantis Films, Baton Broadcasting,
      Roddenberry/Kirschner Productions,
      Tribune Entertainment)
* Tesseracts 6, Robert J. Sawyer & Carolyn Clink, eds.
     (Tesseract Books) (anthology)
* TransVersions, sf magazine (Island Specialty Reports)

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         Meilleur ouvrage en francais (Autre)
             Best Other Work in French

* "Un baiser dans le noir -- Quand Stephen King se
    fait nouvelliste", Guy Sirois (Stephen King:
    Trente ans de terreur, Alire)
* imagine..., Paul-G. Croteau/Jean-Marc Gouanvic, r\'ed.
    (Les Imaginoides)
* Hugues Morin, editor/directeur (Stephen King:
    Trente ans de terreur, Alire)
* Solaris, Hugues Morin, r\'ed.
    (Les Compagnons \`a temps perdu)
* \'Elisabeth Vonarburg, critiques (Solaris 120-123)

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Artistic Achievement / Accomplissement artistique

* James Beveridge
* Edward Charpentier
* Yves Crepeau
* Janet L. Hetherington
* Jean-Pierre Normand
* Larry Stewart
* Ronn Sutton

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Fan Achievement (Fanzine)
Accomplissement fanique (Fanzine)

* A Little Enlightenment, Chris Chartier, ed. (Btfcoq)
* OSFS Statement, M. B. Wadsworth, ed. (Ottawa SF Society)
* Sol Rising, Theresa Wojtasiewicz, ed.
    (Friends of the Merril Collection)
* The Space Cadet Gazette, R. Graeme Cameron, ed.
* Warp, Keith Braithwaite, ed. (MonSFFA) 
* Warp Factor, Chris Chartier, ed. (Warp 9)

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Fan Achievement (Organizational)
Accomplissement fanique (Organisation)

* Chris Chartier (Warp 9 and/et British
    Television Fanclub of Quebec)
* Andrew Gurudata (Pharos Project)
* Peter Halasz (The National SF & Fantasy Society / La
    Societ\'e Nationale de la S-F et du Fantastique)
* Cindy Huckle (Primedia)
* Ann Methe  (Con*cept)
* Rebecca M. Senese (Space-Time Continuum)

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Fan Achievement (Other)
Accomplissement fanique (autre)

* R. Graeme Cameron (CUFF)
* Gary Hilson (Canadian SF & Fantasy Resource
     Guide website) (www.connect.ab.ca/~garyh/cansfrg)
* Charles Mohapel (Hollyweird column/chronique)
* Lloyd Penney (fan-writing/\'ecriture fanique)
* Larry Stewart (entertainer/personnalit\'e amuseur)

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NOTE: This is NOT a voting ballot. Ballots are
available from the Aurora website at:
       http://www.sentex.net/~dmullin/aurora
Or by e-mailing dmullin@inforamp.net & requesting one.