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Aurora Time Again!

It's that time again: time to nominate works for the Prix Aurora Award, which you can do here:

• Nomination process page:
  http://www.facebook.com/l/f6044;www.prix-aurora-awards.ca/English/AwardProcess/nominationVoting.htm


• Direct to the Form: http://www.prix-aurora-awards.ca/English/AwardProcess/nominationForm.php
  

The Aurora Awards are fan-voted awards for the best Canadian SF of the year.

Any Canadian citizen or permanent Canadian resident can nominate works for free either electronically or by mail. It only takes a few minutes. The deadline for nominations is February 5, 2010. The Aurora Awards will be given out at KeyCon in Winnipeg in May.

For a list of some of the eligible works you can go here: http://www.facebook.com/l/f6044;canadiansf.com/node/42

Eligible works for the Okal Rel Universe (the short form one isn't ORU but the author will also appear in Opus 5)

Best Long-Form Work In English - 2009
Far Arena by Lynda Williams, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009

Best Short-Form Work In English - 2009
A Day in the Life, Jennifer Lott, issue 18 of Neo-Opsis

Best Work In English (Other) - 2009
Opus 3, Okal Rel Legacies Anthology, Absolute X-Press

Thanks for supporting the Okal Rel Universe!

Labels: Aurora Award, Far Arena, Opus 3

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Working on details for the launch of Part 5: Far Arena and the Opus 3anthology. So far we have the following planned:

"Lynda Williams and friends will have a friendly, drop-in launch for Part 5: Far Arena of the Okal Rel Saga and Opus 3, third anthology of stories set in the Okal Rel Universe edited by Jennifer Sparling, on July 2, 2009 at 6 p.m. All welcome to drop by, look at art show, mix and mingle in an informal atmosphere. A short program of show and tell will feature including some audience participation fencing bouts with foam swords."

Labels: anthology, Jennifer Sparling, Opus 3, Prince George Public Library

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