The Sunburst Awards, celebrating Canadian literature of the fantastic, have released the winners in both adult and young adult categories. Congratulations to A.M. Dellamonica, whose debut novel Indigo Springs, won the adult award and Hiromi Goto, whose Half World took the young adult award.

On Indigo Springs the jurors had this to say:

"Original, passionate, lyrical and powerful, entertaining and terrifying at once, Dellamonica's debut novel examines how both good intentions and good people can be overthrown by the temptations of power."

On Half World:

"Goto's style is gruesome rather than gory; neither horror nor dark fantasy but entirely original and unclassifiable. Richly imagined phantasmagoric scenes decorate every iridescent page. Goto's stylish incendiary prose lifts Half World above the YA category; this novel crosses age boundaries and could just as easily be categorized as a book for adults."

The jurors for the 2010 award were Don Bassingthwaite, Gemma Files, Susie Moloney, Ursula Pflug and Edward Willett. In 2011 the jurors will be Julie E. Czerneda, Kate Freiman, Mark Leslie, Christopher Roden and Alison Sinclair.

Dellamonica was interviewed by McNally Robinson upon Indigo Springs' release. You can read a review of her award winning novel here.

As paraphrased from the Canadian Children's Book Centre website:

The Canadian Children's Book Centre has announced the finalists for the 2010 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, Prix TD de littérature canadienne pour l'enfance et la jeunesse, Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction and Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People.

The winners of the English-language awards will be announced on November 9, 2010, and the winners of the Prix TD de literature canadienne pour l'enfance et la jeunesse will be announced November 2, 2010. Overall, $110,000 in prize monies will be awarded.

We at McNally Robinson Grant Park would like to congratulate Winnipeg author Colleen Sydor, whose Timmerman Was Here is a finalist for the $20,000 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. See the website for a full list of all of the finalists.

The Sunburst Award, named for author Phyllis Gotlieb's first novel, is a juried prize celebrating Canadian literature of the fantastic. It has both an adult and young adult category.

The nominees for the 2010 award are:

Adult:

• The Mystery of Grace-Charles de Lint
• Indigo Springs-A.M. Dellamonica
• Makers-Cory Doctorow
• The Sunless Countries-Karl Schroeder
• Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America-Robert Charles Wilson

Young Adult:

• Give Up the Ghost-Megan Crewe
• Amy By Any Other Name-Maureen Garvie
• Half World-Hiromi Goto
• Wondrous Strange-Lesley Livingston
• The Hunchback Assignments-Arthur Slade

The winners of the Sunburst Award will be announced Fall 2010. Jurors for 2010 are Don Bassingthwaite, Gemma Files, Susie Moloney, Ursula Pflug, and Edward Willett.

 

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Locus Magazine, the trade journal of the Science Fiction and Fantasy field, has released the winners of their annual awards.

• Best Science Fiction Novel: Boneshaker, Cherie Priest
• Best Fantasy Novel: The City & The City, China Miéville
• Best First Novel: The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
• Best Young Adult Book: Leviathan, Scott Westerfeld
• Best Anthology: The New Space Opera 2, Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan - editors
• Best Collection: The Best of Gene Wolfe, Gene Wolfe

A complete list of nominees and winners in all categories can be found here.