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Sunburst Award Nominees by Chadwick Ginther - Sunday, Jul 12, 2009 at 11:38am

Congratulations to Winnipegger Andrew Davidson, whose debut novel The Gargoyle has been shortlisted for the 2009 Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. The Sunburst is a juried prize with both an adult and young adult category.

Adult Category

Young Adult Category

  • The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
  • Dingo by Charles de Lint
  • Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
  • Wild Talent: A Novel of the Supernatural by Eileen Kernaghan
  • Night Runner by Max Turner
  • Honourable mentions from the adult category include: Blackouts by Craig Boyko; The Frankenstein Murders by Kathlyn Bradshaw; Here After by Sean Costello; Toll the Hounds by Steve Erikson; The Seary Line by Nicole Lundrigan; After the Fires by Ursula Pflug; and Blasted by Kate Story.

    Feather Brain by Maureen Bush; Watching July by Christine Hart; Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel; Far by Carol Matas; Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival by Arthur Slade; Shadow Town by Duncan Thornton; and The Incredibly Ordinary Danny Chandelier by Laura Trunkey round out the honourable mentions for the young adult category.

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