Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association
We are a non-profit dedicated to celebrating the best in Canadian speculative fiction. Run by a volunteer board, CSFFA facilitates the annual Prix Aurora Awards & administers the Canadian SF Hall of Fame: www.csffa.ca
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- Jan. 2026 CSFFA Newsletter drops, including: registration for the year is open, and our first book club meeting is happening on Jan. 22 (featuring @cjdwriter.bsky.social!) to talk A JUDGMENT OF DRAGONS and matron saint of Canadian spec fic, Phyllis Gotlieb. mailchi.mp/csffa/jan-2026
- Happy Holidays from CSFFA! Check out the info for our Aurora Book Club, launching in January with Phyllis Gotlieb's "A Judgment of Dragons" and a book club event featuring special guest @cjdwriter.bsky.social! + CSFFA's 2026 Calendar & Aurora Eligibility Reminder mailchi.mp/csffa/dec-2025
- Please find an announcement from us on the tragic passing of our friend and fellow board member, Jean-Louis Trudel. mailchi.mp/csffa/in-mem...
- Eligibility lists are now OPEN for Canadian speculative fiction works published in 2025. If you purchased a 2025 membership to vote in the Aurora Awards this past year, you can head over to www.csffa.ca and log in to add works to our lists. 1/
- After skipping October, our November newsletter is out: mailchi.mp/csffa/nov-2025
- Our eligibility submissions process is opening soon (November) for next year's Aurora Awards! We are always looking for folks willing to help us verify eligibility. If you are interested in helping out (the commitment is limited and has a set end date, please write to volunteer.csffa@gmail.com
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- 2025 Aurora Award Winners We are pleased to announce (a little late) the winners of the 2025 Aurora Awards for excellence by Canadians in the fields of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. We want to congratulate all of this year’s nominees.
- The 2025 Aurora Award Ceremony will begin at 5:00pm EDT on Sunday, August 10th. That’s Eastern time (Ontario and Quebec). Make sure you adjust your time if you live elsewhere. The ceremony is again hosted by Mark and Liz. Links to livestream the ceremony will follow in the replies.
- Voting for the 2025 Auroras is officially finished for the season! Stay tuned for the awards ceremony on Sunday Aug. 10, which will be live streamed on youtube and FB. Links to come.
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- Today is the FINAL DAY to vote in this year's Aurora Awards. There are 7.5 hours left to so, in fact! (The voting portal will close after 11:59 PM Eastern Time). If you are one of our members and haven't already submitted your votes, please go do so before you forget!! #AuroraAwards2025
- The 2025 Aurora ballot is live! Check out the finalists for each category here: www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...
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- Only 2 DAYS!!! left to get your nominations in for this year's Aurora Awards! Nominations will close at 11:59 EDT on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Please take a look through our awesome lists of eligible works and submit your nominations through our member portal at www.csffa.ca
- Nominations are OPEN! CSFFA members can now submit their nominations for works done in 2024. Our nomination form closes at 11:59pm Eastern Time on April 5th. Any questions or concerns, you can contact us here or on our website!
- Thanks to everyone who submitted Canadian-authored works to our awards eligibility lists! The lists closed this past weekend and we are busy vetting the most recent entries before the Aurora Nominations period opens on March 1.
- Reposting our Eligibility Lists for this awards season. So much has been added over the last few months, we're really happy to see so many Canadians active in the field. *We* can't highlight particular works, but *you* can! Share what's stood out with you & what others should consider nominating!
- Here is the list of confirmed eligible works of Canadian SFF published in the year 2024: www.csffa.ca/awards-infor... Please use this list to explore the work of talanted Canadian creators and help us recognize their achievements by nominating your favourites!
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- Been seeing a few end-of-year award eligibility posts, but then they disappear into the nether regions of the feed before I can act on them. So: Canadian SFFH creators, please @ us with your eligibility posts! I'll try to get you added to our eligibility list, which is linked in our pinned post.
- We have a LOT of new followers lately, thank you whoever added us to a starter pack somewhere. And thanks for following! We at CSFFA organize the annual Prix Aurora Awards to celebrate the "best" (ie. fan favourites) of Canadian speculative fiction. Our home is at www.csffa.ca
- CSFFA's dates and deadlines for 2025 have been posted to our website here: www.csffa.ca/about/calend... The next two dates are: January 4 – Membership payments open, Eligibility Lists open for 2025 members, Development grants (Part 1) opens February 22 – Eligibility Lists close
- A couple responses we got to our survey indicated that some people signed up hoping to access a Canadian writer community through our work. Yes, our name can be a bit ambiguous, it's important to clarify that we are primarily a fan-organized assn expressly aimed to recognize our favs through awards
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- Thank you to everyone who responded to our survey, we received some excellent feedback that we're still discussing internally, some of which we're hoping to put into action over the coming months. It's still open, so ICYMI you can still fill it out here: forms.gle/JwAXZuKi9LfV...
- If you have ever been a CSFFA member or participated in the Aurora Awards, please help us understand your experience and priorities by answering this brief member survey: forms.gle/xwizXeMCoUY9... We really, really appreciate it!
- Our latest newsletter went out this morning, featuring the winners of the 2024 Aurora Awards, a link to our member survey, and a call for eligibility list volunteers. See the post for more details: mailchi.mp/csffa/june-2...
- The folks at Augur Society, behind the Aurora Award-winning Augur Magazine, are running a (so far very successful) Kickstarter this month. So far it looks like we'll potentially have a new Canadian indie SFF press, which is great! Please check it out and support if you can.
- The Aurora Awards ceremony this Sunday, Aug 11 @ 5pm EDT will be live-streamed on three separate platforms: YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p77S... Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/87787... LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/events/72260...
