Apocalyptic Four

Women of the Apocalypse, the fantasy anthology published by Absolute Xpress, took home two of the three English language (professional) Aurora awards at Keycon in Winnipeg.  It won for for Best Work English (Other – primarily for anthologies) and Best Short Form English (for Eileen’s novella Pawns Dreaming of Roses).  Robert J Sawyer took him the third English prize for Best Long Form for his novel Wake.  A full list of the winners can be found here.

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The good news continues into 2010 for Women of the Apocalypse.  We received notification that Women of the Apocalypse has been nominated in the English Works (Other) category (this category is for anthologies and magazines) and Eileen Bell’s novella ‘Pawns Dreaming of Roses‘ has been nominated in the English Short Works (an amazing feat considering there were over 125 other entries).

The Aurora Awards are for the best Canadian SF/fantasy of the year  as voted by the fans.  Voting will begin shortly (and on this site we’ll announce how and where you can vote ) — with the winning selection announced at Keycon in Winnipeg the May 21st-23rd weekend.

For more information about the Aurora Awards, go here: Aurora Awards

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Robert J. Sawyer is “the dean of Canadian Science Fiction,” according to The Ottawa Citizen, “just about the best science-fiction writer out there,” according to the Denver Rocky Mountain News, and “by any reckoning, among the most successful Canadian authors ever,” according to Maclean’s.

Robert Sawyer has this to say (among other things) about the Women of the Apocalypse:

This is, without doubt, one of the major theme anthologies of 2009, and deserves a place on the Aurora Award ballot — as do the individual stories. The anthology recently made the bestsellers’ list published in the Calgary Herald.

You can read his full review here.

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