Best Other Work in English: Michael Skeet and Lorna Toolis, Editors, Tesseracts4
Best Other Work in French: Les Compagnons à temps perdu, Magazine, Solaris
Artistic Achievement: Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk, Cover, MZB and On Spec
Organisational Fan Achievement: Adam Charlesworth, Noncon 15
Fanzine Achievement: Karl Johanson and John Herbert, Under the Ozone Hole
Other Fan Achievement: Louise Hypher, SF2 show
1994—Canvention 14 / World SF Convention (Winnipeg)
The awards will be presented in September at Canvention 14 (the first not hosted by another SF gathering), which is also the 1994 Worldcon.
PRIX BORÉAL
Founded in 1980 by the organisers of the Boréal convention in Québec City, the Prix Boréal have been presented every year since then (except 1985), in spite of the current hiatus in actual Boréal conventions. Categories and rules have changed throughout the years. In 1986, at Boréal 8 in Longueuil, the nonprofit corporation Société du Fantastique et de la Science-Fiction Boréal Inc. was set up to oversee the Boréal conventions and awards. In time for Boréal 11, in 1989, a set of rules for the Boréal Awards were drawn up by Luc Pomerleau and Jean-Louis Trudel, for SFSF Boréal Inc. According to these rules, all SF magazines and fanzines submit a list of dedicated SF readers from which a jury of about ten people is composed. This jury, in turn, selects five to six finalists in each category. Ballots are then distributed and all readers can vote, free of charge.
—Jean-Louis Trudel
Prix Boréal 1980 (Québec)
Meilleur livre (best book): Un Été de Jessica, Alain Bergeron
Meilleure nouvelle (best short fiction): “Jackie, je vous aime,”
Jean-Pierre April
Meilleur illustrateur (best illustrator): Mario Giguère
Prix Boréal 1981 (Montréal)
Meilleur livre (best book): La Machine à explorer la fiction, Jean-Pierre April
Meilleures nouvelles ex æquo (tied for best short fiction):
“TéléToTaliTé,” Jean-Pierre April; “Le Geai bleu,” René Beaulieu
Nouvelle sur place (on-site writing contest) “Le Retour des gueux,” Francine Pelletier
Prix Boréal 1982 (Chicoutimi)
Meilleur roman fantastique (best fantasy novel): Greenwich, Michel Bélil
Meilleur recueil fantastique (best fantasy collection): Déménagements, Michel Bélil
Meilleur roman de SF (best SF novel): Le Silence de la Cité, Élisabeth Vonarburg
Meilleur recueil de SF (best SF collection): Légendes de Virnie, René Beaulieu
Meilleures nouvelles de SF ex æquo (tied for best SF short fiction): “Le Chemin des fleurs,” Joël Champetier; “Le Coeur du monde bat encore,” Jean-François Somcynsky
Meilleure nouvelle fantastique (best fantasy short fiction): “Un départ difficile,” Jean-François Somcynsky
Prix Boréal 1983 (Québec)
Meilleur livre de SF (best SF book): L’Enfant du cinquième nord, Pierre Billon
Meilleur livre fantastique (best fantasy book): Du Pain des oiseaux, André Carpentier
Meilleure nouvelle de SF (best SF short fiction): “Les Virus ambiance,” Agnès Guitard
Meilleure nouvelle fantastique (best fantasy short fiction): Pas de prix (No Award)
Nouvelle sur place (On-site writing contest): “La traversée d’Algir,” Francine Pelletier
Meilleur chroniqueur (best SF column): Claude Janelle
Meilleur illustrateur (best illustrator): Jean-Pierre Normand
Prix Boréal 1984 (Québec)
Meilleur écrivain (best writer): Denis Côté
Meilleur critique (best critic): Luc Pomerleau
Meilleur dessinateur (best artist): André Côté
Personnalité de l’année (man of the year): Mario Giguère
Nouvelle sur place (on-site writing contest): Philippe Gauthier ex æquo (triple tie); Jean Pettigrew; Thierry Vincent
Prix Boréal 1985 (Québec)
No awards given.
Prix Boréal 1986 (Longueuil)
Meilleur roman (best novel): L’Épuisement du soleil, Esther Rochon
Meilleure nouvelle (best short fiction): “Compost,” Agnès Guitard
Meilleur dessinateur (best artist): Sue Krinard
Prix Boréal 1987 (Montréal)
Meilleur livre (best book): Coquillage, Esther Rochon
Meilleures nouvelles ex æquo: (tied for best short fiction)
“Bonne fête, Univers,” Alain Bergeron; “Une Chambre à l’Ouest,” Jean Dion; “Contre-courant,” Agnès Guitard
Meilleur essai (best essay): Écrits sur le fantastique, Norbert Spehner
Meilleur illustrateur (best illustrator): Mario Giguère
Nouvelle sur place (on-site writing contest): “Monde retapé: à vendre,” Jean-Louis Trudel
Prix Boréal 1988 (Chicoutimi)
Meilleur livre (best book): Le Temps des migrations, Francine Pelletier
Meilleure nouvelle (best short fiction): “La Marquise de Tchernobyl,” Claude-Michel Prévost
Prix Boréal 1989 (Ottawa)
Meilleur livre (best book): Les Gélules utopiques, Guy Bouchard
Meilleure nouvelle (best short fiction): “Geisha Blues,” Michel Martin
Meilleur travail critique (best critical work): Luc Pomerleau
Prix Boréal 1990 (Laval)
Meilleur livre (best book): L’Oiseau de feu (1-A), Jacques Brossard
Meilleure nouvelle (best short fiction): “La Tortue sur le trottoir,” Michel Martin
Meilleure production critique (best critical works): Luc Pomerleau
Prix Boréal 1991 (Rimouski/Laval)
Meilleur livre (best book): La Mer au fond du monde, Joël Champetier
Meilleure nouvelle (best short fiction): “Cœur de fer,” Joël Champetier
Meilleure production critique (best critical works): Claude Janelle
Prix Boréal 1992 (Montréal)
Meilleur livre (best book): La Taupe et le dragon, Joël Champetier ex æquo (tie) Boulevard des étoiles, Daniel Sernine
Meilleure nouvelle (best short fiction): “À la recherche de Monsieur Goodtheim,” Daniel Sernine
Meilleure production critique (best critical works): Luc Pomerleau
Prix Boréal 1993 (Montréal)
Meilleur livre (best book): Chroniques du Pays des Mères, Élisabeth Vonarburg
Meilleure nouvelle (best short fiction): “Convoyeur d’âmes,” Yves Meynard
Meilleure production critique (best critical works): Élisabeth Vonarburg
Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards in Québec
The Solaris Awards
To the best of my knowledge, the award given to the winner of the Solaris writing contest is the oldest such literary award in Canadian SF. It was launched by Norbert Spehner of the publication Requiem in 1977 as the Prix Dagon. In 1981, after Requiem had become Solaris, the Prix Dagon became the Prix Solaris. A small monetary award, currently amounting to $300, is given to the winner, whose story is published in the pages of the magazine. Between 1981 and 1988 inclusively, the Solaris writing contest was open to European writers as well, until Solaris decided there were enough good writers in Canada to let them compete for the award.
Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique
The Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique Québécois arose out of discussions aiming to set up a regular award for Canadian SF in French that would not be tied to the Boréal conventions. It is an annual award, now worth $2,000, given to an author for the whole of his literary works in the previous year. (For two years, the award was split between a Best Book and a Best Short Fiction category.) It is presented in April of each year, alternating between Montréal and Québec City. The choice of winner is made by a jury that tries to involve personalities from the Québec literary and media milieus. Two software companies, Logidisque and then Logidec, have acted as sponsors for three years at a time,
providing the money required for the award.
The Septième Continent Awards
In 1985 the Québec science fiction magazine imagine … established the “Septième Continent” writing contest to reward the writing of new short fiction exploring the “seventh continent.” From the beginning, the contest was opened to all authors writing in French. Until this year, the winner received a monetary award of $300 and the winner’s story was published in imagine … and a European periodical, which is currently the Belgian fanzine Magie Rouge. However, in 1994, with the tenth edition of the contest, this prize will climb to $500. Stories by finalists have also been published.
—Jean-Louis Trudel
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Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Glenn Grant
We Have Met the Alien (And It Is Us), Judith Merril
A Niche, Peter Watts
Mother Lode, Phyllis Gotlieb
Home by the Sea, Élisabeth Vonarburg
Under Another Moon, Dave Duncan
Remember, the Dead Say, Jean-Louis Trudel
One, Heather Spears
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer, Lesley Choyce
User Friendly, Spider Robinson
Distant Signals, Andrew Weiner
The Woman Who Is the Midnight Wind, Terence M. Green
The Winter Market, William Gibson
The Byrds, Michael G. Coney
Soluble-Fish, Joël Champetier
Memetic Drift, Glenn Grant
The Reckoning of Gifts, James Alan Gardner
The Cauldron, Donald M. Kingsbury
Happy Days in Old Chernobyl, Claude-Michel Prévost
Pity the Monsters, Charles de Lint
Carpe Diem, Eileen Kernaghan
Xils, Esther Rochon
Stolen Fires, Yves Meynard
Retrieval, John Park
Outport, Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Just Like Old Times, Robert J. Sawyer
Stardust Boulevard, Daniel Sernine
Ballads in 3/4 Time, Robert Charles Wilson
(Learning About) Machine Sex, Candas Jane Dorsey
Towards a Real Speculative Literature: Writer as Asymptote, Candas Jane Dorsey
Appendix: Canadian SF Awards
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About the Authors
Copyright Acknowledgments
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“We Have Met the Alien (And It Is Us)” by Judith Merril: Copyright © 1985 by Judith Merril; first appeared in Tesseracts; reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.
“A Niche” by Peter Watts: Copyright © 1994 by Peter Watts.
“Mother Lode” by Phyllis Gotlieb: Copyright © 1973 by Phyllis Gotlieb; first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.
“Home by the Sea” by Élisabeth Vonarburg: Copyright © 1985 by Élisabeth Vonarburg and Jane Brierley.
“Under Another Moon” by Dave Duncan: Copyright © 1990 by D. J. Duncan.
“Remember, the Dead Say” by Jean-Louis Trudel: Copyright © 1992 by Jean-Louis Trudel; first appeared in Tesseracts 4 (Victoria: Beach Holme Publishers, 1992).
“One” by Heather Spears: Copyright © 1993 by Heather Spears.
“The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer” by Lesley Choyce: Copyright © 1993 by Lesley Choyce.
“User Friendly” by Spider Robinson: Copyright © 1986 by Spider Robinson.
“Distant Signals” by Andrew Weiner: Copyright © 1983 by Andrew Weiner.
“The Woman Who Is the Midnight Wind” by Terence M. Green: Copyright © 1985 by Terence M. Green.
“The Winter Market” by William Gibson: Copyright © 1986 by William Gibson.
“The Byrds” by Michael G. Coney: Copyright © 1983 by Michael G. Coney; first appeared in Changes; reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Virginia Kidd.
“Soluble-Fish” by Joël Champetier: Copyright © 1987 by Joël Champetier and Louise Samson.
“Memetic Drift” by Glenn Grant: Copyright © 1990 by Glenn Grant.
“The Reckoning of Gifts” by James Alan Gardner: Copyright © 1993 by James Alan Gardner.
“The Cauldron” by Donald M. Kingsbury: Copyright © 1994 by Donald Kingsbury.
“Happy Days in Old Chernobyl” by Claude-Michel Prévost: Copyright © 1993 by Claude-Michel Prévost.
“Pity the Monsters” by Charles de Lint: Copyright © 1991 by Charles de Lint; first appeared in The Ultimate Frankenstein (Dell, 1991); reprinted by permission of the author.
“Carpe Diem” by Eileen Kernaghan: Copyright © 1989 by Eileen Kernaghan.
“Xils” by Esther Rochon: Copyright © 1991 by Les Editions de la Pleine Lune.
“Stolen Fires” by Yves Meynard: Copyright © 1991 by Yves Meynard.
“Retrieval” by John Park: Copyright © 1987 by John Park.
“Outport” by Garfield Reeves-Stevens: Copyright © 1992 by Garfield Reeves-Stevens.
“Just Like Old Times” by Robert J. Sawyer: Copyright © 1993 by Robert J. Sawyer.
“Stardust Boulevard” by Daniel Sernine: Original French version copyright © 1981 by Daniel Sernine and English translation © 1985 by Jane Brierley and Daniel Sernine.
“Ballads in 3/4 Time” by Robert Charles Wilson: Copyright © 1987 by Mercury Press, Inc.
“(Learning About) Machine Sex” by Candas Jane Dorsey
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“Towards a Real Speculative Literature: Writer as Asymptote” by Candas Jane Dorsey: Copyright © 1990 by Candas Jane Dorsey.
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