Sunburst AwardYoung Adult

Given by The Sunburst Award Society

Other Names: Sunburst Award Honorable Mention
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The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is a juried award based on excellence of writing in two categories: adult and young adult. The awards are presented annually to Canadian show more writers with a speculative fiction novel or book-length collection of speculative fiction published any time during the previous calendar year. Named after the first novel by Phyllis Gotlieb, one of the first published authors of contemporary Canadian science fiction, the awards consist of a cash award of Cdn$1,000 and a medallion which incorporates a specially designed "Sunburst" logo. The winners receive their awards in the fall of every year. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (33), Shortlist (134), Honourable Mention (45), Longlist (113)
Categories:
All, Adult (137), Short Story (1), Young Adult (110), No Category (51)
Years:
All, 2020 (11), 2019 (5), 2018 (11), 2017 (9), 2016 (11), 2015 (16), 2014 (5), 2013 (5), 2012 (5), 2011 (5), 2010 (5), 2009 (12), 2008 (10)

Winner 13

WorkYear
The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills2020
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman2019
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline2018
Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier2017
An Inheritance of Ashes by Leah Bobet2016
Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci2015
The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint2014
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman2013
All Good Children by Catherine Austen2012
Bookweirder by Paul Glennon2011
Half World by Hiromi Goto2010
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow2009
Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet by Joanne Proulx2008

Shortlist 51

WorkYear
The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad2020
Nevers by Sara Cassidy2020
Those Who Dwell Below (English) by Aviaq Johnston2020
Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray by Jess Keating2020
Spellslinger by Sebastien De Castell2019
Black Chuck by Regan McDonell2019
Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer2019
Feeder by Patrick Weekes2019
Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard by Jonathan Auxier2017
The Skids by Ian Donald Keeling2017
The Unquiet by Mikaela Everett2016
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel2016
Boo by Neil Smith2016
Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci2015
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier2015
A Breath of Frost (The Lovegrove Legacy) by Alyxandra Harvey2015
Sophie, in Shadow by Eileen Kernaghan2015
The Door in the Mountain by Caitlin Sweet2015
Sorrow's Knot by Erin Bow2014
Homeland by Cory Doctorow2014
The Path of Names by Ari Goelman2014
Urgle (Brothers of the Ikkuma Pit) by Meaghan McIsaac2014
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman2013
The Green Man by Michael Bedard2013
Pirate Cinema by Cory Doctorow2013
Bright's Light by Susan Juby2013
Rebel Heart by Moira Young2013
All Good Children by Catherine Austen2012
Ultraviolet by R. J. Anderson2012
The Summer of Permanent Wants by Jamieson Findlay2012
The Dead Kid Detective Agency by Evan Munday2012
Blood Red Road by Moira Young2012
Bookweirder by Paul Glennon2011
Shapeshifter by Holly Bennett2011
Plain Kate by Erin Bow2011
The Painted Boy by Charles de Lint2011
Dust City by Robert Paul Weston2011
Half World by Hiromi Goto2010
Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe2010
Amy by Any Other Name by Maureen Garvie2010
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston2010
The Hunchback Assignments by Arthur Slade2010
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow2009
The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong2009
Wild Talent by Eileen Kernaghan2009
Dingo by Charles de Lint2009
Night Runner by Max Turner2009
Choices by Deborah Lynn Jacobs2008
Retribution by Carrie Mac2008
Darkwing by Kenneth Oppel2008
The Night Wanderer: A Native Gothic Novel by Drew Hayden Taylor2008

Honourable Mention 15

WorkYear
Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong2015
Child of a Hidden Sea by A.M. Dellamonica2015
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel2015
Feather Brain by Maureen Bush2009
Watching July by Christine Hart2009
The Freak III: Far by Carol Matas2009
Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel2009
Jolted: Newton Starker's Rules for Survival by Arthur Slade2009
Shadow-Town by Duncan Thornton2009
The Incredibly Ordinary Danny Chandelier by Laura Trunkey2009
Cry Wolf by Edo van Belkom2008
The Warrior's Daughter by Holly Bennett2008
The Twilight Box by Troon Harrison2008
Baboon by David Jones2008
Frost by Nicole Luiken2008

Longlist 43

WorkYear
The Ghost Collector by Allison Mills2020
The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza Azad2020
Nevers by Sara Cassidy2020
Those Who Dwell Below (English) by Aviaq Johnston2020
Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray by Jess Keating2020
Summerwood/Winterwood by E. L. Chen2020
Rat Rule '79: An Adventure by Rivka Galchen2020
The Changeling of Fenlen Forest by Katherine Magyarody2020
Shantallow by Cara Martin2020
The Dark Missions of Edgar Brim by Shane Peacock2020
Master of the World by Edward Willett2020
Scion of the Fox by S. M. Beiko2018
Tangled Planet by Kate Blair2018
The Painting by Charis Cotter2018
Julia Defiant by Catherine Egan2018
All the Stars Left Behind by Ashley Graham2018
Exo by Fonda Lee2018
The Valiant by Lesley Livingston2018
Weave a Circle Round by Kari Maaren2018
Dragonfly Song by Wendy Orr2018
Mountain by Ursula Pflug2018
The Hill by Karen Bass2017
Transferral by Kate Blair2017
Worlds Of Ink And Shadow by Lena Coakley2017
The Inn Between by Marina Cohen2017
Julia Vanishes by Catherine Egan2017
Flickers by Arthur Slade2017
The Road to Ever After by Moira Young2017
Enslavement (One Bright Future) by Melinda Friesen2016
Clover's Luck by Kallie George2016
Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee2016
Hannah & the Wild Woods by Carol Anne Shaw2016
The Dogs by Allan Stratton2016
The Flame in the Maze by Caitlin Sweet2016
Black Feathers by Robert J. Wiersema2016
Gottika by Helaine Becker2015
The Voices in Between by Charlene Challenger2015
Guardian by Natasha Deen2015
Seven Wild Sisters: A Modern Fairy Tale by Charles de Lint2015
The Paper Sword: Spell Crossed by Robert Priest2015
Zomboy by Richard Scrimger2015
Radiant by Karina Sumner-Smith2015
Song of the Sword: Book 1 of the Shards of Excalibur by Edward Willett2015

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