The Aurora Awards are granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. The Award for Best Poem/Song was first awarded in 2011 when the Prix Aurora and Prix Boreal merged into one. Previously, poems had been recognized under the Best Short Fiction category, and songs had been nominated in the Best Related Work category. The award is only granted in the English-language Awards, with the equivalent awards for French-language poetry coming under the Best Short Fiction category, and music coming under the Best Audiovisual Artistic Creation category (which does not have a direct English-language equivalent).
No award was given in 2017, as there were insufficient nominations.
Winners and nominees
* Winners and joint winners
YearAuthor(s)WorkPublisher/PublicationResult 2011 * Winner Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New UndeadFinalist Witches & Pagans (#21)Finalist Tesseracts (Vol. 14): Strange Canadian StoriesFinalist ChiZine (#45)Finalist 2012 * Kelp QueenWinner Polu Texni, Apr 2011Finalist ChiZine (#47)Finalist & Ben Deschamps FairytaleFinalist ChiZine (#47)Finalist 2013 * Literary Review of Canada, Jul/Aug 2012Winner Phantom Drift 2: Valuable EstrangementsFinalist Strange Horizons, Jun 11, 2012Finalist Come Late to the Love of BirdsFinalist Tesseracts (Vol. 16): Parnassus UnboundFinalist 2014 * Tesseracts (Vol. 17): Speculating Canada from Coast to Coast to CoastWinner Urban Green ManFinalist Literary Review of Canada, Nov 2013Finalist Postscripts to Darkness (#4), Oct 2013Finalist Strange Horizons, Feb 25, 2013Finalist Apex Magazine (#55), Dec 2013Finalist 2015 * Tesseracts (Vol. 18): Wrestling with GodsWinner Goblin Fruit, Summer 2014Finalist Tesseracts (Vol. 18): Wrestling with GodsFinalist Uncanny (#1), Nov/Dec 2014Finalist If the World Were to Stop SpinningFinalist 2016 * Liminality (#5)Winner (94:3)Finalist On Spec (#99)Finalist Gods, Memes, and Monsters: A 21st Century BestiaryFinalist Postscripts to Darkness (#6), Apr 2015Finalist 2017NO AWARD GIVEN; INSUFFICIENT NOMINEES 2018 * Polar Borealis (#4), Jul/Aug 2017Winner Tesseracts (Vol. 20): CompostelaFinalist 49th ParallelsFinalist Tesseracts (Vol. 20): CompostelaFinalist 49th ParallelsFinalist Polar Borealis (#4), Jul/Aug 2017Finalist Polar Borealis (#4), Jul/Aug 2017Finalist 2019 * On Spec (#107)Winner By the Light of CamelotFinalist Shades Within Us: Tales of Migrations and Fractured BordersFinalist Uncanny (#25), Nov/Dec 2018Finalist Amazing Stories, Winter 2018Finalist 2020*Love at the Speed of LightWinnerSora*—WinnerAugur (#2.2), August 2019FinalistAmazing Stories, Spring 2019FinalistAmazing Stories, Spring 2019FinalistStar*Line, Fall 2019FinalistAmazing Stories, Fall 2019Finalist2021*WinnerThis Magazine, Mar/Apr 2020FinalistStrange Horizons, Sep 2020FinalistUncanny (#32), Jan/Feb 2020FinalistArsenika, Win 2020FinalistFinalist & Rhonda ParrishStar*Line, Spring 2020FinalistOn Spec (#115)Finalist2022*Polar Starlight (#3), Oct 2021WinnerNightmare (#110), Nov 2021FinalistPolar Starlight (#4), Dec 2021FinalistFantasy (#70), Aug 2021FinalistPolar Borealis (#19), Aug/Sep 2021FinalistFood of My PeopleFinalist2023*On Spec Win 2022WinnerNewMyths Dec 2022FinalistPolar Starlight 6FinalistUncanny May/Jun 2022FinalistStar*Line Spr 2022FinalistUncanny Jan/Feb 2022FinalistPolar Starlight 5FinalistAugur 5.2Finalist2024*Nightmare Nov 2023Winner Heartlines Spec Spr/Sum 2023FinalistStrange Horizons Oct 2023FinalistAugur Jun 2023FinalistPolar Starlight Mar 2023FinalistUncanny Sep/Oct 2023Finalist2025*Invitation: A One-shot Anthology of Speculative FictionWinnerOn Spec Magazine, Vol 24, Issue 130Finalist and Rhonda ParrishStar*Line, Vol 47, Issue 4FinalistPolar Starlight, Issue #15FinalistPolar Borealis, Issue #28Finalist and David ClinkGiant Robot Poems: On Mecha-Human Science, Culture & WarFinalist2026*From DustSmall WondersWinnerAt the Spaceport BarPolar Starlight Magazine #17FinalistBigfoot FarewellCryptids, Kaiju & Corn: Poems and Micro-Stories about Modern Midwest MonstersFinalistDragon KaraokePolar Starlight, Issue #18FinalistExplosivePolar Starlight #20Finalistflowers without meadowEye to the Telescope #56Finalist
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