The Aurora Awards for Fan Achievement is a section in the annual Aurora Awards which are granted by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. Several categories of awards for Fan Achievement have been granted over the years for both English-language and French-language fans. The first Fan Award was the Aurora Award for Fan Achievement, first granted in 1986. Since then, several categories have been created, with two still currently being given. In 2017 no awards for Fan Achievement in any anglophone categories were given.
Aurora Award for Fan Achievement
This award was first granted in 1986 as a general category to recognize any fan-related works in the previous calendar year. This was discontinued in 1989, and replaced with more specific categories.
Winners and nominees
* Winners and joint winners
YearFan(s)WorkCategoryPublicationRef. 1986 * Fanzine Maple Leaf Rag 1987 * Fanzine Solaris N/A Unknown N/A Unknown 1988 * Fanzine Maple Leaf Rag
Aurora Award for the Best Fan Writing & Publications
An award specifically for fanzines was created in 1989, and is still an ongoing category in the Aurora Awards. It was called the Award for Best Fanzine Achievement from 1989 until 1995. In 1996 it took on the name Award for Best Fan Achievement (Fanzine) and held it until 2002, and again from 2008 until 2010. In 2003, the award was renamed the Award for Best Fan Achievement (Publication), to encompass a greater scope until 2007. In 2011, the name was changed again to the Award for Best Fan Publication. In 2008, 2011 and 2014, no award was given, due to insufficient nominees. In 2018, the award names was broadened again to the Award for Best Fan Writing and Publications.
Winners and nominees
* Winners and joint winners
YearFan(s)WorkDistributorRef. 1989 * Maple Leaf Rag 1990 * Maple Leaf Rag 1991 * Neology 1992 * Friends of the Merril Collection 1993 * & John Herbert* Under the Ozone Hole 1994 * & John Herbert* Under the Ozone Hole British Columbia S.F. Association , Aaron Humphrey & Dale Sproule Communique Opuntia ZX 1995 * & John Herbert* Under the Ozone Hole Bardic Runes British Columbia S.F. Association Space-Time Continuum The Frozen Frog 1996 * & John Herbert* Under the Ozone Hole & John C. H. Wong British Columbia S.F. Association Space-Time Continuum MonSFFA Warp 9 1997 * Friends of the Merril Collection KIDC Space-Time Continuum , Bertrand Desbiens & Mark Lefebvre The Society for Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature Ottawa Science Fiction Society & John Herbert Under the Ozone Hole MonSFFA 1998 * Warp 9 Btfcoq Ottawa Science Fiction Society Friends of the Merril Collection Space Cadet Gazette MonSFFA 1999 * MonSFFA Northern Fusion Opuntia Ottawa Science Fiction Society Friends of the Merril Collection 2000 * USS Hudson Bay & IDIC CONtract KAG/Kanada , Dwight Williams & Sharon C. P. Fall Ottawa Science Fiction Society MonSFFA 2001 * USS Hudson Bay & IDIC & Garth Spencer British Columbia S.F. Association Made in Canada S'harien SF&F Social Club Opuntia 2002 * & Sharon Lowachee* USS Hudson Bay & IDIC British Columbia S.F. Association Made in Canada Opuntia Ottawa Science Fiction Society 2003 * Made in Canada Ailleurs Filking from C to C Opuntia Pubnites & Other Events 2004 * Made in Canada Zine-Zag 2005 * Opuntia www.geocities.com/mensuhell 2006 * www.eFanzines.com/RSNG Brins d’éternité www.writtenword.org/in_places_between 2006 www.geocities.com/mensuhell , Guillaume Houle & Fred Proulx Les Six Brumes 2007 * Brins d’éternité www.geocities.com/mensuhell , Guillaume Houle & Fred Proulx Les Six Brumes 2008 No award Opuntia 2009 * The Original Universe Brins d’éternité Clair/Obscur Opuntia 2010 * WCFSA BCSFA Brins d'Éternité Opuntia The Original Universe 2011No award? 2012 *, Ryan McFadden*, Billie Milholland* & Randy McCharles* Bourbon and Eggnog 2012 BCSFA Robin Herrinton Memorial Short Story Contest Friends of the Merril Collection Space Cadet 2013 * Speculating Canada BCSFA Broken Toys Robin Herrinton Memorial Short Story Contest Reality Skimming Space Cadet 2015 * Speculating Canada Broken Toys Ecdysis Pubnites Space Cadet 2016 * Speculating Canada Broken Toys Ecdysis The Page of Reviews MonSFFA 2018 * Speculating Canada Reflections on Community and Gender in Canadian SFF JenEric Designs Quora MonSFFA 2019She Wrote It But…Revisiting Joanna Russ’ “How to Suppress Women’s Writing” 35 Years Later Adios Cowboy Books and TeaConstructing the FutureUncanny MagazineMars vs. TitanQuoraTravelling TARDISJenEric Designs 2020Polar Borealis, Issues #9 to #12 Weekly columns in Amazing Stories Travelling TARDISJenEric DesignsBooks and TeaWeekly columns in Amazing StoriesWill Voyager 1 leave the Milky Way?Quora 2021Polar BorealisIssues #13 to #16 BCSFAzineIssues #538 to #547 Travelling TARDISJenEric DesignsRandom MusingsIssue #539 to #547 in BCSFAzineClubhouseweekly column in Amazing Stories MagazineYoung People Read Old SFFOnline 2022Polar BorealisIssues #17 to #20 Canadian SF&F book and magazine reviewsin Amazing Stories (online) In Defense of the Humble Cold Plate: How the Peculiar, Distinct, and Different Enriches FictionPolar Starlight Magazine issues #1 to #4Young People Read Old SFFOnline 2023Polar BorealisIssues #21 to #23 JenEric Movie ReviewsJenEric Designs Polar Starlight MagazineIssues: 5, 6, and 7The Travelling TARDISJenEric DesignsYoung People Read Old SFFOnline 2024Polar BorealisIssues #24 to #27 Maria’s Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror Short Fiction Roundup Polar Starlight MagazineIssues: 8 to 12The Travelling TARDISJenEric DesignsYoung People Read Old SFFOnline 2025SF&F Book ReviewsOttawa Review of BooksClubhouse Canadian Speculative Fiction reviewsAmazing Stories Magazine Polar Starlight MagazineIssues: 13 to 16Speculating CanadaJames Nicoll ReviewsOnline 2026*Issues 17-20Polar Starlight MagazineAmazing Stories online columns, Numbers 405-420Amazing Stories.comBook ReviewsThe Ottawa Review of BooksSpeculative Poetry and the HugosStrange HorizonsYoung People Read Old Science Fictiononline
Aurora Award for Best Fan Organizational
An award specifically for achievements in organizing conventions was created in 1989, and was an ongoing category in the Aurora Awards until 2023. In 1997 its name became Award for Best Fan Achievement (Organizational). In 2011 the name of this award changed to Award for Best Fan Organizational, with achievement left implied.
Winners and nominees
* Winners and joint winners
YearOrganizers(s)ConventionLocationRoleRef. 1989 * Ottawa Treasurer 1990 * Edmonton Group 1991 * Regina President & Chair 1992 * Winnipeg Chair 1993 * Vancouver Unspecified 1994 * Toronto Unspecified Waterloo Unspecified Montréal Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Montréal Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified 1995 * Vancouver Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified 1996 * Montréal Unspecified Mississauga Unspecified Montréal Unspecified Montréal Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Montréal Unspecified Toronto Unspecified 1997 * Toronto Chair Montréal Unspecified Montréal Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified 1998 * Unknown Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Montréal Chair Markham Unspecified Montréal Unspecified Mississauga Unspecified 1999 * Montréal Chair Toronto Programmer Montréal Unspecified Markham Unspecified Toronto Co-Chair 2000 * Montréal Unspecified Fredericton Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Montréal Unspecified Montréal Chair 2001 * Vancouver Chair & President Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified 2002 * Toronto Unspecified Montréal Chair Montréal Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Montréal Unspecified 2003 * Toronto Unspecified Toronto Masquerade Co-organizer Toronto Masquerade Co-organizer Toronto Committee Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified 2004 * Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified 2005 * Toronto Unspecified Vancouver Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified 2006 * Toronto Masquerade Organizer Calgary Co-chair Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Montréal Unspecified 2007 * Montréal Chair Nationwide Unspecified Montréal Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified 2008 * Unknown Unspecified Nationwide Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Toronto Unspecified Montréal Unspecified 2009 * Calgary Chair Nationwide Administrator Toronto Organizer Calgary Guest liaison & Peggi Warner-Lalonde Mississauga Co-chairs 2010 * Mississauga Organizer Calgary Programmer Toronto Unspecified Calgary In Spaces Between organizer & René Walling Montréal Co-chairs 2011 * & Sandra Katsuri* Toronto Co-chairs Toronto Organizer Edmonton Chair Toronto Chair Toronto Chair 2012 * Calgary Founder & Chair Toronto Chair of the Committee Toronto Administrator & Sandra Katsuri Toronto Co-chairs Toronto Chair Vancouver Art Show Organizer 2013 * Calgary Chair & Programming , Amy de Ruyte & Peter Halasz Toronto Executive committee Toronto Organizer & Lauren Marshall Toronto Co-chairs , Sandra Katsuri & James Bambury Toronto Co-chairs 2014 * Calgary Chair & Alana Otis-Wood Richmond Hill Co-chairs & Chadwick Ginther Winnipeg Co-chairs & Sandra Katsuri Toronto Co-chairs Ottawa Chair Vancouver Art Show director 2015 * Toronto Chair and Nicole Lavigne and Matt Moore Ottawa Co-chairs , Farrell McGovern, Caycee Price & Elizabeth Buchan-Kimmerly Ottawa Executives Calgary Chair & Paul Roberts Richmond Hill Co-chairs 2016 * Calgary Chair & Chadwick Ginther Winnipeg Co-chairs and Derek Künsken Ottawa Executives and Nicole Lavigne and Matt Moore Ottawa Co-chairs & Paul Roberts Richmond Hill Co-chairs 2017*Calgarychair & Chadwick GintherWinnipegCo-chairs and Derek KünskenOttawaExecutive and Nicole Lavigne and Matt Moore OttawaCo-chairsSurreyChair and Angela KeeleyTorontoCo-chairsBurnabyChair 2018 * Calgary Chair and Derek Künsken Ottawa Executives , Brandon Crilly, Nicole Lavigne, and Matt Moore Ottawa Co-chairs Winnipeg Chair Burnaby Chair 2019 and Derek Künsken*Ottawa and Nicole Lavigne and Matt Moore OttawaToronto 2020 and Derek Künsken*Ottawa and K. T. BryskiToronto EdmontonBurnaby 2021No award2022*Chair and K. T. BryskiChair
After the 2022 awards this category was merged with Fan Related Work
Aurora Award for the Best Fan Related Work
An award covering other achievements not related to the other categories was created in 1989, and is still an ongoing category in the Aurora Awards. In 1997 the name of the prize became Award for Best Fan Achievement (Other). In 2011 the name changed simply to Award for Best Fan Other. In 2013 the name of the award was changed to match that of the professional award, to Award for Best Fan Related Work.
Winners and nominees
* Winners and joint winners