The Aurora Awards are granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. The Award for Best Short Fiction () was first recognized in 1986 as a separate category from Best Long-Form and granted as the Award for Best Short-Form (), one to an English-language work and one to a French-language work, but it did not become a dedicated category until 1989. In 1997 it was renamed to the Award for Best Short-Form Work and then again in 2012 it became the Award for Best Short Story, when the and combined, before adopting the name Award for Best Short Fiction a year later.
Robert J. Sawyer holds the highest number of awards for the English-language prize at five (5) awards. Élisabeth Vonarburg and Yves Meynard hold the highest number of awards for the French-language prize, also at five each.
No winner was selected in 1986, but a shortlist was created.
English-language Award
Winners and nominees
* Winners and joint winners
YearAuthor(s)WorkCollection/PublicationRef.1986No award given Tesseracts (Vol. 1) Tesseracts (Vol. 1) Vancouver (Nov '85) 1987No nominations 1988 * Amazing Stories, Nov 1987 1989 * Machine Sex and Other Stories Writers of the Future (Vol. IV) Amazing Stories, Sep 1988 Machine Sex and Other Stories PulpHouse: The Hardback Magazine (#2), Winter 1988 1990 * On Spec (Vol 1, No 2), Fall 1989 On Spec (Vol 1, No 2), Fall 1989 On Spec (Vol 1, No 2), Fall 1989 Analog (Nov '89) On Spec (Vol 1, No 2), Fall 1989 1991 * On Spec (Vol 2, No 1), Spring 1990 Asimov's Science Fiction (Nov '90) Tor SF Double (#19) Unknown Sword and Sorceress (Vol. VI) 1992 * Tesseracts (Vol. 3) * Tesseracts (Vol. 3) Aethlon (Vol. VII, #1) Man-Kzin Wars (Vol. IV) Author's Choice Monthly (#22) F&SF (Feb '91) Tesseracts (Vol. 3) On Spec (Vol 3, No 2), Winter 1989 1993 * & David Nickle* Tesseracts (Vol. 4) Tesseracts (Vol. 4) Ark of Ice: Canadian Futurefiction Tesseracts (Vol. 4) Northern Frights (Vol. 1) On Spec (Vol 4, No 1), Spring 1992 F&SF (Sep '92) 1994 * On Spec (Vol 5, No 2), Summer 1993 On Spec (Vol 5, No 4), Winter 1993 On Spec (Vol 5, No 1), Spring 1993 F&SF (Vol 84, No 2), Feb 1993 On Spec (Vol 5, No 1), Spring 1993 1995 * Asimov's Science Fiction (May '94) Northern Frights (Vol. 2) Prairie Fire (Vol. 15, #2) Writer's Block (Summer '94) Just Write (May '94) 1996 * Northern Frights (Vol. 3) Northern Frights (Vol. 3) TransVersions (#3) Northern Frights (Vol. 3) F&SF (Jan '95) 1997 * Dark Destiny (Vol. III) Tesseracts (Vol. 5) On Spec (Vol 8, No 2), Summer 1996 Parsec (Apr/May '96) Tesseracts (Vol. 5) Palace Corbie (Vol. 7) 1998 * Asimov's Science Fiction (Feb '97) Tesseracts (Vol. 6) Tesseracts (Vol. 6) Free Space On Spec (Vol 9, No 4), Winter 1997 Tesseracts (Vol. 6) Tesseracts (Vol. 6) TransVersions (#7) 1999 * Arrowdreams: An Anthology of Alternate Canadas On Spec (#34), Fall 1998 Science Fiction Age, Mar 1998 Interzone (#128), Feb 1998 Parsec (Spring '98) 2000 * Packing Fraction & Other Tales of Science & Imagination Parsec (Spring/Summer '99) Northern Frights (Vol. 5) Parsec (Winter '98/'99) Northern Frights (Vol. 5) Tesseracts (Vol. 8) Amazing Stories, Winter 1999 Prairie Fire (Vol. 19, #4) 2001 * Star Colonies Far Frontiers Star Colonies On Spec (#40), Spring 2000 2002 * Silicon Dreams Western Alumni Gazette (Autumn '01) (#28), Fall 2001 Weird Tales (Summer '01) (Spring '01) On Spec (#45), Summer 2001 On Spec (#46), Fall 2001 2003 * Analog (Nov '02) Explorer: Tales from the Wonder Zone Orbiter 30th Anniversary DAW: Science Fiction Explorer: Tales from the Wonder Zone 2004 * Low Port Space, Inc. Space, Inc. Space, Inc. 2005 * ReVisions Interzone (#194), Sep/Oct 2004 So Long Been Dreaming Odyssey: Tales From the Wonder Zone Neo-opsis (#3), 2004 Space Stations Girls Who Bite Back 2006 * Northwest Passages: A Cascadian Anthology (novelette) Cicada (Jan/Feb '05) Down These Dark Spaceways On Spec (#61), Summer 2005 & Derryl Murphy Tesseracts (Vol. 9) Women of War 2007 * Slipstreams Mythspring Neo-opsis (#9), 2006 Slipstreams Mythspring 2008 * Challenging Destiny (#24) Under Cover of Darkness On Spec (#70), Fall 2007 Abyss & Apex (#24, Q4 '07) Writers of the Future (Vol. XXIII) 2009 * Tesseracts (Vol. 12) Weird Tales (May/Jun '08) Analog (Jun '08) Impossibilia Postscripts (#17) 2010 * (novella) Women of the Apocalypse Ages of Wonder Tesseracts (Vol. 13) Campus Chills ChiZine Productions 2011 * Neo-opsis (#19), 2010 Tesseracts (Vol. 14) Warrior Wisewoman (Vol. 3) AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review (Nov '10) Rigor Amortis 2012 * Chilling Tales: Evil I Did Dwell; Lewid Did I Live When the Hero Comes Home (Vol. 1) Asimov's Science Fiction (Oct/Nov '11) Analog (Dec '11) 2013 * On Spec (#90), Fall 2012 Torn Realities When the Villain Comes Home On Spec (#90), Fall 2012 Clarkesworld (#68), May 2012 2014 * Masked Mosaic, Canadian Super Stories Urban Green Man Urban Green Man When the Hero Comes Home (Vol. 2) 2015 * Analog (Jul/Aug '14) Elements: A Collection of Speculative Fiction Tesseracts (Vol. 18) Beneath Ceaseless Skies (#155), Sep 2014 Elements: A Collection of Speculative Fiction 2016 * Tor.com & Tony Pi Galaxy's Edge (#12), Jan 2015 F&SF (Vol 128, No 3&4), Mar/Apr 2015 Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft Caped: An Anthology of Superhero Tales 2017 * Strangers Among Us Strangers Among Us Strangers Among Us Strangers Among Us On Spec (#103), Sep 2016 2018 * Enigma Front: The Monster Within Tor.com When the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy When the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 * Tor.com Tales From Plexis Tor.com Shades Within Us: Tales of Migrations and Fractured Borders InterGalactic Medicine Show (#62) 2020 & * (chapbook)Saga Press Alice Payne Rides (chapbook)Tor.com ""Amazing Stories, Fall 2019 ""Augur (#2.1) ""F&SF, Sep/Oct 2019 ""Neo-opsis (#30), 2019 2021*""Swashbuckling Cats ""Lightspeed (#123), Aug 2020 ""Prairie Gothic ""Prairie Gothic ""Galaxy's Edge (#47), Nov 2020 ""Uncanny (#39), Mar/Apr 2020 2022*""Lightspeed (#130), Mar 2021 ""Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories ""Uncanny (#45), Mar/Apr 2021 ""On Spec (#117), Sep 2021 ""Shapers of Worlds: Volume II ""Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories 2023*"Broken Vow: The Adventures of Flick Gibson, Intergalactic Videographer"On Spec (#120) "Big Trouble in Droidtown" ""The Dark, Mar 2022 ""Clarkesworld, Jan 2022 ""Prairie Witch ""Brave New Worlds ""Polar Borealis 22 ""Fireside, Mar 2022 2024*Communications Breakdown Mar 2023 Augur Jun 2023F&SF Sep/Oct 2023Fantasy Magazine Oct 2023Saltwater Sorrows2025Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue 408Clarkesworld, Issue 216 Heartlines Spec, Issue 4Diabolical Plots, #108AZebra Meridian and Other Stories, Stelliform Press2026"The Stone Played at Tengen"Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 230"Hunted To Extinction"Gallery Books"I Ain’t Your Doll Face"Polar Borealis Magazine #33"the love song of house and lake"On Spec Magazine, Issue #133"What If We Kissed While Sinking a Billionaire’s Yacht?"Antifa Lit Journal, Volume 1
French-language Award
Winners and nominees
* Winners and joint winners
YearAuthor(s)WorkCollection/PublicationRef. 1986 * Dix nouvelles de science-fiction québécoise 1987 * Montréal (#15) 1988 * Solaris (#73, May/Jun '87) 1989 * L'Année de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique Québécois - 1987 1990 * Imagine... (#46, Dec '88) 1991 * Octa (#48) 1992 * Sol (#11) 1993 * Solaris (#101, Aug '92) 1994 * Solaris (#107, Oct '93) 1995 * Solaris (#111, Autumn '94) 1995 * Imagine... (April '94) 1996 * Unknown 1997 * Genèses (#4279) 1998 * Solaris (#121, Spring '97) 1999 * Fantasy (#1, Nov '98) 2000 * Solaris (#131, Autumn '99) 2001 * & Benoît Domis* Tesseracts (Vol. 6) 2002 * Solaris (#138, Autumn '01) 2003 * Solaris (#143, Autumn '02) 2004 * Recueils (#70, Sep-Dec '03) 2005 * Solaris (#149, Spring '04) 2006 * Solaris (#155, Summer '05) 2007 * Solaris (#159, Summer '06) 2008 * Solaris (#164, Autumn '07) 2009 * Solaris (#167, Summer '08) Ballade sur PallideVirages #44Jos Montferrand et le Grand Brigand des routesSolaris #161QUAD9 #6A 2010 * Solaris (#171, Summer '09) 2011 * Solaris (#176, Autumn '10) 2012 * Unknown 2013 * Unknown 2014 * Les Six Brumes Solaris (#188, Autumn '13) Solaris (#186, Spring '13) 2015 * Solaris (#192, Autumn '14) Solaris (#190, Spring '14) Brins d'éternité (#38, May '14) Solaris (#192, Autumn '14) Solaris (#190, Spring '14) Brins d'éternité (#37, Mar '14) 2016 * Solaris (#195, Summer '15) Solaris (#195, Summer '15) Clair/Obscure (Vol. 13) L'Arracheur de rêves Bizarro 2017 * Solaris (#200, Autumn '16) Solaris (#197, Winter '16) Brins d’éternité (#43) Solaris (#199, Summer '16) Galaxie (#40) Solaris (#197, Winter '16) Solaris (#200, Autumn '16) Clair/Obscur (#17) Brins d’éternité (#43) Solaris (#198, Spring '16) 2018 * Les Six Brumes Solaris (#203) Les Six Brumes Solaris (#203) Les Six Brumes 2019 * Solaris (#207) Brins d'éternité (#49) La République du centaure Brins d’éternité (#50) Brins d’éternité (#50) 2020 * Solaris (#210) 2021 * Solaris (#214) 2022 * La République du Centaure 2024*Ce qu’on laisse derrièreSolaris FloraisonsXYZ Blanche comme la nuitMains libres Capitaine Bâbord et la sirèneSolaris AnastasiaÉdiligne2025 *Bercer les voûtes Les Six Brumes IA Échos de l’imaginaire Échos de l’imaginaire Magie et Illusion Échos de l’imaginaire Crépuscule écarlate Cœurs des ténèbres
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