2007 Ursa Major Awards

The 2007 Ursa Major Awards ceremony was held at Morphicon 2008 on May 17, 2008. Voting took place between March 15th and April 20th; 208 votes were received from countries as diverse as Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the UK, and the USA. The award plaques were designed by Heather Bruton.

Six awards went to active fandom members, three of whom had won in the two preceding years. Author Kyell Gold won Best Novel and Best Short Fiction twice in the last three years, gaining both in the 2006 awards.

Of the winning nominees, only D.C. Simpson, creator of Ozy and Millie, was available to pick up her award, as she was concurrently the guest of honor for the hosting convention.

Nominees

Winners are highlighted in bold.

Best Comic Book

• Captain Carrot and the Final Ark, by Bill Morrison, Scott Shaw, and Al Gordon
• Furry Guardians, by Cyberklaw
• Gargoyles, by Greg Weisman, Gordon Purcell, Dustin Evans, and Greg Guler
• Genus, by various artists
• i.s.o., by Vince Suzukawa
• Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai

Best Published Illustration

• Blotch: Cover of Fur Affinity United souvenir book
• Heather Bruton: Wraparound cover of "Common and Precious"
• Heather Burton: Wraparound cover of "Life's Dream"
• Baron Engel: Cover of Further Confusion 2007 program book
• Sara Palmer: Cover of "The Prisoner's Release, and Other Stories"
• Georgi Valchev: cover of Furnation Anthology Magazine issue #8

Best Short Fiction

• Chrysanthemum and Cabbage (in Renard's Menagerie #4), by Gerald Perkins
• Don't Blink (in Heat #4), by Kyell Gold
• For Love or Family (in The Prisoner's Release and Other Stories), by Kyell Gold
• A Non-Biodegradable Fox (in New Fables, Summer 2007), by Ryan Campbell
• Putting the Universe Back Together (in Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe #43), by Chas. P. A. Melville

Best Other Literary Work

• All the Newshounds Fit to Print, by Thomas K. Dye
• Digger, Volume 3, by Ursula Vernon
• A Doemain of Our Own, Volume 2: Shift Happens, by Susan Rankin
• Fur-Piled, Volume 2, by Leo Magna
• The Prisoner's Release and Other Stories, by Kyell Gold

Best Motion Picture

• The Golden Compass
• Ratatouille
• Shrek the Third
• Surf's Up!
• TMNT

Best Dramatic Short Work or Series

• Gridlock - Doctor Who episode
• The Natural Order
• Naturally Juicy
• Pouring In
• Shaun the Sheep

Best Novel

• Black Dogs, by Ursula Vernon
• Common and Precious, by Tim Susman
• Coyote Season, by Michael Bergey
• The Hero, by Teiran
• Inside the Cage, by Kyell Gold
• Life's Dream, by Bernard Doove

Best Comic Strip

• Bristled, by Stephanie Mebius
• Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures, by Amber M. Pankyo
• Lackadaisy, by Tracy J. Butler
• Newshounds II, by Thomas K. Dye
• Ozy and Millie, by D.C. Simpson

Best Game

• Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
• Sam & Max: Season Two, Episode 1: Ice Station Santa
• Sonic Rush Adventure
• Sonic and the Secret Rings

Best Magazine

• Anthro (#9, January-February to #14, November-December)
• Heat (#4, July)
• New Fables (#1, Summer)
• Renard's Menagerie (#1, January, to #4, October)
• South Fur Lands (#44, March, to #47, December)
• Spontoon Island (January to December)
• Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe (#43, August)