2018 Ursa Major Awards

The 2018 Ursa Major Awards winners were announced at AnthrOhio 2019 on May 29, 2019.

List of Winners, and nominees by category

See also: List of Ursa Major Awards winners#2018

Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture

• Winner: Isle of Dogs (Directed by Wes Anderson)
• Runners-Up:
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman)
  • Avengers: Infinity War (Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo)
  • Peter Rabbit (Directed by Will Gluck)
  • Mary Poppins Returns (Directed by Rob Marshall)

Best Dramatic Series or Short Work

• Winner: Aggretsuko (Directed by Rarecho)
• Runners-Up:
  • Bojack Horseman (Created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg)
  • DuckTales (Developed by Matt Youngberg and Francisco Angones)
  • Brush: A Fox Tale (Directed by Willi Anton and Faustina Arriola)
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Directed by Denny Lu and Mike Myhre)

Best Novel

• Winner: Small World, by Gre7g Luterman
• Runners-Up:
  • Once A Dog, by Shaune Lafferty Webb
  • Cosmic Lotus, by Bernard Doove
  • The Snake's Song, by Mary E. Lowd

Best Short Fiction

• Winner: Uri's Bittersweet Story, by Uranium 235. (Published in Cross Time Cafe)
• Runners-Up:
  • Of Starwhals and Spaceships, by Mary E. Lowd. (Published in Daily Science Fiction)
  • A Legend in His Own Time, by Fred Patten. (Published in What the Fox!)
  • The Beating of Wild Hooves, by Dwale. ( Published in CLAW, Volume 1)
  • Come To Todor!, by Fred Patten. (Published in Exploring New Places)

Best Non-Fiction Work

• Winner: Furries: Down the Rabbit Hole. (Created by Fredrik Knudsen)
• Runners-Up:
  • FurSuit History. (from Culturally F'd)
  • This is Life with Lisa Ling: Furry Nation. (from CNN)
  • The Day the Fandom Died. (from Rooview)
  • Furries Assist. (from Rooview)

Best Other Literary Work

• Winner: What the Fox!, edited by Fred Patten.
• Runners-Up:
  • CLAW Volume 1, edited by K.C. Alpinus.
  • ROAR 9, edited by Mary E. Lowd.
  • Heat 15, produced by Dark End and Teagan Gavet.
  • Tales From the Guild: World Tour, edited by Ocean Tigrox.

Best Graphic Story

• Winner: Lackadaisy, by Tracy J. Butler
• Runners-Up:
  • Dreamkeepers, by David & Liz Lillie
  • Scurry, by Mac Smith
  • DreamKeepers Prelude, by David & Liz Lillie
  • Rising Sand, by Ty Dunitz and Jenn Lee

Best Comic Strip

• Winner: Carry On, by Kathryn Garrison Kellogg
• Runners-Up:
  • Freefall, by Mark Stanley
  • Doc Rat, by Jenner
  • Part Time Dragons, by Spike Parra and Donna Vu
  • The Whiteboard, by Doc Nickel

Best Magazine

• Winner: Culturally F’d, created by Arrkay and Underbite Dragon
• Runners-Up:
  • Dogpatch Press, edited by Patch Packrat
  • Moms of Furries (created by Moms of Furries on YouTube)
  • Flayrah, edited by Sonious, Dronon, and Lawrence “Greenreaper” Parry
  • South Afrifur Pawdcast (on YouTube)

Best Published Illustration

• Winner: Pirates!, website header for Furry Weekend Atlanta 2019, by Caraid
• Runners-Up:
  • Cover art for CLAW Volume 1, by Teagan Gavet
  • Murder in Surfer's Paradise, cover of the FurDU 2018 convention book, by Tracy J. Butler
  • Exploring New Places, book cover art by Demicoeur
  • Will You Be My Valentine? by Ashley Ash

Best Game

• Winner: Deltarune: Chapter 1 (Developed by Toby Fox)
• Runners-Up:
  • Spyro Reignited Trilogy (Developed by Toys for Bob, Published by Activision)
  • Ghost of a Tale (Developed and Published by SeithCG)
  • Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! (Developed by Game Freak, Published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo)
  • Detective Pikachu (the English release) (Developed by Creatures, Published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company)

Best Website

• Winner: e621.net
• Runners-Up:
  • Inkbunny
  • WikiFur
  • Lackadaisy.com
  • Furry Writers' Guild

Best Fursuit

• Winner: SonicFox, created by Yamishizen/Fursuit Enterprise, owned by SonicFox5000.
• Runners-Up:
  • Penelope, created by Dludnerad (Tamara Carmichael) and Paul Kidd, owned by Paul Kidd.
  • Zabivaka, the FIFA World Cup Mascot for 2018
  • Ravtrag, created by Suit-a-dile, owned by Ravtrag