2022 Ursa Major Awards

The 2022 Ursa Major Awards was presented once again via Youtube on Wednesday 24th May 2023, with Rod O'Riley hosting minus the animated mink avatar. The new category for Best Anthropomorphic Music specifying anthropomorphic themed songs debuted and there was no award for Best Anthropomorphic Fursuit due to insufficient entries.

List of Winners, and nominees by category

See also: List of Ursa Major Awards winners#2022

Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture

• Winner: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Directed by Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado; December 21)

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • The Bad Guys (Directed by Pierre Perifel; April 22)
  • Turning Red (Directed by Domee Shi; March 11)
  • Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Directed by Jeff Fowler; April 8)
  • DC League of Super-Pets (Directed by Jared Stern and Sam Levin; July 29)

Best Dramatic Short Work

• Winner: Horns (animated series) (Directed by FattyDragonite; December 9)

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • The Legend of Pipi (Directed by Julia Schoel and Birgit Uhlig; Jul 16)
  • Tales From Scorchwater Valley - The Rhino and the Redbill (Directed by Alex Henderson; February 15)
  • Tales of Zale - Flickering Lights (Directed by Sif Savery; September 7)
  • Monkey Wrench - The Ghost Egg (Directed by Joshua Palmer; Jul 18)

Best Dramatic Series

• Winner: Bluey (Created by Joe Brumm; Season 3 (Part 2))

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • The Owl House (Created by Dana Terrace; season 2 episode 11 to season 3 episode 1)
  • Helluva Boss (Directed by Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano; Season 2, "The Circus" and "Seeing Stars")
  • Zootopia+ (Directed by Trent Correy and Josie Trinidad, Season 1)
  • Tuca & Bertie (Created by Lisa Hanawalt; Season 3)

Best Novel

• Winner: A Furry Faux Paw, by Jessica Kara

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • Scars of the Golden Dancer, by NightEyes DaySpring
  • Mouse Cage, by Malcolm F. Cross
  • Brothers At Arms (The Zyearth Chronicles Book 2), by R.A. Meenan
  • Toledot (Post-Self #2), by Madison Scott-Clary

Best Short Fiction

• Winner: Bears & Bravery, by Gre7g Luterman (illustrations by BearHybrid)

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • Null, by Elise Zoe Heider
  • The Otter's Wings, by Mary E. Lowd
  • Draught Horse, by Huskyteer
  • The Swift-Footed Darling of the Rocks (Do NOT Actually Call Me That), by Marie Croke

Best Other Literary Work

• Winner: Circles: Volume 4, by Andrew French, Scott Fabianek, and Steve Domanski

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • Usagi Yojimbo Origins, by Stan Sakai
  • When the World Was Young: A Prehistoric Anthology, edited by Madison Scott-Clary
  • Usagi Yojimbo (Trade Paperback), by Stan Sakai
  • ROAR: Volume 11, Edited by Ian Madison Keller

Best Non Fiction Work

• Winner: Art, Furries, God, by Patricia Taxxon

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • Who Runs The Internet? Furries, by Dylan Reeve
  • Furries & The Ethics of Cringe Culture, by Kurtis Connor
  • Furry Fiction: The Squishy Edges and the Heart, by Mary E. Lowd
  • Ursa's Major Issue - Confident self-promotion vs humble passionate skill, and a voting system's favoritism, by Sonious

Best Graphic Story

• Winner: The Whiteboard: Sherlock Holmes, by Doc N.

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • Slightly Damned, by Chu
  • Sonic the Hedgehog, written by Evan Stanley and Ian Flynn, art by Aaron Hammerstrom, Evan Stanley and Adam Bryce Thomas
  • Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai
  • Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat & Kid, by Stan Sakai

Best Comic Strip

• Winner: The Whiteboard, by Doc N.

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • Duncan & Eddie, by Chevril
  • Foxes in Love, @foxes_in_love
  • Part Time Dragons, by Part Time Dragons
  • Carry On, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg

Best Magazine

• Winner: Dogpatch Press, by Patch Packrat

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • InFurNation, edited by Rod O'Riley
  • Flayrah, edited by GreenReaper, Sonious, and Dronon
  • Zooscape, edited by Mary E. Lowd
  • Deep Sky Anchor, edited by Mary E. Lowd

Best Published Illustration

• Winner: Ais05, Dragon Party

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • Jacato, Wind Watcher
  • Wildering, Space Boy
  • Caraid, Jedit Ojanen, Mercenary

Best Game

• Winner: Cult of the Lamb

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • Stray (video game)
  • Tunic
  • Lookouts
  • Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series

Best Website

• Winner: Fur Affinity

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • e621
  • Wikifur
  • Kemono Cafe (web portal)
  • Fluffle

Best Music

• Winner: Another Railway Day, album, by Nonnie

• Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)

• • Visiting Narcissa, album, by Patricia Taxxon
  • Can Opener's Notebook: Fish Whisperer, album, by Vylet Pony
  • Cute Cervid Vol. 1, album, by CUTE CERVID (various artists)
  • idaidaida, album, by ida deerz