News:2007 Ursa Major Award voting open

March

Voting has begun for the 2007 Ursa Major Awards.

Ten awards are being given in various fields of anthropomorphism. People are allowed to vote for up to three nominees in each award, based on a sliding scale. Voting closes on April 20, and winners will be announced at this year's Morphicon.

Nominees
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

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