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Ursa Major Awards

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[[Image:UrsaMajor-sized.png|right|Ursa Major Awards (image by [[Heather Bruton]])]]
The \'\'\'Ursa Major Awards\'\'\' are intended to be the [[furry fandom]] award for outstanding achievement in [[anthropomorphic]] and [[furry art]]s, equivalent to the science fiction fandom\'s [[Wikipedia:Hugo Award|Hugo Awards]]. The awards were first presented in 2001 at [[ConFurence 12]]. Due to the early misconception that the Awards were intended for the [[ConFurence]] alone, in 2003 it was decided that the awards would be presented at as many [[furry conventions]] as possible. To that end, the UMA\'s were presented at [[C-ACE]] in 2004, at [[Anthrocon]] in 2005, and at [[Rocket City FurMeet]] in 2006, and will be presented at [[CaliFur]] in 2007.

The UMA\'s were originally administered by [[ConFurence|The ConFurence Group]]. In 2003, administration was passed to the [[Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association]] (ALAA).

The UMA trophy consists of a framed certificate containing the Awards\' illustrated logo designed by Heather Bruton, with the name of the winner. A plaque has also been awarded on occasion.

[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/nominations.htm Nominations] for the 2006 Awards began on 18 January 2007, and will continue until 28 February. Voting will begin on 10 March.

== Nomination process ==

At the beginning of each year nominations for each category are solicited for works published/released in the previous year, and may be made either electronically via the website or email, or by postal mail. Those who wish to vote for the awards must register at this time and receive their ballot number. At the end of the nominating period, the submissions are tablulated and the works receiving the highest number of submissions (usually the top 5, though ties or the like may mandate a few more or less) become the nominees for the year\'s Ursa Major Awards. Registered voters may then vote. Note that any furry who wishes may register to vote for Ursa Major Awards - this is meant as a fandom-wide award.

== Categories ==

The Ursa Major Award categories have changed and evolved somewhat since their inception. For the year 2005, the categories are:
* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration
* Best Anthropomorphic Game
* Best Anthropomorphic Miscellany (new in 2006)

== Eligibility ==

From the UMA website: \'\'To be eligible, a work must have been released between January 1 and December 31 of the calendar year for that award, and must include a non-human being given human attributes (anthropomorphic), which can be mental and/or physical (for example the [[talking animals|intelligent rabbits]] in [[Watership Down]] for the former, and [[Wikipedia:Bugs Bunny|Bugs Bunny]] for the latter.) Simply including an animal character is not sufficient to qualify.\'\'

== Ursa Major Award Winners ==

=== 2001 ===

Awarded at [[ConFurence 2002]], the winners were:

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture: [[Wikipedia:Shrek|Shrek]], [[Wikipedia:DreamWorks|DreamWorks]] SKG
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series: [[Wikipedia:Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat|Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat]], [[Wikipedia:CinéGroupe|CinéGroupe]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel: [[Anonymous Rex (novel)#Casual_Rex|Casual Rex]], by [[Wikipedia:Eric Garcia|Eric Garcia]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction: [[Beneath the Crystal Sea]], by [[Brock Hoagland]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work: [[The Sound & the Furry: The Complete Hoka Stories]], by [[Wikipedia:Poul Anderson|Poul Anderson]] & [[Wikipedia:Gordon R. Dickson|Gordon R. Dickson]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book or Strip: [[Usagi Yojimbo]], by [[Stan Sakai]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine: [[Yarf!]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration: Front cover of [[Fur Visions]] #20, by [[XianJaguar]] (Brenda DiAntonis)
* Best Anthropomorphic Game: [[Conker\'s Bad Fur Day]], developed & published by [[Wikipedia:Rareware|Rareware]]

=== 2002 ===

Awarded at [[ConFurence 2003]], the winners were:

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture: [[Wikipedia:Lilo & Stitch|Lilo & Stitch]], [[Wikipedia:The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series: [[Greg the Bunny]], [[Steven Levitan Productions]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel: [[Rescue Ferrets at Sea]] (The Ferret Chronicles #1), by [[Wikipedia:Richard Bach|Richard Bach]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction: [[Familiars]], by [[Michael H. Payne]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work: [[Ozy and Millie|Ozy and Millie IV: Authentic Banana Dye]], by [[David Simpson]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book or Strip: Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine: Yarf!
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration: Cover of [[Furrlough]] #109, January 2002, by [[Dark Natasha|Natasha \"Dark Natasha\" Mleynek]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Game: [[Star Fox|Star Fox Adventures]], Designer: [[Wikipedia:Rare (video game company)|Rare, Ltd.]]

=== 2003 ===

Awarded at [[C-ACE|C-ACE 2004]], the winners were:

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture: [[Wikipedia:Finding Nemo|Finding Nemo]], Disney/[[Wikipedia:Pixar|Pixar]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Series: [[Wikipedia:Gary the Rat|Gary the Rat]], [[Wikipedia:Grammnet Productions|Grammnet Productions]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel: [[Between Darkness and Light]], by [[Lisanne Norman]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction: [[In the Line of Duty]], by [[Micah|M. C. A. Hogarth]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work: [[Best in Show|Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction]], edited by [[Fred Patten]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book: Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip: [[Kevin and Kell]], by [[Bill Holbrook]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine: [[Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration: Cover painting by [[Ursula Vernon]] of [[Best in Show|Best in Show: Fifteen Years of Outstanding Furry Fiction]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Game: [[Wikipedia:Wallace & Gromit#Video Game|Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo]], developed by [[Wikipedia:Frontier Developments|Frontier Developments]], Ltd.

=== 2004 ===

Awarded at [[Anthrocon 2005]], the winners were:

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture:[[Wikipedia:Shrek 2|Shrek 2]], [[Wikipedia:DreamWorks|DreamWorks]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series: [[Father Of The Pride]], DreamWorks SKG & Imagi International Holdings for NBC
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel: [[Never Again a Man]], by [[Charles Matthias]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction: [[Felicia and the Tailcutter\'s Curse]], by [[Charles P. A. Melville]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work: [[The Art of Usagi Yojimbo]], by Stan Sakai
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book: Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip: [[Faux Pas]], by [[Robert Carspecken|Robert]] and [[Margaret Carspecken]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine: Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration: Cover painting by [[Kacey Maltzman]] ([[Kacey Miyagami]]) for [[Fur Plus]] #22
* Best Anthropomorphic Game: [[Wikipedia:Sly 2: Band of Thieves|Sly 2: Band of Thieves]], developed by [[Wikipedia:Sucker Punch Productions|Sucker Punch Productions]]

=== 2005 ===

Awarded at [[Rocket City Fur Meet|Rocket City Fur Meet 2006]], the winners were:

* Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture: [[Wikipedia:The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]], Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media (December)
* Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Short Work or Series: Cake Dance \'\'aka\'\' \"[[There she is!!|There She Is!! Step 2]]\" [Music video of the song \"Happy Birthday to Me\" by Bulldog Mansion], by [[SamBakZa]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Novel: \'\'[[Volle]]\'\', by [[Kyell Gold]] (published January by [[Sofawolf Press]])
* Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction: \'\'[[In His Own Country]]\'\', by [[Kristin Fontaine]], in \'\'Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe\'\' #39, July
* Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work: \'\'[[Tales of the Questor|Tales of the Questor, Volume 1]]\'\' [color edition] (April), by [[Ralph E. Hayes, Jr.]]
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book: Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (published by [[Wikipedia:Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]])
* Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip: \'\'Faux Pas\'\' #535-672, by Robert and Margaret Carspecken
* Best Anthropomorphic Fanzine: \'\'[[South Fur Lands]]\'\' #36-39
* Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration: Cover painting by [[Stephanie Stone]] ([[Cybercat]]) for \'\'[[Transformations: A Forest Tales Story]]\'\', by [[Bernard Doove]], published by [[WikiFur:Fauxpaw Publications|Fauxpaw Publications]] in June
* Best Anthropomorphic Game: [[Wikipedia:Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves|Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves]], Developer: Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony in September

177 ballots were received, all posted online. While the majority of voters (over 100) came from the USA, a significant proportion were from overseas, including Canada, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, West Indies, Trinidad, and the U.K.

== See also ==

* [[Golden Sydney Award]]

== External links ==

* [http://www.ursamajorawards.org/index.htm The Ursa Major Awards]

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In His Own Country

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\'\'\'\"In His Own Country\"\'\'\' appeared in issue 39 of \'\'[[Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe]]\'\'. It is a short story set in on the merchant ship \'\'Tai-Pan\'\' in the aftermath of a pirate attack on the ship and its crew.

== External links ==

* [http://www.taipanproject.org/previews/InHisOwn.html \"In His Own Country\"]

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Cybercat

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[[Image:7132710.jpg|right|CyberCat]]
\'\'\'Cybercat\'\'\', aka \'\'\'Kaffeine Kitty\'\'\' or \'\'\'Stephanie \"Stephie\" Stone\'\'\', (born 1976) is an [[artist]] who first appeared in the [[fandom]] thanks to a Canadian [[APA]] known as the [[Furthest North Crew]] started by [[Growl (person)|Growl]]. She also had [[artwork]] appear in \'\'[[PawPrints Fanzine]]\'\', created and run by Jordan [[Greywolf]] and [[Lynx (person)|Lynx]].

While she does not attend many [[convention]]s, she has been to [[FWA]] and at [[Megaplex]]. She has several online galleries that display a variety of genre from [[furry art|furry]], [[fantasy]] and [[comic]] art.

Cybercat is also the creator of the [[Poseur Ponies]], a design line of stickers and clothing. She has an online store for these, and also sells original artwork and prints.

She is also known as Lady Saturnyne on [[IMVU]] and the [[IMVU Furry Forums]]

==External links==
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*[http://lady-cybercat.deviantart.com/ Cybercat] on [[deviantART]]
*[http://cybercat.sheezyart.com/ Cybercat] on [[SheezyArt]]
*[http://us.vclart.net/vcl/Artists/Cybercat/ Cybercat] on [[VCL]]
*[http://http://www.cafepress.com/cybercatz Cybercat\'s page at CafePress]
*[http://www.livejournal.com/users/lady_cybercat/ Cybercat Graphics Art Journal] at [[LiveJournal]]

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News:Last week for Ursa Major 2006 nominations

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[[Image:UrsaMajor-sized.png|right|Ursa Major Awards]]
The [[Ursa Major Awards]], furry fandom\'s closest equivalent to the [[Wikipedia:Hugo Award|Hugos]], are entering their final week of nominations. All members of the fandom may participate by suggesting their favourite works. Voting starts on March 10.

The objective of the Awards is to find the year\'s best [[anthropomorphic]] material and promote it to the fandom. Nominations are taken several categories: [[:Category:Comics|comic book, comic strip]], published illustration, [[:Category:Movies|motion picture]], [[:Category:Television series|dramatic series]], [[:Category:Novels|novel]], [[:Category:Short stories|short fiction piece]], [[:Category:Fanzines|fanzine]], and [[:Category:Publications|other literary works]]. Winners typically receive a certificate, although an engraved plaque was awarded in 2002.

The 2005 awards were presented at [[Rocket City FurMeet]] last May. Winners included \'\'[[Wikipedia:The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe]]\'\', \'\'[[There she is!!|There She Is!! Step 2]]\'\', \'\'[[Volle]]\'\', \'\'\"[[In His Own Country]]\"\'\', \'\'[[Tales of the Questor]]\'\', \'\'[[Usagi Yojimbo]]\'\', \'\'[[Faux Pas]]\'\', \'\'[[South Fur Lands]]\'\' and \'\'[[Wikipedia:Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves|Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves]]\'\', as well as an [http://www.fauxpaw.com/site/fpp/images/Transformations_cover-s.jpg illustration] by [[Stephanie Stone]]. <ref>[http://www.ursamajorawards.org/UMA_2005.htm Ursa Major Awards - 2005 Winners]</ref>

The Awards also maintains a [http://www.ursamajorawards.org/ReadList.htm Recommended Reading List], listing reader suggestions made throughout the year. Inclusion on the list does not imply nomination for the year\'s Awards.

Originally run by the [[ConFurence|The ConFurence Group]], the Awards were transferred to the [[Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association]] in 2003. They have been criticized in the past for potential conflicts of interests - [[Fred Pattern]], [[Bernard Doove]] and [[Gene Breshears]] have all won awards while on the Awards Committee - and for a lack of notability or prominence among furry fans.<ref>\'\'[http://flayrah.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&thold=-1&mode=flat&order=0&sid=1834 Criticism of Ursa Major Awards]\'\', [[Flayrah]] and \'\'[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.furry/browse_thread/thread/ddd088a908e35122 Ursa Major Award Nominees are chosen, and it\'s not a good sign]\'\', [[alt.fan.furry]] - [[Christopher Blair]] et. al. (April 3, 2004)</ref>
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