2017 Ursa Major Awards

The 2017 Ursa Major Awards winners were announced at FurDU 2018 on May 5, 2018. There were 884 voters, an approximately 39% decrease from the 2016 awards.

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2017 Ursa Major Award winners announced at FurDU 2018

List of winners and nominees by category

See also: List of Ursa Major Awards winners#2017

Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture

• Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, directed by James Gunn
• Runners up:
  • My Little Pony: The Movie, directed by Jayson Thiessen
  • Rock Dog, directed by Ash Brannon
  • Ferdinand, directed by Carlos Saldanha
  • War for the Planet of the Apes, directed by Matt Reeves

Best Anthropomorphic Dramatic Work or Short Series

• Winner: DuckTales [2017 reboot], directed by John Aoshima and Dana Terrace
• Runners up:
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, season 7 episodes 1-24, directed by Jim Miller, Tim Stuby, Denny Lu, Mike Myhre
  • OK KO! Let's Be Heroes, episodes 1-42, directed by Hwang Ki-hoo, Chang-woo Shin, Sunjae Lee, Byungjae Oh, Eunyung Byun and Sunhung Kim
  • Here's the Plan, directed by Fernanda Frick
  • Mascot Fur Life, directed by Jens Wernstedt
  • Doodle Toons, directed by Jack C
  • Kouka and Bibi, by Dan Variano

Best Anthropomorphic Novel

• Winner: The Wayward Astronomer, by Geoffrey Thomas
• Runners up:
  • Always Gray in Winter, by Mark J. Engels
  • Otters in Space III: Octopus Ascending, by Mary E. Lowd
  • Kismet, by Watts Martin
  • Black Friday, by Jan Stryvant

Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction

• Winner: Lieutenant Kruger and the Mistress Jade Trophy Game, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg
• Runners up:
  • Behesht, by Dwale
  • Beyond the Great Divide, by S.H. Mansouri
  • The Moon Like an Unhatched Egg, by Mary E. Lowd
  • Rickety V, by Rechan

Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work

• Winner: Dogs of War, edited by Fred Patten
• Runners up:
  • ROAR volume 8, edited by Mary E. Lowd
  • Arcana: A Tarot Anthology, edited by Madison Scott-Clary
  • Intimate Little Secrets, by Rechan
  • Symbol of a Nation, edited by Fred Patten

Best Anthropomorphic Non-Fiction Work

• Winner: Furry Nation, by Joe Strike
• Runners up:
  • Furries Among Us 2; More Essays On Furries By Furries, edited by Thurston Howl
  • Furry Fandom Conventions, 1989-2015, by Fred Patten
  • 3 Ursa Major-ly Painful Victories, by Rooview
  • The Shocking Furry Fandom Conversation. Yes, Really!, by Stefan Molyneux

Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story

• Winner: Dreamkeepers, by David & Liz Lillie (January 2 [#340] to December 18 [#385])
• Runners up:
  • Lackadaisy, by Tracy J. Butler (Lackadaisy Gimmickry to Lackadaisy Deliria)
  • TwoKinds, by Tom Fischbach (January 5 to December 28)
  • A&H Club, by Rick Griffin (January 7 to November 25)
  • Endtown by Aaron Neathery (January 2 to December 25)

Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip

• Winner: Housepets!, by Rick Griffin (January 2 to December 29)
• Runners up:
  • Dreamkeepers Prelude, by David & Liz Lillie (January 6 [#350] to December 28 [#393])
  • Freefall, by Mark Stanley (January 2 to December 29)
  • Carry On, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg (January 1 to December 29)
  • Doc Rat, by Jenner (January 4 to December 29)

Best Anthropomorphic Magazine

• Winner: Dogpatch Press, edited by Patch Packrat (January 5 to December 25)
• Runners up:
  • Flayrah, edited by GreenReaper, Sonious, and Dronon (January 1 to December 30)
  • InFurNation, edited by Rod O'Riley (January 1 to December 31)
  • FurryFandom.es, edited by Mike Retriever (February 19 to October 9)
  • Typewriter Emergencies: A Journal of Furry Lit, edited by Weasel

Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration

• Winner: David Lillie, cover for The Wayward Astronomer by Geoffrey Thomas
• Runners up:
  • Bone, cover for Always Gray in Winter by Mark J. Engels
  • Teagan Gavet, cover for Dogs of War edited by Fred Patten
  • Teagan Gavet, cover for ROAR vol. 8 edited by Mary E. Lowd
  • Baron Engel, Prepare to Engage the Enemy, cover for A Different Perspective by Bernard Doove
  • Idess, cover for Otters in Space III: Octopus Ascending, by Mary E. Lowd
  • Ashley Foy, Valentine's Gifts

Best Anthropomorphic Game

• Winner: Night in the Woods, developed by Infinite Fall
• Runners up:
  • Cuphead, developed by StudioMDHR Entertainment
  • Star Fox 2, developed by Nintendo and Argonaut Games
  • Sonic Mania, developed by PagodaWest Games and Headcannon
  • Yooka-Laylee, developed by Playtonic Games

Best Anthropomorphic Website

• Winner: Inkbunny
• Runners up:
  • e621
  • WikiFur
  • The Furry Writers' Guild
  • The Cross Time Cafe

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