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The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is an annual juried award that recognizes exceptional works of Canadian speculative literature. www.sunburstaward.org
The Sunburst Award medallion is round, about palm-sized, made of solid metal with a pinwheel-type pattern engraved on it. It hangs by a red ribbon.
Back of the Sunburst Award medallion, which is round, palm-sized, made of solid metal. Engraved into the back of this one: "The Sunburst Award 2025: Blackheart Man, by Nalo Hopkinson."
My Sunburst Award medallion just showed up!
02.11.2025 23:31 — 👍 78 🔁 6 💬 6 📌 1✨Submissions are open for the 2026 Sunburst Award. 2025 fantasy, magic realist, science fiction, speculative, supernatural horror and surrealist novels/short fiction collections by Canadian authors are eligible to be entered. #SpecFic #CanLit
submissions.sunburstaward.org
A fantastic novel that that hums with a verisimilitude that ties it explicitly to the horrors and histories of our world while also being a boldly conceived, joyous escapist adventure. Well deserved, congratulations @nalohop.bsky.social:
27.10.2025 13:05 — 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0Congratulations to AC affiliate Nalo Hopkinson!
12.09.2025 18:22 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
CBC Books: Nalo Hopkinson wins 2025 Sunburst Award #CanLit #SpecFic
www.cbc.ca/books/nalo-h...
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11.09.2025 23:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cover photo of Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson, award-winning author of Brown Girl in the Ring. Image of 1 person with two other people's heads behind him. Text that says "Yet another brilliant novel from master writer." -KATE ELLIOT "Truly astounding." -THE WASHINGTON POST
Photo of author Nalo Hopkinson with a bald head, wearing glasses and a shiny green shirt. Photo credit David C. Findlay.
✨🎉The Sunburst Award Society is delighted to announce that Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster) by Nalo Hopkinson is the winner of the 2025 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. @nalohop.bsky.social is now a three time winner of the award. Congratulations Nalo!
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Introducing Barbour Books. Logo of a blue rocket ship blasting towards green stars.
NeWest Press is excited to announce the launch of Barbour Books, our new speculative fiction imprint. Edited by award-winning author and scholar Jenna Butler. Authors looking to submit manuscripts to the imprint can do so now at our manuscript site.
#NeWestPress #BarbourBooks #CanadianSciFi #CanLit
CBC Books: Nalo Hopkinson and Canisia Lubrin among the authors shortlisted for the 2025 Sunburst Award #CanLit
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A massive thank you to Natalee Caple, Geoff Ryman, and Lorina Stephens for selecting BIRD SUIT (@invisibooks 2024) as one of five books on the shortlist for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Grateful to be alongside Canisia, Nalo, Clayton, and Frankie ❤️
22.07.2025 20:16 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations to this year's shortlisted authors, including our affiliate @nalohop.bsky.social.
23.07.2025 13:23 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Congrats to the Sunburst Award nominees!
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Red swirl graphic The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic The Sunburst Award 2025 Shortlist: Barnet, Frankie — Mood Swings (McClelland & Stewart) Hegele, Sydney — Bird Suit (Invisible Publishing) Hopkinson, Nalo — Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster) Lubrin, Canisia — Code Noir (Alfred A. Knopf Canada) Smith, Clayton B. — A Seal of Salvage (Breakwater Books)
📣✨The Sunburst Award Society is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the five-book shortlist highlights the scope and stellar quality of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024.
www.sunburstaward.org/node/144
The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is back! Read the longlist for the 2025 award! Then read the books! Big congrats to @nalohop.bsky.social, @robertjsawyer.com, and the rest of the nominees!
💙📚 #booksky #sunburstaward #canlit
The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature 2025 Longlist Barnet, Frankie Mood Swings (McCleland& & Stewart) Coile, Mason - William (G.P. Putnam's Sons) Ghan, Ben Berman The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits (Buckrider Books) Hegele, Sydney- Bird Suit (Invisible Publishing) Hopkinson, Nalo Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster) Lubrin, Canisia Code Noir (Alfred A. Knopf Canada) Oliveira, Anthony Dayspring (Strange Light) O'Neill, Heather The Capital of Dreams (HarperCollins) Sawyer, Robert The Downloaded (Shadowpaw Press) Smith, Clayton B. Seal of Salvage (Breakwater Books)'
✨The Sunburst Society is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the longlist highlights the diversity, quality, and scope of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024. www.sunburstaward.org
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