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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

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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood@rollwithheather.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The submissions deadline for the 2026 Sunburst Award is in 2 weeks on January 31st! #SpecFic #Horror #SFF #MagicRealism #Fabulist #Surrealism #CanLit

Sunburst Award@sunburstaward.bsky.social · 11mo ago

✨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

Sunburst Award@sunburstaward.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Don't forget: the final submission deadline for the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is January 31, 2026. #SpecFic #Horror #SFF #CanLit

Sunburst Award@sunburstaward.bsky.social · 11mo ago

✨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

Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 12mo ago

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:

Sunburst Award@sunburstaward.bsky.social · last yr.

✨🎉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!

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
Sydney Hegele@sydhegele.bsky.social · last yr.

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 ❤️

Sunburst Award@sunburstaward.bsky.social · last yr.

📣✨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

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)