Aurora Award for Best Graphic Novel explained

The Aurora Awards are granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. The Award for Best Graphic Novel (French: Meilleure bande dessinée) was first awarded in 2011 as a category for both the English-language awards and introduced to the French-language awards in 2017.

Ellipsis Stephens and Peter Chiykowski have won the English-language award the most number of times at 2 times each.

English-language Award

Winners and nominees

  *   Winners and joint winners

Year	Author(s)/Artist(s)	Work	Publisher/Publication	Ref.
2011			goblinscomic.com	^[1]
			ifgcomic.com	^[2]
			Von Allan
			tomboytara.com
2012			goblinscomic.com	^[3]
	, James Rewucki & John Toone		Alchemical	^[4]
			weregeek.com
2013			weregeek.com	^[5]
			goblinscomic.com	^[6]
			ifgcomic.com
			Alchemical
			westofbathurst.com
2014			rockpapercynic.com	^[7]
			ifgcomic.com	^[8]
			Vertigo
			weregeek.com
2015			itneverrainscomic.com	^[9]
	& G. M. B. Chomichuk		Chasing Artwork	^[10]
			Alchemical
			Mirror
			Vertigo
2016			ChiZine	^[11]
	& Ryan Cole		Toronto	^[12]
	& Finn Lucullen		Astres
			ChiZine
			Kari Maaren
2017	, Johnnie Christmas* & Tamra Bonvillain*		Dark Horse	^[13]
	& Finn Lucullen		Astres	^[14]
			earthsongsaga.com
			itneverrainscomic.com
			weregeek.com
2018			rockpapercynic.com	^[15]
	& Finn Lucullen		Astres	^[16]
	& Laura Harby		iamhoneydill.com
			itneverrainscomic.com
	, Daniel Wong & Paris Alleyne		Joe
			Mirror
2019			itneverrainscomic.com	^[17]
	& Finn Lucullen		Astres
	& Rick Overwater		Coffin Hop
			www.smbeiko.com
	Aminder Dhaliwal		Drawn and Quarterly
2020			www.smbeiko.com	^[18]
			Douglas & McIntyre
			Conundrum
	& Renee Nault		McClelland & Stewart
			itneverrainscomic.com
2021			itneverrainscomic.com	^[19]
	& Finn Lucullen		Astres
			goblinscomic.com
			Renegade Arts
			www.smbeiko.com
			Highwater
2022			itneverrainscomic.com	^[20]
	& Finn Lucullen		Astres
	& Sam Maggs	Critical Role: The Mighty Nein. Origins -- Jester Lavorre	Dark Horse
			goblinscomic.com
	& Ann Xu	Shadow Life	First Second
	& Gurihiru	Thor and Loki: Double Trouble	Marvel

French-language Award

Winners and nominees

  *   Winners and joint winners

Year	Author(s)/Artist(s)	Work	Publisher/Publication	Ref.
2017	, Damien Berger*, et al.		BerBer	^[21]
	Cab*		Front Froid	^[22]
	& RKSS		Lounak	^[23]
2018	& Val Mo*		Front Froid	^[24]
			larmeedusoleil.anoukbd.com	^[25]
			Pow Pow	^[26]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2011 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
2. Web site: 2011 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
3. Web site: 2012 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
4. Web site: 2012 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
5. Web site: 2013 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
6. Web site: 2013 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
7. Web site: 2014 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
8. Web site: 2014 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
9. Web site: 2015 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
10. Web site: 2015 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
11. Web site: 2016 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
12. Web site: 2016 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
13. Web site: 2017 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
14. Web site: 2017 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
15. Web site: 2018 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
16. Web site: 2018 Aurora Awards . sfadb.com.
17. Web site: sfadb: Aurora Awards 2019 . 2022-06-29 . www.sfadb.com.
18. Web site: sfadb: Aurora Awards 2020 . 2022-06-29 . www.sfadb.com.
19. Web site: sfadb: Aurora Awards 2021 . 2022-06-29 . www.sfadb.com.
20. Web site: sfadb: Aurora Awards 2022 . 2023-02-19 . www.sfadb.com.
21. Web site: 2017 Awards . Locus.
22. Web site: 2017 Awards . Locus.
23. Web site: 2017 Awards . Locus.
24. Web site: 2018 Aurora . File770.
25. Web site: 2018 Aurora Boreal Awards. Congres Boreal.
26. Web site: 2018 Aurora Boreal Awards. Congres Boreal.