The Aurora Awards are granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. The Award for Best Short Fiction (French: La meilleure fiction courte), was first recognized in 1986 as a separate category from Best Long-Form and was first granted as the Award for Best Short-Form (French: Meilleure nouvelle), one granted to an English-language work and one to a French-language work, but did not become a dedicated category until 1989. In 1997 it was renamed to the Award for Best Short-Form Work and then again in 2012 it became the Award for Best Short Story, when the Prix Aurora and Prix Boreal combined, before adopting the name Award for Best Short Fiction a year later.
Robert J. Sawyer holds the highest number of awards for the English-language prize at 5 awards. Élisabeth Vonarburg and Yves Meynard hold the highest number of awards for the French-language prize at five each.
No winner was given in 1986, but a shortlist was created.
| Year | Author(s) | Work | Collection/Publication | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | No award given | |||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 1) | [1] | |||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 1) | [2] | |||
| Vancouver (Nov '85) | [3] | |||
| 1987 | No nominations | |||
| 1988 | Amazing Stories, Nov 1987 | [4] | ||
| 1989 | Machine Sex and Other Stories | [5] | ||
| Writers of the Future (Vol. IV) | [6] | |||
| Amazing Stories, Sep 1988 | [7] | |||
| Machine Sex and Other Stories | [8] | |||
| PulpHouse: The Hardback Magazine (#2), Winter 1988 | [9] | |||
| 1990 | On Spec (Vol 1, No 2), Fall 1989 | [10] | ||
| On Spec (Vol 1, No 2), Fall 1989 | [11] | |||
| On Spec (Vol 1, No 2), Fall 1989 | [12] | |||
| Analog (Nov '89) | [13] | |||
| On Spec (Vol 1, No 2), Fall 1989 | [14] | |||
| 1991 | On Spec (Vol 2, No 1), Spring 1990 | [15] | ||
| Asimov's Science Fiction (Nov '90) | [16] | |||
| Tor SF Double (#19) | [17] | |||
| Unknown | [18] | |||
| Sword and Sorceress (Vol. VI) | [19] | |||
| 1992 | Tesseracts (Vol. 3) | [20] | ||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 3) | [21] | |||
| Aethlon (Vol. VII, #1) | [22] | |||
| Man-Kzin Wars (Vol. IV) | [23] | |||
| Author's Choice Monthly (#22) | [24] | |||
| F&SF (Feb '91) | [25] | |||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 3) | [26] | |||
| On Spec (Vol 3, No 2), Winter 1989 | [27] | |||
| 1993 |
| Tesseracts (Vol. 4) | [28] | |
| Tesseracts (Vol. 4) | [29] | |||
| Ark of Ice: Canadian Futurefiction | [30] | |||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 4) | [31] | |||
| Northern Frights (Vol. 1) | [32] | |||
| On Spec (Vol 4, No 1), Spring 1992 | [33] | |||
| F&SF (Sep '92) | [34] | |||
| 1994 | On Spec (Vol 5, No 2), Summer 1993 | [35] | ||
| On Spec (Vol 5, No 4), Winter 1993 | [36] | |||
| On Spec (Vol 5, No 1), Spring 1993 | [37] | |||
| F&SF (Vol 84, No 2), Feb 1993 | [38] | |||
| On Spec (Vol 5, No 1), Spring 1993 | [39] | |||
| 1995 | Asimov's Science Fiction (May '94) | [40] | ||
| Northern Frights (Vol. 2) | [41] | |||
| Prairie Fire (Vol. 15, #2) | [42] | |||
| Writer's Block (Summer '94) | [43] | |||
| Just Write (May '94) | [44] | |||
| 1996 | Northern Frights (Vol. 3) | [45] | ||
| Northern Frights (Vol. 3) | [46] | |||
| TransVersions (#3) | [47] | |||
| Northern Frights (Vol. 3) | [48] | |||
| F&SF (Jan '95) | [49] | |||
| 1997 | Dark Destiny (Vol. III) | [50] | ||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 5) | [51] | |||
| On Spec (Vol 8, No 2), Summer 1996 | [52] | |||
| Parsec (Apr/May '96) | [53] | |||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 5) | [54] | |||
| Palace Corbie (Vol. 7) | [55] | |||
| 1998 | Asimov's Science Fiction (Feb '97) | [56] | ||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 6) | [57] | |||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 6) | [58] | |||
| Free Space | [59] | |||
| On Spec (Vol 9, No 4), Winter 1997 | [60] | |||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 6) | [61] | |||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 6) | [62] | |||
| TransVersions (#7) | [63] | |||
| 1999 | Arrowdreams: An Anthology of Alternate Canadas | [64] | ||
| On Spec (#34), Fall 1998 | [65] | |||
| Science Fiction Age, Mar 1998 | [66] | |||
| Interzone (#128), Feb 1998 | [67] | |||
| Parsec (Spring '98) | [68] | |||
| 2000 | Packing Fraction & Other Tales of Science & Imagination | [69] | ||
| Parsec (Spring/Summer '99) | [70] | |||
| Northern Frights (Vol. 5) | [71] | |||
| Parsec (Winter '98/'99) | [72] | |||
| Northern Frights (Vol. 5) | [73] | |||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 8) | [74] | |||
| Amazing Stories, Winter 1999 | [75] | |||
| Prairie Fire (Vol. 19, #4) | [76] | |||
| 2001 | [77] | |||
| Star Colonies | [78] | |||
| Far Frontiers | [79] | |||
| Star Colonies | [80] | |||
| On Spec (#40), Spring 2000 | [81] | |||
| 2002 | Silicon Dreams | [82] | ||
| Western Alumni Gazette (Autumn '01) | [83] | |||
| (#28), Fall 2001 | [84] | |||
| Weird Tales (Summer '01) | [85] | |||
| (Spring '01) | [86] | |||
| On Spec (#45), Summer 2001 | [87] | |||
| On Spec (#46), Fall 2001 | [88] | |||
| 2003 | Analog (Nov '02) | [89] | ||
| Explorer: Tales from the Wonder Zone | [90] | |||
| Orbiter | [91] | |||
| 30th Anniversary DAW: Science Fiction | [92] | |||
| Explorer: Tales from the Wonder Zone | [93] | |||
| 2004 | Low Port | [94] | ||
| Space, Inc. | [95] | |||
| Space, Inc. | [96] | |||
| Space, Inc. | [97] | |||
| [98] | ||||
| 2005 | ReVisions | [99] | ||
| Interzone (#194), Sep/Oct 2004 | [100] | |||
| So Long Been Dreaming | [101] | |||
| Odyssey: Tales From the Wonder Zone | [102] | |||
| Neo-opsis (#3), 2004 | [103] | |||
| Space Stations | [104] | |||
| Girls Who Bite Back | [105] | |||
| 2006 | Northwest Passages: A Cascadian Anthology | [106] | ||
| (novelette) | [107] | |||
| Cicada (Jan/Feb '05) | [108] | |||
| Down These Dark Spaceways | [109] | |||
| On Spec (#61), Summer 2005 | [110] | |||
| & Derryl Murphy | Tesseracts (Vol. 9) | [111] | ||
| Women of War | [112] | |||
| 2007 | Slipstreams | [113] | ||
| Mythspring | [114] | |||
| Neo-opsis (#9), 2006 | [115] | |||
| Slipstreams | [116] | |||
| Mythspring | [117] | |||
| 2008 | Challenging Destiny (#24) | [118] | ||
| Under Cover of Darkness | [119] | |||
| On Spec (#70), Fall 2007 | [120] | |||
| Abyss & Apex (#24, Q4 '07) | [121] | |||
| Writers of the Future (Vol. XXIII) | [122] | |||
| 2009 | Tesseracts (Vol. 12) | [123] | ||
| Weird Tales (May/Jun '08) | [124] | |||
| Analog (Jun '08) | [125] | |||
| Impossibilia | [126] | |||
| Postscripts (#17) | [127] | |||
| 2010 | (novella) | Women of the Apocalypse | [128] | |
| Ages of Wonder | [129] | |||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 13) | [130] | |||
| Campus Chills | [131] | |||
| ChiZine Productions | [132] | |||
| 2011 | Neo-opsis (#19), 2010 | [133] | ||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 14) | [134] | |||
| Warrior Wisewoman (Vol. 3) | [135] | |||
| AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review (Nov '10) | [136] | |||
| Rigor Amortis | [137] | |||
| 2012 | Chilling Tales: Evil I Did Dwell; Lewid Did I Live | [138] | ||
| When the Hero Comes Home (Vol. 1) | [139] | |||
| [140] | ||||
| Asimov's Science Fiction (Oct/Nov '11) | [141] | |||
| Analog (Dec '11) | [142] | |||
| 2013 | On Spec (#90), Fall 2012 | [143] | ||
| Torn Realities | [144] | |||
| When the Villain Comes Home | [145] | |||
| On Spec (#90), Fall 2012 | [146] | |||
| Clarkesworld (#68), May 2012 | [147] | |||
| 2014 | [148] | |||
| [149] | ||||
| [150] | ||||
| Masked Mosaic, Canadian Super Stories | [151] | |||
| Urban Green Man | [152] | |||
| Urban Green Man | [153] | |||
| When the Hero Comes Home (Vol. 2) | [154] | |||
| 2015 | Analog (Jul/Aug '14) | [155] | ||
| Elements: A Collection of Speculative Fiction | [156] | |||
| Tesseracts (Vol. 18) | [157] | |||
| Beneath Ceaseless Skies (#155), Sep 2014 | [158] | |||
| Elements: A Collection of Speculative Fiction | [159] | |||
| 2016 | Tor.com | [160] | ||
| & Tony Pi | [161] | |||
| Galaxy's Edge (#12), Jan 2015 | [162] | |||
| F&SF (Vol 128, No 3&4), Mar/Apr 2015 | [163] | |||
| Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft | [164] | |||
| Caped: An Anthology of Superhero Tales | [165] | |||
| 2017 | Strangers Among Us | [166] | ||
| Strangers Among Us | [167] | |||
| Strangers Among Us | [168] | |||
| Strangers Among Us | [169] | |||
| [170] | ||||
| On Spec (#103), Sep 2016 | [171] | |||
| 2018 | [172] | |||
| Enigma Front: The Monster Within | [173] | |||
| Tor.com | [174] | |||
| When the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy | [175] | |||
| When the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy | [176] | |||
| 2019 | Tor.com | [177] | ||
| Tales From Plexis | [178] | |||
| Tor.com | [179] | |||
| Shades Within Us: Tales of Migrations and Fractured Borders | [180] | |||
| InterGalactic Medicine Show (#62) | [181] | |||
| 2020 | Amal El-Mohtar & * | (chapbook) | Saga Press | [182] |
| Alice Payne Rides (chapbook) | Tor.com | |||
| “” | Amazing Stories, Fall 2019 | |||
| “” | Augur (#2.1) | |||
| “” | F&SF, Sep/Oct 2019 | |||
| “” | Neo-opsis (#30), 2019 | |||
| 2021 | “” | Swashbuckling Cats | [183] | |
| “” | Lightspeed (#123), Aug 2020 | |||
| "" | Prairie Gothic | |||
| “” | Prairie Gothic | |||
| “” | Galaxy's Edge (#47), Nov 2020 | |||
| “” | Uncanny (#39), Mar/Apr 2020 | |||
| 2022 | "" | Lightspeed (#130), Mar 2021 | [184] | |
| “” | Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories | |||
| "" | Uncanny (#45), Mar/Apr 2021 | |||
| "" | On Spec (#117), Sep 2021 | |||
| "" | Shapers of Worlds: Volume II | |||
| "" | Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories | |||
| 2023 | "Broken Vow: The Adventures of Flick Gibson, Intergalactic Videographer" | On Spec (#120) | [185] | |
| “Big Trouble in Droidtown” | ||||
| "" | The Dark, Mar 2022 | |||
| "" | Clarkesworld, Jan 2022 | |||
| "" | Prairie Witch | |||
| "" | Brave New Worlds | |||
| "" | Polar Borealis 22 | |||
| "" | Fireside, Mar 2022 | |||
| Year | Author(s) | Work | Collection/Publication | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Dix nouvelles de science-fiction québécoise | [186] | |||
| 1987 | Montréal (#15) | [187] | |||
| 1988 | Solaris (#73, May/Jun '87) | [188] | |||
| 1989 | L'Année de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique Québécois - 1987 | [189] | |||
| 1990 | Imagine... (#46, Dec '88) | [190] | |||
| 1991 | Octa (#48) | [191] | |||
| 1992 | Sol (#11) | [192] | |||
| 1993 | Solaris (#101, Aug '92) | [193] | |||
| 1994 | Solaris (#107, Oct '93) | [194] | |||
| 1995 | Solaris (#111, Autumn '94) | [195] | |||
| 1995 | Imagine... (April '94) | [196] | |||
| 1996 | Unknown | [197] | |||
| 1997 | Genèses (#4279) | [198] | |||
| 1998 | Solaris (#121, Spring '97) | [199] | |||
| 1999 | Fantasy (#1, Nov '98) | [200] | |||
| 2000 | Solaris (#131, Autumn '99) | [201] | |||
| 2001 |
| Tesseracts (Vol. 6) | [202] | ||
| 2002 | Solaris (#138, Autumn '01) | [203] | |||
| 2003 | Solaris (#143, Autumn '02) | [204] | |||
| 2004 | Recueils (#70, Sep-Dec '03) | [205] | |||
| 2005 | Solaris (#149, Spring '04) | [206] | |||
| 2006 | Solaris (#155, Summer '05) | [207] | |||
| 2007 | Solaris (#159, Summer '06) | [208] | |||
| 2008 | Solaris (#164, Autumn '07) | [209] | |||
| 2009 | Solaris (#167, Summer '08) | [210] | |||
| 2010 | Solaris (#171, Summer '09) | [211] | |||
| 2011 | Solaris (#176, Autumn '10) | [212] | |||
| 2012 | Unknown | [213] | |||
| 2013 | Unknown | [214] | |||
| 2014 | Les Six Brumes | [215] | |||
| Solaris (#188, Autumn '13) | [216] | ||||
| Solaris (#186, Spring '13) | [217] | ||||
| 2015 | Solaris (#192, Autumn '14) | [218] | |||
| Solaris (#190, Spring '14) | [219] | ||||
| Brins d'éternité (#38, May '14) | [220] | ||||
| Solaris (#192, Autumn '14) | [221] | ||||
| Solaris (#190, Spring '14) | [222] | ||||
| Brins d'éternité (#37, Mar '14) | [223] | ||||
| 2016 | Solaris (#195, Summer '15) | [224] | |||
| Solaris (#195, Summer '15) | [225] | ||||
| Clair/Obscure (Vol. 13) | [226] | ||||
| L'Arracheur de rêves | [227] | ||||
| Bizarro | [228] | ||||
| 2017 | Solaris (#200, Autumn '16) | [229] | |||
| Solaris (#197, Winter '16) | [230] | ||||
| Brins d’éternité (#43) | [231] | ||||
| Solaris (#199, Summer '16) | [232] | ||||
| Galaxie (#40) | [233] | ||||
| Solaris (#197, Winter '16) | [234] | ||||
| Solaris (#200, Autumn '16) | [235] | ||||
| Clair/Obscur (#17) | [236] | ||||
| Brins d’éternité (#43) | [237] | ||||
| Solaris (#198, Spring '16) | [238] | ||||
| 2018 | Les Six Brumes | [239] | |||
| Solaris (#203) | [240] | ||||
| Les Six Brumes | [241] | ||||
| Solaris (#203) | [242] | ||||
| Les Six Brumes | [243] | ||||
| 2019 | Solaris (#207) | [244] | |||
| Brins d'éternité (#49) | [245] | ||||
| La République du centaure | [246] | ||||
| Brins d’éternité (#50) | [247] | ||||
| Brins d’éternité (#50) | [248] | ||||
| 2020 | Solaris (#210) | [249] | |||
| 2021 | Solaris (#214) | [250] | |||
| 2022 | La République du Centaure | [251] |