My students and the Auroras
by Rob - December 14th, 2014.Filed under: Auroras, Awards.
I am thrilled and amazed to note that every single winner of Canada’s Aurora Award for Best Short Story of the Year between 2003 and 2014 (twelve years) was either (cough, cough) me or one of my writing students — with only one exception, and that exception was in a writing critique group with me:
2003: Robert J. Sawyer
2004: Douglas Smith (my student at Ryerson)
2005: Isaac Szpindel (Ryerson)
2006: Derwin Mak (Ryerson)
2007: Robert J. Sawyer
2008: Hayden Trenholm (IFWA)
2009: Randy McCharles (Banff)
2010: Eileen Bell (Banff)
2011: Hayden Trenholm (IFWA)
2012: Suzanne Church (in my critique group)
2013: Douglas Smith (Ryerson)
2014: Ryan McFadden (Banff)
See this comprehensive guide to Award-Winning Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy for publication details.
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