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WWC has been nominated for an Aurora Award!

Aurora Award Logo

It's true! Our own Fearless Leader and convention chairman, Randy McCharles, has been nominated for an Aurora Award in the Best Fan Organisational category for When Words Collide.

If you haven't already, become a member of the CSFFA (it's easy — see below) and vote for whom you feel are most deserving. Here's the list of nominees.

To become a member of the CSFFA (Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association) you can register at http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/Membership/. A mail-in nomination form is also available. Full details about the society can be found at http://www.prixaurorawards.ca/. The cost of membership is $10/year. It gets you the right to nominate up to three items in each of the ten categories, vote for the finalists, vote at the annual general meeting (a crowd favourite) and, new this year, we are working on an electronic package of nominated works, short stories, poems and maybe even a novel. All of which are graciously being made available to CSFFA members by the nominees and their publishers until voting closes.

Vanessa Cardui

Another guest has been added to our 2012 line up. Vanessa Cardui is an amazingly talented Calgarian poet and songwriter. Read about her on our guest page.


2012 Aurora Awards

Aurora Award

When Words Collide is thrilled to announce that we have been selected to host the 2012 Aurora Awards next August. Held under the auspices of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, the Aurora Awards annually honour the best of Canadian science fiction and fantasy literary works, art, and fan activities, An Awards banquet and ceremony will be held the Saturday evening of the festival in addition to a number of related program items.