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Sunburst Awards 2003
07/10/2003 . Source: Jessica Martin 
Canada's main literary award for SF&F goes to Nalo Hopkinson. The Sunburst Award has just announceed the winner of its 2003 award:
SKIN FOLK by Nalo Hopkinson (Warner 2001) ISBN: 0-446-67803-1
Ms. Hopkinson will receive a cash prize of $1,000 and the Sunburst medallion at the launch of her new novel, SALT ROADS. This will take place Wednesday, November 5, 2003, 7.00-9.00 p.m., at the 'Bambu on the Lake', 245, Queen's Quay West, Toronto (416-214-6000).
The other short-listed works for the 2003 award were:
- TALON by Paulette Dubé (NeWest 2002) 1-8963000-47-2
- SALT FISH GIRL by Larissa Lai (Thomas Allen Publishers 2002) 0-88762-111-2
- PERMANENCE by Karl Schroeder (Tor 2002) 0-765-30371-X
- DEAD MAN'S GOLD by Paul Yee (Douglas & McIntyre 2002) 0-88899-475-3
The jurors for the 2003 Sunburst Award were Lesley Choyce, Hiromi Goto, Terence M. Green, Eileen Kernaghan and Arthur Slade.
They selected these five short-listed works as representing the finest of novel-length Canadian fantastic literature published during the year 2002.
For more information about Nalo Hopkinson, see her web site: www.sff.net/people/nalo/
For information on the awards, check out the Sunburst Award web site at www.sunburstaward.org
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