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The 2026 Aurora Awards were announced on Sunday, August 9th, 2025 at 5pm EDT, during a live streaming ceremony on YouTube. You can watch or rewatch it at anytime. ## The Awards Went to * BEST NOVEL: **The Downloaded 2: Ghosts in the Machine** , Robert J. Sawyer, Audible Originals/Shadowpaw Press * BEST YA NOVEL: **Breath of the Dragon** , Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee, Wednesday Books * BEST NOVELETTE/NOVELLA: **The River Has Roots** , Amal El-Mohtar, Tordotcom * BEST SHORT STORY: “** _The Stone Played at Tengen_** “, R.H. Wesley, Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 230 * BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL: **Shark Girl** , Kate Beaton, Roaring Brook Press * BEST POEM/SONG: “** _From Dust_** “, J. Y. Zhang, Small Wonders * BEST RELATED WORK: **Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three** , Stephen Kotowych, Editor, Ansible Press * BEST COVER ART/INTERIOR ILLUSTRATION: **Listen to Me and I’ll tell You a Story** , Ejiwa “Edge” Ebenebe, Uncanny Magazine, Issue Sixty-Six * BEST FAN WRITING AND PUBLICATION: **Polar Starlight Magazine, Issues 17-20** , Rhea E. Rose, editor * BEST FAN RELATED WORK: **Can*Con** , Marie Bilodeau, chair and Brandon Crilly, vice-chair, Ottawa 2026 Aurora Awards Press Release with images ## Voting Statistics 2026 Aurora results in grids