If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that back in March “Women of the Apocalypse” was nominated in two Categories for the Canadian Aurora Awards.
The entire anthology, written by Eileen Bell, Billie Milholland, Roxanne Felix and Ryan McFadden, was nominated under the BEST WORK IN ENGLISH (OTHER) category, and the novella “Pawns Dreaming of Roses” written by Eileen Bell was nominated under the BEST SHORT-FORM WORK IN ENGLISH category.
So it is with great pleasure that we pass along the good news:
“Women of the Apocalypse” won in BOTH categories.
Last Sunday, at Key-Con in Winnipeg, Manitoba, three of the Apocalyptic Four accepted the award along with AXP’s owner Brian Hades (in the picture above). Eileen Bell also accepted one for her novella (the picture to the right).
This kind of “double win” was unheard of until Robert J. Sawyer did it 1997 and then again in 2000. Since both Eileen and Ryan were once students of Robert it seems his luck might have rubbed off on them (of course, we should mention that Robert J. Sawyer won an Aurora as well this year for Best Novel in English for “Wake”). A full list of this year’s winners and nominees can be found on the Aurora Awards Website.
“Women of the Apocalypse” is a novella collection about four women who are accidentally chosen to take up the mantles of champions and save the world from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Four writers, four horsemen, four Women of the Apocalypse. The world will never be the same again.
For more information about this book, and how to buy your very own copy, check out the Book Page on this site. You can also check out the Women of the Apocalypse website for all the latest updates and to find out where the Apocalyptic four (and Cardboard Ryan from the picture above) will show up next.
