Time and Tide

Auroras eligibility post

/ Melanie Marttila

It’s that time of year again. Again? Yeah. Feels weird. But good-weird.

The Aurora Awards eligibility lists are now up, and I have a story and two poems on those lists!

Cover of Through the Portal.

In the Best Short Fiction Category, you will find my short story “The Beekeeper,” which was published in Through the Portal: Tales from a Hopeful Dystopia, edited by Nina Munteanu and Lynn Hutchinson Lee, by Exile Editions, December 31, 2024. ISBN: 9781990773341, pp 178-191.

This story is not available online, but if you get in touch with me, melanie dot marttila at gmail dot com, I can send you a pdf copy.

Cover of Polar Starlight 13.
Cover of Polar Borealis 30.

In the Best Poem/Song category, I have two poems:

“Time and Tide,” Polar Starlight 13, February 2024.

“Vasilisa,” Polar Borealis 30, June 2024.

If you select either linked title, you can download the pdfs of both issues (or any other issue you’d like to read) for free.

If you’re Canadian who loves science fiction and fantasy and can spare $10 for an annual membership in the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA), please consider joining so you can nominate. You don’t even need to nominate me. There are so many fabulous Canadian authors. This is not a zero-sum game.

But if you want to nominate me, I’d be grateful.

How do you join the CSFFA, you ask?

Simply visit the CSFFA site.

Screenshot of the CSFFA web site.

You will see, front and centre, two options: Not a member yet? and You are a member?

Select the option that applies to you and follow the directions.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

I acknowledge with respect that I am in Robinson-Huron Treaty territory, that the land from which I write is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe and home of Atikameksheng Anishnawbek and Wahnapitae First Nation.