Finalists for the 14th annual Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic have been announced:

Adult

Sister Mine , Nalo Hopkinson (Grand Central)

, Nalo Hopkinson (Grand Central) River of Stars , Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin Canada)

, Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin Canada) This Strange Way of Dying , Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Exile Editions)

, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Exile Editions) A Tale for the Time Being , Ruth Ozeki (Penguin Canada)

, Ruth Ozeki (Penguin Canada) The Demonologist, Andrew Pyper (Simon & Schuster)

Young Adult

Sorrow’s Knot , Erin Bow (Scholastic)

, Erin Bow (Scholastic) The Cats of Tanglewood Forest , Charles de Lint (Little, Brown)

, Charles de Lint (Little, Brown) Homeland , Cory Doctorow (Tor)

, Cory Doctorow (Tor) The Path of Names , Ari Goelman (Scholastic)

, Ari Goelman (Scholastic) Urgle, Meaghan McIsaac (Cormorant)

Honorable Mentions

The n-Body Problem , Tony Burgess (Chizine)

, Tony Burgess (Chizine) The Luminaries , Eleanor Catton (McClelland & Stewart)

, Eleanor Catton (McClelland & Stewart) The Oathbreaker’s Shadow , Amy McCulloch (Doubleday Canada)

, Amy McCulloch (Doubleday Canada) Wild Fell , Michael Rowe (ChiZine)

, Michael Rowe (ChiZine) Beyond the Rift, Peter Watts (Tachyon)

Winners will be announced in fall 2014, and each will receive a cash prize of $1,000 and a hand-crafted medallion featuring a sunburst logo. Jurors for 2014 are Camille Alexa, Paul Glennon, Bob Knowlton, Nicole Luiken, and Derek Newman-Stille.

For more information, see The Sunburst Award Society.