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Bio (90 words)

Stephen Kotowych is a World Fantasy Award finalist, and winner of Canada’s Aurora Award, Spain’s Premi Ictineu, and the Writers of the Future Grand Prize. His stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and have been translated into a dozen languages. He is also the series editor and publisher of the Aurora Award-winning Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction series. Now a freelance writer and editor, Stephen previously worked for over 15 years in the Canadian publishing industry.

Awards and Nominations

Winner: The Aurora Award for Best Related Work for “Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume One,” 2024

Finalist: The World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology for “Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume One,” 2024

Finalist: The Aurora Award for Best Related Work for “GAME ON!” (co-edited with Tony Pi), 2024

Finalist: The Aurora Award for Best Short Fiction for “Super Frenemies,” 2016

Winner: Premi Ictineu (the Ictineu Award) for Best Story in Translation (Catalan) for “Saturn en sol menor,” 2015

Finalist: The Aurora Award for Best Short Fiction for “Saturn in G Minor,” 2008

Winner: The Writers of the Future Grand Prize (Golden Pen), for “Saturn in G Minor,” 2007

Author Photo & Book Covers 

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