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ABOUT THE U.M.A. | ![]() |
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![]() RECOMMENDATIONS Recommended Anthropomorphics List Open for submissions Discussion ![]() ![]() Contacts & Links AWARDS Nominations for 2022 Open Jan 14 Feb 11 Voting for 2022 Begins 1 March 2023 Past Winners: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 ALAA's Choice Award ALAA Hall of Fame Award Presentations Articles & Interviews Logo by Foxenawolf |
![]() More formally known as the Annual Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Award, the Ursa Major Award is presented annually for excellence in the furry arts. It is intended as Anthropomorphic (a.k.a. Furry) Fandom's equivalent of the Hugo Award ® presented by the World Science Fiction Society, mystery fandom's Anthony Award, horror fandom's Bram Stoker Award, and so forth. Anyone may nominate and vote for candidates for the Awards. These Awards are decided by the fans, not by a committee. NEWSNominations have opened for the 2022 Ursa Major Awards! Many people use the Recommended Anthropomorphics List as a ready reference for what is eligible for Award nominations, but you are free to nominate any qualifying item not on the list. If there are insufficient nominations for a category, it will not be part of the 2022 ballot. The Recommended List for 2022 is closed for submissions. A special shout-out to Xanni who hosts and troubleshoots the UMA website. Your help is very much appreciated! And a reminder that the Awards are run by an unpaid volunteer committee. Donations to cover the cost of the physical awards would be hugely appreciated. The Paypal link in the column at left is the simplest way to do this. If everyone who voted for the Awards gave just one dollar, we would easily meet our annual running costs. The 2021 WinnersCheck out the video of the presentations. Best Anthropomorphic Costume (Fursuit) Rocket Raccoon (Endgame Version), Maker/Owner/Wearer: Akela Taka Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Armored Lizardman, Maker: Treasure Court, Owner: xinghejieZLS Best Website Fur Affinity Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• e621 Best Game Deltarune: Chapter 2 Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Best Published Illustration Kathy Garrison Kellogg, A World Of Our Own Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Caraid, Ruxa, Patient Professor Best Magazine Dogpatch Press, by Patch O'Furr Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Flayrah, edited by GreenReaper, Sonious, and Dronon Best Comic Strip Carry On, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Foxes in Love, by @foxes_in_love on Twitter Best Graphic Story Shine, by Babystar Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Found Retake, by Toddlergirl Best Non-Fiction Work This furry scientist won't let Twitter's COVID pessimists kill her vibe, by Chris Stokel-Walker Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• How Furries Are Making Virtual Reality Worth Visiting, by Matt Baume Best Other Literary Work Awoo!: Volume 1, by AC Stuart Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Difursity Vol. 2, edited by Weasel Best Short Fiction Where Have All The Mousies Gone, by Mary E. Lowd Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Dance of Wood and Grace, by Marie Croke Best Novel The Captain's Oath, by Rick Griffin Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Interesting Times, by George Cole and N.C. Shapero Best Dramatic Series Helluva Boss (Created by Vivienne Medrano; Season 1 episode 3 to episode 6) Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Beastars, Season 2 (Directed by Shinichi Matsumi; January 7 to March 25) Best Dramatic Short Work Nobody Does It Better, Musical interlude by Princess Katre (Video production by Frank Berhring, artwork and concept by K. Garrison; from the comic strip Carry On.) Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Fuelled by The Home Guardsmen (Directed by Michelle Hao and Fawn Chan; December 1) Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture Raya and the Last Dragon (Directed by Don Hall, Carlos Lopez Estrada, Paul Briggs and John Ripa) Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Luca (Directed by Enrico Casarosa)
PLEASE DONATE The Ursa Major Awards have always been run by volunteer members, and all costs associated with it such as maintaining the website, and especially providing the physical awards to the winners, have mostly been borne by donations from the core members. In order to help us with this, and to improve the quality of the award trophies, we would like to solicit donations from the fandom.
To be eligible, a work must have been released between January 1 and December 31 of the calendar year for that award, and must include a non-human being given human attributes (anthropomorphic), which can be mental and/or physical (for example the intelligent rabbits in Watership Down for the former, and Bugs Bunny for the latter.) Simply including an animal character is not sufficient to qualify. Non-animal characters such as Wall-E are also anthropomorphic. While we have yet to do so, the ALAA reserves the right to exclude from the Recommended Anthropomorphics List, and from contention for an Ursa Major Award, any works it deems to be obscene, libelous, illegal, or otherwise detrimental to the integrity and good standing of the Ursa Major Awards and the anthropomorphics fandom that those awards represent. For example: Works of a predominantly sexual nature, or which include explicit sexual situations involving characters which may be underage or non-anthropomorphic animals. The Ursa Major Award was administered and presented during its first two years by The ConFurence Group, a membership organization dedicated to promoting anthropomorphic fandom-related events. It is now presented by the Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association (ALAA), a membership organization dedicated to promoting anthropomorphic literature and arts through such projects as this List and Award, and others which may be undertaken later. Discussions are currently taking place to improve their effectiveness and expand their presence throughout Furry fandom. All suggestions are invited. The Ursa Major Award banner was designed and drawn by EosFoxx. The A.L.A.A. much appreciates Eos' contribution. 'Hugo Award,' 'Worldcon,' and 'World Science Fiction Society' are registered service marks of the World Science Fiction Society, an unincorporated literary society. |
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