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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.
NEWS
The Recommended List for 2021 is closed.
Nominations for the 2021 Ursa Major Awards begin on Saturday 15 January 2022.
The results of the 2020 Ursa Major Awards can be seen in this presentations video on YouTube or, if you can't wait to go through the whole video for the result you want to see, the winners are listed below. Spoiler space to prevent unwanted glimpses!
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The 2020 Winners
Best Anthropomorphic Costume (Fursuit)
Zigc the Khajiit, Maker: Inerri Creatures, Owner/Wearer: Zigc The Khagiit
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Toriel, Maker/Owner/Wearer: Nautilus20000
• Cassidy Civet, Maker: Blue Wolf Studios, Owner/Wearer: Cassidy Civet
• Inutami Luki the Saluki, Maker: Kotoori Works, Owner/Wearer: Inutami Luki
• Xif, Maker/Owner/Wearer: lutamesta
Best Website
Online collections of art, stories, and other creative and/or informational works. Includes galleries, story archives, directories, blogs, and personal sites.
Fur Affinity
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• SoFurry
• Loona Moonlight_howling_666, Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss character (on Instagram)
• Furry Life Online
• Stolas daddy_hoothoot, Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss character (on Instagram)
Best Game
Computer or console games, role-playing games, board games.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Ori and the Will of the Wisps
• Spiritfarer
• Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
• Them's Fightin' Herds
Best Published Illustration
Illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, coffee-table portfolios.
Lofi, Cheers
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• A_Blue_Deer, A Night At The Fair
• Bubblewolf, Paintwork
• Ashley A Adams, Sir Monty, The Good Boy
• Foxer421, "TAKE OFF YOUR HEADSET!!"
Best Magazine
Edited collections of creative and/or informational works by various people, professional or amateur, published in print or online in written, pictorial or audio-visual form.
Pocari Roo, YouTube videos
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Dogpatch Press, edited by Patch Packrat
• Furry Writers' Guild, edited by Literalgrill
• Flayrah, edited by GreenReaper, Sonious, and Dronon
• Zooscape, edited by Mary E. Lowd
Best Comic Strip
Newspaper-style strips, including those with some ongoing arcs.
Housepets!, by Rick Griffin
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Carry On, by Kathy Garrison Kellogg
• Freefall, by Mark Stanley
• Doc Rat, by Jenner
• The Whiteboard, by Doc N.
Best Graphic Story
Includes comic books, and serialized online stories.
Beastars, by Paru Itagaki (Viz Media and Weekly Shonen Champion, Volume 4 to 8)
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Shine, by Babystar
• Found, by Toddlergirl
• A&H Club, by Rick Griffin
• Oren's Forge, by Tegan Gavet
Best Non-Fiction Work
TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos.
The Fandom: A Furry Documentary, directed by Ash Kreis & Eric Risher
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• The Last Bronycon: A Fandom Autopsy, by Jenny Nicholson
• From Paw To Print: Essays About Writing in the Furry Fandom, compiled by Thurston Howl
• The BEST and WORST Anthro Movies Tier List, by Saberspark
• Furries Among Us 3, compiled by Thurston Howl
Best Other Literary Work
Story collections, comic collections, graphic novels, and serialized online stories.
Difursity: Stories by Furries of Color, edited by Weasel
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Blacksad: The Collected Stories, by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
• Tales of Hayven Celestia, edited by Rick Griffin and Gre7g Luterman
• Selections of Anthropomorphic Regalements, Vol. 1, edited by KC Alpinus
• Bush Heroes, by Bush Heroes (many artists)
Best Short Fiction
Stories less than 40,000 words, poetry, and other short Written works.
What Makes a Witch, by Linnea Capps
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Summer Strawberries, by Mary E. Lowd
• Familiar, by Linnea Capps
• The Glow, by Linnea Capps
• Titillating Trivia, by Linnea Capps
Best Novel
Written works of 40,000 words or more. Serialized novels qualify only for the year that the final chapter is published.
The City That Barks and Roars, by J.T. Bird
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• On The Mark, by Bernard Doove and Jeff Hartt
• Entanglement Bound, (The Entangled Universe Book 1) by Mary E. Lowd
• Disbanded, by Frances Pauli
• Spin the Bottle, by Dajan Tafari
Best Dramatic Series
TV, streaming, or YouTube series.
Beastars (Directed by Shinichi Matsumi; Season 1 Episode 1 to 12) (USA Release, English Dub)
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Helluva Boss (Directed by Vivienne Medrano; Episodes "Murder Family" and "Loo Loo Land", Oct 31 - Dec 9)
• Aggretsuko (Directed by Rarecho, Season 3 episode 1 - 10, August 27)
• BNA: Brand New Animal (Directed by Yoh Yoshinari; Season 1 Episode 1 to 12, June 30)
• Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Created by Radford Sechrist; January 14 - October 12)
Best Dramatic Short Work
One-shots, advertisements or short videos.
Zoophobia - "Bad Luck Jack" (Directed by Vivienne Medrano; September 30)
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• The Humiliation of Jinjur Maiham by The Home Guardsmen (Created by K Garrison; December 30)
• Burrow (Directed by Madeline Sharafian; December 25)
• Mystery Skulls Animated - The Future (Directed by Ben Mangum; October 31)
• Trick Moon (Directed/Storyboarded by Geneva Hodgson, July 21)
Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture
Live-action or animated feature-length movies.
Wolfwalkers (Directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
Runners-Up (in descending number of votes)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Directed by Jeff Fowler)
• Soul (Directed by Pete Docter and Kemp Powers)
• Onward (Directed by Dan Scanlon)
• Hayop Ka! (You Animal!) (Directed by Avid Liongoren)
For the full results and voting statistics, go to the 2020 tally page.
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.
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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.
