Nominations for the 2005 Ursa Major Awards for the Best Anthropomorphic
Literature and Art of that year have been tabulated, and the final ballot has
been prepared. Voting closes May 6, and the Awards will be presented at Rocket
City Furmeet (May 26-28) in Alabama.
Voting is open to everyone, and you are encouraged to ask your friends to vote
also. Visit the Ursa Major Awards web site at
https://ursamajorawards.org/Voting.htm for full details on the voting
procedure.
Please help support the Ursa Majors. They are a people's choice award, so it
requires as many participants as possible to make them a success.
The final Nominees are (in alphabetical order) ....
Motion Picture
* The Cat Returns
* Chicken Little
* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
* Madagascar
* Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Dramatic Short Work or Series
* American Dragon: Jake Long
* Cake Dance a.k.a. "There She Is!! Step 2"
* Camp Lazlo
* Krypto The Superdog
Novel
* Black Iron, by Ted MacKinnon
* Lineaments of Coming Night, by Charles Matthias
* New Coyote, by Michael Bergey
* Tails of the City, by R. S. Pylman
* Volle, by Kyell Gold
Short Fiction
* Anyone for Venison?, by M. Mitchell Marmel and E.O. Costello
* Chasing the Lady, by Mark Allen Davis
* Contrition: It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore, by M. Mitchell Marmel
* In His Own Country, by Kristin Fontaine
* Let's Not Duello on the Subject, by M. Mitchell Marmel and E.O. Costello
* Meet Jane Doe, by E.O. Costello
* Morning Head, by E.O. Costello
Other Literary Work
* Digger (volume 1), by Ursula Vernon
* Dragons of Forest Keep, by Peter Ping
* Sythyry's Journal, by Bard Bloom
* Tales of the Questor, Vol. 1, by Ralph E. Hayes, Jr
* Why Coyotes Howl, by Watts Martin
Comic Book
* Lions, Tigers, and Bears
* Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai
* Zed #6, by Michel Gagné
Comic Strip
* The Adventures of Fifine, by Henbe
* Faux Pas, by Robert & Margaret Carspecken
* Freefall, by Mark Stanley
* Ozy & Millie, by David Craig Simpson
* Tales of the Questor, by Ralph E. Hayes, Jr.
* VG Cats, by Scott Ramsoomair
Fanzine
* Fang
* Heat
* South Fur Lands
* Spontoon Island
* Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe
Published Illustration
* Cummings, Barb. Splash page for "Money For Nothing"
* Palmer, Sara. Cover art for "Volle"
* Rigdon, Sky. Cover art for Tales of the Tai-Pan #39
* Stawicki, Matt. Cover art for "Haydn of Mars"
* Stone, Stephanie. Cover art for "Transformations"
Game
* Darkstalkers Chronicles: The Chaos Tower
* Inherit the Earth: Quest for the Orb
* The Legend of Kay
* Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
* Star Fox Assault
