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The 2010 Ursa Major Awards, celebrating the best in anthropomorphic art, writing, and other media were presented at FurAffinity United on Sunday, May 30th. 2 the Ranting Gryphon hosted the show and presented the awards. From the Ursa Major Awards web site: “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.” This year more than 1,100 fans from more than a dozen countries world wide took part in nominating and voting for the Ursa Major Awards. The most yet!

And here, now, are the nominees and winners in each of 10 categories.

In the category of Best Anthropomorphic Game, the nominees were:

• Earth Eternal (created by Sparkplay Media)
• G-Force – The Video Game (Developed by Keen Studios, published by Disney Interactive)
• Predation, the Board Game (created by Quentin Long)
• Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time (Developed by Insomniac Games, published by Sony Computer Entertainment)

And the Ursa Major Award went to: Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time

In the category of Best Anthropomorphic Published Illustration, the nominees were:

• Blotch: Cover for Out of Position by Kyell Gold
• Patrick Farley: “Gaia’s Strange Seedlike Brood” from Thoughtcrime Experiment
• Jailbird: “It’s Beautiful” from “Trading Wishes” by Kevin Frane
• Kenket: Illustration for New Coyote from Anthrozine.com
• Sara Palmer: Cover for Jasmyn by Bernard Doove

And the Ursa Major Award went to: Blotch, for the Out of Position cover.

In the category of Best Anthropomorphic Magazine, the nominees were:

• Anthro
• Heat
• New Fables
• South Fur Lands
• Tales of the Tai-Pan Universe

And the Ursa Major Award went to: Heat

In the category of Best Anthropomorphic Comic Strip, the nominees were:

• Dan and Mab’s Furry Adventures by Amber M. Williams
• Doc Rat by Jenner
• Freefall by Mark Stanley
• Housepets! by Rick Griffin
• Kevin and Kell by Bill Holbrook

And the Ursa Major Award went to: Housepets!

In the category of Best Anthropomorphic Graphic Story (with continuous story arcs) the nominees were:

• Concession by Immelman
• Furthia High by QuetzaDrake
• Lackadaisy by Tracy J. Butler
• TwoKinds by Tom Fischbach

And the Ursa Major Award went to: Concession

In the Category of Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work, the nominees were:

• Bloom County – The Complete Collection, Volume 1, by Berke Breathed, published by Idea & Design Works
• Draw Furries: How to Create Anthropomorphic and Fantasy Animals, by Lindsay Cibos and Jared Hodges, published by Impact
• The First Book of Lapism, by Phil Geusz, published by Anthro Press
• Who Are The Furries? by Denise Winterman, from BBC News
• X, edited by Kyell Gold, published by Sofawolf Press

And the Ursa Major Award went to: Draw Furries: How to Create Anthropomorphic and Fantasy Animals

In the Category of Best Anthropomorphic Short Fiction, the nominees were:

• “Drifting”, by By Kyell Gold, from FurAffinity.net
• “Moonthief”, by Not Tube, from X by Sofawolf Press
• “Stop the World”, by Kyell Gold, from Anthrozine.com
• “Thou Shalt Not Make Wrongful Use of the Name of Thy Lord”, by Whyte Yote, from X by Sofawolf Press
• “Trading Wishes”, by Kevin Frane, from FurAffinity.net

And the Ursa Major Award went to: “Drifting”

In the category of Best Anthropomorphic Novel, the nominees were:

• Bone Crossed, by Patricia Briggs, published by Ace Books
• Cheetah’s Win, by Phil Geusz, published by Anthrozine.com
• Jazmyn, by Bernard Doove, published by CreateSpace
• Out of Position, by Kyell Gold, published by Sofawolf Press
• Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, by David Benidictus, published by Dutton Juvenile
• The Unscratchables, by Cornelius Kane, published by Scribner

And the Ursa Major Award went to: Out of Position

In the category of Best Anthropomorphic Short Subject or Series, the nominees were:

• The Cat Piano (from the People’s Republic of Animation, directed by Eddie White and Ari Gibson)
• Partly Cloudy (from Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation, directed by Peter Sohn)
• The Penguins of Madagascar (produced by Dreamworks Animation for Nickelodeon)
• Prep and Landing (from Walt Disney Pictures Animation, directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers)
• The Secret Saturdays (produced by Cartoon Network)

And the Ursa Major Award went to: The Penguins of Madagascar

In the Category of Best Anthropomorphic Motion Picture, the nominees were:

• Avatar (from 20^th Century Fox, directed by James Cameron)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (from 20^th Century Fox, directed by Wes Anderson)
• The Princess and the Frog (from Walt Disney Pictures Animation, directed by Ron Clements and John Musker)
• Up (from Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation, directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
• Where the Wild Things Are (from Warner Brothers, Directed by Spike Jonze)

And the Ursa Major Award went to: Avatar

The staff of InFurNation.com wish to extend our congratulations to all of this year’s nominees and winners — as well as all of the fans who took the time to participate in the nominations and voting! Remember to visit the Ursa Major Awards web site to find out more about how to nominate the best in anthropomorphics from 2010 for the 2011 awards.