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Ursa Major Awards (logo by Heather Bruton)
The Ursa Major Awards are intended to be the furry fandom award for outstanding achievement in anthropomorphic and furry arts, equivalent to the science fiction fandom's Hugo Awards.[The Ursa Major Awards official website] The awards were first presented in 2001 at . With the demise of ConFurence in 2003, it was decided that the awards would be presented at as many furry conventions as possible. To that end, the UMA's were presented at in 2004, at Anthrocon in 2005, and at Rocket City FurMeet in 2006.

The UMA's were originally administered by The ConFurence Group. In 2003, administration was passed to the Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association (ALAA).

The UMA trophy consists of a framed certificate containing the Awards' illustrated logo designed by Heather Bruton, with the name of the winner. A plaque has also been awarded on occasion.

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Nomination process

In January of each year, suggestions for works in all categories are by electronic and postal mail. All of the suggestions are compiled into the Recommended Anthropomorphics List for that year. Nominations for the award are then accepted, though nominees do not necessarily have to appear on the list. Once nominations are closed, voting is opened to the public, again by electronic and postal mail.

Categories

The Ursa Major Award categories have changed and evolved somewhat since their inception. For the year 2005, the categories are:

Eligibility

From the UMA website: 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 BunnyBugs Bunny] for the latter.) Simply including an animal character is not sufficient to qualify.

Ursa Major Award Winners

2001

Awarded at ConFurence 2002, the winners were:

2002

Awarded at ConFurence 2003, the winners were:

2003

Awarded at , the winners were:

2004

Awarded at Anthrocon 2005, the winners were:

2005

Awarded at , the winners were:

177 ballots were received, all posted online. While the majority of voters (over 100) came from the USA, a significant proportion were from overseas, including Canada, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, West Indies, Trinidad, and the U.K.

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