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The furry fandom’s annual Ursa Major awards honor the best and most loved anthropomorphic creations of the past year. They put a spotlight on talent that deserves recognition, and lets fans discover and support it directly with popular voting by anyone.

Nominations for works from 2022 ended in February. Nominees are in 14 categories, and the Ursa Majors site has more details about each one. Music has a new category, but Best Fursuit isn’t active this year due to lack of nominations.

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Best Motion Picture

• DC League of Super-Pets (Warner Bros.)
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Dreamworks, Universal)
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega, Marza, Blue, Paramount)
• The Bad Guys (Dreamworks, Universal)
• Turning Red (Pixar, Disney)

Best Dramatic Short Works

• Horns (FattyDragonite)
• The Legend of Pipi (Julia Schoel, Birgit Uhlig)
• Monkey Wrench – The Ghost Egg (Zeurel)
• Tales From Scorchwater Valley – The Rhino and the Redbill (Alex Henderson)
• Tales of Zale – Flickering Lights (Sif Savery)

Best Dramatic Series

• Bluey (Ludo, ABC, BBC, Disney)
• Helluva Boss (VivziePop) (Mature audiences)
• The Owl House (Disney)
• Tuca & Bertie (Tornante, Netflix) (Mature audiences)
• Zootopia+ (Disney)

Best Novel

• A Furry Faux Paw – by Jessica Kara
• Brothers At Arms – by R.A. Meenan (The Zyearth Chronicles Book 2)
• Mouse Cage – by Malcolm F. Cross
• Scars of the Golden Dancer – by NightEyes DaySpring (Mature audiences)
• Toledot – by Madison Scott-Clary (Post-Self Cycle Book 2)

Best Short Fiction

• Bears & Bravery – by Gre7g Luterman
• Draught Horse – by Huskyteer (in ROAR: Volume 11)
• Null – by Elise Zoe Heider (Mature audiences)
• The Otter’s Wings – by Mary E. Lowd
• The Swift-Footed Darling of the Rocks (Do NOT Actually Call Me That) – by Marie Croke

Best General Literary Work

• Circles: Volume 4 – by Steve Domanski and Andrew French
• ROAR: Volume 11 – Edited by Ian Madison Keller
• Usagi Yojimbo Origins – by Stan Saki
• Usagi Yojimbo (Trade Paperback) – by Stan Sakai
• When the World Was Young: A Prehistoric Anthology – edited by Madison Scott-Clary

Best Non-Fiction Work

• Art, Furries, God – by Patricia Taxxon
• Furries & The Ethics of Cringe Culture – by Kurtis Connor
• Furry Fiction: The Squishy Edges and the Heart – by Mary E. Lowd
• Ursa Major’s Issue – Confident self-promotion vs humble passionate skill, and a voting system’s favoritism – by Sonious
• Who Runs The Internet? Furries – by Dylan Reeve

Best Graphic Story

• Slightly Damned – by Chu
• Sonic the Hedgehog – (IDW Publishing Issues 48 – 55)
• Usagi Yojimbo – by Stan Sakai
• Usagi Yojimbo: Lone Goat & Kid – by Stan Sakai
• The Whiteboard: Sherlock Holmes – by Doc N

Best Comic Strip

• Carry On – by Kathy Garrison Kellog
• Duncan & Eddie – by Chevril
• Foxes in Love
• Part Time Dragons
• The Whiteboard – by Doc N

Best Magazine

• Deep Sky Anchor, edited by Mary E. Lowd
• Dogpatch Press, edited by Patch Packrat
• Flayrah, edited by GreenReaper, Sonious, and Dronon
• InFurNation, edited by Rod O’Riley
• Zooscape, edited by Mary E. Lowd

Best Illustration

• Dragon Party – by Ais05 (Mature audiences)
• Jedit Ojanen, Mercenary – by Caraid
• Wind Watcher – by https://jaca.to/ “>Jacato
• Space Boy – by Wildering (Mature audiences)

Best Game

• Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monster, Devolver Digital)
• Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series (Monkey Craft, Bandai Namco)
• Lookouts (ParanoidHawk, ColDoggo, Itch.io)
• Stray (BlueTwelve, Annapurna)
• Tunic (Andrew Shouldice, Finji)

Best Website

• e621, art archive (Mature audiences)
• Fluffle, reverse image search
• Fur Affinity, art and story site (Mature audiences)
• Kemono Café, webcomic hosting
• Wikifur, reference

Best Anthropomorphic Music

• Another Railway Day – by Nonnie
• Can Opener’s Notebook Fish Whisperer – by Vylet Pony
• Cute Cervid Vol. 1 – by Cute Cervid (various artists)
• idaidaida – by ida deerz
• Visiting Narcissa – by Patricia Taxxon

Best Anthropomorphic Fursuit

No Best Fursuit category this year due to lack of nominations, but it means that anyone interested in promoting a creator has a strong opportunity to get them recognized!

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